I feel like the doomerism had been off the charts. This is a year 2 rebuilding team. We are bad, we are starting a rookie point guard (good choice), and we have a bunch of average players around Lauri.
I think people need to reset expectations. We have a good young coach, a warchest of picks, and a certified star in Lauri. Brace yourself for bad seasons as we round this thing out.
Basically over half our squad is question marks (rookies, sophomores, THT, Sexton, Collins). The hope was that enough of them panned out / were ready to get to the playoffs this year. Doesn’t seem like it, so we continue the rebuild this year, develop our young guys, and hopefully make a push next year.