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Why is everyone so toxic?

As someone new to this sub, but familiar with other sports subs, the discourse here is awful. We've got people saying that Hali doesn't deserve the max, that we should let Siakam walk, that neither can be stars, it's unbelievable.

Who here thought we'd be playing basketball at this point in the year? I'm starting to think that people might have been happier if we didn't even make playoffs. We've got one of the youngest teams in the NBA, most of which haven't played a single minute of playoffs basketball before this season, and we are still two games out of the ECF. Not a God damned soul expected us to make it this far, and if anything it should be a blessing, knowing that our team is only going to improve over the next 2-3 years. THIS ISN'T EVEN OUR WINDOW, and yet we are still competing.

We've speedrun the rebuild to build a fun and competitive squad, and you fucks are ruining it like we were expected to win the championship from day 1. We aren't the Celtics, even if we lose on Friday, this season should be looked at positively.

It's absolutely okay to be critical and have discussions talking about player performances, I get that, but some of you doomers out here sound like Knicks'/Bucks' sleeper agents. Just enjoy being one of the last 8 fan bases that gets to watch your favorite team play meaningful basketball right now. We've been playing with house money since we got here, enjoy the ride.

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