winforlose wrote:So Ant has had a lot of extra usage since Karl went down. With this usage we have seen a rise in all of his averages. He is now somewhere around 31.1 per game in the 7 since Karl went out. But what I want to talk about is the rest of the team. People always ask how can such a limited offensive team compete without their number 2. Well, our team is far from limited. In 5 of the 7 games our team has had a at least 1 non Ant 20 point performance. In some of those 5, they have had 2. In 1 Ant went for 19 and Naz went for 34. With so many capable and dynamic scores, maybe the media is asking the wrong questions.
1: Indy, Ant 44, Gobert 18.
2: Cavs, Ant 19, Naz 34
3: LAL, Ant 25, Naz 25
4: LAC, Ant, 37, NAW, 28, Mike 23
5: Jazz, Ant, 31, Mike 25, Naz 22
6: Jazz, Ant 32, Naz 17
7: Denver, Ant, 30, Jaden 26.
We have 4 guys in Naz, NAW, Mike, and Jaden who are not max players who on any given night can drop 20+. When is the last time we could say that?
I agree with you, but I wouldn't say NAW can drop 20+ on any given night. He's done it only twice this season and once last leason.