I think it's a talent issue too. I think it's both. Just think replacing Stotts was in our control this summer and we didn't do anything.
If it were anyone other than HOU (or LAC, or GSW) I'd be cool with it. But I hate losing to those teams. Now MEM on the other hand...
Even worse, Houston is going to look back on that game as a pivotal moment in their season. Down 15 in the 1st quarter and getting destroyed at home they almost had the lead by the end of the quarter. This likely will propel them back to playing well.
All I know is I cant be negative or pessimistic abut this team, apparently. That means I'm probably a communist or something worse.
DRPM for 104 NBA SG's: 41 Seth Curry -0.32 97 CJ McCollum -2.11 99 Nik Stauskas -2.85 I was actually surprised to see Curry ranked that high, he sure hasn't looked that good on defense. It may just be a case where his numbers look good because of matchups and limited sample size, but that would probably apply to a lot of players. I wasn't surprised to see CJ and Stauskas right at the bottom of that ranking; they've both been bad at defense since they entered the NBA Perimeter defense has never seemed to be an Olshey priority. Maybe he's giving Stotts what he wants or maybe he just doen't think it's important, hard to say. Whatever the reason, it's proving to be really questionable decision-making to put all these defensive sieves as SG's next to Dame's weak defense.
