1. socks, socks, socks. weknow the drill. he has to show that he can show up and do the thing she was doing each time he went down without going down. this is obvious.

anyhow, if he scores in that 15-18 point range while staying healthy, we're gonna be real hard problem to solve inside with he and pau. defensively if he gets to that 2.5 and up block range with 10 boards per.. yeah. his man to man is suspect though and that needs to be shored up.

2. the bench mob must return to form. jordan and sasha have to fucking show up. lamar will be lamar so expect that. shannon brown getting a training camp and proving effective as he was last year will help us immensely on both ends of the floor. josh powell needs to get some minutes and be more consistent defensively. this unit needs to be the consistent threat it has been in certain periods and do so for the season.

3. ronnies impact remains to be seen. the defensive intensity should go up a few notches. he gives us unlimited rotation options and phils management of that will be a major key. ron and pau, kobe and socks, ron, kobe, and lamar, etc... at any given moment kobe or bron and one of the three main bigs have to be on the floor. there really is no reason they should have all five guys out at once. EVER.

honestly if these things happen then 70 is very possible.