11-18-2021, 08:05 AM
Positive game to be even close without Luka. Still, I’m looking for the team to improve. A few points:
1. At no point during an NBA game is a KP post up some kind of go to play that is going to get you a bucket.
2. Dwight Powell is a negative on the court and is not a starting caliber player on a team looking to go anywhere. I get that you guys get a dopamine hit when you see the guy get a wide open dunk or have double digit rebounds. The fact is, he sucks. In this game in particular he wasn’t exactly controlling the glass despite having 13 boards. We had 1 more rebound than the other team. Dwight got destroyed by Ayton all night and a lot of the damage came in the 4th.
3. It’s not Dwight’s fault that he is dog shit yet is put in the game. You can blame French fry spitter, yogurt hitter for that. Playing Dwight in the 4th was major blunder 1. Blunder 2 was the zone defense. I like the idea to change it up for a couple of possessions but it should have been abandoned after the first possession when the players seemingly had no idea what they were doing. Blunder 3 force feeding the KP post up and getting zero good offensive possessions when it counted.
4. I may be a hater and complainer, but I’m coming with a positive and a solution. I am sold on Frank and everyone else should be too. It is time to inject him in to the starting lineup. This will give us a secondary ball handler and another very good defender. The starting lineup should be Luka/Frank/THJ/KP with Dorian or Maxi as the 5th dependent on matchup.
5. Back to complaining. We have 4 players who currently suck to the point of being unwatchable. Dwight Powell, WCS, Sterling, and Bullock. I still have hope that Sterling and especially Bullock can become positive role players, but that hope is dwindling rapidly.
6. The good news is we have the tools to be great. The only question is can Kidd figure it out.
1. At no point during an NBA game is a KP post up some kind of go to play that is going to get you a bucket.
2. Dwight Powell is a negative on the court and is not a starting caliber player on a team looking to go anywhere. I get that you guys get a dopamine hit when you see the guy get a wide open dunk or have double digit rebounds. The fact is, he sucks. In this game in particular he wasn’t exactly controlling the glass despite having 13 boards. We had 1 more rebound than the other team. Dwight got destroyed by Ayton all night and a lot of the damage came in the 4th.
3. It’s not Dwight’s fault that he is dog shit yet is put in the game. You can blame French fry spitter, yogurt hitter for that. Playing Dwight in the 4th was major blunder 1. Blunder 2 was the zone defense. I like the idea to change it up for a couple of possessions but it should have been abandoned after the first possession when the players seemingly had no idea what they were doing. Blunder 3 force feeding the KP post up and getting zero good offensive possessions when it counted.
4. I may be a hater and complainer, but I’m coming with a positive and a solution. I am sold on Frank and everyone else should be too. It is time to inject him in to the starting lineup. This will give us a secondary ball handler and another very good defender. The starting lineup should be Luka/Frank/THJ/KP with Dorian or Maxi as the 5th dependent on matchup.
5. Back to complaining. We have 4 players who currently suck to the point of being unwatchable. Dwight Powell, WCS, Sterling, and Bullock. I still have hope that Sterling and especially Bullock can become positive role players, but that hope is dwindling rapidly.
6. The good news is we have the tools to be great. The only question is can Kidd figure it out.
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