re: How can we get BI to unleash his dawg 24/7? (Assertiveness)

Nobody can convince me that Ant is better in the go to role than BI would be.

He's just way too passive.

He’s in Kerr’s doghouse if you watch closely. He starts and then gets almost immediately benched and barely plays after. And it’s well deserved. He’s played like absolute arse water.

And to be fair, a lot of them played badly today, but Ingram is basically playing the Naji Marshall role on Team USA minus playing defense right now.

And Shel, I do agree Ingram could potentially be the alpha on this team over Edwards, but something just isn’t right with his play in these games. And he’s such a sieve defensively, they have to bench him when he’s a non factor offensively. Maybe International Ball just isn’t a great fit for Ingram.

Reaves and Hali are absolutely hooping. And so is Banchero. Reaves on $12M a year is by far the best non rookie contract in the NBA.

He is a scary cat.

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Shocking in a way that Austin Reeves is more of a dawg than BI, but it’s not really that shocking if you’ve been paying attention. He’s a really good complimentary player.

Not an alpha or go to for a winning team at all.

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But Reaves is?

Reaves is amazing. Like he’s clearly been better than Ingram in these games.

I think that deep playoff run where he was really efficient and good in clutch situations gave him a ton of confidence. He also gets to pick the brain of Lebron and it shows with how consistently cerebral he plays.

I’d still take Ingram if building a team today, but it’s closer than people think. Especially with one guy making $35-$40M and the other making $12-13M.

BR: Hali is an amazing shooter. I always think it’s going in when he shoots it. He’s a top 10 three point shooter in the league despite having an unconventional jump shot. I’ve been legitimately pissed for 3 years since he went 1 slot before ours in the draft. And he’s been even better than expected.

We had the Jrue trade chip that offseason too and we wasted it for Milwaukee picks and swaps instead of a Top 8 pick in that draft. That Kira draft was so bad to have Hali, Maxey and Bane all attainable in different ways (probably could’ve gotten 2 of them) and by the end of draft night, instead we had Fricking Kira and Steven Adams.

Wish I could say Dyson's play with Australia is making up for BI's poor performance...but alas

Everything associated with this organization is depressing.

Nothing is more depressing than
the depressing fans…

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Dyson is like the 15th man on Australia lol

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Strugglin' for sure. You'd think his D, alone, could get him on the court more than he currently is. Maybe we have his D a bit overrated...at this time.