johanliebert wrote:sule wrote:Our playoff success will come with Demar and Lowry (especially Lowry) can shake off being visibly shook under high pressure. Remember the Knicks loss when the crowd was cheering the heck outta the Knicks and Lowry started looking scared and ended up dropping in his level of play? That's the kind of situation where our players need to thrive off and excel. Once they do that, we'll be considered contenders.
I hope we have at least another game or two where the opposing crowd is rowdy as hell, and our best players step up instead of curling into a fetal position.
Our next games against the Cavs and GSW on Jan. 11th and 13th will give us a good indication of what this team is capable of. A decisive win in one of those teams (hopefully the Cavs game), will send a strong message that we're here to stay and ready to rise to the challenge of the playoffs.
A win against both could automatically propel us into contender discussion for the playoffs if we can continue to hold a top record in the East. Those 8 days with games against the Cavs, Warriors, 76ers, and Spurs will be the tell on what tier this team is in.
Demar and Lowry are fine. Don’t fault them because management won’t get them the help lebron has.
I'd way rather have our supporting cast than Cleveland's. Love and Thomas are great, but the rest of their squad is guys who are way past their prime and on the downside of their careers.
Wade, Smith, Korver, Frye, Rose, Calderon, Crowder etc.
Thompson is nice and still young, but his contract is pretty brutal.
I'd way rather have our roster moving forwards, especially if they end up trading that pick from the Kyrie trade and LeBron walks anyways.