02-26-2025, 11:37 AM
(02-26-2025, 11:10 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: Totally agreed on Kidd. He was coaching to prevent a 40 point game from Luka to avoid the optics.
Even disagreeing with the philosophy though I felt the defense should have been enough to win the game. Just really awful offense two straight games now. AD will help a lot but there is a lack of creation and shot making outside of Kyrie that needs to be addressed at some point.
Also agree on Kyrie, his defensive playoff performance last year really made me realize he can get a lot done on that side of the ball when necessary.
During their post-trade run of winning games, the offense looked fine, with all the cutting and ball movement serving as shot creation. Not sure if that's just not good enough to be a real offense, or if other teams are figuring out how to gameplan them. I don't think Kyrie turning into a heliocentric poor man's Luka is the answer.