H2tObes wrote:FrieAaron wrote:H2tObes wrote:And 7-1 in the postseason.
4 of those games were against a Detroit game with a hobbled Blake Griffin. We very well may have swept them without Brogdon and Middleton combined. They played well without him against Boston, obviously. But I think it's relevant that we were 11-7 without him the regular season. Having Hill and Matthews should help but I still wouldn't be surprised if we took a slight step back this year unless Giannis takes yet another step forward, which he might.
It's interesting that people ignore the playoff games when this conversation comes up, then proceed to only look at context for the playoff games after the 7-1 playoff record is brought up. The fact of the matter is that we were 18-8 without Brogdon last year, which is obviously very good.
Maybe we do take a step back, but I don't think bringing up record w/o him last year helps that argument
On the other hand, we were 14-2 with Brogdon in the lineup from Christmas Day to Jan 27.
We were 12-1 with Brogdon in the lineup from Jan 31 to Mar 1.
He had some clunker games over the course of the year like everybody, but he certainly didn't have anything like the bad month that Middleton had. He was good against the Warriors and Rockets. He hit some big shots. He stayed in his lane. He's a solid player that any team would want at a reasonable price, which ironically was the exact same thing we heard about Middleton the last time he was up for a contract.
