GAME #16: PISSTONS @ CLIPPERS—THURSDAY 11/17 7:30 PM

[Captain Ballmer]

Only scoring 96 points to a g-league level squad is not gonna cut it. T.Lue needs to shake something soon.

[MartinToVaught]

Small ball is dead and I hope it stays that way.

I'd like to believe this, but I'm sure Lue will go back to what doesn't work. Moses' big game against Houston didn't make Lue adjust, so why would this?

[LamarWho]

Sixteen games into the season, we are still dead last in the league in scoring at 104.4 PPG. The 2nd worst scoring team in the league is Detroit, at 107.4 PPG. You read that right, they average 3 PPG more than us, that's a huge gap. We also rank 27th in assists per game, which shouldn't be a surprise at all.

Someone mentioned we are still two games above .500. Yes 6 of our 9 wins are against Houston, Lakers and Detroit.

[MartinToVaught]

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Embarrassing.

[Scoundreldays]

I think Moses has earned some regular playing time. I really liked what I saw from him. Going to need him when Zu is in foul trouble or giddy forbid gets hurt. Also nice to have another young guy out there.

[KL2]

The slow starts are killing me. It shouldn’t take them a half to wake up and play seriously.

Nice to see Kawhi look healthy. Hopefully no more setbacks so he can kick the rust and minutes restriction.

No idea what’s up with RoCo.

Moses Brown deserves more time.

[og15]

Richaun Holmes is out of the rotation in Sacramento, he could be a guy to look at

[esqtvd]

Wall played completely terrible- almost like he was trying to throw the game. Lue should have benched him earlier.

It's a very fragile equation, as much an art as a science. Some geniuses had Reggie buried for Wall a week ago. Even in this thread. Before the game started.

But as Fratello said, Reggie won the Clippers 10-12 games last year, single-handedly. Probably won this one tonight. How soon they forget.

Ty is doing a great job scabbing out wins while toggling a team together on the fly. Fortunately, we were only minus-4 in Wall's 13 minutes. We're going to need him as well as Reggie before this is all over. It looks like he's got his legs back 100%. Now it's up to his head.

[nickhx2]

i think it's important to keep in mind that sometimes a key guy returns and the team does the Voltron thing. and other times it happens and it does not.

important to keep expectations in check, in multiple regards here: kawhi rust, his subsequent displacing of others in the rotation, way too many people and not enough minutes, integration of wall, getting some of the other guys back up to speed (batum, Reggie, powell) etc etc

assuming kawhi has no more setbacks, this should be the real starting point to start evaluating the team with proper adjustments going forward

[nickhx2]

Richaun Holmes is out of the rotation in Sacramento, he could be a guy to look at

could be yeah. in your honest opinion what's the move you make to acquire him?

[NickP]

This might be a crazy proposition, but I say let's hold off on firing Ty and Lawrence until after New Year. No one should be out of a job for the holidays.

[wakelaunch1]

Richaun Holmes is out of the rotation in Sacramento, he could be a guy to look at

could be yeah. in your honest opinion what's the move you make to acquire him?

Holmes makes 12 million. Covington makes 12 million. Could be a doghouse swap

[og15]

Richaun Holmes is out of the rotation in Sacramento, he could be a guy to look at

could be yeah. in your honest opinion what's the move you make to acquire him?

I haven't really looked at what Sacramento needs, so I would need to check that out first before shooting out random options