Our 8-7 record is really obscuring the fact that we're a genuinely good basketball team that's been one of the unluckiest teams in the NBA. We've lost by a combined 8 points in 4 games to some of the best teams in the West.

Despite

  • Luka playing through multiple injuries, missing games, and having the worst start of the season since his rookie year

  • PJ, Lively, and Maxi all missing games

  • Kidd playing mind games with Grimes and giving him DNPs

  • Gafford in the starting line-up when it literally has the worst net rating out of our top 5 most played line-ups (with Lively having the best as his replacement)

We are still

etc

There's still some major room for improvement. Hopefully Luka can rehab his wrist and knee effectively and comeback anew. I also want Kidd to actually coach more on the offensive end and bring back some of the sets from the first Spurs game. Our transition offense and 3 point shotmaking needs work and so much of our team is inconsistent from 3 (PJ, Maxi, Naji)

All in all, we're a great team and don't let yourself doom by looking at the record or internet narratives.

Sidenote, I am really annoyed by the overboard Luka criticism everywhere online but especially on this sub. We're literally BETTER on defense with him on the court than off but people will gaslight you with clips of some of his lowlights and just trash him. Cowboys fan mentality.

Luka definitely deserves criticism. His complaining in the middle of plays and lack of off-ball defensive awareness hurts, but the criticism has literally turned into hate.

That's all! MFFL

2 comments

  1. Thank you for bringing facts for shedding light on the matter. The eye test has even told me this is a pretty damn good basketball team with new integrated parts. Just need it all to come together at some point because in the future, I know we can play even better, MFFL!!

  2. The Phoenix foul call with 0.8 seconds left and the Jazz game where they just didn’t play defense are the two that really chap my ass.

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