09-01-2023, 03:16 PM
(09-01-2023, 03:07 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: The offense seemed to be let Josh Giddy drive to the basket or have Patty Mills create offense. Green was an afterthought.
He looked really active defensively as we would expect.
You basically just described the Mavs offense and Josh's role in it as well.
I get confused by the expectations of Josh on this board and some of the folks here that I find quite knowledgeable saying they haven't been seeing Josh's progression. I had written him off before the start of last season and I thought his game was night and day. I think the overall failures of last season also hide the positive moments that Josh was having which is fair. He's never going to be asked to generate his own offense on any meaningful possessions this season and the same goes for his role with Australia so I'm just not going to count on that. He's continued to be less shy about his shot (which he can still get less shy about for sure) and makes an impact with his defense, movement off the ball and overall energy/athleticism on a somewhat unathletic roster. He's basically Eddie Najera but at a completely different position.