06-10-2021, 07:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-10-2021, 07:56 PM by SleepingHero.)
(06-10-2021, 06:23 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I saw this on reddit from last years bubble. Can we get this KP back. He is cutting and much more active that he was in most of the Clippers series. He wasn't perfect, but with a full offseason can get back near this level? His moves are much more sudden and confident. I feel like we saw very little of this development off this this past year. I put the blame on several parts of the team. Regardless, KP should watch this and realize there is at least 8 points a game by cutting and being active. Where was that one legged fadeway this year at the free throw line this year?
It would certainly help the team on the floor and also give us more leverage in trade talks if we wanted to explore.
You can view this 1 of two ways, the optimist or the pessimist.
The optimist will say: Hey, this season was a weird season. Essentially it was a lockout shortened year with the added twist of no fans and an ongoing global pandemic to be worried about. So many games in a short amount of time. For KP, he never actually had an offseason. This undoubedtly affected his conditioning and his skills. I mean have you ever played basketball and just stopped for 3 weeks and picked back up? You're of course rusty. Now make the 3 weeks 4 months and instead of the YMCA it's the NBA. Shit is hard. Further KP didn't even have a training camp to get used to the new system/teammates, and was thrown into the fire. KP finally will have a healthy offseason, and the season will return to normal next year.
Looking at it like that it's almost likely we get the old KP back. Lots of positives things.
The pessimist will say: KP is an injury prone stick that has obviously lost a step. He's had 2 knee surgeries in 3 years, and whenever he is healthy he always has nagging injuries. This year it looks like he moves in quicksand and has the balance of a drunk giraffe. There hasn't been any proof that KP can come back to where he was after this latest knee surgery as well. Also, there's a good argument that KP at his best isn't really that good anyways, with mediocre efficiency and a playstyle that is slowly going extinct. Mavs should cut their losses before anything else happens to him.
Both have valid points. I guess you can choose what side you want to be on.
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