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Yeah… he was the one I had the most hope for.Too slow to stay in front of quicker players and too weak to deal with bigger wings.
Yeah… he was the one I had the most hope for.Too slow to stay in front of quicker players and too weak to deal with bigger wings.
I was optimistic at the time, but it's really starting to look that way. It's becoming clear why a lot of these guys were available at discount prices.None of the “bargain buy” guys has stepped up to be truly reliable. If just ONE them (Okogie/Goodwin/KBD/Metu) actually did, it would be a huge boon to the team.
To be honest, I was a little surprised by how excited posters were getting guys who put up okay stats on terrible teams.
Unfortunately, it seems like we got what we paid for.
Hopefully there's a better way to get someone without giving up either of those two in Allen and Little. Outside of those two I'd also like to keep Metu.
Gordon, JO, Bol can go at anytime for me but i understand that Allen and Little probably have the most value as a trade chip. Perfect world would be to use the trade exception and waive Bol.
Apparently not this.Listening to Vogel I just want him to shut up.
“They’re figuring out how to get each other ball and when to be aggressive.” WTF?!? What did they work in all preseason and to date???
They barely played together in preseason and camp is not the same as real game action. Ideally they would have gotten the necessary reps in the first 10-15 games of the regular season, but that of course requires them to not be out with injuries...Apparently not this.
I’m in agreement here. If we had a movement based offense like golden state runs we wouldn’t have need of a traditional pg. But we don’t. I don’t know what kind of offense we run (and that’s not an ignorance thing, it’s an observational thing), but as much as Booker isn’t a disaster as a pg in it, he does not maximize the offense and HE’S not maximized in it either.Having all our guys healthy will certainly help, but the chances of our guys staying healthy through the playoffs seems slim to none. Even then I'm not sure a fully healthy team is championship team.
Point Book is a bad plan, it takes him away from his game and wears him out. IF Beal can stay healthy and take the bulk of the PG duties that would help.
Nurkic has been great but they must find a way to stop the opposing teams constant parade to the hoop.
We need health, a point guard other than Booker and an interior defender.
Can we really call any turnover by this turnover prone team a “fluke” at this point?Failed miserably? The first game 100% should have been a win if not for a fluke turnover in the last seconds.
2nd game we had a miserable start, but fought back and probably should have gotten the win as well.
You act like they came in and flat out kicked our ass in both games. Not what happened.
This is what is confounding me. If we only had one star in the court double teaming should be effective. But with 2, much less 3, we should kill double teams. The fact that we don’t is absolutely basketball malpractice.We are mediocre on defense - other than our rebounding which we really suck at - mainly long rebounds. Other teams don't seem to have that problem and you don't need big guys for long rebounds - seems like coaching to me.
Offense is what is letting us down. Double teaming is way too effective against us.
Booker has been the least of our concerns. He’s still averaging damn near 30 with 7-8 assists a night. That’ll work. The issue is, I think we need to play faster and find a release valve if/when he gets doubled.I’m in agreement here. If we had a movement based offense like golden state runs we wouldn’t have need of a traditional pg. But we don’t. I don’t know what kind of offense we run (and that’s not an ignorance thing, it’s an observational thing), but as much as Booker isn’t a disaster as a pg in it, he does not maximize the offense and HE’S not maximized in it either.
This is what is confounding me. If we only had one star in the court double teaming should be effective. But with 2, much less 3, we should kill double teams. The fact that we don’t is absolutely basketball malpractice.
Durant doesn’t move off the ball, he needs to be way more active.
Booker is both our best ball handler and the only guy who is aggressive about movement off the ball. Not a great setup.
We’re also using far less screens than we used to.
Durant is old and plays too many minutes. I think his lack of movement is a necessity.Durant doesn’t move off the ball, he needs to be way more active.
Booker is both our best ball handler and the only guy who is aggressive about movement off the ball. Not a great setup.
We’re also using far less screens than we used to.
I would love to see more of Nurk distributing from the post. Of course that requires the other guys to be active off ball.Our go to set, is drive and kick. Or pass on an open three and drive.