J. Kyle Mann

But to the point about the offense, now that Herter is there, Kevin Herter, I think the last game I saw them play was actually the Brawl game.

Maybe there was one after that that I saw.

And you could see JB Bickerstaff figuring out like...

What lineup do I want to close with here?

Well, okay, let me put Karras in for Duncan Robinson because we need a little bit better defense.

But you know what, though?

Our shooting quotient is pretty low.

Asar, you're coming out.

I'm putting Dennis Jenkins in to play with Cade.

Like, the offense-defense choices and the turnover rate are pretty stark differences.

like reminders that this team is still pretty early in its stages, but I still think they can make the finals.

And if you make the finals and you're this fucking tough and physical, you got a shot.

they're not afraid.

And the turnovers is an interesting one because if you remember, their turnover rate in the playoffs against the Knicks last year was very bad.

And you remember that game one, they could have won in Madison Square Garden and they coughed up just ghastly turnover after.

I think they had 21 turnovers in that game and like they had a stretch of like seven and two minutes that kind of cost them the game.

There's going to be moments where it gets a little hot and a little pressurized and it's going to test their ability to take care of the ball.

And the other thing I'm just endlessly curious about

Our team's going to dare Cade to shoot threes on the pick and roll.

And he's shooting 33% on threes, shooting actually better on pull-up threes than catch and shoot threes this year, which is weird.