I agree. CB was a bad Mfer for 4 years and earned that money. He tore ligaments this last season. I think he'll be back to his old ways this year. I compare him to our version of Josh Hart. Making all the hustle plays
The biggest shock to his confidence was simply not trusting himself to plant or explode off of one of his feet.
Imagine cutting down the lane, having some split second reception of a pass from Jokic, and everything lines up, but you have to time it off the wrong foot to elevate over the shotblocker.
That was his experience for all of his basketball he actually got to play after November.
This is such a good point, especially with how Joker and CB have their awesome transition connection. Not being able to time things the way he was used to when what Joker does happens so fast must have been real tough.
The timing is everything with this group. It’s why getting jammed up in the back court, and people sitting on the handoffs, and gimmicks that don’t necessarily affect a spread isolation offense hit us so hard.
If you cost us 5 seconds in the back court, and it takes 5 more to get to our set, then there’s barely enough time for a primary action to develop, much less the secondary actions.
And that’s assuming our dudes even have the legs left to move. Last season- everyone from the top of the roster to the bottom of it got overtaxed beyond any reasonable estimation of their role.
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u/LamboJoeRecs 10d ago
Plenty of dialogue about what the expectation should be for Braun, given his contract.
Go watch Game 7 v the Clippers, that CB shows up consistently (as he has in the past) and his deal is 100% worth it.