AlaskanAssassin
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1- Weren't we supposed to be good defensively?
Maybe "good" isn't the correct term, but at least better. All I read about last year was how bad Jefferson and Millsap were defensively, and how much more committed Favors, Hayward, and Kanter were going to be defensively. Well, we allow 105.8 points per 100 possessions, which is 2nd worst in the league (ahead of only Brooklyn). We finished last year at 104.3, 10th worst. All the while, Jefferson now plays for Charlotte, and they allow 96.9 PP/100, which is good for 4th in the league (granted Jefferson has only played in 1/2 their games).
I'm really not sure what has happened here. Without Jefferson to point a finger at, who is to blame? No one thought we would win that many games here, but most of us though the Defense would be a little better, and the bad offense would be the root of most losses.
2- What kind of coach is Corbin?
Good or bad, most coaches have some kind of identity. "Motivator", "X & O", "Player Development", "Player's Coach", "Defense First", "Run & Gun", etc. What kind of coach is Corbin? We talk about players needing to have an identity, doesn't a coach need to have one as well? What is he actually good at? If anyone can point to something here, I would love to hear it.
Along those lines, if he's not a "Player Development" coach, why is he running the team? He's certainly not here to win games.
3- Can we rebound from a historically bad season?
This one scares me the most. It's not easy to turn things around once you go this low. Our players get accustomed to losing. Right now they are getting accustomed to bringing low-energy to games. Accustomed to playing bad defense. Accustomed to a lack of accountability. If we get Wiggins or Parker, maybe it will all be OK in the end. But what if we end up with Embiid, Smart, or Exum. Is that going to turn our team around anytime soon?
Is the team so bad that we are effectively destroying the trade value of guys like Kanter, Burks, or even Hayward? I know the two things we have going for us are the draft picks and the cap space, so maybe we are better equipped to come out of this than other historically bad teams, but it's hard to envision that until we see it happen.
Once again I will be chugging half a bottle of NyQuil to fall asleep tonight.
Maybe "good" isn't the correct term, but at least better. All I read about last year was how bad Jefferson and Millsap were defensively, and how much more committed Favors, Hayward, and Kanter were going to be defensively. Well, we allow 105.8 points per 100 possessions, which is 2nd worst in the league (ahead of only Brooklyn). We finished last year at 104.3, 10th worst. All the while, Jefferson now plays for Charlotte, and they allow 96.9 PP/100, which is good for 4th in the league (granted Jefferson has only played in 1/2 their games).
I'm really not sure what has happened here. Without Jefferson to point a finger at, who is to blame? No one thought we would win that many games here, but most of us though the Defense would be a little better, and the bad offense would be the root of most losses.
2- What kind of coach is Corbin?
Good or bad, most coaches have some kind of identity. "Motivator", "X & O", "Player Development", "Player's Coach", "Defense First", "Run & Gun", etc. What kind of coach is Corbin? We talk about players needing to have an identity, doesn't a coach need to have one as well? What is he actually good at? If anyone can point to something here, I would love to hear it.
Along those lines, if he's not a "Player Development" coach, why is he running the team? He's certainly not here to win games.
3- Can we rebound from a historically bad season?
This one scares me the most. It's not easy to turn things around once you go this low. Our players get accustomed to losing. Right now they are getting accustomed to bringing low-energy to games. Accustomed to playing bad defense. Accustomed to a lack of accountability. If we get Wiggins or Parker, maybe it will all be OK in the end. But what if we end up with Embiid, Smart, or Exum. Is that going to turn our team around anytime soon?
Is the team so bad that we are effectively destroying the trade value of guys like Kanter, Burks, or even Hayward? I know the two things we have going for us are the draft picks and the cap space, so maybe we are better equipped to come out of this than other historically bad teams, but it's hard to envision that until we see it happen.
Once again I will be chugging half a bottle of NyQuil to fall asleep tonight.
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