Originally posted by Bronco51
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Right now the team relies on Jokic for everything. Murray is the only other person that can create for himself outside of the occasional Milsap bulldozer. But when Murray is out there without Jokic there’s no one to take attention off of him which is where he really struggles and it’s why he’s been used as a 2 guard in those situations. But Murray is still adding to his game which is good. His little post up is nice, now he just needs a counter because it’s always a fade away jump shot.
But no one else has really stepped up. At least not the people we had hoped for. MPJ’s plan to score is still the same as when he came in, just shoot over the top of people. And he is really starting to seem uninterested in being a 3rd or 4th option as he’s doing more and more standing around and half the time he’s bobbling passes because he isn’t paying attention. Barton is still to frail to finish at the rim consistently and his jump shot has always been hit or miss. Harris started to find his stroke from the lower wing down but who knows how long it’ll take to get going again once he finally comes back.
Dozier and Morris have really been our best tertiary scorers. Dozier 3 ball was getting consistent before the hamstring and he generally finishes well around the rim, but you can tell he’s still unsure as he’s driving whether he should facilitate or score but that should get better as he settles into being a wing player and not a point guard. Morris is always steady, he’s never really going to put up a lot of points himself but he finishes well and can knock down open shots and gets everyone involved while protecting the ball. But these guys are our bench right now at least until Hampton and Nnaji get up to speed.
Tricky thing is, we need Harris for defense and Barton provides an extra ball handler to do the 2 man game with Jokic so it isn’t always Murray. Right now we should probably be looking to package Barton, Bol Bol, and at this point even MPJ for a legitimate scoring threat on the wing. But the question is who? I’d have argued for Wiggins awhile back but GS isn’t letting him go now. Julius randle maybe? Buddy Hield might be a good option for scoring especially as a 3rd option but he’s not good defensively and probably can’t give you many minutes at the 3 but Malone is also trotting out lineups with Murray at the 3 and Green at center so who knows
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