04-22-2023, 09:57 AM
(04-22-2023, 09:02 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I'm by no means trying to defend the 22/23 Mav's. But, I think we have to recognize some really important positive things happened this season.
We used two future second round picks to get Jaden Hardy. Most agree he should have gone in the lottery. Post all-star he scored 13 a game in 20 minutes. His TS% was .587 (outrageous for a rookie guard) and he hit .459% of his 3's.
Josh Green took the step many hoped the 22 year old would eventually take. He plays good D, is a positive on the court and he and Hardy are actually our best 3 point shooters.
We traded for our third star.
The cupboard is pretty bare outside of that and that is certainly a problem. The mistakes and missteps are pretty well documented around here. But, there are positives. Maybe the biggest positive is the team has the same sour taste in its collective mouth that we all have. Seems like that would make it much more likely that something actually gets done than if we had somehow lost a close series in the first round. It is nearly impossible to justify what we just watched and somehow think we just need tweaks to get over the hump.
Not to pick one part in your post, but you mentioned traded for our third star. Do you view a resigned Kyrie as a third star?