Lemme try this again, I was reading an article on PistonsFleet…

And it made me realize how tough of a context it is for Ausar’s offense to develop with the lack of spacing, let alone how it is affecting Cade. After some more digging, I found out that our halfcourt offense is rating at a 90.2 and that is below league average, the defense is an 89.9 which is really really good and that whats carrying us to some wins

I think this will be even more problematic when we face good defenses like OKC, especially since that halfcourt offense rating is being pulled up with the bench lineups between Ivey, Bagley, Sasser and Burks being staggered…

I think this will be even more problematic when we face good defenses like OKC, especially since that half-court offense rating is being pulled up with the bench lineups between Ivey, Bagley, Sasser, and Burks being staggered…a losing streak, which I’m definitely not rooting for

  • historical_regret2BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d actually argue that a big part of the “problem” is actually due to a good thing:

    Ausar is rapidly becoming an indispensable guy who you have to have on the court. He’s way ahead of schedule - he’s not just ready to play, he’s rapidly becoming the third (or arguable even second) most impactful guy on the team.

    Before the season, he was probably expected to get like 20 minutes a game as a bench energy guy. A guy like that, you can move his minutes around so that his weaknesses are balanced by others.

    But all of a sudden, he’s a 30+ minutes starter, and now his weaknesses - shooting and ball-handling - are a consistent feature of the game that you have to design around.

    So now you have a wing who can’t shoot and doesn’t have a reliable dribble, and he’s going to be on the floor 75% of the time.

    Unfortunately, his weaknesses overlap exactly with Killian’s weaknesses, and his strengths are Killian’s strengths - but he’s a lot better at those strengths. He’s game-changing good at those. So you have to prioritize him, and this makes Killian redundant.

    There’s room for one Killian. There’s not room for two, particularly when one is a lot better at the good parts.