The Most Confusing Teams in the NBA!

MahoneyIt's something that I think we talk around and talk through a little too quickly when we're thinking about teams like the Hawks, right? Like the magic that they were able to find in the balance of their offense and the flow of their team.

MahoneyIt's so easy to just say like, oh, these deep teams are going to find their version of that, right? Like the ball is not going to stick with Ty Jerome. It's not going to stick with Scottie Pippen Jr. It's not going to stick with Cedric Coward on the wing, like trying to establish himself as a high level player.

MahoneyOf course it is. Like it is until it's proven otherwise. And so like for all of the depth there, I think it gives them the ability to overwhelm teams over the run of a game, right? Like they're just going to be a better second quarter, early fourth quarter team than the vast majority of their opponents because of it.

MahoneyBut the high, the high end, like their starters are probably going to get outscored on balance for the season. They're probably going to lose those minutes unless Boozer looks great or Zach Eady is dominant. Like there are avenues to do it, but it's just a lot to put on them to say that they're going to be a winning or like a high level or even a playoff team right out of the gate.

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Loweis the other one where you would say, well, if you're betting on the Grizzlies, you're betting on maybe Eady is the guy who emerges as like a top 30, 35 player in the NBA. And then you're like, well, he's going to play 23 minutes a game or whatever it's going to be because they're going to be very careful with him.

LoweAnd he's going to only play X amount of games. And as impactful as he is, I mean, he changes literally everything about how their team plays when he's on the floor.