Let me preface this by saying I love Garland and think he’s still one of the better guards in the league but I’m not crazy about his playstyle the last at the moment. There was a stretch two years ago before Mitchell was year where I it felt like we had the next Steve Nash and we had a perennial 20 and 10 point guard. But since Mitchell has came here, he’s almost changed his style from a true PG to someone who plays like Mitchell? It seems like he has a score first mentality right now which makes him and Mitchell kind of redundant. In 2021, he average almost 9 APG. Since then, it’s been decreasing. I understand that sometimes he has to play that way but it seems like it’s been going on since last year as well. Am I just crazy, or does it seem like his play style has changed a bit?
He’s in a tough spot. He needs to both get his shots in and be the distributor next to a guy who leads the nba in shots per game playing iso ball.
He shoots too much, then Mobley and Allen don’t get fed ( they dont get fed enough as it is). He shoots to little, then a guy who shot 41% from 3 last year doesnt get enough attempts.