When I continued our MD-BD argument this morning (Comment 39, in "Baron on the Block" below) I hadn't read Tim K's column in the San Jose Merc yet.  (I know.  I know.  You don't like Tim, but this is really an interview with Mullin, and just focus on what Mullin says, if you like.)  Seems like a lot of folks are on the "BD is a franchise blight" page -- including a number of NBA general managers.  So blog readers and I are not alone on this.
To be fair, I liked Mully's response: he knows that's the chatter, that's the concern, but it just gives BD, he says, the chance to prove his critics wrong.  I know Mullin would have jumped at that chance in his day, and I hope BD is man enough to do the same here: make lemonade out of his own lemons.  You have more faith on this than I do, but since it looks as if we're stuck with the guy, I'm willing to give him (yet) another chance and hope he can be what his talent level would suggest.  If so, we'll all have some fun; if not, on to Year 13!