Curmudgeon's Corner: They were who we thought they were...

by dweebowitz on Feb 17, 2012 7:33 PM PST

Wow. 8 points in the third quarter? Really? 23 points in the entire second half? This is a serious team? While I admit it was nice to see them play a good half of basketball, it's alarming how fast it all fell apart.

At this point, considering they're having trouble beating the Bobcats, and are losing to good teams left and right, you are going to have a very difficult time convincing me that this is more than the average team we thought they were at the beginning of the season, and that they rode a hot streak to a decent record out of the gate.

Right now, I can't envision this team doing anything in the playoffs, if they can't start beating playoff-class teams. They'll probably make it, by riding their hot start, but this is not a team that's winning a round in the playoffs.

I don't know what's wrong at this point, and I'm not sure how to fix it, but Spencer Hawes isn't the savior.

OK. Rant over...now get off my lawn, you kids!!

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If they can get a top 5 seed I think they have a great chance of making the second round. After that they would need to get really lucky.

This team is streaky. They may not be the psuedo-contenders we thought they were, but they also are better than what we saw tonight. They are leveling off somewhere in the range of a 50 win team- much like the Hawks of the last couple of years. Nobody shoould confuse them for a contender, but I would not call them mediocre. They are somewhat “relevant” and in a position to maybe make a move or two to get them to that higher level sometime iin the next few years.

by tk76 on Feb 17, 2012 10:44 PM PST reply actions