Dude I know we are rightfully p'd off, but Middleton had some absolute monster moments in that Finals run. He's been a big disappointment this year though, there's no doubt about that. It's maybe 50/50 we lose to Boston anyway last year with him but I would have loved to have him. He is the only good Iso scorer on the team.
The gap between Giannis and any 2nd best player would be massive, but I don't feel like roster construction is why we can't win the Finals. It could always be better, but we are witnessing an incredible show of ineptitude right now. This isn't just a 1v8, they are missing 2 core players. It's unfathomable. And while I was wrong that we'd beat them without Giannis, we absolutely SHOULD have, without Herro, if we have 3 borderline all-stars, a DPOY and 6th man candidate.
Bud should 100% hang for this. It's just completely outrageous.