Whos trending upwards and whos trending downwards in the rotation

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Hard to say after two games. Was teh Suns defense just super bad or was our use of a stretch 4 for 48 minutes the key?

If I said anything I would say Stretch 4 lineups are trending up and Favors/Gobert minutes together may be down. Too early to say though, but I'm sure that will be a primary coaching decision all year.

 

[magic]

I just want to point out that the ONLY thing that matters this season is how well Exum plays. Everyone else's improvement or deterioration is negligible.

If Exum breaks out we have a contender. If Exum doesn't show progress, we are at best a playoff team.

 

[NAOS]

I just want to point out that the ONLY thing that matters this season is how well Exum plays. Everyone else's improvement or deterioration is negligible.

If Exum breaks out we have a contender. If Exum doesn't show progress, we are at best a playoff team.

no

 

[LogGrad98]

No one said that

You seem angry at the world LogGrad. Want to talk about it buddy? We're here for you.

You seem awfully defensive. Want to talk about it buddy? We're here for you.

 

[LogGrad98]

I just want to point out that the ONLY thing that matters this season is how well Exum plays. Everyone else's improvement or deterioration is negligible.

If Exum breaks out we have a contender. If Exum doesn't show progress, we are at best a playoff team.

So you are saying our absolute floor is playoffs regardless of what everyone does, but if Exum has a good season that jumps into championship contention?

 

[VINYLONE]

So you are saying our absolute floor is playoffs regardless of what everyone does, but if Exum has a good season that jumps into championship contention?

I really hope he's not saying that.

 

[fgcamel]

I honestly don't know who is trending up or down but it was great to see Gobert making those free throws. Last year had sooo many instances of Gobert taking a dump at the free throw line at the most inopportune moments. Here's to it being a continuing trend.

To be fair, the whole team had a tendency to forget how to shoot free throws when it really mattered.

 

[magic]

So you are saying our absolute floor is playoffs regardless of what everyone does, but if Exum has a good season that jumps into championship contention?

Floor= worst case. So no, our floor would be missing the playoffs. Our CEILING if Exum doesn't play well is being a playoff team.

My post was taking a longer term view on things. We drafted Exum in hopes of him becoming a star. And I think if Exum doesn't have a good season this year, then we won't be a contender for the foreseeable future.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Floor= worst case. So no, our floor would be missing the playoffs. Our CEILING if Exum doesn't play well is being a playoff team.

My post was taking a longer term view on things. We drafted Exum in hopes of him becoming a star. And I think if Exum doesn't have a good season this year, then we won't be a contender for the foreseeable future.

So what you're saying is that if he doesn't become a star this year he never will? Why does it have to be this year or nothing. Guys grow at different rates.

 

[VINYLONE]

To be fair, the whole team had a tendency to forget how to shoot free throws when it really mattered.

Absolutely. This can't be argued.

 

[Just Ted]

Playing defense at the end of games was our biggest downfall last year IMO.

I still think our biggest downfall was scoring less points than our opponents. I could be wrong.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I still think our biggest downfall was scoring less points than our opponents. I could be wrong.

Because teams scored at will at the end of games.


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