It’s the lack of shooting. You could sit guys because Green and Joe Harris were still there hitting 3s. Even Shamet would hit 3s. You guys lost a lot of shooting and have not recovered it. A guy like Cam Thomas is more skilled offensively than Lu Dort but Dort would fit better next to Harden as a floor spacer. You guys need to do something ASAP about shooting.
Facts. Last year Joe Harris shot 47% from 3... but Jeff Green shot 41% his damn self.
In other words, they had a closing lineup that had
four 40%+ 3point shooters on the floor (Harris, KD, Jeff, Kyrie) with Harden at
just 37%.
Then Shamet at 38%
That's why even when KD was out, Harden and Kyrie were still beating top tier teams, and Harden-solo could go into Houston-mode and beat teams like last year's Suns.