Heat are a great example. I remember them at like 9-9 or sub .500 after 20 games the first year. It came together. Not even saying this will work out for clips, but that the growing pains are normal.

Kind of comes down to two trains of thought.

Some here will argue pop hasn’t had to deal with a ton of egos. (I don’t really agree)

Some will say pop did an excellent job managing egos, hence why we didn’t hear a ton about it during the 2000s and 2010s. (More inline with this, when you think about some of the guys who left SA and immediately had issues gelling into a new crew.

I think it’s the 2nd option. In regards to that question.

The other bit is what pop is trying to execute game to game offensively and defensively.

I think pop would get a lot out of PG13 and Kawai when they played especially defensively, maybe even the other two situationally.

Offensively, I have no idea what would happen, what principles he would emphasize or try to atleast, how much buy in he’d get from the big four. The rest of the lineup would likely benefit from him.

I am don’t think the game has passed pop, but it’s been interesting watch him try figure out how to use wemby currently. He obviously knows at base value, what he has, I am not sure he knows what he really wants to do to fully extract wemby (who does though…)

Using more common player archetypes with the modern game (the four players on the Clippers), I think he would get something out of the team. Not sure it would be all four at once.

Would it be better than TyLou? I have no idea, he gets a lot of stick, that roster has had a lot of turnover and he always eventually gets it going.

Very chicken and egg situations. IE is it the players or coach in both situations.

Not all teams keep developing linearly.

So you look at the breakouts from last year and this year (so far) I would pick one, but definitely not all of them.

Maybe you look at OKC as the vanguard moving forward.

It seems like a ton of people are buying wemby stock, I haven’t seen enough of him yet. Perhaps in 3 years they make one or two moves and are knocking on the door.

Maybe the magic find a way to make a consistent(ly good) offence.

Maybe it’s still the Celtics.

a Fox-Murray led kings sounds like the beginnings of an absolute monster parlay. (I wouldn’t put my house on it).

If Utah gets this Flagg kid maybe it times up with their other good players terming into Quality. Kessler and Markenan.

I think it’s quite easy to frame most teams 3 years out too much guess work.

When he passes that, its like the jordan pose, only not a dunk, but a dish. utterly fantastic clip.

also gotta love Giannis just standing there witness to it all haha.