magicblue

Exactly!

And now Fultz is in and playing off the ball, essentially rendering him useless. I mean seriously wtf is wrong with Clifford?

He’s played 29 mins the past two games. I love watching DJ play 13 mins of game time straight...

Mo’s back to sucking

We suck. Coach and players alike

Yup

We can't win with DJ playing more minutes than Fultz

Bamba's first half. Forget about his second half

Anyone got the stat of our +/- in the last min of each quarter. I guarantee you its terrible. We never finish quarters strong

If we must play DJ this much with Fultz at least play him off the ball and let Fultz run the point. Its like our coach is an idiot or something

Mo doing everything we know he should be capable of. Now just bring this energy and effort every single night young fella!

Agreed. Can we get the pecking order in line without dealing one of Fournier/Vuch is my only question.

I think AG, if not traded, will wind up being the glue-guy, third option behind Fultz and Isaac. I've been surprised at how confident Isaac has come into this season. He may end up being the alpha of this team when its all said and done. I do think Fournier and Vuch are unwilling to yield their pecking order and I think that's where some of the "tension" stems from. It may be that losing one of them is the only way to break that tension and allow the young guns to assume their new roles. I mean Fournier and Vuch make big money, but lets face it, they've had their shot over the past 4-5 years and the best they could get us to is the 7th seed and 4-1 playoff exit.

There definitely seems to be an old regime vs new regime dynamic. I feel like Vuch/Fournier are the established old regime and Fournier wants to be the alpha, but the new regime Isaac/Fultz is gaining steam and closing the gap. AG seems to kind of fly solo, I’m not sure where he fits into this all but it will be interesting to see how he plays for 2-3 weeks without Vuch.

Of course we don't come up with the board

This silver lining to these injuries could be a change in the pecking order on offense

Could Jonathan Isaac become a superstar? It’s starting to seem possible

I never said he was the sole reason. Grant and Simmons not playing helped too and there were other factors as well. But his energy is contagious and is so polar opposite of what Bamba brings. I think Cliff is gonna have a hard time demoting him back to 3rd string bench warmer once Vuc returns

All I know is that when Birch started playing last year we started winning. Bamba better step it up and show something during this stretch or it will be time to move on from him once Vuch returns

He'll play some center but he's not going to start at center I think is the point.

Lineup and substitution creativity are not Clifford’s strong suits

This stretch would be a nice opportunity to play Isaac at center. We did that once earlier in the season and Cliff said we would be incorporating that into our offense. Haven't seen it again since then.

Its gotta be AG. Maybe Fournier if we think he's opting out

I know :)

Hot take: Until Fultz starts playing 30+ mins a game and DJ starts playing 6-8mpg less, we are going to continue to struggle. Markelle's minutes restriction is killing us and it's holding him back from what he is capable of, which seems to be quite a bit more than I ever imagined for this year. I appreciate the conservative approach to an extent but, unless the guy is still experiencing an unusual amount of shoulder pain, its time to up his minutes and start increasing his role.