06-30-2022, 06:00 PM
(06-30-2022, 05:36 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: So the high point of the Lowry/DeRozan era was losing 2-4 in the East finals to LeBron/Kyrie/Love, who then went on to win the NBA finals against the same 73 wins Warriors, we just lost to. You talk a lot of sh*t about other franchises, given the fact that the Mavs have won two play-off series in the last 12 years.
I do talk shit about a lot of other franchises when they're bad. The DeRozan+Lowry teams were never considered a serious contender.
The Raptors faced an IND team whose second best player was Monta Ellis (or if you want George Hill).
They then faced a 48 win Heat team post Lebron that took them to 7 games that didn't even have Chris Bosh playing for them.
And when they finally faced a true contender, they lost at an average of 28.5 points. It wasn't close. There was a reason why Ujiri blew up that team and went after a real star in Kawhi.
Put those Raptors in today's East and they aren't even a top 6 team.
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