ReubenJRD wrote:
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Knicks will lose a lot without him, and be in a hole. Better for him not to risk his career, or the franchise to risk, well, the franchise to push for a low playoff seed. If the Knicks are finally trying to go in the right direction, it just seems like a needless risk for a season that can't possibly be that much of a success.
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As for Milwaukee, I just think they also partly benefit from a bad East where a lot of teams didn't really get better. Can they leapfrog into the 3-6 pack and maybe come out on top of it? Maybe. Giannis should improve a bit, and their roster is slightly better along with a new coach who is probably a decent upgrade. I think adding Lopez and Ilyasova was good for them. We'll see if they can put it all together.
I'm not sure if Indiana gets better or stays kind of the same. They will depend a lot on internal growth, but not sure they can really get into contender status. Washington is the same team, plus Dwight Howard (meh). Philly will need to stay healthy and get a strong season from Fultz, especially since they lost a bit of depth/shooting. They could finish 3rd, or Embiid could get injured and they struggle to win 30+ games.
It's weird that Toronto had such a big offseason but the season seems so uninteresting. If Toronto and Boston do what they are supposed to, probably nothing anyone else in the East does will matter.
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