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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 3314538, member: 581"]
Yeah, the "what if" games are boring, but since we're not doing much this year - it's all I got at the moment!  :)

Last year we seemed to function best when Eli was hitting on all cylinders, but the trend if I recall, was that he often had dominant first halves, and GARBAGE second halves  - which many attributed to poor conditioning on Eli's part.  I don't think Tyus would be so ball dominant that it would negate Eli or take away all that many opportunities over the course of an entire season though.

Eli this year is definitely better than Tyus last year, but maybe with an improved Eli, JGIII at point (some consistency - and BB to give some relief) we see Battle revert to his Frosh 3PT numbers.  He's shooting 38% in the G-League this year fwiw.  Who knows, I just think the fact that he's so multi-dimensional, would be insanely helpful against athletic teams, and in general.  Accordingly, with the improved Eli/JGIII, I think the offense is still much better than last year, and better off this year.

That's more or less where I discard all the efficiency ratings - regardless of what they say we can do on offense, as often that's what is thrown out in defense of the guards, those offensive "skills," quite notably with BB, tend to dissipate considerably when the other team has athletes - which, if we're playing them 40MPG, seems silly to just keep going to the same well that we know is close to empty.

I get that people think Goodine is awful (I know this is NOT the debate at hand), but my point this season is more that I don't think he's THAT awful, and that he can play defense.  Plus, a more well rested Buddy/JGIII could likely give more effort on defense......and they're already bad at max effort.

Anyway, fun argument!  Thanks!
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