Last night was the first game I've attended this year. There are certain things that you get watching in person that don't come across on TV:
Specifically, Sochan's jumper still is a disaster. While the hitch is gone, he moves the ball across his face before releasing and there is still sidespin on the shot.
The jackals... not a fan. I get what they're going for but it feels like you jammed the student section of a college game into 5 rows of an NBA stadium,. The rest of the crowd really isn't involved with whatever they're doing and if they are like me, they find them mostly annoying. Maybe it will take a while for them to find their place in the game but right now they are non-stop. I would hate it if my seats were in that section. Last night, we were two sections over and it was still too close.
I love Jones-Garcia. Ignoring for a minute that he's a three level scorer who can create on his own, he picked up Dyson Daniels 94 feet and completely disrupted Atlanta's offense. They really don't have minutes for him once Castle and Harper get back, but I've seen enough between summer league and now to feel like they should give him some sort of Champagnie-like deal where they can keep him for cheap for multiple years.
This is the best basketball Keldon Johnson has ever played. I still get a knot in my stomach when he launches a three and he's fucking traffic cone on defense, but he's found his calling as a hustle guy off the bench.
Fox is such a pro and his bbiq is undervalued. He sees stuff before it happens on both ends. He understands that he's supposed to get his teammates involved early and then take over later when needed. I still don't know how the fit is going to work when Wemby gets back, but they might be better off playing through him and letting Wemby be more opportunistic off-ball instead of running shit through Vic where teams can set up more easily to defend him.
I haven't seen much of Risarcher so he might have just had a bad game, but he was the worst player on the floor last night. Thank god we dodged that bullet in the draft.
Any games that aren't against the dregs of the league that they win with this Mash Unit of a team should be considered gravy. I have a feeling the next 4 are going to be rough.