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2688325, LeBron teams start notoriously slow and get better
Posted by LA2Philly, Tue Feb-19-19 02:57 PM
In this case, the team had the best record (by far) for a first year LeBron team and they were getting better and better defensively, as indicated by their defensive rating. All the indicators pointed to the team getting better, not worse...and then like you said, Rondo wasn't even playing so that's another positive indicator to add to that.

I know you're on your anti-LeBron stance but when you look at the full context of where the team was, missing the backup pg for most of the season, and how LeBron team's perform as the season progresses, it's pretty clear where the team was going.