Jalen Brunson being this overwhelmingly better than Spida makes me very angry
I'm not sure Brunson is much better than Mitchell. They just have a better coach with a very clear identity on how he wants to play offensively and defensively, and their FO has done a good job adding the pieces to compliment Brunson and allow them to play how Thibs wants to play.
The biggest issue I see with the Cavs is an organization that isn't in alignment from the FO down to the coaching staff. This has resulted in being a defense-first team that claims they want to speed up the pace and space the floor, yet they play two bigs that can't shoot and have a PG that plays at one of the slowest paces in the league. Because the coaching philosophy doesn't make sense, the roster winds up being all disjointed.
Knicks know what they want to do. Thibs wants to control the pace offensively, slow the game down, and out-work/out-physical you defensively. Across the board, the guys they have on their roster are guys that have always played that way.
Orlando kind of plays similar to the Knicks, with more length but lacking in guard play. Still, they play to their strengths and mitigate their weaknesses as much as they can.
Pacers aren't going to stop you to save their lives, but they're going to run you into the ground and they have the personnel to do so.
Celtics built their team to have length and shooting all over the court with the goal of jacking as many threes as possible and being able to switch almost everything.
Philly's going to beat you up inside with Embiid and Maxey attacking the paint.
I'm not going to go through every playoff team, but the point is the majority have a clear style in which they want to play and have built their rosters to be able to play that way. We're 4 years into the JBB tenure, and it doesn't seem like the FO or the coach are on the same page in how they want this team to play.