we returned a lot of guys from the elite 8 run and then we brought in a good transfer class headlined by one of the all time leading scorers in the history of the sport. there are good reasons that everyone from pollsters, to the computers, to the coaches in the league, to our fan base saw this team as a top ~15 team heading into the year. the question is not “why was that the case?”, the question is why haven’t we lived up to expectations.
some answers: abmas isn’t as good as we thought he’d be, mitchell has barely improved, tyrese hunter is disappearing before our eyes like a person from a time travel movie, shedrick is always hurt, and oh yeah, we have a subpar coaching staff this year whose team has no identity and mercurial as hell.