europa wrote:Besides adding some length in the frontcourt where is this team noticeably better than the one that couldn't beat a good team to save its life after the trade? You still have a gigantic question mark in the backcourt; there are massive defensive questions at PG, SG and SF (without Moute); we still need to see which Ilyasova will show up consistently long term and who the hell knows what Skiles is going to do. I don't think it's difficult at all to believe this team could regress, especially if Skiles zones out.
yes we got by beat by every decent team we played last year for the last 3/4 of the season. we literally couldnt have done worse. and youre suggesting that is why we'll do even more worse this year?
that math doesnt add up. for us to do worse the team would have to regress, we would have to start losing more to lotto teams, and still manage not to beat virtually ANY of the playoff teams. with the improvements that have been made that is HIGHLY unlikely.
i agree it would be POSSIBLE to regress if every question mark on the team went stone cold against us. but since when is that how you write a balanced review.