Saberestar wrote:2022-23 First three games (2W-1L)
32 points, 5.3 assists and 3.3 boards per game shooting .531 , .529 on threes and .950 in FTs.
He is playing close to 40 mpg and never looks tired, his motor on both sides is crazy high so far this season.
I think he will be in the MVP race since the first month of the season and it will be well deserved.
Guards will be brutal for All NBA. All of Luka, Ja, Lillard and Curry avg more points.
Steph with .500, 444 and 1.00
Ja with .542, .571, .844
Luka not very good from 3. Lillard pretty good from 3, but 11 attempts per game...Steph 12 attempts per game.
Luka 8 reb, Lillard and Curry 5.3. Ja only 3.
Steph 1.7 steals per game, Luka 1.5...the other 3 .7.
I think it's likely at least 2 of those teams end up with better records than the Suns as well, possibly 3, and Portland would be the one that didn't even though they are the undefeated team now...but who knows how good they could be. Seems like they used to always end up way better than I expected and Simons could take a major step this year, so if Grant and Nurkic stay healthy and Josh Hart does his thing, that's a pretty solid starting lineup.
They have a weak bench though and may be dependent on if and how much Shaedon Sharpe and Nassir Little improve. They have those 2 and Simons still as young developing players. Winslow always seems up and down, though usually down.
It will be interesting to see if Book can keep up high %s this year. Last year his 3pt % started out really strong but faded (even though I think it still ended up his best ever) but his TS% dropped quite a bit from 2 years ago.