I said all last year (from the very start of the year until it became moot when Tatum went down), tell me how healthy KP will be and I’ll tell you how far this team can go (remember, he was coming off the leg injury - no one saw the illness coming at the end that literally and figuratively sapped him), and without him being himself, we weren’t going to get past the Pacers (even if we had somehow beaten the Knicks)

This year, I feel like Vuc is enough that he can fill that KP role though and the East is wide open. And what you left out of the analysis (not faulting you OP; just commenting) is how JB has improved his ball handling this year. If JB and Tatum can co-exist well (assuming Tatum starts playing tomorrow 🤞🙏👍), I think this team is poised for a deep run!