I feel like that starting lineup is going to struggle without a true ball handler against better teams
What a sloppy game from turnovers to effort on the glass to just dumb defense (idk what Goran kept doing playing up on Fultz whenever he was in the game) but let’s be real if Orlando is going to outshoot us from 3 and only make 10 then we weren’t hitting shots
the turnovers are why we lost, and some average shooting not to overcome it when Orlando couldn't make a shot. Precious looked good. Bam balled out. I honestly think Lakers and Miami are tired but it's only game 1. We can fix what went wrong.
I’d say the fact that they only played 2 in the preseason (none w/ Jimmy) was a bigger factor than fatigue.
If Bam’s J is like that this year folks are in trouble. 25 and 13 and he wasn’t even that aggressive.
Great game by Avery Precious got beat early in the paint by Adams and Zion but he’s been terrific and keeps fighting. Excited for his development
Yeah that was a super encouraging game after the preseason and the DNP vs Orlando. Gave us everything we could’ve asked for. DNP for Kelly and Nunn today. Really feels like the first couple of weeks will be an extended preseason.
Do you guys think Nunn has a role on the team going forward this year? Dragic, Herro and butler seem to be primary ball handlers and Avery Bradley is going to play a lot of minutes. I like him a lot as a young player but I just can’t see a lot of meaningful minutes for him
I don’t think so to be honest. He really just feels like a typical volume scorer type, and I don’t know what else he could add to his game to make him more well rounded and a better fit for this squad
They should quietly put him on the market to see what kind of interest there is in him. He's good enough to carve out a role off the bench on nearly every team in the league while starting at quite a few places. He's nice insurance to have for injury or load management, but if he's riding the bench every game he's likely going to get unhappy and that could potentially become a locker room issue.
Some of the calls Zion gets while just flailing into the lane are ridiculous. Kudos to the Heat for cruising to victory with their two best players combining for 60 points
This year more than any having depth will be huge no Nunn or olynyk last night but I bet we will see both in plenty of games going forward, especially if we rest guys like Jimmy
Spo has his lineups and reasons. Kelly O is needed big in some games and then not needed at all, but with Nunn something feels off
Towards the end he seemed to not play relaxed and seemed to be thinking too much, a lot like Herro has looked through 2 games as well this year
Yea, Herro needs to settle down and I think he will. Spo is pushing him, and once he settles and becomes the ball handling PG they want him to be, it's going to be nice. Optimistically, once he does it will only make Dragic coming off the bench even more sweet.