It depends on where you start for considering the season a success. Before Kyrie's outburst it was easier to predict a much better season than this one. After the outburst it was possible to see the terrible start and say the season was toast. Pulling out a free and clear playoff appearance when many social media commentators did not even expect that is OK. I do not really expect the Nets to survive this series either.
Given their head start at the trade deadline, it wasn’t unforeseeable, at least to me, for the Nets to hang on to a 6th seed. I thought the play-in was more likely, but whether they got eliminated there or in the first round means nothing compared to what a partial season ticket holder like me thought they’d be.
It depends on where you start for considering the season a success. Before Kyrie's outburst it was easier to predict a much better season than this one. After the outburst it was possible to see the terrible start and say the season was toast. Pulling out a free and clear playoff appearance when many social media commentators did not even expect that is OK. I do not really expect the Nets to survive this series either.
Given their head start at the trade deadline, it wasn’t unforeseeable, at least to me, for the Nets to hang on to a 6th seed. I thought the play-in was more likely, but whether they got eliminated there or in the first round means nothing compared to what a partial season ticket holder like me thought they’d be.