If someone told you ...

[Nilanka]

All the talk leading up to the season was that the lineup of Lowry, DeRozan, Gay, Amir and Jonas was one of the best 5-man units in 2012-13, and how the team played .500 ball.

Extrapolating that over a full season, leads to ~41 wins, which usually means the 6, 7 or 8 seed in the East.

Let this be a lesson for all of us regarding small sample sizes.

[Letter N]

Meh I'm not digging up quotes for it, it's not worth it. But there were definitely serious conversations about being third in the east with a full season of Rudy

Serious conversations by who, people on this forum or people in the know? If you go by this site this team has a chance to be in the finals this year.