You say that after every loss. Still three games out of the play in and have the tie breaker over the Clippers btw.
because this team has too many flaws. the lack of a solid post presence obviously, lebron clearly not being at 100%, and the defense has been nonexistent the last couple games, likely because they're wearing down as the season goes on schedule's not getting easier either. two games against houston, two against OKC, and warriors coming up. they also play the bulls again who they can't keep up with
It does hurt to not have a big that can punish mismatches on switches. Like what Porzingis does for the C Bags. You don't run your offense through him on the block, but he scores on smaller guys. This is part of why I could see us revisiting Mark Williams in the offseason. He doesn't shoot like Porzingis, but he'll score on switches.
Yeah there's a certain group just can't wait to predict sky is falling ... play in .... we suck ... etc. What has changed is Bron isn't back yet to where he was 100% and Rui especially was playing great in the starting lineup, and now he's admittedly 70-80% plus never does as well off the bench so it's going to take a little time. Plus the D is way down from where it was, and a good part of the reason for that @sk2408 laid out below. Time for JJ and staff to come up with new plans, and to facilitate that ...... start sleeping in the training center, abandoning their private lives and no sex for the next 3 months like a boxer prior to a big bout. Allegedly. "The style of defense we were playing during that run isn't sustainable over the course of a regular season. This is why teams still play mediocre traditional rim-protecting bigs rather than going small all the time. Its why the Warriors, at the peak of their powers, still started guys like Bogut, McGee, Looney and Zaza in the regular season when their Draymond at the 5 lineups obliterated everyone. Its about eating innings in the regular season. It's easier on everyone to funnel ballhandlers into your rim protector for most of a Tuesday night game in February than it is to go switch heavy, rotate, swarm the ball, etc. "
We are not going to be in the play-in guys. Relax. We got that part covered. The team is simply tired, which resulted in some unexpected losses. And we're not the only ones. Good teams are limping into the playoffs. It's going to be brutal. Only OKC keeps trucking. They are deep, young, athletic, this is their year.
There’s 11 games left, if we win 60% as is our season percentage, we’ll win 6-7 of the next 11. Let’s say 6. That means we’ll finish 49-33. For GSW to overtake us, they need to go 9-1 to get 50-32. They verse @MEM, @LAL, DEN, HOU, @PHX and LAL. I think with curry out they lose 2-3 and end up in the play in. For Clips to overtake us, they need to go 10-1. They verse @NYK, @CLE, @ORL, 2x DAL, HOU, @SAC, @GSW left. I mean good luck only picking up one loss from those 8 games. For Wolves to overtake us, they need to go 11-0. They verse PHX, @DEN, @MIL, @MEM left. This is practically impossible. I find it more interesting where we finish 2 through 6. Our schedule isn’t easy to close out but I imagine teams will be resting starters too. 6-5 should be doable. I wouldn’t mind us staying in the 4th or 5th seeding and getting MEM in the first round. Followed by OKC in the second.
