Give it 20-25 games before throwing in the towel

I didn't say not to fire anybody. I just said the season isn't over after 4 games even if it feels like it.

Agreed. My expectations were low this season. But I like the style of play they hustle a lot more on defense and move the ball on offense

AD has been awesome.

Frazier has been a surprise hopefully he can stay at this level. I really like him as backup 6th man type player

I think Moore is solid as well.

Hill has been good on defense and if he can contribute on offense like last night he will be a very good addition

Lance is a good role player and I can see him with the 2nd unit with Frazier

Asik is playing better than last year. He is what he is but he is not worth his salary

Galloway is not that good or at least right now. I am not that familiar with him

But we really need Jrue and Tyreke back. Then the rotations will be better

Ajinca has been horrible

I wish they would just play Jones instead of Ajinca

20-25 games to go 9-16 sure is a lot to overcome in the West.

So they started Cunningham last night and we wound up getting destroyed in the paint. Asik comes in, plays 13 min and has 5 pts, 7 rebs with a +6 rating. Yet Cunningham winds up with 38 minutes. How does this coaching staff not recognize this during the game and play Asik more than 13 min?

With such a weak roster the last thing we need is a coaching staff who cannot adjust to gameplay.

Jake Madison had an interesting take on this in his Locked On Pelicans podcast this morning. LINK Asik's 13 minutes coincided mostly with Monroe's 17 minutes. The rest of the time he was unplayable because there wasn't anybody else on the court he could keep up with and Asik wouldn't be able to stop Giannis blowing by his man from the perimeter.

I see his point a little, but I mostly disagree. I'm not saying Asik should have played 30 minutes, but Asik in the paint could have been a deterrent to some of those Bucks attacks on the basket. No he's not an athletic shot blocker, but he moves well enough and is aware enough that about half the time he can clog the paint like a fat nose tackle making you run outside. The other half of the time he knows he was beat and is smart enough to not get a cheap foul. I think it's more likely that he stops a few of those drives and is a positive on defense than he becomes a defensively liability because the Bucks shift their offense to attack him as the weakest defender on the court when they have guys like Frazier and Hield to attack.

So v the bucks and their woeful shooting, I think you could get by with Asik for longer. Just tell everyone to go under every screen and have Asik sit back. Let them (except Teletovic) shoot all they want. now w/ that said, I don't know how realistic it is for game 4 of the season to perhaps change your defensive strategy.

Playing Asik v any team that can run decent PnR is a disaster. And Nurkic ate him up on the block v Denver. His defense, more so than even his offense, is his issue.

And honestly, they lost the game with horrendous back up guard play. The defense suckwd, sure. The guard play was just much worse

Yeah.

Don't get me wrong, it's insane that they are playing DC so much and at the 5 in stretches. That is a huge problem.

But Buddy, Lance, and Galloway absolutely killed any momentum last night. They were just awful. It happens with a rookie, a guy w/ one foot out the door,and a 4/5th guard running things for long stretches. Definitely need Holiday to come back to see how these pieces actually fit

I don't know if I just ignored it before, but Ajinca looks like the most unathletic player in the NBA this year. He looks like a cartoon character out there.

Maybe his not playing for France this summer was less conflict and more regression.