JBreezeNY wrote:Problem - Teams have adjusted to Brunson from last year & they have the big guards to slow him down. Thibs is still running the offense through Brunson even though the team as a whole has changed.
Solution - Run the offense through KAT and incorporate more of an inside out game which forces opposing teams to react to Towns and his ability spread the ball.
Just doing motion and read and react isn’t going to work with Mikal, Towns & OG. You have to actually tailor your offense to the players on your team.
OG excels with post ups and backdoor cuts with the occasional catch and shoot. Relegating him to catch and shoots, ISO’s and a post ups here and there is misusing him. Mikal works as a secondary playmaker for others who does backdoor cuts and midrange catch and shoots. Relegating him to the corner with ISO’s and catch and shoots is mis using him. I could keep going. The bench is weak but this is why you stagger minutes. It’s common sense that the average fan understands but an nba coach doesn’t is perplexing. Tom probably understands this and just doesn’t give a fu*k, he’s doing it his way.
Well this idiot is about to find a mutiny on his hand because OG & Mikal are doing silent protests if anyone is really paying attention.
Raptors are so easy to beat that our one victory in the last five games may fool some people into not seeing how obviously checked out these guys became after the Thunder eviscerated them in the 4th quarter in OKC. Since then this team has been sleepwalking most of the time.
This was the 4th game since getting spanked in OKC and they have not been the same. Losing a few games is not the issue, it's how they're losing. They look completely disjointed and like a different team that went on a 9 game winning streak against weaker teams. But they hit a wall in OKC and they now seem lifeless, disinterested and all of them are mostly settling for terrible ISO ball.
It's obvious to most of us. I can't imagine how anyone who has actually watched the team all season can casually pretend there is not a problem in the ranks already. I don't recall anything of this nature last season, not this body language, no way. This is different.
RIP mags
