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Originally Posted by FlashUNC
I'm not sold on Houston getting worse. They were 14-1 without Trevor Ariza during the year, and their Harden/Paul/Capela trifecta is still together. And they got some more offense in Carmelo to rest the other guys a bit.
They were never a defensive juggernaut, but I still think given the Game 7 loss they'll be motivated again.
I'm more counting on that "Klay tears a knee ligament" or "Durant goes down with an ankle injury" kinda thing for long stretches.
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Houston was 6th in defense last year. Maybe not a juggernaut, but no slouch.
This might be the only place where Carmelo still works - assuming he can be efficient enough out of isolation to make the math profitable.
Anyway, you post makes sense, and I could definitely see the W's having their injury luck run out.
The East is still garbage overall, but Boston/Philly/Toronto should be fun.