re: 25th in Offense + 12th in Defense + 10th in Pace = Bad Combination

We have no ball handlers worth their salt outside of Jrue. Frazier's not bad but he pushes into some unfavorable situations and creates some disastrous turnovers at times. He doesn't create for Davis, but he doesn't get in his way either. There's that. Feed the beast.

It's funny. I'm reminded of an article from TBW which talked about how good Frazier is at improvising. It seemed like a positive at times, but he also seems to be weak at actually running the sets and getting to the spots on the floor. I'm pretty sure he borked at least the last play at the end of the Memphis first OT. Davis looked legit pissed at him. I think the design was for him to cut into the corner for the drive and kick, while Frazier was just standing at the elbow, resulting in a flailing 4v1 layup attempt by Davis instead of the expected wide open corner jumper.

Oddly enough, with Jrue out, Hield seems the most comfortable with the ball in his hands. It would certainly be worth the experiment having the second unit running through him instead of Galloway or Moore. He's consistently able to break his man down off the dribble. We look at him as a shooter, but he's arguably the best drive and kick player we have in the limited time we've seen him without Evans or Holiday suiting up. As weak as he's looked from outside, he's looked adequate enough in the other areas to at least get a look.