There are 2 big questions to ask.

1) Are Gentry/Demps the right guys at the top

2) Is this roster salvagable or do you need to be aiming for Clean Slate 2017?

I really don't think we can judge Gentry until Pondexter returns and we get about 15-20 games with most of the "core". The brief glimpse we got of Tyreke/Asik/Gee said it all. Gentry had to choose between a wing defender on Harden or defense and rebounding down low, he chose Gee over Asik which was probably the right call, but if Pondexter had been available he could have had defense at both positions.

On top of that you had Gordon and Cole shooting you out of the game. If you could turn Gee into PJ Tucker and Cole into Anthony Morrow, does that change things drastically? Another good shooter in Morrow for the nights Gordon is off and 2 3 and D wings in QPon and Tucker so you can have Asik's interior defense and rebounding when you need to. As marginal as those moves sound, they solve a lot of problems this team has. Make those moves and if you don't start crushing the league then look at blowing up the roster and possibly the FO.

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 12/3/15 at 11:06 am to TigerinATL

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I really don't think we can judge Gentry until Pondexter returns and we get about 15-20 games with most of the "core".

QPon should not make that big of a difference. Everyone is healthy now, except for him. There is no reason we should be under .500 with the healthy players we have now. This is basically the same exact team now as the end of last year, with Ryno playing better and EG playing worst, minus a SF that wouldn't start for 90% of the teams in the league.

If we finish December with a dismal record, i want the coach and the GM gone and start from scratch. Don't do anything stupid trade wise, have cap space and a nice draft pick for next year.

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Posted by Jester

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Posted on 12/3/15 at 12:39 pm to TigerinATL

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On top of that you had Gordon and Cole shooting you out of the game.

Gordon wasn't that bad. He shot 40%. The team as a whole shot 40.9%. He has had better nights, but Davis is really the only person that had a better shooting night.

Nobody shot us out of the game. The whole team turned us over out of the game. Anderson alone had 6 turnovers and several of them were absolutely inexcusable giveaways under our own basket.

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