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Has been a fun game to watch. Rotations have been much better. I do like the closeout lineup of Knight-Booker-Warren-Tucker-Chandler.

2PG experiment should go away. Team just seems to flow way better with Warren and Booker out there.

Gah, Kyrie

Dagger

GODDDDDAMMMMMMITTTTTTTTT!

Knight looking for the foul missed the easy ass layup.

Yep. Left the wide open layup short

That Kyrie deep 3 was painful

I'm fine with that loss. At least the team resembled a basketball team.

The end result was a loss, but the watchability factor was a lot higher than it had been recently.

Cap wrote:The end result was a loss, but the watchability factor was a lot higher than it had been recently.

I'll 2nd that notion.

That ended about how I thought it would. I'm encouraged in some ways, but still concerned in others. Price-Tucker-Chandler should never be on the floor together. It's just too little scoring even if Warren is one of the other 2.

AmareIsGod wrote:

Cap wrote:The end result was a loss, but the watchability factor was a lot higher than it had been recently.

I'll 2nd that notion.

I'll go a bit further and say that that's the desired outcome. I want a high lottery pick and I want development in the young players. I've been done with chasing the 8th playoff spot for quite a few years now. The Cinderella season was nice, and I can get behind that sort of winning, but for this team, I'm rooting for close losses. Sorry.

I'm only 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter but already, this team is more fun to watch. Maybe it was the assistants. They're actually moving the ball around with purpose.

Its 100% because Bledsoe isnt there to stop the ball movement.

carey wrote:I don't think they will win, but it's nice to see them playing hard.

Yep. They fought hard and played much better. Played a better brand of basketball. Too bad they lost a close one to a tough Cavs team. Any chance McDonough sees that the ball moves better without Bledsoe? I don't care how good his stats are.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Alex Len is so frustrating sometimes. Just go up strong dammit.

I was thinking the same thing. I just hope one of these days he figures out that he's bigger than everybody else and learns to go hard at the rim.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:C'mon "veteran leader"

Yeah, haven't been too impressed with him since he's been back from injury. He's looking like he might be "done" at this point.

Anybody else notice how improved Warren's three point shot is?

Well, I don't mind the loss, and at least we found 29 minutes for Booker and 27 for Warren, who had a great game with the 23 and 5. Booker was 5/6 shooting; really impressive. I don't really like Knight as a starting NBA PG, but I still really think the two-PG system is dumb and needs to end. Bledsoe's injury may be a blessing in disguise simply because it'll help us realize that we need better defined player roles and less overlap.

I'd rather close out with a lineup of Knight-Booker-Warren-Leuer-Len, but that's just me. Still more enjoyable basketball than most of the last 10-20 games. I don't expect to beat the Cavs and honestly want to lose 100% of games at this point.

P.S. THAT FU*KING LAKER PICK!!!!!!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! WHY DID WE HAVE TO TRADE THAT F*CKING PICK!!!!!!!!!!???????!!!!??

Superbone wrote:Anybody else notice how improved Warren's three point shot is?

Without hyperbole, one of the most important developments for he future of the franchise.