Paulo Alves

He's not having the highlight plays that he used to have as well.

And he has increased his volume playmaking-wise, but his turnovers have gone through the roof as well.

He's close to a 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, which is, you know, I guess it's okay.

um but it's like offensively just doesn't even seem like the same player anymore and she has completely lost the effectiveness as or at doing traditional big things at being a role man at setting screens like he's giving you christian wood level slip screens every single time which makes it harder for everybody else around them

It will always seem insane to me that screens for all of our guys on defense are a massive problem.

They've got to switch because they're not going to keep up like they die on screens.

And then on offense, it just seems like defenders stick to our guards.

And I know some of it's the angles that they take, and a lot of it is also the way the screens are being set.

But it seems like there's a huge imbalance there where we should have the edge defensively when we don't getting around screens.

And I know part of the, and I'm rambling, but part of the reason why our defense is so much worse is because we don't have Dylan and we don't have Fred and Vlad anymore at the point of attack.

And then that, you know, cascades throughout the rest of the team and everybody looks worse.

But Linguno looks a lot worse.

It's like, well, how are you going to have a good season when your best player, the guy who's supposed to be your best player, looks worse across the board?

Like, he's, like, I guess not necessarily across the board.

I guess on offense, he's about the same as it was last season.

But last season, he had much worse spacing than he does this year.

Last year, he was getting double and triple teamed a lot more than he is this year.

And then on defense, it is what it is.

He's, you know, a lot worse than he was last season, be it skiing, be it whatever you want, say whatever you want, he's worse.

And so you have your best player playing a lot worse.