I had visions of a Batman-Robin, OG-Mikal tandem wreaking havoc on wing defense while Brunson draws charges and Kat/Hart clean up the boards. Seems problematic when someone beats Brunson or rotations can’t pick up a cutter.

Offense is working ok. Bridges should work on getting himself open for 3s and getting to the rim. I really have no problem if the offense is clicking with Bridges production being down. Who cares. Question is can he turn it up when someone is out or we need a boost because other shots aren’t falling. As long as he is playing good team basketball and we are generally winning…maybe he is just unlucky and we get a cheaper extension…and he doesn’t care because he likes it here and we are winning. Glass half full. If we win it doesn’t matter if we overpaid since I struggle to see a better option. We don’t need more star power, there would be too many mouths to feed. He is versatile, stays healthy (knock wood) and can slot into a number of roles with injuries. He has star potential given a bigger role, but an ego that allows him to accept a smaller offensive role. That is worth a lot. We are still early into the adjustment period. I still like the trade.

Two reflections from last night. The first was how both Brunson and Hart drove to the cup early on because moxie — and to their credit, it works almost all the time — but this time they found themselves in a forest of seven-foot arms and torsos. And unfortunately the Plan B was to shoot and miss threes.

The second was how at the end of the game guys were like, “I’m not taking another three, I don’t care if I’m open” — especially KAT, but I saw others do it too. It was minor league amusing.

Not sure what lessons one can take from that game. Except that if there are three enormous shot blockers on the other team, you should probably hit your threes.

Favorite pointless stat of the game:
Kat -34, Sims +19.

Less chuckle-worthy, Denver crushed the Lakers by 25 last night. Which normally would cheer me up, except…

We went on a 17-0 run when Utah took both of their seven footers out. Maybe Jericho really was the key but I think the lack of Kessler was more relevant.

KAT — 6 contests in 38:45
Sims — 3 contests in 9:15

Kessler — 23 contests in 35:13

As much as I love blaming Mikal, I don’t know that he was the main problem last night.

Kessler had me drooling. He had a block on KAT that was so squeaky clean and majestic. I was surprised how easily KAT got past him on the perimeter and surprised how easily he smothered him. It almost felt like a trap of some sort.

I miss Mitch. Kessler looks like the new Mitch.

And to think Leon balked at two firsts for Kessler but gave away the store for Bridges. We could have just replaced Hartenstein with Walker and brought back the same team everyone loved.

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