IMHO it is time to embrace the youth completely and move the veterans to the back seat. Start Amen - bench FVV Start Tari - bench Brooks Start Jabari Start Alpi Start Jalen DD
Fourth best point differential and record (tied with the Celtics in the loss column) The most brutal stretch of the season is coming up: DET CLE @ CLE (start of 3-games-in-4-nights gauntlet) @ BOS @ ATL @ MEM I hope Udoka doesn't run the team into the ground to secure a high seed. Looking at the schedules of other teams, worst case... even if we go 1-5 or, God forbid, 0-6, we would still be fourth or fifth in the West with plenty of games left.
I came into the season expecting 46-49 wins and likely getting dispatched in the first round, and I would have been happy with that. Now if we don't make the second round I'll be disappointed. If we can avoid OKC a conference finals trip feels absolutely on the table. Not a bad trajectory. Still work to be a legit title contender, but things have come along brilliantly this season.
For sure, I am waiting on the Playoffs to see if some of the stats are for real though, I mean in a setting of higher intensity. The Cup was a good test but the Playoffs are another animal.
