The team is pretty similar to last year’s team.  Replacing Montrez with Serge is a great idea if you really believe Serge is still a great defensive presence.  I’m a bit skeptical.  Batum also looks super cooked. But it doesn’t really matter at all if Kawhi and Paul George are healthy and around and everyone is on the same page.  They still hplayers who are theoretically among the best two-way players in the league.  Throw in a solid bench, and it should be easy to win basketball games, the rest of the pieces aside.  In practice it hasn’t worked out like that.  But maybe this year is different.