02-10-2024, 06:40 PM
What a game. We basically stomped them and it didn’t look like a fluke.
Some thoughts:
- PJ is a big help guarding the perimeter without giving up size inside on defense. He had a steal and another deflection on SGA together with Green or DJJ where they just crowded him. That and the boxing out gives me A TON of hope that we’ve just improved our defense by a lot. On offense he’s exactly what we need, somebody who can finally attack closeouts from the PF spot and shoot. Clearly more versatile than Grant who is just super limited when he floors it.
- Gafford just doing his thing. Very impressive.
- I REALLY hope we will see Kleber at PF once Lively is back. That would have a huge trickle down effect on our lineups size-wise.
- Minutes distribution will be a thing to watch going forward. THjr, Maxi, Green, DJJ and PJ all in the mid 20s tonight, Luka and Kyrie played less than they usually do. At times it looked a bit chaotic with the substitutions, I hope they’ll figure it out quickly and settle in on a rotation.
- Loved Gafford but I think it’s pretty obvious that he’s perfectly suited in that bench role. He could end up being BWright on steroids here off the bench going forward.
- Luka just with a badass introduction for the new guys. Just got them basically three dunks at will lol. Especially that first lob to Washington was like missile with perfect accuracy.
Some thoughts:
- PJ is a big help guarding the perimeter without giving up size inside on defense. He had a steal and another deflection on SGA together with Green or DJJ where they just crowded him. That and the boxing out gives me A TON of hope that we’ve just improved our defense by a lot. On offense he’s exactly what we need, somebody who can finally attack closeouts from the PF spot and shoot. Clearly more versatile than Grant who is just super limited when he floors it.
- Gafford just doing his thing. Very impressive.
- I REALLY hope we will see Kleber at PF once Lively is back. That would have a huge trickle down effect on our lineups size-wise.
- Minutes distribution will be a thing to watch going forward. THjr, Maxi, Green, DJJ and PJ all in the mid 20s tonight, Luka and Kyrie played less than they usually do. At times it looked a bit chaotic with the substitutions, I hope they’ll figure it out quickly and settle in on a rotation.
- Loved Gafford but I think it’s pretty obvious that he’s perfectly suited in that bench role. He could end up being BWright on steroids here off the bench going forward.
- Luka just with a badass introduction for the new guys. Just got them basically three dunks at will lol. Especially that first lob to Washington was like missile with perfect accuracy.
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