This is why Fiz should be fired to me. But again, this won’t be the reason they do it. Because he’s doing what they asked him to and are gonna blame him because it’s failing.
All of this! We've reached a point where I refuse to believe that continuing to center everything on Randle is a coaching decision. If it is, it's the biggest reversal a coach has made in a long time. But that doesn't take away from the entirely predictable system we're running. The defense is exploited with both coaches and players for opposing team saying as much at different points. The offense gets broken in second halves because teams know to press and break up the initial action...you know, the TO's we get as soon as we cross half court (and this has happened to Frank, DSJ, Dot, Randle and even Elfrid Payton yesterday when the Nuggets decided to step on our necks right from the second quarter).
There's enough blame to go around. The FO did a terrible job and built a tank team by accident (they'd have gotten the Ilyasova or Snell contract and a first round pick if they'd meant to tank, I truly believe that). The coach is too stubborn to make adjustments so his changes typically come down to trying to make his busted system work instead of adjusting his system to help the players. The players don't fit together and the way they fold speaks to the sense of entitlement they had coming in. They aren't "dogs" when they cower at the first sign of adversity. That's on everyone though. The FO and coach gave these guys that sense of entitlement and have done nothing to take it away.
SMFH! Don't let any of these dudes off the hook! No excuses for the players, coach or FO. They're all a part of this mess and they all bare responsibility.