01-04-2026, 12:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-04-2026, 12:49 PM by KillerLeft.)
(01-04-2026, 11:00 AM)meistermatze Wrote: I hope this was just because of the opponent and our desire to play super big. This lineup is not the future. What does concern me is how we are trying to force-feed AD and are ignoring Cooper offensively. Yes, AD had a great game, but I hate his offense — the long twos, the occasional threes. It’s bad offense most of the time and, as I said, even worse: Coop gets fewer touches overall.
I think it did have something to do with the opponent, but twice now Kidd has mentioned "Gaff doesn't get enough minutes when AD plays the 5." Interesting, because in the recent game in which AD left with an injury after 10-11 minutes, Gafford STILL only played about 15, but that's coming right from the horse's mouth as far as his thinking, for what it's worth.
I think Kidd feels a little pressure (not sure who from, at this point, maybe just himself or the locker room, even) to play Davis, Gafford, PJW and Marshall enough that they're all satisfied with their roles, and it's tough to do that without putting Flagg out there in an awkward role with an awkward lineup. Obviously, he has to play Flagg, and rightfully so.
For me, this all leads back to the thought that some of these guys just don't fit anymore. Good players being wasted, out there doing things they can't really do, and it's starting to seem like kind of a selfish basketball team on offense. When everyone has the green light, it's kind of like nobody does, really. One of the main reasons they won last night is that they found a couple of things, offensively, that were working, and for once the team seemed to recognize that and lean into it instead of people taking turns trying to score.
I hope the new front office understands the assignment.