Clemenza wrote:Too much so-called depth has Lue unraveling and scratching his head as what to do next 70% of the time. Always had a built in excuse with Kawhi out but now were losing games with PG & Kawhi both playing and putting up big numbers. And just think, we should've lost the Detroit game too.. not to mention teams are putting up 120-130 points on us these last few games Passes were given in October, November, and December but now now's the time to cut the crap and figure this thing out fast.
I still believe the overall talent level on this team is good, but roster construction is not. I think the FO has done a commendable job of squeezing water out of rocks (by way of comparison look at the Lakers who also swung for the fences with 2 superstars, one via free agency and one via trade.) But while we've maximized a lot of our moves (great value positive trades such as Zu, and last year Norm/RoCo), it's a lot harder to find that big trade that will significantly swing our prospects.
I agree with you that our record should be better than it is. At the same time, right now we're not a title contender even if Lue was coaching this year like a Grandmaster- our set of pieces are not good enough either. I think we need to do a lot of things better, AND we need to find some sort of big trade by the deadline to upgrade this year, AND we're going to need to be lucky in terms of health where both Kawhi and PG are 100% heading into the playoffs.