fan230 wrote:Yesterday Khris was suddenly put back into his original role as the number two scorer and he struggled a lot especially in the first half. Just like Jrue struggled initially when asked to become the no 2 scorer after Khris got injured.
Utah built the wall for Giannis and the other 4 Bucks were pretty helpless in offense then.
We need 3 top players in our offense, not 2.
Our offense was miserable especially in the first half yesterday.
We have no replacements in defense for Jrue Javon and Wes. That is a huge weakness that Horst failed to anticipate.
Some things become more obvious when at the game vs watching on tv. Yesterday at Fiserv, it was painfully obvious to me that I had overestimated the immediate upside of ajj & he was our starting pg!
Ag has tried Mjb because he has few other options. He is nowhere close to being a starter quality player.
So yes, our team has big weaknesses but we still have great offensive players.
We need to try and get veterans who are defensive players (Jae will make a big difference I think) but not stars. Players who will cost little, like a Wes. We can’t afford anyone else.
Jrue was a good fit coz he was great in defense and good on offense. Bledsoe, though not as good as Jrue, had a similar advantage for the team.
Dame is v weak on defense however. So at least 40 percent of our starters are very weak defenders. That is v hard to overcome.
Our bench is also much worse now than before.
We actually need a pg or sg who is good on defense and offense, like Jrue or Eric. That will give our starters the right balance.
Don't agree with everything you wrote, but good post. Posters vastly underestimated the importance of Wes and Carter's on ball defense and grossly overestimated AJJ's defense.
I posted after summer league that I thought AJJ's defense was really bad in that guys got by him at will. But posters were enamored that he could follow the guy and block the shot from behind. That doesn't work in the pros and so far AJJ hasn't adapted.
One thing about Bud, he never would have had AJJ on the court with the amount of blow bys he has had. Now who he would replace him with is the big question. I like Green's defense from what I've seen.