I'd argue the same if Hayward and Kyrie never got hurt. But now you're talking "what ifs". Sorry, anything can be said at that point.
What I do know, is that you failed to beat our kids with a superstar. That's a tough one to swallow.

I wish Corey was swallowed

so now a 7th seed losing to a 2nd seed is a failure? some teams with a superstar don't even make the playoffs due to failure to put together a complete team

last season was a failure for lack of C, lack of depth, and bad schemes. you take Brad Stevens away from the Celtics and plug in one of the worst coaches in the league? you'd be looking at barely scraping into the playoffs this season

Can we plug in Hayward not injured and Kyrie since we are talking what ifs?
I think we'd be ok

So many hypotheticals....

If the spurs had anthony bennett and tyron lue instead of tim duncan and greg popovich

really because it looks like the Celtics are the 5th seed and getting a one night pity fuck from the Pacers due only to Oladipo getting injured. sad that your franchise is reduced to praying on injuries

So we go from what ifs to the present
What's next

you just said that the Celtics would be fine if Kyrie and Hayward aren't injured, are they better or worse than last season?

Hayward got injured though. The "what if" game you're playing would mean Hayward never getting injured.
Kyrie is playing. Automatically better.

road games against playoff opponents this season:

@ Toronto L
@ OKC W
@ Indiana L
@ Denver L
@ Utah L
@ Portland L
@ Charlotte L
@ Houston L
@ San Antonio L
@ Miami L
@ Brooklyn L