01-26-2022, 08:43 AM
(01-26-2022, 08:04 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: It is weird, the more Luka looks like Luka on the floor, the more tricky the Brunson fit feels imo. This is coming from a Brunson charter member too. My question though if Brunson cannot fit great with Luka, which ball creator that needs the ball some will work with Luka? I just feel when Luka is on his game, the offense goes back to everyone watching Luka. I can't blame it last night because no one else could shoot to help Luka out.
I see the same thing, and it is in the numbers. Yeah, the eye test and logic tells you this should work. I think you have to be careful on the eye test that we aren't too focused on games against bad opponents. Brunson's best +/- games in the last month have come against Sac, Hou and OKC. His weakest games by +/- have been against GSW, Chi, NYK, Tor and Pho.
As I posted yesterday, Luka is Brunson's second worst pairing on the team since 1/1/22 and Brunson is Luka's worst pairing. This during a time when the team has had much success. There is some regression in Brunson's January data compared to Dec/Nov. It would be interesting to be able to break that out by minutes with and without Luka. I'm not saying this can't work. Brunson clearly deserves to be a starter. Just pointing out there is data to support your feeling.