idk bro... many of the complaints i see against Ime were there for MDA too... Short rotation? "Anybody who has an issue, doesnt know what they are talking about" - MDA Doesnt make adjustments? "We dont adjust to them - they adjust to us!" - MDA Doesnt call time out? "I like to let them figure it out..." - MDA Iso heavy? really? lol and people acted like he was some offensive genius... meanwhile under Ime we are the #3 offense and #4 defense... and #3 net.... despite losing our starting pg right before the season, acclimating KD as the focal point and having a bunch of youngsters still developing... i dont understand the hate...
Yup, you got it, the Prime Harden teams had no real ball movement either, it was basically all Harden. You lived and died by Harden. Now you got a couple good passers but still no movement, connective passing.
We just didn't hit a home run in the draft post the Harden trade, we did an OK job, but losing to Detroit and the fact they are top seed in East, they are likely better than Houston now. The lead page on ESPN explains a Spurs/Thunder rivalry, Houston it not being mentioned in this convo even though they are an avg. playoff team, they are not elite. Look at how consistent OKC is and how they man handle teams they are supposed to beat. Spurs got lucky and OKC just made so many right moves including the draft. They will likely need to try to piecemeal a team around KD until he retires (2028?), then they will need to trade 1-2 of your favorite young Rockets for draft picks and get it right this time with a super star. They have to have smarter ppl in the draft room. Not sure if giving BKN their picks back was smart either, only time will tell. Dallas getting Flagg was not good for us. Roster needs improvement, Ime needs to improve.
im sure somebody can dig up some advanced analytic... but id be interested to know what % of our turnovers are bad passes vs takeaways and pocket picks... we do a lot of lazy passes that get intercepted... im almost like screw passing - just shoot it - even if we miss, we still got like a 40% chance of an offensive rebound.... lol that is a key diff from Ime to MDA - the importance of effective rebounding... which i think is totally a legit focus...
The Spurs have arguably the best team right now, would love to see more rebounding matchups with them.
A 37 year old father time is undefeated hall of famer, if we are worse - this is the reason. Ask yourself this....if you traded KD for Brooks would we be better? DD
