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Post by DERRENMATTS on Feb 10, 2022 3:24:48 GMT -5
While it is fun seeing Tatum and Brown score 30+ apiece in games, our current streak and dominating wins with the Jays barely going over 20 is even better.
Is Udoka finally getting the Jays and the team to buy into Team ball, like the Spurs of 2014?
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Post by eja117 on Feb 10, 2022 4:20:26 GMT -5
definitely. The evidence is we're finally finally seeing the players do things (or not do things) we thought we'd never see. For example Smart isn't shooting way way too much. The Jays aren't playing anywhere near as much hero ball. The team has far more focus. I thought the Jays needed to be split up, but now it doesn't seem that way at all. They finally seem like they're allllll doing what they're supposed to be doing and even exceeding it a little Yes they blew out a bad team. But how did they do it? Passing and defense and never taking their foot off the pedal. Also didn't freak out when the other team made a run. Now all we need is for guys like Pritchard, Nesmith, and Langford to start showing more and more often.
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Post by jmost on Feb 10, 2022 7:23:46 GMT -5
Yes, but ... I can't help thinking about who we've been doing it against. I'll be more ready to buy in when we play like this against a good team.
A couple of years ago, halfway through the season the pro football team I root for was on pace for giving up a record low number of points. They were calling themselves The Boogeymen. But they'd been playing against bad QBs - guys who were subs or just not very good. When they started playing against quality starting QBs they got shredded. So the level of competition matters. A lot.
I guess I'd say I'm cautiously optimistic.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Feb 10, 2022 9:29:24 GMT -5
Proof is in the pudding. I want to see how we do against playoff competition at our full strength and their full strength.
But as E mentioned, we're playing like we're supposed to be playing. This much we can see, even against weaker competition -- which we weren't doing for most of the season.
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