We’ve had double digit leads against very good teams. We’ve played tough at home and at the road. We definitely aren’t a playoff team right now even if Bojan and Burks and Monte were healthy…but we don’t look like we did a year or two ago. Monty isn’t perfect but he also isn’t a bad coach. The work Killian himself has made over the years and Monty empowering him is showing game after game. Cade (who apparently also has been sick this last week) has had good and bad games but we expect him to continue getting better. Ausar and Sasser have been AMAZING in their own different ways as rookies. Duren when his ankle wasn’t bothering him was dominating. Bagley in a bench role looks promising. Stewart has become a pretty reliable shooter while also showing admirable defense against giannis and Embiid in back to back games. Umude might be a solid g league player that’s earning his way into minutes (Livers sadly might be expendable if he can’t stay healthy) and that’s essentially all our team has had since game three since Burks went down.

No Monte, no Bojan, no Burks, no Ivey the last few games because he’s been sick, Duren has missed time because of his ankle, Cade is still getting back into rhythm, and Monty just got here. I know people are at the end of the rope with Weaver but it’s obvious now why he said this was a development year. I do really hope some of these injuries subside because our guys are busting their ass and playing hard. This isn’t like last year even if the record resembles it.