NBA Team Status at the Break

[thedoper]

Front running is hard. I think teams became wise to our style of play and our limitations in personnel. Our strong start will likely put us in a spot to win a playoff series, get Ant more playoff reps, and highlight where this team needs to go next. That is all a success in my mind. Im personally not going to change my view of this team because we made an early run. We were always the 4-6th best team in the West.

[Coolbreeze44]

Front running is hard. I think teams became wise to our style of play and our limitations in personnel. Our strong start will likely put us in a spot to win a playoff series, get Ant more playoff reps, and highlight where this team needs to go next. That is all a success in my mind. Im personally not going to change my view of this team because we made an early run. We were always the 4-6th best team in the West.

I'm not sure I agree with that. I think we could potentially beat any Western Conference team in a 7 game series. Defense becomes more important in the postseason. I'm not saying we are the best, just that it wouldn't surprise if we beat any of the contenders.

[thedoper]

Front running is hard. I think teams became wise to our style of play and our limitations in personnel. Our strong start will likely put us in a spot to win a playoff series, get Ant more playoff reps, and highlight where this team needs to go next. That is all a success in my mind. Im personally not going to change my view of this team because we made an early run. We were always the 4-6th best team in the West.

I'm not sure I agree with that. I think we could potentially beat any Western Conference team in a 7 game series. Defense becomes more important in the postseason. I'm not saying we are the best, just that it wouldn't surprise if we beat any of the contenders.

I like the optimism. I said this in the other thread too but Im not sure we have the proven offense for the playoffs. I think we can hang for sure, but in those high pressure games I think we have more to prove. Our bench got a big boost IMO with Monte though.