And ATlanta is still good. It's not like Dwight Howard sucks, he has just been on teams that don't fit him. I'm not sure if Atlanta fits him, but I think they will be more malleable than the Harden Rockets or the Dantoni/Kobe Lakers.
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And ATlanta is still good. It's not like Dwight Howard sucks, he has just been on teams that don't fit him. I'm not sure if Atlanta fits him, but I think they will be more malleable than the Harden Rockets or the Dantoni/Kobe Lakers.
And Millsap will be the best power forward (at least in terms of fit) he's ever played with. Good point guard, good defense before him, they'll be good. It just remains to be seen how good.
I still have reservations about Schroeder as a full time starter.
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Cappy_Smurf
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Chicago will blow it up by mid-season.
Crawlnstall
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My gut reaction is that being ranked 4th is high, but part of that is me not getting my hopes up.
But think of it this way...
In the west its clearly GS and SA...but after that it gets kinda questionable
Clips are another year older and despite the talent on the roster there might be chemistry issues...and if anyone gets hurt they are toast
OKC is take a dive, the year without KD they missed the playoffs.
Houston's Defense is gonna be worse with D'antoni as the coach.
Portland might be the only other team that could give us trouble
So in a sense is it all that far fetched to put as the 3rd best team in the west? If we can stay healthy, which is a big if, I can see us easily being top 2 defense.
Add in some vets who can help us score in crunch time and the depth of the western conference power teams dwindling and you got a team that could be looked at as the 4th best team.
I still think it's a bit high, but not all THAT high.
This offseason has been awesome and we are gonna be great next year
But think of it this way...
In the west its clearly GS and SA...but after that it gets kinda questionable
Clips are another year older and despite the talent on the roster there might be chemistry issues...and if anyone gets hurt they are toast
OKC is take a dive, the year without KD they missed the playoffs.
Houston's Defense is gonna be worse with D'antoni as the coach.
Portland might be the only other team that could give us trouble
So in a sense is it all that far fetched to put as the 3rd best team in the west? If we can stay healthy, which is a big if, I can see us easily being top 2 defense.
Add in some vets who can help us score in crunch time and the depth of the western conference power teams dwindling and you got a team that could be looked at as the 4th best team.
I still think it's a bit high, but not all THAT high.
This offseason has been awesome and we are gonna be great next year
green
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Nice post with one glaring weakness. When you are down 2 with two minutes left, we still don't have "that" guy to go get you a bucket. Joe Johnson is the closest thing we have for that. We do have a lot of pretty good talent, so our two minute offense will have to be a group effort.
We will still struggle in close games next year. We will be better, but I'm not sure we will be 4th (or better) in the west better.
We still need Exum.
vegas
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Seems like it was our defense that had trouble down the stretch. I remember Hayward, Burks, Hood doing work on offense.
Yep, there you go, dead last in opp pts in clutch per NBA stats.
https://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/clutch/opponent/?sort=OPP_PTS&dir=1&Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season
23rd offensive rating 103.5
3rd worst defensive rating 121.3 right behind Phoenix and Philly
https://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/clutch/advanced/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&sort=DEF_RATING&dir=1
Edit: so we sucked at both offense and defense in clutch.