(PreNote: I think this should be subtitled "maybe we all just need to chill about the turnovers -- that includes the flummoxed announcing crew.)
Ok, what started out as me going to look at the Pels turnover situation turned into me taking a real look at the Pels offensive output and realizing, we're all idiots -- the focus on some truly daft turnovers has been distracting us from something pretty amazing.
Below I'm going to list the current Top 5 NBA teams in Scoring Per Game, Offensive Rating, FG% and TS%, and then I am going to add a 6th team -- the Pelicans in the last 15 games since Rajon Rondo returned to full time duty (Nov 15th -- I did not include his first game when he only played 5 minutes). Now I am not saying that this is all because of Rondo, or anything like it. I think guys getting familiar with the system, rotations getting sorted out etc. have all played a major part too. Nonetheless...
NBA Team Scoring
1. Golden State 117.0
2. Houston 114.8
Pels Last 15gms 114.0
3. Cleveland 111.0
4. New Orleans 110.8
5. Toronto 110.7
NBA Offensive Rating
1. Golden State 115.4
2. Houston 115.4
Pels Last 15gms 113.9
3. Cleveland 113.7
4. Toronto 113.0
5. Minnesota 110.9
NBA Team FG%
1. Golden State .513
Pels Last 15gms .506
2. New Orleans .490
3. Cleveland .482
4. Toronto .480
5. Milwaukee .480
NBA Team TS%
1. Golden State .617
2. Houston .604
Pels Last 15gms .603
3. Cleveland .596
4. New Orleans .586
5. Toronto .583
And that's with A.D. in and out of the lineup. In other words, screw the turnovers -- for the last month the Pels offense has been operating at a championship Golden State/Houston level. Really the ENTIRE problem has been the collapse on the other end. With even a league average defense (league average in D gives up 105.3pts/gm) the Pels would be flying.