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Regarding Gordon: https://deanondraft.com/2014/02/07/if-aaron-gordon-is-so-smart-why-does-he-play-like-josh-smith/ Me? I take the athletic big with 9' standing reach and massive hands who shot 48% from college 3 last year and laugh while doing so.

How about Messina as head coach, Stockton as assistant? Makes sense since Stockton hasn't coached at all outside of his sons junior jazz leagues (or whatever they're called in spokane)

Don't think I've ever seen a defense give up so many easy alley-oops in my life. Other than an all-star game at least.

Burke's main problem is that he can't shoot, at least right now. He's not a shot creator, but if he can shoot 40% from 3 he will be a valuable starter in the NBA. Right now he offers...nothing. But, rookie, meh. And this game has been worse than usual. He was 0-5 from 3 in the first half...

Burke has been miserably bad this game, both offense and defense. Only thing worse this game is our team defense against the pick and roll. Edit: I take it back. Jefferson's D is also worse (absolutely horrific this game).

Yeah, our rebounding this game was the biggest concern. Favors and Kanter got demolished on the boards. Guess they just didn't care tonight. That's kind of disturbing, although I do think Favors had some no-calls as he was fouled in the paint fighting for position. He was visibly frustrated.

Boozer was signed as the 2nd option in Chicago right after Deng signed his deal, and he and Deng basically shared that role. Nobody who watched Deng play would expect him to be the sole second option: He's never been a great offensive player, most of his value is in defense and pure stamina on...

Is Saric as good as these highlights indicate? Is there any convenient way to watch full euroleague games? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDfe2Fusl4E

Anyways, Hayward had a great game. I'd almost prefer him to continue to suck so we can get him for less than his actual worth, but it's nice to see him do well. Everyone else was terrible. The end. Williams and Jefferson are helping the tank these days, so that's nice at least.

20 apg is our average, so nothing out of the norm. We're third to last in assists (interestingly, phoenix is dead last with 19 a game). It should be noted that we play at the third slowest pace in the league as well, so it's not quite as bad as it looks at first glance. Looking at AST% we are...

Sure. I'll ignore the guys who are super overpaid and couldn't actually be 3rd options at this point like Bargnani and Stoudemire. 3rd options that make more than 10 mil a year: Joe Johnson, Luol Deng, Danilo Galinari, Ty Lawson, Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala, Chris Bosh (ok, really would be a...

Not get any offers in FA? Give me a break. A GM is going to offer Hayward 10 million a year, and he will probably be a good deal at that price. If he keeps playing like he is this year, he isn't worth that, but it's unlikely he will be this bad in the future. I think some of you forget how...

I don't think his stroke is garbage at all. I think it's all in his mind, which is even more concerning in my opinion, because this part of gordon just seems to get worse and worse as his role gets more important. This whole 'put everything on Gordon' thing this year obviously failed horribly...

Hayward is a better player than Burks, but Burks is going to shine on teams like this one, and Hayward isn't. Burks is better suited to being a #1 option than Hayward, but that is fairly irrelevant because neither one would ever be a #1 option on a good team.

Hayward will be the better player on a good team. Burks looks great on poor teams because he can create offense on his own, but he doesn't contribute anything else. Burks on a championship team would be a 6th man, Hayward would be the 3rd or 4th best starter. So assuming we want to be a good...

It's time to trade Marvin. If Favors and Kanter really can't play together, we need to know that for sure by the end of the season, you know, by actually playing them together. And of course, the tank is in jeopardy as well.

Hayward and CJ are quite different in their inconsistency though. CJ would have one good game every 5 or 6, for his entire career. On the other hand, Hayward is a streaky shooter to a level that I've never seen. Hayward has 4 month stretches of looking like an all-star, and 4 month stretches...

If you swapped Hayward and Wes this year, Hayward would be putting up an efficient 16/4/4, while Wes would look like a bench SG. Wes can't create anything whatsoever for other players, and he can barely create for himself. He's a great 3 and D guy on a good team. Hayward would be a great 3rd...

Look, Portland is a good team, but they are also putting on a freakish once-in-a-season performance from deep. They are 12-15. 80%. Insane. Our defense hasn't been THAT bad (although I wouldn't say it has been good either.)

How did Kanter end up regressing? He's definitely been a worse player this year than last, and somehow he seems to have even less of an idea of what he's doing out there. Is it in his head? Is it coaching?