Solid, high quality leadership from top to bottom. Damian Lillard is the best leader I've ever seen in my time watching the NBA, period. Stotts and Olshey know their jobs very well and do them very well. Allen finally has the people around him to feel engaged in the team again. This is a special time.
Dame is one of the easiest players to root for in my 30+ years of following the NBA. That's for sure.
It sure looks to me like PA revamped the organization a few years back, bringing in NO and modernizing the way the business is run. In all these things, I am very happy with what I am seeing.
From a basketball decision standpoint, they have made every move possible to try to win. I don't demand championships, those are rare for any team but a few. I do want my team to try. And try we did. Instead of tanking we won and won and won.
There is a lot to be said for depth, and we have that in spades. But in the playoffs, you need talent, and we have enough of that to contend in Dame and CJ. Adding Turner is going to give us a guy we don't cringe when he shoots.
I really like the combination of guys Stotts can choose to put out there depending on situations.
An all 3pt shooting lineup with Leonard at C.
An all defense lineup with Turner/Crabbe at guard, Ezeli at C, Mo and Aminu. Davis, too.
An all scoring lineup with Dame, CJ, Turner, Crabbe, and Plums
An small lineup of Dame, CJ, Turner, Crabbe, and Aminu
A twin towers lineup with Plums and Ezeli.
Plus individual flexibility to put a Harkless on either a PG or SG if we need it.
