I’ll start with the Bulls game, which, granted, the Bulls are a dumpster fire, but you could see in that game how special Cade, Duren, and Ausar are going to be, and they’re all so young.

We started the season with Bojan and Monte injured. Had they been healthy, that would’ve completely changed our rotations from the beginning with veteran leadership and outside shooting (and way fewer turnovers).

Imagine if from the get-go we had Bojan, Morris, and Livers healthy from the start. Bojan would’ve been the starting 3, Ausar would’ve led the off the bench unit with Morris, and Killian would’ve been riding the pine while Ivey started. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, but that’s my opinon.

I know we’re getting to the point where it’s fair to start criticizing Troy, but we still haven’t seen his true roster construction the last two seasons because of injury. In terms of his draft picks, Stewart was a hit for the pick he was drafted (but should be coming off the bench), Cade (no brainer) and Duren were hits, Ausar was a hit, Ivey was a hit, Killian over Haliburton was a huge fuck up, and Saddiq is a career journeyman who he swapped for Wiseman who is a bust.

That’s 5 for 7… not bad. It’s a team of kids, and we’ve had horrible injury luck the last two years. Everyone take a deep breath.