LjJazzman
Well-Known Member
Frustrating preseason. The overall sloppiness and lack of intensity was concerning.
Really interesting game las time. That was the starting lineup that I've been asking for for the last month. I think it gives us our best combination of offense and defense between the first and second units. The only thing i'd like to see experimented with is trying Alec with the starters instead of Hood. I think Alec will be better off the bench but not 100% sure.
I think we beat about half the teams in the leauge last night playing how we did. Nuggets were absolutely awful. But, at least we did it without hood or hayward having good games. If those two were even average then we beat most teams in the league.
Was a HUGE relief to see Rudy have a break out game. I was legitimately worried about him. It was against the worst centers in the league but still, the fire was there for the first time in the preseason.
Burke has been a breath of fresh air so far. I love him as a bench scorer. I think its so plangently obviously thats who he is.
Did anyone else expect a lot more assists out of Neto? Nobody would average 10 assists in this offense, but I still thought Neto would be more of a facilitator then he has been. Neto also needs to learn who he can and can't be a pest to on defense. He is GREAT at disrupting average to below average athletes. The above average athletes are going to torch him over and over if he doesn't learn to back off a little bit.
Alec i'm worried about. He has shown he is super talented but makes the biggest mental mistakes on the team. We could of potentially won the Thunder game is he makes his wide open layup and doesn't fall asleep on the best offense player in the world on the next play. Same type of plays happened tonight. That 3 he gave up when his man shot a 3, then got his own offense rebound and shot another wide open 3 because Alec was watching from the front row was unbelievable. We all know his on ball defense is decent, but his team defense I believe is the worst on the team.
I'm also a little worried about Gtime. I have a feeling the intensity will be there once the games matters but its still has me a little worried that he didn't show more glimpse during the preseason season.
I wish we would of been able to have 2 consistent games with lineups. We have experimented every single game, and just don't have the continuity we should have at this point to be a playoff team.
The big rotation is scary. Book is great in small doses but has looked a little off this preseason. That leaves us with Jeff, Tibor, and Lyles.... Terrifying. We really need one more rotation quality big. Jingles and Gtime playing the 4 will only work against a handful of teams.
I think its going to be a rocky start to the season. I think we are talented enough to get some wins early but they will be tough and ugly wins. This team has no idea who it is on either end yet.
Really interesting game las time. That was the starting lineup that I've been asking for for the last month. I think it gives us our best combination of offense and defense between the first and second units. The only thing i'd like to see experimented with is trying Alec with the starters instead of Hood. I think Alec will be better off the bench but not 100% sure.
I think we beat about half the teams in the leauge last night playing how we did. Nuggets were absolutely awful. But, at least we did it without hood or hayward having good games. If those two were even average then we beat most teams in the league.
Was a HUGE relief to see Rudy have a break out game. I was legitimately worried about him. It was against the worst centers in the league but still, the fire was there for the first time in the preseason.
Burke has been a breath of fresh air so far. I love him as a bench scorer. I think its so plangently obviously thats who he is.
Did anyone else expect a lot more assists out of Neto? Nobody would average 10 assists in this offense, but I still thought Neto would be more of a facilitator then he has been. Neto also needs to learn who he can and can't be a pest to on defense. He is GREAT at disrupting average to below average athletes. The above average athletes are going to torch him over and over if he doesn't learn to back off a little bit.
Alec i'm worried about. He has shown he is super talented but makes the biggest mental mistakes on the team. We could of potentially won the Thunder game is he makes his wide open layup and doesn't fall asleep on the best offense player in the world on the next play. Same type of plays happened tonight. That 3 he gave up when his man shot a 3, then got his own offense rebound and shot another wide open 3 because Alec was watching from the front row was unbelievable. We all know his on ball defense is decent, but his team defense I believe is the worst on the team.
I'm also a little worried about Gtime. I have a feeling the intensity will be there once the games matters but its still has me a little worried that he didn't show more glimpse during the preseason season.
I wish we would of been able to have 2 consistent games with lineups. We have experimented every single game, and just don't have the continuity we should have at this point to be a playoff team.
The big rotation is scary. Book is great in small doses but has looked a little off this preseason. That leaves us with Jeff, Tibor, and Lyles.... Terrifying. We really need one more rotation quality big. Jingles and Gtime playing the 4 will only work against a handful of teams.
I think its going to be a rocky start to the season. I think we are talented enough to get some wins early but they will be tough and ugly wins. This team has no idea who it is on either end yet.
