The Positives:
* Our effort was fantastic. The team showed great character.
* Our defense was locked in. Very impressive.
The negatives:
* Our roster is just filled with way too many zeroes. You can’t win with 2/3rds of your roster producing nothing. All of our PGs need to be gone next year, Thabo needs to go, Udoh and Bradley are redundant, and if Korver is out of gas then he needs to go too.
* Rudy was awful. One could argue that playing Favors more in this series would’ve given us a better chance to win. Especially at the end of this game. Needs to get physically stronger and needs to continue to develop offensively.
* As much grief as Malone received for his clunkers, this Mitchell performance tonight was an all-time gag fest. Far worst than what I remember from Malone against Seattle or Chicago. I don’t know if the pressure or fatigue got to him. But he needs to work on his shooting and Dennis needs to get him some GD support so we’re not so reliant on Mitchell to do everything.
Frustrating note:
* Exum and his awful contract. It feels like Exum’s failure to provide Mitchell with just a sidekick role might hinder the Gobert-Mitchell era much like AK47’s contract limited our success during the Deron Williams era. I hope I’m wrong and that we can get out of this bad deal. But we desperately need another guard or two with loads of potential. Someone through the draft or through free agency. Someone who can take over games offensively when Mitchell is off. Even Dlil needs CJ McCollum. Even Steph needs Klay.