Then we’ll just win the next game and go back to .500. This team is the '96 Bulls when they’re a game below .500.

Among guards that started at least 65 games last season, the number it takes to qualify for awards now, Trae had the 4th lowest eFG% in the NBA. This season he is dead last among all starting guards in the NBA. His shooting both this season and last has been nothing short of terrible.

He’s dead last among other franchise point guards. To be exact, he has the second worst eFG% of all NBA guards that have started at least five games.

Steph is 64.5%, Luka is 61.8%, Haliburton is 59.5%, DeJounte is 57.4%, Maxey is 55.9%, Shai is 54.4%, Jamal Murray is 50.5%, Kyrie is 48.8%, LaMelo is 47.8%, Dame is 47.7%, Jalen Brunson is 47.1%, Cade is 46.9%, then Trae comes in at 41.7%.

Okay. Compared to every guard in the NBA this season that has started at least 5 games, Trae has the second worst eFG% in the NBA. Only De’Anthony Melton is worse.

Last season Trae ranked 92nd in the NBA in eFG% making him one of the least efficient starters in the NBA. This season Trae ranks 356th in the NBA in eFG%, making him one of the least efficient players in the NBA, bench or starter. His track record says he’ll be better going forward. His track record also says he’s one of the least efficient volume shooters in the NBA.

Trae shot 35% tonight. Great game for his standards.

Until this team begins taking defense seriously we’re going to keep seeing unserious results like being down double digits at home against a team missing 2 of their top 3 players. Good teams win games like this going away.

Unfortunately? 🤔

Random reference to someone he played with/against back in the day.

If Okongwu played starter minutes he’d be fouled out at half time.

It’s wild. The smallest dude on the team is the only one that attacks the basket consistently. You’d think watching Trae get 7 or 8 free throws a night would set off a lightbulb for Dre and DJ, but they always settle for what’s become the most irrelevant shot in basketball.