Efficiancy was the #1 thing I wanted to see Cade improve on this year. After a rough start, he is up to 57.3%. Still needs work but it will take a bit to recover from the start of the year.
For the 3 months, he has gone up each month.
50.2%
57.8%
59.6%
Not sure if I agree about the conference finals, though. I think with as bad as the conference is, it's finals or bust. The Knicks will get worse in the playoffs because they employ Mike Brown. He's fine in the regular season, but when it counts, he struggles when LeBron isn't there to drag him to the finals.
Boston just might be the 2nd best team in the east, especially if they can get Tatum back at the end of the year. I also fear well coached teams in the playoffs (See Indiana last year) and Mazulla is a good coach.