Quite a bit of overreacting in here, especially early on.
The graphic they put up eventually to show the guys from last year that are no longer here vs all the new faces really puts into perspective that this team will have growing pains. That doesn't even take into account that Kyrie really is still finding his footing here after a lost second half last season and some injuries.
Lively was fantastic, Williams will be our steady Eddy, Kyrie will shoot better, Green's role will expand, Hardy will be added scoring punch and the latter two will eat into THJ minutes.
I think this team will be good but it will take a deadline move to nudge them into true contention. The frontcourt is super thin IMO and a bigger rebounding/defending type of PF/C would be smart to add with Lively.
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