The team is still getting used to one another. Allen is great off ball, but cannot really be relied on to create on his own. So is Yuta and Goodwin, who both would benefit from return of all of big-3, though their min then will get cut. Eric is the only one besides big-3 who can create, but he has his off-nights now and then. KBD has the proper individual skill to fill the expected role, but seems not well integrated within the new team yet. Vogel saw that in preseason and benched him for good reason. He will catch up and be solid contributor and share the 5th starter role with Okogie.
Beal seems a great catch-and-shoot guy, but very rusty in his first game at creating chances for himself and team. He may need long warmup time on court. I remember one game vs Suns he was like 3 for 20 in qrt 1-3 and then like 10 for 10 in the 4th. Anyway, he'd be the best 3rd-best a team could get.
Our p&r defense is not very good. Bulls and Spurs exploited that well, their moving screens not-being-called notwithstanding. We lack proper communication on switches. OTH, our screen setting is inadequate, as witnessed in not getting KD easy room via screening attempts. Against Bulls we let KD mix it up with going the reverse direction and it worked.
All in all, we need a lot of refinement on game plans on both ends.
