Matt Moore

And if that's true...

It's okay to rely on it.

It's not preferable.

You'd rather they be this balanced team that's able to do both, that drops 140 and holds them to 100 and wins by 40.

But that's not who they are.

And so they will cut corners throughout the course of the regular season.

Where I've kind of gotten to is I'm fine with the defensive energy and effort level as long as they win the game.

Like as long as you find a way to get there, I'm fine with it because I know in the playoffs and in big game situations, their effort and execution level is so much higher.

Like Nicola's defense and the big games versus all the, all the rest is night and day.

It is a massive drop off.

Like if you're grading it on a 10 point scale in terms of effort and execution, he's at like a nine in the games that are big time Houston, San Antonio, okay.

See, and he's at like a four or a three this season.

when it's the Wizards, the Mavericks...

a lot of these teams and he just isn't going to expend that energy in a lot of these games.

And last night, you know, I think some of this is the reasonable idea of the other guy should consistently be doing that.

And I agree.

And I think they've been better about that since the all-star break last night was a case where everybody was gassed.

So cam's getting beat.

Jamal's getting beat.

Cause Jamal has been really terrible this year.