Link may not work for you, as this is an Insider article (NOT TO BRAG). Anyway, John Hollinger and Chad Ford projected each team's future for 2010-2013. It's just one of those silly exercises ESPN does to keep people clicking, but I thought their breakdown of the Dubs was pretty interesting. Here's how they ranked us in the five categories they discussed:

1) Players ("current players and their potential for the future, factoring in expected departures"): 16th out of 30. Sounds about right to me. We lack the superstar and defensive chops you need to have a truly bright future... on the other hand, the people who think we are unusually untalented are pretty far off base. A fair amount of potential, a fair amount of risk... our roster rates about to be roughly average overall. No arguments here.

2) Management ("quality and stability of front office, ownership, coaching"): 30th out of 30. We are last by a mile... we got 9 points out of a possible 200. At this point, I'd be hard-pressed to disagree.

3) Money ("projected salary-cap situation; ability and willingness to exceed cap and pay luxury tax"): 26th out of 30. We'd surely jump a couple spots if we do dump Jack, and even beyond that, I think this may be a little low. Cohan has been consistently willing to approach the luxury tax threshold; he hasn't been willing to exceed it, but IMO, he hasn't had a great reason to. If we dump Jack, I think we should be in the 18-20 range. Lots of teams have bigger money constraints than we do.

4) Market ("appeal to future acquisitions, based on team quality, franchise reputation, city's desirability as a destination, market size, taxes, business and entertainment opportunities, arena quality, fans"): 24th out of 30. Ouch. Kind of hard to argue with, though. We have a solid arena and great fans... that's about it.

5) Draft ("future draft picks; draft positioning"): 8th out of 30th, because we stink. I actually think this is a little high, given that we owe the Nets a (protected) pick.

Overall: 26th out of 30, with this summation: "If Cohan sells the team and the Warriors hire a competent management team and a new coach, their fortunes could change quickly, given their talent. But for now, Golden State is the most dysfunctional team in a league that has several strong candidates for that title."

Pretty solid analysis, if you ask me. What do other people think?