even if he had kyrie and hayward, he saw a roster almost entirely turn over (the only holdovers who played 20+ minutes from last year were Horford, Smart. The only other holdovers were Rozier and Brown who both played about 17 minutes per game).
he took an entirely new squad then lost their big new signing and didn't miss a beat. He's got a team that lost a 2nd tier MVP candidate in Kyrie and has them 3-2 in the first round. But he's not going to win because everyone expects him/his team to be great. But that's not smart.
----------- you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia