I'm incredulous at the amount of people that don't think this team amounts to much.
I think many naysayers are up for a rude awakening about what this team is made of.
They have a decent chance to get the 8th seed and a decent chance to finish 9th. 7th seed would be a long shot as would any lower than 9th. They lost their first or second best player in Rondo, and the best rebounder on the team. What am I missing? The front court consists of KG who is still a beast, but limited in minutes; Chris Wilcox who I love, but who has never been able to stay healthy; and Brandon Bass, a dwarf power forward. Again, what am I missing? What is the rude awakening I and everyone else is in for?
There's a reason we got depth this year... and I find it funny the amount of panic when we're actually going to put that depth to use.
Our two majorly problems this year have been chemistry with Rondo (regardless of how you feel about Rondo being our best player on the team or not) and our perimeter defense.
Those two issues have been taken care off, and sadly it took Rondo getting injured for it to happen.
All that remain is to solidify our big man rotation, and we have two open roster spots available, but sorry if I don't get too down in a playoff series if I have to go with a 3-man rotation of KG-Bass-Wilcox with occasional minutes of Green, and then Collins against certain match-ups.
This is the best constructed team we've had in some years, and I'd argue the best constructed team in the KG era.
I see us playing elite defense going forward, and we'll be tough to beat when that happens. Do you think we won't be good defensively?