I think the key to improving the 4th quarter woes at least in the short term is to try and have at least two of the big 3 out there for the entire 4th quarter.
Seems like when it is just one of them out there the offense goes completely stale and starts relying completely on ISO.
Or just have...
At the same time he wants to avoid overthrowing it. It was an underthrow, but probably not as badly as it looks. He is trying to make it a jump ball scenario, but probably threw it a couple yards too short.
There is just no excuse for this team's 4th quarter performance so far this year. Book or no Book.
Sure it will likely be better when Book get's back, but we need to do better right now.
I suppose it makes some sense that the 4th would be the quarter where lack of chemistry would be most...
If we are still dealing with the same issues 30 or so games into the season I will start to worry, but right now there are so many new moving pieces and important players missing games that I can't get too worked up about it.
I took him at the end of the draft and stashed him in my IR spot for this very reason. Hopefully I can sneak into the playoffs as I could be dangerous with Kyler coming back and Jefferson coming back soon.
The Lakers game was the most egregious IMO as they scored a grand total of 3 points in the first 10 minutes of the 4th quarter. Even a mediocre quarter would have led to a comfortable win.
I think the turnover issues are just as much if not more tied to the guys figuring each other out as it is our ball handling.
The turnovers have been spread throughout the lineup and not just the primary ball handlers. That tells me it's more of a chemistry issue.
To be fair they were in complete control of 2 of those 3 games and had a chance in the other. Doubt they blow another double digit 4th quarter lead this time around.
The draft lottery has officially been scheduled for 10 December.
Please for the love of god Mercury get a top 2 pick!
https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38787795/wnba-draft-lottery-set-dec-10
You said it is currently looking like a failure. How can that be when we haven't seen what it actually looks like when the best players are on the floor.
You take the two best playmakers off the floor for any team and they will struggle. Imagine the Bucks without Giannis and Lillard right now.
We were 7th in defensive rating last year. The roster probably isn't as good defensively, but we did bring in a defensive minded HC. I think we have just enough personnel wise to be at least solid on that end.