Zach Lowe and Amin Elhassan think we don't make the playoffs

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  1. BrianFromWA

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    If we miss the playoffs, I don't think it'll be because we swapped No, Mo! Williams for Blanky and Kaptain Kaman. It'll be because someone was injured. We don't have players on the downside of the career who can suddenly hit a cliff (think K*be or KG), we don't have rookies that we're counting on to play like superstars-in-the-making, we don't have high-beta players in key roles (like JR Smith or Mo)...

    They are who we think they are, and they have to just execute on an overall average of their abilities to make the playoffs. If we get hit by the injury bug then that can suck, because then we DO have high-beta, unproven talent in key roles (starters, 6th men, crunch time, etc).
     
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    yup. If they stay reasonably healthy, I expect they'll do at least as well record wise as they did last year. Kaman gives the 2nd unit someone they can run the offense through rather then just having another launch off the dribble as the clock winds down... of course his health has been pretty sporadic. Robinson &/or Freeland continuing to develop would also help their cause but the biggest thing I'd like to see is the development of Dame's pull-up off of drives and pick and rolls alla Tony Parker. That would make them truly tough to defend/elite IMO

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    I truly hate when people say this. The same goes for EVERY team in the league. If Tony Parker goes down just how good are the Spurs? If Chris Paul goes down how good are the Clippers? If Kevin Durant has a setback and is out for longer than 6-8 weeks how does that affect the Thunder? Exactly....

    Can we please put this tired ass argument to bed?
     
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    Really good. ;)
     
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    No they aren't. If Parker goes down for the year there will be no playoffs. Mark my words.
     
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