They had a good month and have improved greatly from the Mozgov trade, but I am still not convinced they will be a serious contender.
I have too many doubts about Love and Irving on the defensive end. On the offensive end, I feel like they rely too much on the individual talents of LBJ and Irving instead of running quality sets. Also, other than LeBron and Marion, who has meaningful playoff experience?
If they move up to the 2 or 3 seed, I will change my outlook, but it seems silly to me to consider a 5th seed to be the favorite in the east.