#1 pick here we come
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Griffin was a terrible hire. No idea why his name was even considered.
Devonte' nails the three to put us down 3 with 22 seconds remaining.
Don't give me hope.
Basketball.
Next step for BI is being an asset in the 4th quarter. More often than not he falls short.
Our leading shot takers tonight were Ingram, NAW, and then a tie between Devonte' and JV.
Guess how many of those 4 guys shot better than 40% from the floor.
...the answer is one, JV. Ingram was 38.9%, Devonte' was 25.0%, NAW was 31.2%
Not gonna win too many games like that.
Edit: correction, Ingram hit one more shot as I was typing! He finished at 40.9%, well done. 9/22 shooting.
I'm ready for some Jose'. Send NAW to Birmingham instead of Alvarado.
SPECIAL NOTE: I want Herb in the Future's Game during the All Star Game
Is this a stealth tank?
9 missed FTs in a game we lost by 4, btw.
And there isn't really one individual to blame for the misses, it's not like one person missed 5 FTAs or anything like that. Just death by a thousand cuts, Ingram missed two, Jonas missed 3, Hart missed 2, etc. Bunch of guys just missing a few adds up.
NAW may have taken a relative leap as a finisher, but if he continues to just not be able to shoot it will mean very little. He's not a starter right now
Still early I know but yeah I'm now maybe saying go get Simmons b/c we need a lead guard anyway and since NAW isn't making his shots, it's not like we would lose any offense and we may gain better defense. Plus Doc Rivers may can get NAW going. Win-Win. What y'all think?
Really glad I skipped the second half of this game.
CAW CAW!!!
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Nowhere am I putting the full blame on any individual there. Just listing the reality: we have a bunch of guys who shot real badly tonight, some of them for several nights (NAW) and that's going to lose you a bunch of games.
A big part of it is just everyone having to play more of a role than they should be and it's showing. Ingram is currently averaging 22FGAs a game. There are very few players on very few teams who should ever be taking 22 shots a night consistently, and he's not one of them. NAW is currently taking 16FGAs a game. That's just too much, he shouldn't be taking that many shots a night.
But they have to, because the shots have to come from somewhere and we're obviously missing someone.
Zion should be watching this going on for game after game, where we lose by a winnable margin in a game where everyone is just slightly overextended offensively, and he should be taking it very personally and using it as fuel to come back as soon as possible and to hit as hard as possible upon return. Him being out is forcing everyone else into a position they just don't need to be in.
This will be a long season. I don't mind losing when it has a purpose, but we are losing because we don't have significant talent. As opposed to losing because we're trying to develop young high end talent. Griffin's incompetence will result in another rebuild and another half decade of losing seasons.
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