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EricaLubarsky · 10-07-2021, 11:22 AM

The good
We won! Utah didn't have most of their starters, but we won
Luka is Luka. Dude was efficient and awesome.
Brunson's passing. Seems he heard the criticism of being a shoot-first SG and played some PG.
Green is so mobile and active. His defense was amazing.
The Brown Boys look solid. Sterling hitting his jumpers. Moses rebounding well.
Third/fourth string competition, but our Jones and Hunt looked good.
our defense looked slightly improved. Occasionally stifling
5 steals, 5 blocks. Again, we were playing the Jazz bench, but if we want to disrupt, we gotta get steals and blocks. We were 30th in steals and 21st in blocks last year (4.3steals, 4.0 blocks so over last year's average)

the bad
KP and THJ looked rusty and inefficient, although KP did look engaged rather than bored. Just didn't hit shots and got stripped.
Green is a game-changer defensively, but he has no offense.
Our ability to confidently shoot off the pass was bad
Clang clang clang. This team still goes minutes where they stop scoring and allow huge runs. They also answer hot shooting with jacked shots, which they make and we miss.
Huge defensive lapses were not immediately solved by Kidd's hiring

10-07-2021, 11:22 AM	#36
EricaLubarsky Inactive. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 42,948	The good We won! Utah didn't have most of their starters, but we won Luka is Luka. Dude was efficient and awesome. Brunson's passing. Seems he heard the criticism of being a shoot-first SG and played some PG. Green is so mobile and active. His defense was amazing. The Brown Boys look solid. Sterling hitting his jumpers. Moses rebounding well. Third/fourth string competition, but our Jones and Hunt looked good. our defense looked slightly improved. Occasionally stifling 5 steals, 5 blocks. Again, we were playing the Jazz bench, but if we want to disrupt, we gotta get steals and blocks. We were 30th in steals and 21st in blocks last year (4.3steals, 4.0 blocks so over last year's average) the bad KP and THJ looked rusty and inefficient, although KP did look engaged rather than bored. Just didn't hit shots and got stripped. Green is a game-changer defensively, but he has no offense. Our ability to confidently shoot off the pass was bad Clang clang clang. This team still goes minutes where they stop scoring and allow huge runs. They also answer hot shooting with jacked shots, which they make and we miss. Huge defensive lapses were not immediately solved by Kidd's hiring Last edited by EricaLubarsky; 10-07-2021 at 11:24 AM.