the_process wrote:Sixerscan wrote:the_process wrote:
Except Jo is probably not gonna hit the games played requirement for any awards this year. He would basically have to play every game for the rest of the year to barely squeak above the bar.
Is it really that crazy that he’ll miss 7 or fewer of the last 41 after missing 10 of the first 41? That’s not that big of a difference. He missed 11 of the first 41 last year and ultimately played 66 games including sitting 2 meaningless ones out at the end.
7 is more of a buffer than I thought he had. Maybe he clears it.
Right and hopefully Morey does his job and gets a player that can take a lot of the load off of Joel and Maxey. With Giannis, Joel and Maxey are playing harder than any guys in the league right now to get to this level of play as a team. Maxey leading the league in minutes, miles per game, and has been playing really good defense over the last month... Getting it done on both ends and maybe suffering a little bit with his jump shot because of that extra effort. Joelle and B maybe the only player in the entire NBA, that is truly the focal point of both his team's offense and defense and is leading the league in offensive usage, required to rebound at least 10 a game in order for them to have a chance, I think he'll need more in the playoffs.
They need a third star. No matter what Stan Van gundy says. Joel has proven that this is as good as he can do, and it's GOAT level stuff. We've seen it. Maxey is proving that he can get you 26 to 30 a night efficient passing and shooting, and defend some.
Nothing left to prove, their numbers need to come down and a team strategy installed with an extra guy to lower their usage and their minutes.