It’s saturday, y’all know the hangover got my recap limited but brief notes from a great performance:
- Frank and DSJ kinda lived up to their reputations. Smith Jr was the clear superior scorer by a lot and Frank was the superior player at every other facet of basketball but most notably as a playmaker and defender. I’m glad he kept shooting last night too, even though he couldn’t buy a bucket.
- Mitch might be a rapid growth player. From that soft spoken post draft interviewing to chewing out Tim Hardaway for lazy defense in under 10 games! It’s good to see that when Vonleh had foul trouble we got an uptick in Mitch rebounding too.
- Mario was getting into the lane at will whether he had the ball or not. Looked like he broke a brick and got a super star out of it. He has weird three point shot selection for sure but there’s been flashes lately.
- Mudiay was a pleasant surprise. If he can hit the pull up from midrange than all that cross court action from the wings will be great for him. Next let’s see him finish some lay ups...
- Lance was bad, Burke needs touches or he’s invisible, Kanter’s activity was better but the flaws are clear.
- allonzo Trier though! Maybe next time we’re clinging to a lead in the fourth we should let him alleviate some of the pressure on Tim Hardaway. Also, he low key had a very solid defensive game against some talented wings after a shaky first half.
- Dot was second on the team in rebounding with 8 boards y’all. I think his skillset is a perfect compliment for KP and Knox who are both iffy rebounders that operate best with spacers nearby.
- Fiz gets a B+ on this one. It’s not an A bc that one point with mudiay, Burke, Trier, hezonja and kanter out there. Sure there was foul trouble but that’s a horrifying defensive unit. Everything else was good though.
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Does he do this for anyone and is it regardless if it's positive or negative? Is this why Tim is still terrible with shot selection?
