@Fan_Prspective They were inches away from a championship, so excuse me for questioning anyone questioning the coach. We wouldn’t even be having this discussion if they had won the championship—sorta of my point.
Two games in—execution by the players is where the blame should be.
@Fan_Prspective Quality questionable—yes. Regarding the coach, let him figure out the 2026 recipe. Do I question the result, absolutely. What I question is those knee-jerking after 2 games.
It’s only been two games.
Small sample theatre..
But…
Balancing playing 2 of the best guards on the floor at all times is what made bringing Dylan off the bench incredibly valuable. 48 minutes of balanced on ball creation surrounded by spacing gravity.
When all 3 start or play together more, the balance for the 48 isn’t what it once was. I’m often seeing spacing being compromised because not only are teams preferring giving up the 3 from any of the 3 guards ( and clogging the paint), but also none of them carry off ball movement gravity as movement shooters when they pass the ball off and cut to the weak side. Right now, the defender who is defending Steph/Dyl/Fox after the pass when they cut/go weak side — their defenders are tagging /cheating over to help clog/defend the drive and not caring to stick to the cutter going weak side.
The latter is where and why the Ju/Devin combo worked so well around two guards.
It’s early but I’m seeing less offensive fluidity, hierarchy uncertainty ( which eats clock in half court possessions), more congestion in primary/secondary actions, and less spacing with the lineup.