re: This team is terrible

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All of that may be true, but the effort isn't there either

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I agree

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This all falls back on the GM. Gentry is a good coach, but this team was not assembled for his system

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He has never has been a good head coach.
I thought it was a terrible hire, but i want to give him a chance. i have a very little patience left. if we are sitting at 10-22 come new years, i think we'd be lucky, and if we are at that are under for some god awful reason, then Gentry needs to hit the road.

At this point, i feel like we'd be much better off with Monty by upgrading his staff.

AD looks like an average player. I don't know what they are trying to do on offense. There's so little ball movement it's like watching a biddy basketball game.

They are taking 27 3's a game, compared to 19 last year. and the 3's they are taking aren't usually 3's created off of ball movement or dribble penetration. They are shots thrown up b/c it's the best shot we can get b/c we aren't getting to the goal.

The defense is just nonexistent, and that's the biggest concern. Our offense was just fine last year, it was our defense that needed to get better, and it looks like one of the worst in the league, which was common under Gentry led teams in the past.

I said the defense was the biggest concern but i was mistaken. The lack of energy and effort is. No one on the court looks like they are enjoying themselves at all. No one looks like they are giving 80% much less 100%.

This team found a grove at the end of the season last year. EG was an impact player on the court hitting 3's. AD was taking over games when needed. Reke was doing what he wanted, and the role players were playing efficiently and our second team wasn't losing leads. The only problems were Asik, Anderson, and Jrue's health.
I think with Monty, we'd be a top 5 team in the West. Right now we look like bottom 5 team in the league.