I am going to say the biggest reason is injuries; Duren makes this team a lot different, not having him is detroying this team, especially the bench. We are missing our best and most efficient scorer in Bogy. We are missing our only PG who can both shoot and is not turnover prone; Monte Morris playing means better spacing, and a lot less turnovers Cade, Duren, Jaden, and Ausar are going wild with the turnovers due to the lack of a good playmaker other than Killian who can not shoot well enough yet.
I don’t want anyone on this team traded or fired, unless they trade the vets for draft capital. They have yet to play as a fully healthy roster, I wan’t to see what a health team does over 20 games before I decide this team full of toddlers is trash.
On the court this team is a lot better, every player has gotten better since last season, I would really like to see what this team looks like after using $65 million in cap space and letting our young guys mature instead of blowing it up so early.
Am I the only one who is actually excited about the team we have?
Injuries are about the best answer out of what you have, but they would still be bad so none of these really fit.
The problem is that they’re young and all individually talented in some way, but the talent doesn’t fit together. Right now, Cade does not look like a top-10 player that’s capable of carrying a team to a championship, but they’re building around him, hoping that he ascends, because he’s the best option they have.
A guy with Cade’s athletic limitations requires space to be successful with his style of play. Unfortunately, the teammates that can play defense can’t shoot, and vice-versa.
That doesn’t mean they’re hopeless. Again, they’re young and there’s definitely skill there. But until they each improve in ways that will allow them all to mesh together, it’s just going to be ugly, inconsistent basketball.