I sure as hell hope so. This has been going on the whole season now and I would have thought he or Quin or the rest of the team would have clued into it by this point. I remember a few games ago Boler was showing some stats of Bogey’s numbers in the first half and the second half and said something like “he’s more of a first half scorer.” Wanted to reach through the TV “you’re watching the ****ing games, right? He’s not allowed to touch the ball down the stretch.” I think the first Milwaukee game is a good example: he was dominating that game but he knew the final play was going to Donovan so he said “no, put me on the other side of the floor and give me the ****ing ball.”
This is getting insane, though. Last year our offensively ****** team averages 26 assists per game. We’re now nearly a quarter of the way through the season and we’re averaging 21 assists per game. All of us envisioned these hypotheticals of how the ball would be shooting around the floor, but instead we somehow ended up with a much more iso-heavy offense. Another problem I’m seeing is that we’ve also stopped going to Gobert. One issue is that Conley and Mitchell keep forcing **** and know they’re shooting a crap percentage for the game, so when they finally drive the lane and have a wide open Gobert for the lob, they instead settle for their own decent shot because they know they need to pad the percentage. It’s awful.
But I think we’re still stuck in the idea that Bogey is a decent guy and was just thrust into a #1 role. For instance, I assumed he’d drop to 16 ppg with better options, and I don’t think anyone thought he’d score more than he did last year. The problem is the fan base has caught up to realizing that’s not true, but the team is acting like he’s still a 16 ppg guy.