Hart fills a lot of gaps. He's also being asked to play nearly every minute of every game and he's 100% motor hustle guy. I think its not really possible to play the way he does for this many games in a row and he's banged up. It was almost a joke last year in the playoffs, but he wound up with an abdominal tear.
No doubt he has missed rotations. The team as a whole often looks confused on who's covering who. There's still not a lot of defensive continuity here.
I also agree that there aren't enough guys creating their own shots. When KAT goes out, Mikal has to be the next guy up on shot generation beyond Brunson. OG stepped up, but we know he's not the best off the dribble creator.
So why haven't be brought up TJ? We need the offense/bucket getter and we need someone to take time off the wings.
DLeethal wrote:Josh's defense has been exceptionally bad this year. If you look at all the wide open 3s we give up, he's often the culprit. IDK if it's his fault or he's coached to go after rebounds at the expense of staying with his man or what.
Yeah was starting to notice this myself
Josh knee is an issue Im guessing.
We missed Kat Last night.
I like the bench is rounding out a bit even if its real slow.
They did a good job on Brunson last night. They are fast and athletic.
Was a good game until the last 5min. Steph Curry came alive. No Kat, No Huk and limited Mitch.
OG legs were not there to get clutch buckets in those last 5min.
Comment that "Kat don't box out". Might be true, but he second in rebounding in the league? No?
GustavBahler wrote:KAT’s GF posted this yesterday Hope everything is ok. Last few games KAT was playing like his mind was somewhere else. More than just having a bad game.
Hopefully KAT is ok. Makes me wonder if the wolves medical staff knew something about this summer 2024 and that’s how we were able to steal KAT away from them.
Philc1 wrote:GustavBahler wrote:KAT’s GF posted this yesterday Hope everything is ok. Last few games KAT was playing like his mind was somewhere else. More than just having a bad game.
Hopefully KAT is ok. Makes me wonder if the wolves medical staff knew something about this summer 2024 and that’s how we were able to steal KAT away from them.
I’m guessing it’s someone close to him. Rough either way.
Hart - Scared to shoot
Mikal - Scared to drive
Deuce - Ain’t scared of nothing
Why not move the guys that’s scared, to the bench. Give my man deuce, who ain’t scared of nothing, to the starting lineup. He’s the best 2 guard on the team.
blkexec wrote:Hart - Scared to shoot
Mikal - Scared to drive
Deuce - Ain’t scared of nothingWhy not move the guys that’s scared, to the bench. Give my man deuce, who ain’t scared of nothing, to the starting lineup. He’s the best 2 guard on the team.
Creates a size imbalance. I think Mitch would have to start in order for a Deuce promotion to make sense. And that's not counting the time it would take to get those guys synchronized. Definitely an option to look at in the post season.
blkexec wrote:Hart - Scared to shoot
Mikal - Scared to drive
Deuce - Ain’t scared of nothingWhy not move the guys that’s scared, to the bench. Give my man deuce, who ain’t scared of nothing, to the starting lineup. He’s the best 2 guard on the team.
Judging by how Hart was playing after a rough start, I’m guessing that stamina has something to do with the drop in production. Bridges drives in transition, but not enough in half court. I’m guessing both of them might benefit from having Mitch at center. Mitch in the second unit, with Hart or Bridges, might balance things out nicely.
GustavBahler wrote:blkexec wrote:Hart - Scared to shoot
Mikal - Scared to drive
Deuce - Ain’t scared of nothingWhy not move the guys that’s scared, to the bench. Give my man deuce, who ain’t scared of nothing, to the starting lineup. He’s the best 2 guard on the team.
Judging by how Hart was playing after a rough start, I’m guessing that stamina has something to do with the drop in production. Bridges drives in transition, but not enough in half court. I’m guessing both of them might benefit from having Mitch at center. Mitch in the second unit, with Hart or Bridges, might balance things out nicely.
Its well known Josh has knee issues.
Mikal as said gets there in transition or via cuts. He does not penetrate off dribble in the paint.
Lots of reactiveness to Hart. We know his 3 pt shooting confidence runs hot and cold. But taking a couple of bad games and applying that his poor play has been the cause of all our problems is kinda nutty. Especially when you view it in the context of the Runner's knee injury he suffered right around the all star period. Lets look at his February games before that and then the games after he returned from missing 2 games due to injury:
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3062679/josh-hart
7 games before the all star break he was averaging 20.8 pts, 9.3 rebs, 6 asts on 55% shooting
5 games after the knee, 11pts, 9.4rebs, 5 asts on 44% shooting
Good game in a loss vs the Celtics, big rebounding game vs Philly, tough game vs. Memphis, a good game vs Miami and a dreadful game vs. GS. Shooting has dropped off a bit. The 3 already was hurting, but where Josh really loses out is the explosiveness since he's so good at transition and attacking. The Knee has a big effect on that
martin wrote:Not good
Tough to swallow but Dennis Rodman had a higher 3pt%
we give Mitch grief for his FT% -- something important if you're down low banging
Josh needs to own up and fix this -- he's a wing
edit: this was meant as reply to post about JHart's 3pt%. not sure how i flubbed that. My post accuracy is down to 22.5% 
