06-11-2021, 01:03 PM
(06-11-2021, 12:19 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: I am more worried that he has already entered a physical decline, despite being only 25.I don’t see how we could possibly know that in any way right now. Are you talking about a bone/ligament deterioration, or a muscle type one? JJJ is a pretty solid gauge on this to me. Seeing him come back months after KP did, not sure why the bigger tendency isn’t to point to that. Rather than believing something we couldn’t possibly know, I put my faith in the most likely scenario, he came back too soon and needs time to weight and basketball train.
I think he comes back to begin the season showing us bubble KP and minus major injury, starts to peter out toward the middle/end of the season unless we load manage him like Kawhi. If that actually takes place, I think the phones ring for him again.
The defense is a strength and conditioning thing mostly because he’s done well with it before. He can improve on it as well as his exit interview suggested he would. Strength and conditioning will help with his shot and stamina as well.
The head stuff...that’ll subside with winning.