So 18 games in (22% of season) and we are 14-4 (on pace for 64 wins). I would say that our new star players, Porzingis and Holiday, are both smashing successes. The added bench guys (Brissett, Stevens, Mykhailiuk, Banton), not so much.
On the outgoing players, RWill is hurt again, Smart has been hurt most of the season, Brogdon is playing well but has missed a fair amount, and Grant started strong but has cooled off.
Overall, things are great, we have the best record, the best point differential, and are the favorite to win the title per Vegas. But there are a couple of things that are concerning. The lack of a decent 3rd big is one but still time to address this. I don't like that we are 1st in team 3PA but only 16th in 3P%. We are 4th in EFG% and TS% so we are still scoring efficiently, but I also don't like that we are 21st in FTA. Bottom line, we are living and dying by the 3 again even though we are not one of the better 3PT shooting teams.
I also have some concern with ORebs. We are giving up more (10.8 ORebs) than we are getting (10.3). We are missing an average of 49 shots per game while our opponents are missing 51 shots per game. I am not all that concerned, I think this is a byproduct of playing small. So if this is the magnitude of the rebounding penalty, that is OK but there have been more games lately where we have been loosing the OReb battle by bigger margins.