LeBron James

But you can't start Mitchell Robinson just because of worries about how many minutes he's going to play.

And also, they want to be able to move the ball.

And so, yeah, I understand Carl Anthony Towns is an ideal in pick and roll situations.

That being said, there are good series.

He did a great job against Nikola Jokic a couple years ago when he had to guard him and they went to the conference finals in that first time.

And the only time that he went to the conference finals with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

But there's just pressure now.

You're the five.

There's a lot of pressure, man.

And so I still have belief that they can get to the finals, win three rounds, do it again.

It's all about the finals, getting to the finals.

Then things will fall apart for every Eastern Conference playoff team, probably.

I mean, they still have an elite offense here.

They're top three in the league and they're, I think, around top 10 defensively.

you know net rating they're good like this is a good team but it's it is a weird like part of the season here I know they had a stretch there where they were winning some games but before that they were like in the malaise and it's like a little up and down but is this just like a habit of a team that's been here a couple times now and it is a bit like as an older team too like okay let's just get there everybody try and be as healthy as possible and then we like our chances against anybody in the Eastern Conference

And they don't like these breaks in the season.

They don't like post-NBA Cup, post-All-Star.

That's their time to stink.

And part of it, they win the NBA Cup, and they're like, yeah, we're great.

Let's hang the banner.