TAKE DAT WIT YOU 11/4

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THJ: Carlisle made him a good player by tightening the reins. Kidd is asking him to do more offensively and it's not looking good.

I'd push back on this one. I think there are signs of THJ being able to do more. 

On the premise of your post, I think you're spot on. There has been either speculation or knowledge dropped that Kidd is tinkering to see what he has. That would seem to suggest that Kidd would start to fine tune things and define roles down the road at some point based on the returns of setting the guys free. I hope that's the case.

Regarding Luka doing less. I'm down for that, but I would hope that it would be done in a way where Luka gets more efficient, not less, that provides diversification to the offense for the sake of the playoffs, and brings Luka to the playoffs with more left in the tank.