Lmfao they aren't championship contenders in any sense. They regressed in the offseason. Losing Al Farouq Aminu and Mo Harkless without finding suitable defensive replacements for them was huge. They don't have the defensive versatility to hide Dame and CJ on defense like they used too. Who guards the opponents best guard or wing now? They also lost a ton of offensive efficiency in the offseason. Aminu, Harkless, Kanter, Turner, Curry, Layman, Leonard were all okay to good in terms of shooting efficiency. And they are all gone. Replaced by guys like Bazemore, Hezonja, Tolliver who are all inefficient. Hood is inefficient. Little is very raw and was inefficient in college. Whiteside is a flake when he doesn't get his way. Pau Gasol is washed.
