It is not an automatic finals bound team because there are also strong teams in East like the heat where there is rumor that Giannis will signed in heat
. This team will gonna be super strong if Giannis will really make a deal with heat because there will be a new duo: Giannis X Butler. But there are also a chance that the Nets can beat the Heat especially if all of the players are healthy. There is also a rumor that there will be reunion between Durant and Ibaka where he would sign in the Nets. I hope that both Durant and Kyrie will not be prone to injury anymore.
Nah, I don't see something special about the Heat (unless they will rebuild their roster and acquire a legit big man) and I somehow don't see the Bucks and Giannis as the threat to the East as well. The NBA finals are clearly a mismatch. With the current Eastern team roster I can say the Nets are the strongest, then Boston, Heat, Milwaukee, Raptors, Sixers.
We have yet to see the KD and Kyrie tandem, but most likely this duo is lethal. They also had e legit big men DeAndre Jordan and Jarret Allen, and also the most improve Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie during the absence of 2 superstars.
If these whole roster are all healthy, I don't see any Eastern team right now that could stop the Nets from going to the NBA finals in 2021.