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What do you think are this team's biggest issues right now, in order?

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Re: What do you think are this team's biggest issues right now, in order? 

Post#41 » by nickhx2 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:39 pm

functional bench play, cp3 back into super elite form, jj has achieved near curry status, pierce hitting shots, 10 straight opponents who've either aren't too good and/or have had varying degrees of bad luck.
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Re: What do you think are this team's biggest issues right now, in order? 

Post#42 » by QRich3 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:09 pm

Yeah, all that, and having good luck is a factor too, to be frank.

Crawford is still playing 25 minutes a night during the streak, he just happened to up his TS% to league average in that span. That'll come back to earth.

Austin is still playing 22 minutes a game, and he is somehow shooting a godly 63.3 TS% which would be 4th best in the league behind Curry, Durant and Redick, if he managed to sustain it all season long. All that while cutting his turnover ratio in half. That'll get back to where it was too.

Guys like Luc and Pierce are shooting really good to great during the streak too, while they were abysmal before. Some of the improvement is because of some line ups working better and opponents being weaker, but most of it is just the pure chance of the shots going in.

The bench is still getting easily outscored during the streak, but the starters are playing such awesome defense that they more than make up for it. Which is the most encouraging thing that's been happening lately, the defense works. We have now the 2nd best defense in the league (only behind the Spurs) since Luc was put into the starting line up.
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Re: What do you think are this team's biggest issues right now, in order? 

Post#43 » by og15 » Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:25 pm

I'm sticking my head in the sand and I'm going to believe Jamal will remain at league average, Austin will continue to shoot 60.0+ TS%, and Pierce and Luc will stay on fire. :rock:

Okay, yea, it is still a concern that Austin and Jamal are getting so many minutes. Ideally, the team would probably benefit in terms of their playoff ability and such if those two could be moved for decent return, but I just don't hold out hope for that so I don't dissappoint myself.
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Re: What do you think are this team's biggest issues right now, in order? 

Post#44 » by TucsonClip » Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:52 pm

Ball movement helps everyone else find open shots, and especially makes defending Redick difficult.

However, the defensive effort and ability to switch successfully, pressure the ball and make proper rotations has been huge. The defense is clicking right now and that is the biggest thing fueling our winning streak.
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Re: What do you think are this team's biggest issues right now, in order? 

Post#45 » by Woodsanity » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:23 pm

A 3 & D SF. Luc is good defensively but is an offensive liability.
The rest of our starters are great, Cole Aldrich is a very nice backup. Fewer minutes for Jamal and Austin Rivers.
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