All I got to say is, if Clint Capela is your starting center in 2023 then you ain’t ready to compete and to you ain’t serious about winning. OO isn’t a starting caliber center until he fixes his foul trouble and works on his rebounding. We’ve lacked paint presence on both ends of the floor for the past season or two. I know it’s just the first game but we already been knew about Capela and OO’s downside. Something’s got to change fr. And yeah, JJ should be a starter going forward.
I actually like CC’s bully ball yesterday. And OO is still not able to play 30 minutes due to foul trouble….
Regardless, our two highest paid players lost this game for us. Love Trae, but he took some overly contested shots yesterday. Really need Bogi involved when he is on the floor.
In this league, you won’t win when you have 3 ducking 3’s made with 6 minutes left in the game. And while I love the chaos Trae creates on offense, for us to be elite, we need him to have a stat line similar to 2020-2021 season: 17 shots per game, 24-25 ppg while leading the NBA in assists. This, with his improved defense will get us places.