This team stinks. I watched them live against the Magic, on ground level (nearly) and the body language from a lot of the players sucks. Trey sulks, Gordon reverted back to sourpuss pre max-contract levels of sulk. Kanter continues looking like an oaf baffled by some of the routine mistakes he makes. When something doesn't go Favors' way, he shrugs and just jogs down the court as if he's about to go up the stairs and order a hotdog. I just can't see a lot of fight or fire in any of these guys right now.
-There's no hard screens being set (saw Hood practically allow a defender through him, screwing up the ball handler). Couldn't believe what I was seeing from a team that was once helmed by Sloan. Most of our pics and screens are for show garbage.
-Kanter and Burke are just as infuriating to watch live as you'd expect. Six pump Kanter travelling, getting swatted. Trey getting into the paint and jacking up an off balance shot around 3 defenders. No imagination from Snyder in use of the roster. Watching Kanter getting yanked every 2 minutes and put back in just puzzles me.
-We can count on players like Favors, Booker, and Burks to pull disappearing acts on a routine basis. Usually a team can manage if this type of player if there's one on the court at any given time, but we can't have three or four players consistently lay eggs on a nightly basis from the starters or the bench. I'm really starting to question Favors' ability to excel when it's important. He's the quietest 15/9 center in the league.
-The passing game is laughable. I'm surprised our turnovers aren't higher considering the other teams seem predict on a consistent basis who the ball handler is going to pass it too. What we construed as a 'fun team to watch' in the pre-season has derived into a trivial scouting challenge for the teams they're facing on a game to game basis.
