Although speeches/meetings can turn into just cliches, empty rhetoric, and platitudes…

Sometimes it’s needed. I think the players have to hold themselves accountable and Bron needs to be very vocal:

  • let Bron call “audibles” more often, as Ham isn’t always the best general for certain plays (putting it nicely here)
  • directly tell AR what to do and what not do (i.e. not just “be aggressive,” but how to flourish in his own lane)
  • Bron needs to give his input as to who should start
  • every player needs to express where their discomfort lies

Beyond that, a startling lineup change and a trade or two are needed. For the 100th time: this team is not deep and AR should not be the 3rd best player on a contending team (he’s more of a 6MOTY kind of player, partially due to his defensive weaknesses).