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I voted 24. I think this team is probably capable of 32ish wins, but, if things look they're headed that way, then I expect the FO and Hardy to trim the sails and get down into the mid-20s.

nah, the early Snyder years had plenty of good, hard-playing defense.

sub-question: if he gets close to leading the team in ppg, then what will his TS% be? (In other words, we he be a tank commander)?

Love this. Give him a screen and let him cook.

When it comes to defense, maybe Harkless is our canary in the coal mine. If he's lying dead on the bench while the defense continues along its bottom-dwelling ways, then that will tell us a lot.

Kessler looked fantastic last night. Extension-worthy, no doubt. 25M + incentives

bakk teh cakk

yeah, the shooting will come around. Even if he needs a high screen in order to get his shot off (at least at first), just that one action will spread the floor A LOT. I know this will present some challenges, but I'm really curious about the offense with both WCJ and Collier on the floor. If...

When you mentioned Ellis a couple of weeks ago, I went and did my homework. You know I like a pitbull, so I'm in love. I just don't know how we would find minutes for everybody (especially if we were to acquire him by trading a big).

I've had moments during the offseason where I got really bullish on Keyonte. But, for some reason, I'm currently pretty low on him.

If it turns out that Brice can survive on defense, then he'll probably run away with our MIP award.

I've always thought we nailed the Brice pick. And I've been patient and hopeful for the year-3 jump that appears to be upon us. But the defense has been much worse than I anticipated. I really hope he figures something out, because it's otherwise looking like he could be an incredible weapon.

Until Brice demonstrates improved defense, then we can't expect an overall impact much greater than peak Malik Beasley.

yup.

I said this in the game thread, but I'll say it here, too: I think you can see evidence for how well he processes the game on both sides of the ball.

minor note: The jazz's perimeter defense looked really soft a lot of the time, and Walt looked like he saw and understood (and was frustrated by) the problems the team was having executing in this facet of the game. I didn't notice him closing out any harder or anything, though. I've been...

Very good thoughts. I think I agree with you almost entirely. I picked my starting lineup based more on defensive concepts. I'm hoping that the starting lineup is able to hold its own and punch back on that side of the ball, even if there's a quick sub at the 6-minute mark that's tooled around...

I don't expect this to be the starting lineup, but this is what I would do (if I felt that Hendricks was 100% and relatively rust-free) Collier Ace Hendricks Lauri Kessler

100% they can play together.

Can I ask yall (since I don't watch as often or as closely as I used to)... how off-base is she on Key's defense? It would be really quick work to make a compilation of Key ball-watching in no-man's land. I know he's bad, but how bad is he? Like, bottom 10th percentile? Or..?