Bunch of role players? Oh man. What does that even mean? We have KG and Pierce in our team still, what more do you need than a "bunch of role players"?
A bunch of quality role players + Garnett and Pierce could be a 50 win caliber team.
If in a well-balanced roster.
Which I think this is, but apparently most disagree, and our roster is not even finished yet.
I think this group would be closer to 42-45 wins. Very good but not quite elite defensively (too weak on the boards, not enough defensive quality in the frontcourt besides KG), and skilled but impotent offensively - too reliant on 3 perimeter oriented old guys (KG, PP, JET) to generate looks for a group of mediocre efficiency role players (Lee, Bass, Green, Bradley).
I agree, but might raise it a bit to a 46-win team if this roster started and finished the season together.
IMO, we're one big away, as we were before.
With Rondo out, we have 4 guards: 2 offensive, 2 defensive. It should make matching up easy enough, even for Doc.
KG is, as always, the main cog. Pair him with Gortat and we might have the best frontline since before McHale broke his foot. No joke.
Hence, Rondo for Gortat plus (I like Dragic and a #1) and we win another title. I threw that out there a while back to mixed reviews...