DA is being very aggressive. I wouldn't put anything past this team. I follow the Royals and Red Sox and the Royals had a young nucleus and went out and got a couple midlevel free agents this year. Baseball is obviously different but having a good mix can take you places regardless. Especially with the coach we have working this lineup. I think fans in general would never say such a thing. Too much doom and gloom but I'm really liking our team now.
I think we are more knocking on the door. If this were football we'd be a 10-6 team and making some noise in the playoffs. It's not that different. We are a contender though on the outside looking in but I really feel like we are getting there.
You can't compare basketball to football or baseball; the differences in how basketball rosters are structured compared to those sports have everything to do with why we this isn't a championship roster, now or at any time in the future. When you can only carry 15 players and play 5 at a time, you better have at least one superstar if you want to contend for a title. In football, a team of solid players can beat a team with a few superstars mixed with a bunch of scrubs because there are so many guys on the field that 1 or 2 can't make such a huge impact. In basketball, a guy like LeBron has more impact than any football player can ever have; it's pretty much impossible to beat someone like that if you don't have a similar talent on your team. We don't have a player like that or anyone who seems likely to develop into one, so we don't have much of a chance of winning a championship.
I'm not really disagreeing. It was more a question but I think this team can surprise some people and it's not that laughable anymore. We are a talented team. WE have that depth and other teams don't. If we want to run and with our coach who knows.
We do, but you can see from how much perceived value our depth has from how our attempts to move up in the draft and sign/trade for superstars have gone. No one's interested in our role players because everyone knows that this is a superstar driven league. We might be able to sneak up on people and outrun teams with our depth in the regular season, and Brad's coaching will probably get us a few wins, but when push comes to shove in the playoffs we aren't going to be able to compete with the superstars.
This.When most teams get to the play-offs, they tighten their rotations and the better players start playing 40min+ per game. Our depth loses importance in those situations.
That said, I don't see it as impossible for the Celtics to make a run like the Hawks last year. Certainly with less wins during the regular season, but something similar in terms of progress.
And I see the team being able to beat in the play-offs (although with less chances than being beaten...) any team in the East apart from Cleveland and Chicago.
So, in the best case scenario, let's say we get to the conference finals against Cleveland, like the Hawks did this year. Well, we all know how that turned out...
Of course, if LBJ gets injured and misses the play-offs, the East will be up for grabs.
But you'd still need to contend with the West winner, sure to have a lot more depth and a lot more stars, be it GSW, Spurs, Rockets or OKC.
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