KillMonger wrote:I would very much like to break the trend of us losing to any good team that comes around.... Paper tiger reputation, beat up on the weak but get smoked when the strong comes around
I think the term paper tiger is misapplied for this team. For that to work, we would need to look like actual championship contenders on paper. No one believes that. Instead we’re exactly who we look like: a team that plays hard and beats bad teams, but isn’t good enough to consistently beat good teams.
It would work better to apply it to a team like the Celtics. They're the top team in the East by far, but maybe play a style that doesn’t work in the playoffs.