re: I'm not sure how this team improves via trade

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I don't think there is a deadline trade that would improve the team

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There will 100% be available dudes who can improve this team, where teams will just want salary match plus draft assets.

There's also consolidation options that can allow us to upgrade 2-3 players to a better player which is also in play as we have a lot of redundancy and also probably 11 or 12 dudes who can legit be rotation dudes, so we have some leeway to lose a guy or 2 to upgrade.

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I have been impressed with BI's play as of late. His ability to facilitate has been vital to their good play, IMO.

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I feel like BI's game has done like a 180 or some shite the past month or so. He used to take those middies out of rhythm and super contested and just bad shots early in the shot clock wayyyyy too often. And this past month it seems he's playing so much more in the flow of the offense and picking and choosing his spots.

More picking and choosing his spots and less forcing up bad middies means he's facilitating more. He's averaging 6.0 assists per game in the last 21 games, compared to 4.8 in his 1st 13 games.

More picking and choosing his spots and less forcing up bad middies also means more efficient shooting.

Oct/Nov which was the 1st 16 games so nearly the same as the 13 games I mentioned above, BI's TS% was .571/.572 in each month. But for Dec/Jan it's .606/.615.

Above .600 is where BI needs to be to be a viable #2 option IMO. I didn't think he could do it and we had extensive talks on that here, and ever since then, he's done it lol. I'd still like to see it sustained more than 5 weeks but it's certainly a good sign.