Claud wrote:I'd rather deal with Kyrie missing 50% of games, but still get to watch KD ball.
This current team is full blown 12 win season rebuild. They are awful.
To make things worse, they extended JV when there was no need to do that. He's an average coach at best. Basically our modern version of Lionel Hollins. Full circle friends.
Watching Din dribble the ball for 22 secs is bad for my health. It really feels like reliving a nightmare.
I try not to think about it, but I feel the same way or worse about no longer seeing KD.
I don't think we are as bad as we've been playing, but I am beginning to worry. And I cannot understand the weird fluctuations in our defense from game to game thus far. I think we have a decent foundation for a quick rebuild with all the picks we have added. But at my age, I'm really not into that "wait until next year" crap. I was really hoping for a better finish this year.
As far as the JV re-signing, I'm not worried. I think he is pretty good, but if not I'm sure it will be financially easy to "eat" his contract. It probably would cost much less than buying out a player.
One minor disagreement, because it is my pet peeve and IMO there has been so much misrepresentation. Would you believe (per NBA.com) that Dinwiddie is averaging 4.88 on average dribbles per touch? That is 15th in a league with thirty teams. He's been slightly higher since he has been here. In his last 7 games it was 5.02, 17th in the league for that period.
His average time of possession has been 5.8 seconds, 22d in the league. It has been higher with us, 6.5 seconds, 13th in the league.
His seconds per touch have been 5.42, 15th in the league, and 5.67 with us, 11th in the seven games.
I suppose some could want better, but to me he appears kind of middle of the road for point guards. But even if we get a star replacement, he is a good combo guard and would still be valuable. I like the guy, and think he is somewhere in the top three (or four) of our current players.
