I don't think there's much of a switch to this team.
The teams we beat in the East didn't surprise me at all. I get it, LeBron has a switch, and he'll turn it on. But does the rest of the team? Does fucking Lue (lol)
And that switch, what did it really do last year?
I didn't think Toronto was that good last season, and Lowry missed the rest of the playoffs after the first two games. That's a big deal.
I didn't even think Boston would get to the conference finals, because I didn't think they were good, at all...
But in the finals, it was clear as day, the Warriors weren't better. They were laughably better than us.
That said, I think the East at the top, with Toronto, is at least better than last year. And we're clearly worse.
I still think we get out. I still believe in LeBron that much, in a bad conference, with a team in Toronto that doesn't have a true superstar.
But with all these injuries we have, and expecting it to just gel in time, I think it's looking bleak how much of a roll we get on.
I don't think we're sweeping our way through the East. I wouldn't be shocked if we have a serious scare in the first round where it goes 7.