Some great basketball being played by the team, other than Julius (and some Brunson inconsistency) I’d say everyone is off to a pretty great start to the season. And even randle’s issue has pretty much just been shooting %, his rebounding and passing look solid, and the last few games the shooting has been better as well.

RJ looks like he’s an all-star, letting the offense come to him and showing off a sweet stroke leading to efficiency that has previously alluded him.

Quick looks like he took the 6MOTY snub to heart and is looking to lock it up the year, dude is just playing the most efficient basketball I’ve ever seen from him, the definition of a spark plug.

DiVincenzo is a welcome addition and has one of the prettiest jumpers I’ve ever seen.

Mitch looks to have taken that next step in solidifying him as a premier starting center, he is just a guy every team wants, great rim protector, can hold his own guarding the perimeter when mismatched into guards, elite offensive rebounder, just a high impact guy.

But

I struggle to see how a team like this wins a 7 game series against the Nuggets, Suns, Bucks, or even the Celtics. I’d love to be wrong but the offensive firepower on those teams just feels unbeatable no matter how good our defense is.

I’d love to be shown why I’m wrong, but if we won a ship we would go down as one of the least talented rosters to do so, so I just can’t see how it would reasonably happen, or what pieces we’d add to get to that level.

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    1 year ago

    I love that you mention that Mitch gets us an extra 10 possessions on offense.

    This fact is so absolutely important to winning. 10 extra possessions can net you most likely 12-18 points (up to 30 but that’s not likely). 12-18 extra points off of misses is excellent, especially for a team that is not the best at shooting.

    Between Mitch’s work, the steals that the guards get, and Brunson’s charge-taking, we get enough extra possessions to not only win games but win by large amounts like in the past several games.

    People used to cry about Mitch’s lack of offense but those extra possessions should be praised more because that’s how we can score a bunch.