J. Kyle Mann

Even when Alvarado was still on the team, they decided we're not bringing, we're not playing with fears in the starting lineup.

We're going to bring them off the bench and start Bay Herb Jones, who, by the way, with

When do we start talking about how Herb Jones like never plays?

Like when does he get into the category of guys who just don't play very much?

But anyway, Bay, Herb, Trey, Zion, Queen.

And I watched that lineup play and it's like, all right, I guess on this possession, we're going to have Queen operate on the high post, which we like.

And Zion's going to be just like floating around the baseline, not really doing very much.

And now it's going to be Zion's possession to post up or isolate.

And Derek Queen's going to be over there, not doing very much.

And Trey Murphy III has been

outstanding on offense.

It could pair well with both of them.

But the offensive rating of the team with those three guys on the floor is not very good, as good as the respective two-man games, particularly the Murphy-Queen two-man game can look.

It just feels like they're caught between...

eras and identities.

And really that Zion is, is the sort of thing that's anchoring them to something like, all right, this guy was the guy, like he still can be the guy sometimes, but we also kind of want to move on to this kind of system.

And it just, I watched them play.

I'm like, what man, they just need to get through this goddamn season.

There's also just like a really preposterous amount of Sadiq Bey going on.

And I like Sadiq Bey and he's been very good for them.