He has a good handle. He doesn’t turn the ball over. He keeps his head up and keeps the ball moving. He recognizes mismatches and gets the ball to players when they have that mismatch. He seems to be able to throw the occasional lob. He plays intense defense and he can hit an open shot.

Honestly, this kid should start going forward. Bring Rose off the bench like before.

A win just makes me happier.

Hey, its not all bad. Fournier may not have worked out and we may have to find a way to get rid of him. Randle might not be as good as he was last year. And Kemba didn’t work out either. Mitch hasn’t really taken a next step. But Grimes and McBride both look like solid rotational players and if you think about it Obi, IQ, McBride and Grimes….Leon has done quite well with the picks so far. Are any of them going to be stars? No. But all are young players who look promising. Throw in Sims and Rokas and you could say the new regime has done well identifying talent later in the draft, which is super important to keep a roster fresh.

I like that Dallas trade idea. Maybe if they unprotected that pick we could give them a second rounder?

I know its the Rockets, but you see Mitch in the 4th quarter last night and it just makes you want to keep holding on to the kid especially if he can be resigned for cheap, which I think he could right now.

Raven, you are right, it wasn’t just a win. It was a game changer that gave us a fresh narrative we can ride for 20 games until despair strikes again.

The last few games are giving me deja vu from 2012-13 when Woodson was forced by injury to go small and play Melo at the 4 which basically created an offense that broke the NBA. Of course Woody didn’t understand what he had which led to him starting Kenyon Martin against Indiana, but hopefully Thibs is smarter than that.

Feel like in that DAL-NYK trade there’d have to be a trade asset going somewhere, but I’m not sure I know which side would have to give it. I would be open to removing the protection on the Dallas pick coming our way (so Dallas can trade their 2025 pick, which they can’t right now because o the pick protection), but with Dallas only 14-14, they probably would not do that.

Alan: Point Burks has failed SPECTACULARLY as an experiment

There, i corrected it for you, Alan.

BernieEarnie: I’m not sure you can top “the ship be sinking”

…and that’s factorial