First release of RPM and not looking good

[AGAVE]

Couple of thoughts here...
On BI, after his last season's advances, watching him now play with LBJ,
I'm going to suggest that Brandon is mentally going thru adjustments of playing next to a new team mate that actually excels doing his job and now has to learn how to play with that type of execution.

Maybe he should come in off of the bench more until he finds his game coming to him.

I'll agree with a previous poster here that we certainly could use a better or deeper coaching staff dedicated to development.

The RPM of our team seems to be better when McGee & Chandler rotate playing time.
Kuzma should not be relied on but he possibly could become a better rebounder.

We play so much dedicated perimeter offense that our interior defense has weakened.

Could be why a Kawhi, Middleton, type player is needed and so valued at this point

[stan francisco]

I wonder what the November numbers are. It was first a few games after BI returned that they started to look like they knew each other. Again how many new players, nine?

[iamworthy]

Update:

LeBron, #1 among SFs
Josh Hart, 4th among SGs
Lonzo Ball 46th among PGs
Brandon Ingram 73rd among SF
Kyle Kuzma 59th hamong PF

[Slava]

Moving to the starting line up alongside LeBron seems to have helped kuz a lot.

[Landsberger]

Winning games helps a lot......

[kblo247]

Moving to the starting line up alongside LeBron seems to have helped kuz a lot.

Not playing Center helped him a damn lot because his shots were coming up short which was a leg thing even in the preseason.

Kuzma has better starting numbers than Ingram. In fact I would compare Ingram and Kuzma to Kobe and Eddie right now. Eddie had the talent and head start, but the guy with the skill/mentality/instincts made him obselete in Kobe. Right now Kuz is Kobe and BI is Eddie in 99

[Slava]

Everything goes back to Kobe for this guy.

[stan francisco]

Worthy made a good point the other day on Spectrum Spirtsnet. He said it comes down to who you’re gonna trust at the end of games, and how that must be who you start and that during the season, they and Luke will have to figure out how to best work together. Good points as always, and I think that’s what Liuke is doing, giving different units a variety of looks. Like that poster used to say, patience.

Usually, this would mean your five best players. Our best five is more like a best nine, depending on opposition: Ball/Rondo, Hart/Ingram/KCP, LBJ/Ingram, Kuzma/LBJ, JMG/Chandler. Luke has lots of interchangeable chess pieces for end of games.

Depth is a good problem to have, but makes the coach’s job difficult. So many players to keep happy, only 48 minutes per game.

Regarding the RPM, it would be interesting to compare the first 15 games with the following 15. I think that’s around where they started playing decently.

In fact, I don’t think the first 15 games is a good representation of what to expect. The next 15 will begin to represent something like an identity and the stats would back these clearly visible improvements, I’m sure.