These first 3-5 games they should win,
but I expect them to play .500 ball until the all star break.
3 new starters to work in plus an completely new 2nd unit.
That's going to take a while to build chemistry, but preseason looked promising.

In fact LaVine didn't have to take over in order to save the game.
That 2nd game against Cleveland, DDR had a great 1Q but struggled in the 2Q.
3Q comes, and LaVine goes off for 12 points.
In the past, it would have been up to LaVine to go off to prevent a loss.