there's still time to go 33-8!!
In my halcyon world, Blake's injury actually helps us. We're actually getting to "evaluate" how our unknown young players play together. Nate's created a kind-of-cool, out-of-the-box PG monster where, instead of starting Bayless and letting Sergio play with comfort-zone buddies on the White Team, he starts Sergio (helping out whatever mental hangup may be there, though I personally don't think there is one) and Bayless coming in early to work with the rest of the starters for a couple of minutes. Then Sergio coming in with the rest of the White Team, and riding the hot hand from there.
I'm ecstatic that the team seemed to work on some hi-lo breakouts out of the vanilla Iso offense. Oden's getting the ball in the paint and on the move, which seems to play to all of his strengths and minimize his weaknesses in footwork and confidence with his shot. Once the others saw that he could walk and handle a basketball at the same time without kicking it to the defense or traveling, it seemed that a light bulb went off in their head. Sergio found him on a wrap-around-the-head blind pass in the 4th, knowing Oden was trailing. He still kind of muffed it, but recovered nicely and got the bucket.
Depending on whether Blake's out 2 weeks or 4 weeks, he may be the 5th guard when he gets back.
And I can't say I'd disagree much if the young PGs are playing at the level we saw in the last 3 games. Sure, there are mistakes, but the types that Bayless and Sergio are making are the ones that can be alleviated by knowing your role, knowing that you're going to play, and being thrust into different game scenarios at game speed.
