Brown, Queta, Minott, Walsh, and Gonzalez have exceeded expectations. Some may say they expected JB to be top 10 level, but I didn?t. Thought he?d be good, but not quite this good. Queta, Walsh and (lately) Hugo have been almost shockingly good. Queta and Walsh, two guys who I don?t think anyone thought were ready (or perhaps ever) NBA starters have actually been decent NBA starters so far.
So I think the reason the Cs are better than most people thought is because we were wrong in evaluating their talent. We didn?t know these players would be as good as they are. Wheels could fall off, these guys (JB excluded) don?t have a track record of consistent performance in the league. But if they continue at this level, the Cs are a decent team, even without JT.