Kelly Iko
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He's more of a in the paint, around the elbows kind of guy.
Dorian hasn't really found a rhythm since coming back from the injury.
And, you know, for so long until Steven Adams went down, this team played to the identity of their double big lineup.
So everything's going to be in the paint.
Everything's going to be in the mid-range.
They're also going to adhere to how Kevin Durant plays the game as well, which is he'll shoot threes, but he's more of a mid-range operator.
So...
In terms of what the math problem suggests, which is why I think it could be a problem in the playoffs, a low-volume three-point shooting team, typically, you have to be exceptional at everything else if you're not going to shoot a ton of threes.
This is a math game now.
And I think for tonight...
You hit, what was it, 14 threes, I think you said?
14 for 28, yeah.
Which is good, but in terms of consistency, you have to play a system where you're getting Jabari shots early, you're getting Reid shots early, you're getting Tari shots early.
And that can oftentimes take away from what your best attributes as a team are.
So I think the tricky thing for Imei and this group over the break is to figure out
Can we raise that level, that three-point rate while also keeping our identity as a basketball team?
So I think, obviously, if you look at...
Options on the market, the buyout market, maybe some more things come in in the next couple of weeks.
But frankly, this is the group that's going to be there in April.
Yeah, they're not making any changes.