I do think it's likely that they're going to be a worse regular season team but (hopefully) a better playoff team. With that said the tempered expectations seem odd to me. A year ago I think the general consensus was that anything less than appearing in the NBA Finals was a failure, which we obviously fell way short of. Seems like we're lowering the bar a bit. It's a remade bench but the core of this team is still the same -- Giannis, Middleton, Lopez, DDV -- biggest difference is Jrue for Bledsoe. They shouldn't be a big work in progress or anything.