The talking heads keep saying that the offense will be great, but where is the D? So. Durant is a great defender. Booker is a very good defender now. Not sure what kind of defender Beal is. Vogel is a defensive coach.
What we need is rebounding and defense in the paint. Frankly, Ayton has shown he is very capable of that when focused on it. We can trade him for a rim protector and rebounder (Gobert or something like that) or maybe Vogel can convince him to focus on that. Obviously the relationship between Ayton and Monty was broken. I wonder how that impacted Ayton's performance.
We do need lots of depth for the regular season. I would spend the entire season developing the young talent and keeping the minutes for Booker, Durant, and Beal low. They should play in every game (rest games have not proven effective) but keep minutes as close to 30 as possible. Develop Okogie, and the other young colts and see if we cannot find some gems.
All we have to do is get into the playoffs. 1-4 in the west is fine. I am not worried about seeding beyond that.