A second-tier but legitimate championship contender is as good as anyone could've hoped for, and that's our profile right now.
As others have noted we've been doing this despite a road-heavy schedule including one of the 2 big West trips, games against the best East competition (which fortunately have almost all been at home), and substantial injury problems. We haven't been blown out once and only the season opener was even out of reach in crunch time. Our defense is helping our offense through rough patches and we have enough different offensive weapons, both for scoring and for ballhandling, that we're hard to gameplan for. The 3 big wings are a tremendous asset in a wing-dominated era, and Kemba is an excellent PG as well. And of course Smart gluing it all together and actually hitting shots before his nagging injuries started to catch up with him.
My biggest concern is the bench is thin, and gets really thin when more than one of our top 5 guys are out. Scoring is a particular concern from that bunch, as is backcourt size and playmaking. But those guys have generally done an admirable job of their limited roles, and the bench is a lot less important in the playoffs. The obvious hole at the 5 has not been a glaring weakness so far either, and we're as good at 1-4 as anyone.
Really enjoying the season so far, and excited to see how it plays out.