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"It's still a lot of getting used to for those guys because they're all point guards who have handled the ball a lot," coach Jeff Hornacek said. "So now they all have to handle it a lot less for all three of them to have a chance at it. They're still working on how to be off the ball and still be involved.

"Really, we want to do the same thing we did last year. Just get the ball side to side where they are all touching it each play and they feel like they're involved."

What happened to just letting players do what they do best?

Shabazz wrote:https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/534712457340915712

Shabazz wrote:it's worth noting that the Morrii are still on their rookie contracts. The extensions kick in after this season.

Mori Chu wrote:If Kieff keeps up his current performance, he'll absolutely be worth his current contract. The real question to me is, is he worth also keeping Marcus on the roster and playing him big minutes / starting him? Marcus has been improved this season, but I don't think he's the best person to have as our starting SF.

Mori Chu wrote:A related question: Would you rather have Markieff Morris or Kenneth Faried? Faried was the other guy available at that pick when we took Kieff, and many clamored for Faried instead of Markieff.

But it's important to remember that even with the heightened expectations, they are still in a bit of a rebuilding phase. McDonough has all of his draft picks and protected picks from the Lakers (top five) and Minnesota (top 12) potentially on the way either this year or next. There's also more talent waiting in the wings with second-year guard Archie Goodwin and rookies Tyler Ennis and T.J. Warren, who flashed some of his scoring ability with seven points in 12 minutes against Boston. What they are now and what they may be in the future are two different things.

But if there's one lesson to remember from last year's surprising success, it's that there's a big difference between proving something and sustaining it.

"Our guys realize that we're not going to sneak up on anybody," Hornacek said. "We didn't really sneak up on anybody after the first 30 games last year anyway. Our guys have to realize that we got to that level last year by scratching and clawing and playing with a little chip on our shoulder that nobody believed that we could be any good. We got to get that back.

McDonough has all of his draft picks and protected picks from the Lakers (top five) and Minnesota (top 12) potentially on the way either this year or next.

Mori Chu wrote:

McDonough has all of his draft picks and protected picks from the Lakers (top five) and Minnesota (top 12) potentially on the way either this year or next.

It looks unlikely that we will get either of those picks next year.