The Cavs game was a tough one to watch. Thibs needs to reconsider his defend the paint first and the 3pt line secondarily. Not sure this works so well in the modern NBA. Depressing to watch the Cavs just blow through our defense at will and/or kick out to a wide open 3 in the 4th quarter using minimal clock. Scoring at will...Embarrassing. The other adjustment Thibs needs to make is to extend his usable players list. If we can go deeper in our bench, that will allow everyone to bring more energy on D knowing they'll have a breather. Would love to see more Obi, Grimes, McBride & of course Q bring the energy they seem to when given the chance. Might be a wakeup call to the starters too.
It's a system that requires max effort, which they got last season, and haven't thus far. As for more guys, Grimes will certainly buy himself more time with more performances like that.
The Cavs game was a tough one to watch. Thibs needs to reconsider his defend the paint first and the 3pt line secondarily. Not sure this works so well in the modern NBA. Depressing to watch the Cavs just blow through our defense at will and/or kick out to a wide open 3 in the 4th quarter using minimal clock. Scoring at will...Embarrassing. The other adjustment Thibs needs to make is to extend his usable players list. If we can go deeper in our bench, that will allow everyone to bring more energy on D knowing they'll have a breather. Would love to see more Obi, Grimes, McBride & of course Q bring the energy they seem to when given the chance. Might be a wakeup call to the starters too.
It's a system that requires max effort, which they got last season, and haven't thus far. As for more guys, Grimes will certainly buy himself more time with more performances like that.