So once again, our biggest problem is a lack of 3 point shooting and floor spacing. I’m not a fan of how Weltham has constructed this roster in general, but a short term solution would be benching Suggs. There is just not enough shooting in the starting lineup. We need to start either Cole Anthony or Gary Harris or both. We have 2 guards who can shoot 3s, and 2 guards who cannot. Starting the 2 guards who cannot shoot is just idiotic. Suggs and Fultz should never be on the court at the same time. I don’t think we should bench Fultz, he’s at least efficient from 2 point land, unlike Suggs, and he makes the whole offense run smoother with his playmaking. It doesn’t seem like we want to start Cole Anthony, as evidenced by starting Anthony Black the other day, so the obvious solution is to bench Jalen Suggs and start Gary Harris like we did last year. I’m sure there’s some analytics out there that say Jalen is the better overall player because of his defense, but we need to ignore the analytics and use some common sense here. Just having one knockdown shooter in the starting lineup would completely change the dynamic of our offense and open up the paint for Franz and Paolo. Paolo has done a great job of being unselfish and kicking the ball out, but he doesn’t have a shooter to kick it to. I think starting Gary instead of Jalen and encouraging him to shoot a lot could totally revolutionize our offense and set us up for a deep playoff run. Gary needs to start and shoot as much as possible. Jalen would fit perfectly on the second team where Cole can carry the offensive load. Also, Joe Ingles needs to start shooting. We brought him here to shoot and yet he looks scared to shoot. He’s a 40% career 3 point shooter, I doubt that he’s just forgotten how to shoot. If Mosley doesn’t know what he’s doing with these lineups, then Weltham needs to step in and tell him what to do. We are not getting anywhere special with this starting lineup full of 30% chuckers.

  • whtge8B
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    1 year ago

    Think most people would agree. I would even prefer Cole right now even though he’s important off the bench. Love Suggs and his defensive intensity but dude just plays way out of control for a 3rd year player. If he would just take a much more reserved role offensively it wouldn’t be so bad.

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    1 year ago

    the team is seeing what they have. If Suggs continues to be complete ass on offense then it will only make decision making easier for the team overall. I really don’t think this season is about winning - the team should win more just off of Paolo and Franz improving, but they are still seeing what they have in young players.

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    I’m with you. Gary to start, and more shots from Jingles.

    The caveat is that they have to be the right kind of shots- we don’t want them jacking then from anywhere. Both are elite spot up shooters, but thus far we’ve done barely anything to get them in their sweet spots. How about we occasionally run some plays for them? That’d be nice.

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    1 year ago

    No fucking chance I’m reading this sincerefan inspired mess

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    1 year ago

    We’re gonna need a long rebuttal from u/SincereFan where you at?

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    Smoking crack are we?

    Shooting from beyond the arc wouldn’t be a problem if we didn’t play fucking 5 out all game and let the whole team chuck 3’s.

    There is less than a handful of people on our team who should be shooting all of our 3’s, unless someone is wide the fuck open.

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    1 year ago

    Jalen is the only guy that gives 100% on the court and doesnt show shitty body language when the mavs go on a big run. No ty idc if he shoots 10% from three we need that effort to be contagious