For all the hipster, stat geek, Lowe disciples/wannabes, who worship at the alter of the so called innovative, progressive teams, the league has become largely genized and gone backwards in a sense: (perceived) mismatch basketball is in vogue again. Cavaliers, Celtics, Rockets and to a lesser extent Warriors, all play seek and destroy relentlessly.
Once they get the switch, which most teams willingly concede even without enough suited personnel, help inevitably has to come after the superstar or star has dusted a helpless defender (damn near anything goes for the offensive player, but the defender can't so much as breathe on them) in space or is about to bully them on the block.
That's basically the whole game in a nuts again. Funny how Jackson was antiquated for doing this and Lue (who pulled all the right strings vs the Raptors and coaches the most powerful person in the sport; a player who'd run the offense how he sees fit no matter the coach) is regularly criticized for his supposed lack of an offensive system, yet the others are dubbed geniuses for doing the same thing.
they were the #1 seed a season ago, too.
and they didn't have jayson tatum. jaylen brown had no jumper. they leaned heavily on isaiah thomas, jae crowder, and avery bradley
And they were subsequently exposed, the same way the 60 win, '15 Hawks were and 59 win, '18 Raptors were.
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At the obsession with the new golden boy. People just did this with Pop for the last half decade, only to finally come to the realization that the secret sauce wasn't his magical "system", but the personnel.
