15 games in, do we have an identity yet?

Tonight (11/21/23), we’ll be 15 games into the regular season. Still a small-ish sample, but what we can say so far?

Since the beginning of the AD era we’ve been great at blocks. In 2020, we had

a huuuuge frontcourt with AD, McGee/Howard, Bron
at our best, we were a great squad at defense and rebounding…and blocked shots
also had nightly MVP-level heroics from Bron and AD
Bron led the league in assists!
Rondo was a great vet and was “Playoff Rondo” when needed; Green was our designated shooter, KCP and Kuz hit big shots

Who are we now?

We traded all of our 2020 team, except the two stars.
We’ve been mired by injuries every year.
Finally, in 22-23 we were healthy enough (and rid of Westbrook), so we could show something.
THAT team got to the WCF on the strength of role players providing huge bursts of consistent offense; also, we were a great defensive team

^ Let’s break this up into tiers:

Top 10 (good->elite)
Middle 10 (average->ok)
Bottom 10 (terrible->bad)
The stats say…we are good at getting FTs, making 2-pt shots, scoring in OT games, defensive rebounding, blocks (thanks AD!), steals (thanks, Cam!), and not fouling.
And we’re bad at 3s, getting shots up, 1st quarters, **offensive rebounds, and turnovers.
(**Note: you don’t get a lot of offensive boards if you don’t miss)

What do you think? Feel free to look beyond the stats well.