As a hopeful Kings fan still, I'm straddling a line between the first and second option that leans more heavily towards the second. I think we will have a decent offense, we haven't had too many issues in that department. I think we will have an improved defense, I'll say top 25, which is a big improvement compared to our record setting porous d of last season. I'm still on the fence with Walton as well, as a fan he can be frustrating to watch, but the players seem to absolutely love him so there could be something there and this season will be a good test for it.
I think we will be lucky to get the play-in, but if we are hunting for it that is already a big improvement. So I guess this is a long-winded way of saying I vote option 2.