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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
They've been nearly the worst team in the league without LeBron on the floor this year as those stats showed. You really believe the additions of mediocre players like Russell, Vanderbilt, and Malik Beasley are going to alter that significantly and save them from missing the play-in without LeBron?
That roster is going to go under .500 without him and probably well below .500. They're done.
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AD, D-Lo, Vanderbilt, Beasley and Hachimura is a .500 level squad. Mostly because it's an actual basketball team, as opposed to the collection of misfit parts that they started the year with.
A single superstar player with a couple good role players is enough for .500 ball. They can/should play to that level even without Lebron (though they'll need Russell back to keep their ball movement/spacing viable - Schroeder isn't dynamic enough to drive play alongside AD, IMO).