(11-10-2022, 09:35 PM)Kammrath Wrote: It really feels to me that this roster is on the decline.
I think DFS, Maxi, RB, THJ, SD, and DP are mostly great feel-good stories about guys who shouldn't have made it in the NBA, yet made a living from it. And it seems like they all have peaked in previous years and now we are on the descent for every single one of them.
The outlook of this roster is REALLY, REALLY bleak. Luka and JG and Hardy are the possible areas for improvement, not sure anyone else has any glimmer of possibility of improving.
I believe we will win the championship this season. The last two games, were all about Luka being tired and it was mismanagement from Kidd how much he played him, and in the particular way he carried the load. Before the last two games, I dont see another team in the league that can easy beat us, on contrary. We should and could have won all games by that point essentially.
I think if you look at Luka, DFS, Maxi, RB THJ. all of those guys can shoot way better than they started the season, and will with more minutes as history shows. Its absolutely the worst they can perform. So I expect us to do a lot better in the end of season than right now. The last two games will also become a lesson for Kidd not to overuse Luka, and hopefully will lead in tweaks in plays and design how Luka is used, for the better.
Either the team, and especially Kidd, learns from this and gets better. Or not, and becomes worse. I believe we get better from this knowledge.
Its incredible how bad we shoot as a team from 3 being so wide open. I feel at times I could make some of those open shots.
Also, we have seen that Wood is really important with Brunson not being here. Its no coincidence that Luka looked suddenly tired now than when Wood was on the team taking some load away.