08-09-2021, 02:32 PM
(08-09-2021, 02:22 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: I don't as currently constructed. They aren't better than Utah, Phoenix, Lakers if healthy, Denver or the Clippers if Kawhi was healthy. Then you have GS who'll get Klay back and they added players, Memphis is on the comeup. They only get to being a top 4 seed if KP has a career year. Luka still has to do too much, and the bench has to be consistent.
But Kawhi isn't healthy and everyone seems to forget that Jamal Murray is going to miss a significant amount of time this season as well.
I'm also astounded at how many people are assuming Klay is going to be Klay again after everything he's been through. He could be great but the idea that he's just going to lift a team that didn't even make the playoffs into a top 4 seed after tearing his ACL and achilles is a pretty big leap in my opinion. Kuminga and Moody are not going to be ceiling raisers their first season either.
We didn't have some grand offseason that some were expecting (although I still think Dragic will be on this roster before the playoffs start) but we were the 5 seed after facing a TON of adversity early on last season.
Top 4 is not a crazy statement and really speaks more to the point that the West is getting weaker as the East is getting stronger. People are just being reactionary to what kind of seemed inevitable. We were either going to get Lowry or we were going to make incremental improvements. It's really all we could do.
Having said that...if we don't address our 2023 pick soon and how asset poor we are to make big adjustments then we're being foolish. You can't just sit around a say "well after the 2023 draft we can really make moves" when you have someone as good as Luka on your roster currently.
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