The resurgence of DLo never happened. Same player, will (hopefully) wake up after getting benched, so why wait? Do it now so we get the better version for as long as possible.
Me either, and it was nice to see Koloko get some run. Looks rusty but that’s expected.
What’s concerning, if not all that surprising given that we ran it back, is that we’re losing games the same way we did last season. Which means, in a lot of ways, it ain’t the coach but the personnel that’s the true issue. I think that we’re seeing that play out now.
Rebounding continues to be the Achilles Heel and you can add in transition defense and a lack of paint protection now, too. Part of it is a lack of talented size, some of it is we need a 40 year old on the floor to score enough points to win, and some of it is either a bad scheme or the players not fully executing the scheme (my personal jury is still out and waiting 20 or so games on that one).
The step forward we all hoped/needed one of Reaves/DLO/Hachimura or Christie to take hasn’t really materialized, at least not anything consistent. That’s not a knock on anyone but rathe the sobering reality of a team that had it’s two best players on the floor for the majority of the games last season and ended up in the Playin all the same. That indicates someone other than AD or LeBron needs to become a bigger factor.
Get off X and onto BlueSky man. I don’t do any of those but, y’know, don’t give Musk more money.
Wish there were more of these games lol.
The resurgence of DLo never happened. Same player, will (hopefully) wake up after getting benched, so why wait? Do it now so we get the better version for as long as possible.
Me either, and it was nice to see Koloko get some run. Looks rusty but that’s expected.
What’s concerning, if not all that surprising given that we ran it back, is that we’re losing games the same way we did last season. Which means, in a lot of ways, it ain’t the coach but the personnel that’s the true issue. I think that we’re seeing that play out now.
Rebounding continues to be the Achilles Heel and you can add in transition defense and a lack of paint protection now, too. Part of it is a lack of talented size, some of it is we need a 40 year old on the floor to score enough points to win, and some of it is either a bad scheme or the players not fully executing the scheme (my personal jury is still out and waiting 20 or so games on that one).
The step forward we all hoped/needed one of Reaves/DLO/Hachimura or Christie to take hasn’t really materialized, at least not anything consistent. That’s not a knock on anyone but rathe the sobering reality of a team that had it’s two best players on the floor for the majority of the games last season and ended up in the Playin all the same. That indicates someone other than AD or LeBron needs to become a bigger factor.
7-3, 6-4 if George and Embiid play.