01-25-2021, 11:35 PM
(01-25-2021, 11:27 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Why is this team so miserable offensively when the only significant players not here anymore are Curry and Wright? Curry might be a god for the Nuggets but he was only good for us.
There are a few reasons, imo:
1) Turns out they actually meant what they said about changing the culture of the team to a defensive culture. Turns out that they actually were serious when they told us they barely worked on our fence in training camp. This is what that looks like.
2) recovering from number one requires lots of intense work outside of games during the season. With the condensed schedule, they are not able to practice very often, and it sounds like they are not even having regular shootarounds lately. The only way to fix that is to get the guys on the court together during games for a while.
3) Can’t do number 2 if your best player shows up out of shape, postponing any meaningful play for two weeks (not hyperbole, because the offense is SOOOO built around him, even more than it was built around Dirk back in the day), your other star starts the season on the IL, and then right as things are coming together you lose ALMOST the entire rest of your rotation for a MONTH.