The Most Confusing Teams in the NBA!

Lowebut I just that's that's my talk that's my that's my argument do I need

Mahoneyany more no I think I think that's sufficient in a way but it's like the intellectual part of my brain understands everything you're saying understands the caveats with Kawhi and his health understands where this team might need a little more depth understands if Kawhi does get hurt what that does for the regular season how they're going to manage the rotation all of those things and yet the heart wants what it wants.

MahoneyAnd it wants the highs of watching the Raptors in the playoffs last year, bolstered with one of the best half court creators in the game in terms of his ability to manufacture his own shot. The exact thing that this team seemed to need at that point in time, plus getting Emmanuel quickly back.

MahoneyPlus, as you say, with Colin Murray Boyles, you're like, I mean, I'm just irrationally, um, irresponsibly high on at this stage. And I think like he absolutely should be starting for this group. I think he looks to me like an all defensive guy for years to come.

MahoneyI just think this team's going to be really good. And I look at the rest of that East, which is quite formidable.

MahoneyAnd you just start talking yourself into, okay, like what if the Cavs just kind of are who they are and they're going to run up against the same ceiling, even with Peyton Watson. What if Jason Tatum, who has his own health considerations in this season, doesn't hold up in the ways that we expect?

MahoneyWhat if the Sixers thing goes sideways? What if like, I think the Knicks we expect to be there, but what if the Pistons, like they're kind of in a weird regression state, potentially both in terms of win total and down, like downgrading, frankly, from Tobias Harris to John Collins.