You could have stopped at "Holly just keeps yapping".Holly just keeps yapping about the overturned call momentum change, when in fact, it's more about we just don't have anyone in the bench squad to calm down offense like KO, and we sold our best glue guy in Tech for peanuts. This is how it's going to be.
That said, Lakers shot 57/46 off the field, Jazz shot 48/33. Mix up with some friendlier whistle to Lakers, beating us in fta's by 14 attempts more, there you go
We had eight fga's more than them. If we made closer to average shooting splits, the game still was very winnable. But no one got really hot
I remember the first game that LeBron played in SLC. At the end of the game, the whole crowd stood on their feet and gave him a standing ovation. It was the first we ever did that for a visiting player who had no history with the organization. It was amazing to see and the whole crowd knew he was going to be special.
BingoIt's more than that though..
Olynyk was their only passing big man and best passer off the bench.
Simone and to a lesser extent Agbaji were their only wings/SF's.
Their lineups just don't work anymore.
We traded away talent from 3 skillsets where we were already thin. Thats playmaking (passing), defense and 3 point shooting.I guess Simone and Olynyk were more important than I thought. On the flip side if those two were that important we’re not nearly as good as we thought.
I'm sorry, what?Hendricks was pretty good on defense and on the boards,
We traded away talent from 3 skillsets where we were already thin. Thats playmaking (passing), defense and 3 point shooting.
Especially the last two hurts. We are 22nd in the NBA with 35.6% team 3 point percentage, but we traded away 2 of our top 5, and now we have just 3 guys left who are over 34% for the season.
This.We traded away talent from 3 skillsets where we were already thin. Thats playmaking (passing), defense and 3 point shooting.
Especially the last two hurts. We are 22nd in the NBA with 35.6% team 3 point percentage, but we traded away 2 of our top 5, and now we have just 3 guys left who are over 34% for the season.
I didnt see Rui doing that to him any more than he did it to Collins. In fact I'm pretty sure Collins got pushed around more. They also got him switched on Keyonte and Clarkson a few times and it wasnt pretty.I'm sorry, what?
He was literally hunted every time he stepped on the floor and Hachimura abused him 1-on-1 so badly I felt like calling 911.
Hardy noticed it too and kept yanking him
I dont know if the players buy in to what Hardy is selling next year, as the FO has undermined them twice in a row. Playing hard and putting in effort to exceed expecations for two years only so FO can cash in on the added value isnt really a strategy that you can pull off too many times.DA/RS' big picture strategy is now clear:
Allow your new young coach to work with his best tools before trade deadline. Let the team excel to their best potential to allow said coach to build a good reputation in the league and get the fans good and lathered up in support. Sell fanwear, popcorn, content subscriptions etc etc out the wazoo.
Then come trade deadline sell off what you wish to (or can - talking to you JC & THT) and tank the last 1/3 of the season while coasting on dwindling fan support which edges toward draft position excitement.
It's a businesslike strategy and maybe a sensible one as well.
But it's a sh!tshow to put the players through. Don't know if I'd have the heart to do it myself when odds of us ever winning the chit are so extremely low regardless of FO skill in executing it.
I dont know if the players buy in to what Hardy is selling next year, as the FO has undermined them twice in a row. Playing hard and putting in effort to exceed expecations for two years only so FO can cash in on the added value isnt really a strategy that you can pull off too many times.
I hope not, but it feels like if Keyonte, Kessler, Hendricks or others dont take major leaps rest of the way it feels inevitable.Agreed. I predict Markkenen will hit end of season having talked his Wife into the charms of OKC living.
I hope not, but it feels like if Keyonte, Kessler, Hendricks or others dont take major leaps rest of the way it feels inevitable.
You literally just proved my point thank you. If Simone and Olynyk held the team together we’re not as good as we thought. Great teams can lose rotation pieces and still be fine.This.
I hate the "If we were this dependent on guys like Simone and Kelly, we're worse than I thought" argument.
Sometimes an NBA roster is like a house of cards and there's nothing wrong with that per se. I mean the ideal situation is obviously that a team is 100% resilient against every injury or trade, but that's rare. In reality, guys like Simone and Kelly are often the ones who are holding it all together. They both had their warts but they provided shooting, size, BBIQ and an unselfish mentality. The rest of the roster is lacking many of those things.
Not at all surprising that we look like crap now and Lauri has a convict's thousand-yard stare going on. I think the guys we sold off were some of his closest friends on the team.
But this is a team building error, not a en error on overall talent.You literally just proved my point thank you. If Simone and Olynyk held the team together we’re not as good as we thought. Great teams can lose rotation pieces and still be fine.
We will probably keep getting blown out and the teams below us will keep losing as well. Give up our pick, have no shot at the playoffs, and have unwatchable basketball.I can’t decide if the team has let go of the rope a little or if the Collins/Kessler/Lauri frontcourt is enough to tank the starting lineup and Taylor is enough to mess up the bench. Either way it’s over. We need the other teams below us to play ball though if we are going to get to #9.