You need a couple of bad seasons and some lottery picks. Unfortunately, when they traded for Nash, they don't have one next season.
Also, my opinion, they need to come out and tell kids that they need to be removed 2 years from H.S. If you want to make the jump into the league, then develop the D-League into a true minor league like it's supposed to be and make them stay for 3 years. For every Derrick Rose, there will be a Lenny Cooke and Sebastain Telfair. For every Lebron James and Kobe Bryant, you will have a Shawn Livingston and Erik Barkley. It's time to develop your product better, and I think Silver is the guy to do it.