what did we expect? when the calendar hit 2023, the team regressed dramatically under joe’s “leadership.” defensive intensity, which was this team’s identity and competitive edge, was gone. defensive rebounding became a tremendous weakness and allowed lesser teams to stay in games.
the offense devolved into undisciplined street ball, marked by selfish iso by the J’s, jacking threes, little-to-no ball movement, lazy turnovers, and spotty free throw shooting. notice how the sixers remained disciplined on offense by leveraging the advantage they held in the high pnr and switch on horford? the overmatched hawks did the same and extended their series to six games. when do you recall the C’s ever playing disciplined offense by consistently exploiting an advantage or mismatch like this during joe’s tenure?
these guys thought it was their turn to be coronated and the rest of the nba would bend over. the hope we’ve enjoyed over the past five years was fool’s gold. we have an inexperienced GM, a rookie HC who’s clearly in over his head, and two of the softest all-stars in the league. the only way out is a new GM, a new HC, and trading the J’s for as many draft picks as a sucker GM is willing to give the C’s.
