After we beat the Celtics, how do we make this a REAL finals team next year?

I have to say despite the fact that we're two down thanks to shoddy officiating, late game nerves, unfortunate injuries, and typical leprechaun lucky charms....I'm very impressed that we've only lost these two road games by a total of 5 pts.

Moreso, I'm impressed by the ability of Stoudemire and Melo to completely take over playoff games. 28 and 11 for STAT in game 1 and 42 and 17!! for Melo in g2. Think if we can consistently get these two to feed off each other night to night. ...wow b/c these guys are legit Top TEN all NBA players. but that's another story...

The story that I'm interested in is how to get quality players around these guys next yr to make THE RUN. Put some quality parts around these guys and we are looking at a championship team. ....But when Jared Jeffries is our 2nd offensive option in a late game situation even w/o STAT, there is a problem.

Now you can say Chauncey wasn't there either...but will he ever be there? Age is catching up to him, he's been constantly injured ever since he got here, has looked painfully slow, and until TD's horrible matador defense against the little alien nobody has looked worse defensively for our team.

Along with his dropping field and 3pt shooting %'s and that HUGE $14 million option...I'm not too high on devoting the cash to keep him here.

You see, even despite TD's torching I appreciated the speed with which he ran the offense and the free flowing nature we played with. I think it's best for us to cut mister big shot lose and take that freed up cash to invest this offseason.

I think first and foremost, we need a center. I'd prefer a Tyson Chandler or Marc Gasol first w/ most of our cap going to them. I don't know if we can pry them from there current teams and I'm not overly optimistic about our chances. And as much as I love Chris Paul waiting another year, so we can put the last bits of our cap to get another star player who would create more late game "who shoots the ball" drama among our other 2 offensive studs while still being small down low is not a route I think we should go.

But if not if we can sign a Deandre Jordan, and hear me out on this one: the possibility of resigning Wilson Chandler to take over or share SG duties with Fields( he's been riding the pine behind Gallo at Denver and his value has dropped as his stats and mins have dropped while being there).

He's always been a favorite player of mine b/c of his versatility, low-key personality, the fact that he we both share the same faded hairstyle haha, and his new badass Adidas kicks.

Idk if Denver plans on releasing MOSGOD since they have barely played him @ all. But if they do I wouldn't mind re-upping him on the cheap.(if not maybe Dalembert as a backup C., we need to take the pounding of our $100 Milli man, have the D guard somebody else down low)

And lastly, signing a complimentary pg to share duties w/ TD like Goran Dragic who I think would fit amazingly in Pringles system, maybe a TJ Ford, and maybe an Andre Miller to mentor the young bucks and fill a role as a poor man's Billups.( I really am regretting the Billups/Felton part of this deal)

Keep Jeffries, Turiaf as the intangible hustle players. Easy E and SkyWalker for the 3's and see what other improvements Donnie Basketball can make.

That's my two cents... and Let's have some of our own Garden magic Friday!