I'm feeling better this morning. I don't enjoy watching basketball where there are 5+ possessions in a row without a defensive stop. I think I was most disappointed in Hendricks who I keep hoping can be an answer to our defensive problems, but it's really unfair to expect too much of him right away this year. For some reason I thought Nurkic was better defensively as well, so that was disappointing. I actually thought Keyonte was much better defensively, so there's that.
Overall, yes, this was an incredibly positive game. Most notably Ace bailey looking like he has a chance to be a special player, which is really by far the most important part of our rebuild. The fact that Ace can go and get 25 and still look like he has so much more that he can unlock was awesome. I already mentioned Keyonte, but I thought he was really good. He didn't force stuff, he didn't act like he needed to be the show, he was a real point guard today. I know most people have given up on him as our PG of the future, but if he can play like he did today, then I think he can. His main problem in the past was taking too long to get our sets going, but he was great at pace and decision making tonight. I loved the skip pass to Brice, just absolutely beautiful offensive basketball. Speaking of Brice, man that guy looks awesome. I think he embodies HH's mantra of "fat = potential" better than anyone. He looks so much more athletic now that he's dropped weight.