Post#32 » by therealbig3 » Sun Mar 26, 2023 6:40 pm
I mean I don’t think this team’s talent is nearly as bad as people think. You get one reliable go to scorer, and this is a team that has good role players out the wazoo. And we’ve seen teams with a bunch of good but not great players win games and even win playoff series.
I think it’s obvious we’re capable of playing much better basketball with this squad than we have so far, and although you can excuse some of it on lack of chemistry because they were all acquired mid season, it’s clear to me that the coaching leaves a lot to be desired and just isn’t good.
And I mean, we can say we don’t have a go to scorer, but Bridges has been more or less a beast since coming here. He can score. I think Spencer has been a disappointment, and despite having multiple good defenders on the team, including one of the best defensive players in the league in Claxton, we tend to get lit up defensively. That’s on coaching imo. If you’re running 3+ positive impact defensive players at a time, you should be able to stop opposing teams more often than not.
This was an impressive win, but the inconsistency of the team has more to do with coaching than with the players imo. Look back at the DRose Bulls when he was hurt. They would still win games, even though they didn’t have any great scorers, because they were at least bringing it defensively and would generate enough offense by committee for the most part. That’s the difference between someone like Thibs, and Vaughn.