MAVS 91, PELICANS 107

[KillerLeft]

They didn't have a well-thought-out plan. Nico probably didn't even know how to construct such a plan and wouldn't have recognized one if he had met it on the street. Kidd wanted a clean slate to evaluate the players for himself, and even now,  after 20 games, is still trying to decide what sort of plan he wants to implement. He has apparently come to the conclusion that the roster and the way he wants to play are not a very good match. Maybe he's forming an idea of what personnel changes he wants going forward. But he just didn't know before the season.

Sure, I think this is reasonable, too. 

The thing is: they very clearly DID have a plan. Defensive wings and guards who are (supposed to be) catch and shoot threats. 

If we were in store for more of the "space for Luka" offense, these would've been excellent moves, to an extent, so much so that I took the Bullock/Brown signings as an indication that the offense would be pretty much unchanged. That has not been the case, really. We're watching unreliable handlers initiate sets (Ok, maybe that will spur growth), loads of plays end with mid-range pull ups (yikes) and there's someone simply standing in the dunker spot through about 75% of each game (yiiiiiiiikes). 

If that's how he wants to play offense, Bullock/Brown/Ntilikina is not a great way to prepare for it. I don't disagree with your suggestion about how that might've come to be, but man...that sure is a specific way to get it wrong, know what I mean?