It wasn’t a deer in the headlights the team had no spacing they worked to address this in the off-season.

Assuming the teams offense gets slightly better they win the series. You’re not running back a one for one.

Cleveland seems to be just like star young players. Trae young is a great example. People like the new fun player with a bunch of potential then one thing goes wrong and people tend to hate and undervalue them.

Determining a young teams standing based on 5 games last year seems pretty illogical

I mean are we really putting THAT much stock into a teams first playoff appearance that was a horrible matchup for them?

The teams third best player was in his second season and the team had no spacing.

Assuming you tweak the offense by adding spacing, which they did, and that Mobley takes a minor stride in offense that’s at least a seven game series with the Knicks.

The Knicks beat them in 5 but by no mean we’re these games not close.