haosmoove wrote:Heat is the toughest matchup for us. But in a vacuum I wouldn't call them the clear best team in the league.
Lowry has not been his old self this season, he hasn't been vintage Lowry since the pandemic started. Maybe we chalk up last year as a tank year but it's possible that age has caught up with him and he's no longer a fringe all star performer.
Lowry maybe lost a step, but always kills us. last year he dropped 24/8 on us in three games on 60+ TS% And he has always given us trouble defensively... even elite ball handlers like harden and kyrie turn it over a ton against him.
It appears that Herro has taken a step up this season, albeit very small sample. But given his work ethic, it's not surprising that he goes from average rotation player with potential to a starter level / 6MOY player over the off-season.
Overall, I still put the Heat in that tier 1 East team with us and Bucks. It's way too early in teh season for me to rank teams in this tier apart.
I think its:
Heat
Nets
Bucks
I dont see the bucks in the same class as the heat/nets. i put the nets over the heat with Kyrie but not without him. The heat absolutely demolished the bucks.
My main focus on tonight is how Nash uses his rotation. From all accounts I get the vibe that he treated the first 4 games as extended pre-season, an opportunity to experience different rotations. I am eager to see how we look when we finally settle on a set rotation and how we match up to other top teams when that happens, hopefully tonight.
I am with you on settling on a rotation, i dont see one that doesnt have miami with all kinds of mismatches.
We need 2 huge games from Harden/KD, joe needs to hit his shots and a role guy needs to give us 15-20 points.