Couple of things that were discouraging: Nesmith’s sloppy ball handling and Nesmith’s turnstile defense in this game. Dude’s only 21 so I don’t want to ring the alarm bells, but these are clearly areas of focus for him.
For me, this was the biggest single takeaway from this game. Aaron clearly has some holes in his game including ball-handling, and on defense he has a lack of lateral quickness and he's still going for upfakes. Sometimes he just puts 'too much' effort and ends up out of position. Ironically, his high athleticism suggests he could be an excellent defender, but he needs coaching and reps.
For the team as a whole, this game suggests that the young guys are not ready to be regular rotation players, at least not without at least 3 vets on the court with them. Pritchard, Nesmith, Langford, Grant, Bruno...none of them give me the confidence that there's a new crop of C's coming along with high upside. A few may make it in the NBA, but no stars in the making. Really glad that Brad brought in some rotation vets -- Richardson, Dunn, Schroder, Horford.