Does everyone realize the special season Isaiah Thomas had last year came after already playing a year and a half in BS' system? That he had a year and a half to build chemistry and learn tendencies of the core group of players there?
Even before Hayward went down, everyone knew (or should have known) there was going to be an extreme learning curve for a team returning only 4 guys from last year's team. Think about it. 2 starters are under the age of 20. A second yr player and a rookie!! Let that sink in. With the exception of Al, everyone on this team is trying to figure out their role, fit, spots, tendencies, etc. These guys do not have the reps or minutes TOGETHER yet.
For anyone to compare IT's season last yr to Kyrie's first 3 games on a team that lost their 2nd best player, has only 4 returning players and had players named Larkin and Bird playing crunch time minutes in the 4th quarter of a close game, is absolutely ludicrous!!