Bill Simmons

And certainly... I have a couple ideas.

I have a couple ideas as well.

But certainly when you see them...

you know, the game against Houston where it just felt like nobody wants to shoot and they're doing it in this kind of like petulant manner.

tossing the ball around like well i was told i should i have to share so you shoot it that kind of feeling everybody kind of uninvolved yeah and it's the kind of thing like when they went two and nine or whatever it was earlier in the season that would felt like every game and it feels like that's never going away with this particular group and i think you know uh part of it is just there's

Obviously, you feel good about Jalen.

Obviously, Josh Hart and Jalen are like a solid two.

And I think outside of that, there's probably different divisions wherever you look, depending on the circumstance and what's going on.

It's because the glass half full that I've heard people point to, well, there's one stretch where we have had the best defensive rating for the last 30 games.

There's only four teams that are in the top eight on both sides, offensive, defensive ratings.

So we, that's why you have to take us seriously.

But then the flip side of that is, all right, if I'm using ratings and doing that thing, you're starting five is the worst starting five by rating of, of all the teams that have a chance to win a title.

So what do I do with that?

If you're telling me to also look at this, I think that's why it's been so confusing.

Yeah.

I don't know what to make of this team from one games.

Then it's truly like, I don't,

I am a supporter of the decision to... To un-Tibbs?

To consciously uncouple?

To unconsciously uncouple from Tibbs.