Paulo Alves

You do need the ability to battle back, and if you squint hard enough, they are making a little bit of strides there.

Anyway, to get back to the Shingun point, I don't think it's radically changed my view of Shingun.

I certainly don't think that he's the main reason the three-point shooting has dipped from best in the NBA to the worst.

I think that's a small, simple-sized theater.

But I do think you've seen some more just absolutely bizarre turnovers.

I don't think the overall turnovers have increased, but there's been more just absolutely baffling ones where guys are just indecisive because they've all been pushed up a couple of notches in the hierarchy in terms of, you know, trying to create and where the shot's going to come from.

And so

There's more indecision.

There's guys that are doing a little too much.

The roles are not as simplified as they normally are, and I think, you know, perhaps it can get ironed out over time.

Hopefully, knock on wood, we don't have to find out, and Shingun comes back relatively quickly, but...

I just don't think I fully appreciated until Shingun went out just how many possessions that he always gives them a chance.

It's not to say that the turnovers have just gotten out of control since then.

No, but I think you've seen more just absolutely baffling ones that make zero sense.

And you've seen more possessions that it feels like are going nowhere where they just pass the ball back and forth and then, you know, it's like a hot potato and KD's got it and there's five on the shot clock and he's just got to put something up.

There's just a lot less structure than what we're used to.

There's a lot less planning.

And so that leads to just more freelancing.

It leads to more uncertainty.

And I think maybe over time they could overcome it.