So wait a second.....injured rondo, sully and a healthy green Bradley will be able to contend, but wade is old, Lebrun is beatable, the Knicks are nothing and okc can be beaten? Lol
The post was clearly talking about the future. Otherwise KG and Pierce would have been included and obvious Sullinger and Rondo would not have.
Not sure how you could possibly miss something so obvious.
Rondo and Sullinger both just suffered season ending injuries and face uncertain recoveries. Rondo will most likely be fine in due time. Sullinger might suffer from back issues his entire career for all we know.
That said, I wouldn't put that four man group of players over very many of the four man groups in the league, or young four man groups. Plenty of teams have groups as capable as that foursome.
Again, this for the future not for now.
Who? Besides the Thunder, I don't really see anyone close in terms of young franchise talent to build around. The Sixers? Pacers? Kings? The Sixers want to blow it up. The Pacers still can't score and the Kings are a joke.
Against the Thunder we match up pretty well with Bradley and Rondo vs Westbrook and Green against Durant who can at least hope to not give up 50 against him.
And then there are the Heat who with Wades decline already don't look as good as they did last season. I fully expect them to turn it up a notch in the playoffs and Lebron is playing better than ever, but 2 or 3 years down the road? When Wade's contract is a massive burden on the team's cap and he is old and slow and can't rely on his athleticism? It comes down to, can our team hold on against Lebron, and with Green I say yes.