The belief that this year wasn’t the year released the shackles from this team.
Since that loss to Sacramento way back in November, the team has posted 32 wins and 19 losses. Hardly a reason for slander, especially when the team subjected to that slander is the same team you didn’t expect to compete just a few months earlier. Hayward gets discussed as a real x-factor for the team, while Kemba Walker gets viewed as the messiah that resurrected a toxic locker room.