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I wholeheartedly believe the grizzlies will be a better team with out Dillon brooks. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Mechaultima@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Marcus Smart had 6 assist in his first Grizzlies appearance (24 minutes). that equals Dillon Brooks’ season high last year. I think the offense will flow a lot better without Brooks taking his highly contested fadeaway step back jump shots and 3 pointers.

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[–] Ok_Respond7928@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t know why you are bringing up Brooks passing when that has never been a part of his skill set.

Yes Smart is better than Brooks at passing but Smart is worse than Jones which is the main difference.

Jones has been the best backup PG for years and has been t a major reason why even when Ja misses games they still have a winning record. I am really worried about the flow of their offensive over those 25 games. Smart is a solid PG but from watching him with the Celtics a decent amount he is looking for his shot more than the pass. He isn’t a true game manger/floor general. That is going be a problem IMO. I wouldn’t be shocked if they are around .500 or just below it when Ja gets back.

[–] Mechaultima@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here’s the thing Smart isn’t the only play maker on this team. Luke Kennard Desmond Bane Derrick Rose Marcus Smart Santi Aldama and Stephen Adams are all very capable and versatile play makers. I think not relying on just one person to initiate the offense will make the grizzlies a much better team.

The reason I brought up Brooks is because he an offensive negative he literally would kill the Grizzlies ball movement and chuck upshot’s whenever he felt like it. The Grizz will be a much better offensive team just with him not being in the rotation.

[–] Good_NewsEveryone@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of those names are considerable reaches as reliable playmakers. I think naming Kennard, Aldama, and Adams as playmakers is making the opposite point you want. And Rose will be 35 and played 12 mpg last season.

[–] Mechaultima@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kennard came into the league as a playmaker and if you don’t think Aldama and Adams are playmakers just watch and see.

[–] hunterwolves18@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

No, Aldama and Kennard arent definitely playmakers. Adams' playmaking is just about screens and holding the ball on the top, it's a kind of playmaking but he's not a ball handler or similar

[–] Good_NewsEveryone@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That run 2 seasons ago was an outlier. Expecting almost any team to be better than .500 without their best player is pretty unreasonable.

[–] Ok_Respond7928@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were above .500 again this year without Ja and have been pretty much his whole career

[–] syo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

People assume Ja is the only good player on our team, for some reason.