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Donte: B
Ant: A-
Jaden: B
Randle: A-
Rudy: C-
Naz: F
Conley: F
TSJ: D
Clark: C
Bones: B-

We split two WC games on the road, but we didn't look good tonight. Our two stars (Ant and Ju) have deserved their A grades in both games, and that's important. You can't be a contender if you don't get consistent great performances from your stars. Kek, you said Bones has been our best PG so far, and I agree if you are only including true PGs...he's been much better than Mike, and Rob hasn't played. But I would say Ju has actually been our best PG...our offense really hummed in the first quarter when he was originating the offense and Donte was off ball.

Jaylen again was pretty good...I'd give him a B. And it was nice to see Donte bounce back with a good game. I'm going to give Jaden a pass because it can't be fun to guard Luka all night, but his box score deserves nothing better than a C.

But then so many bad grades tonight, led by Mike and Naz's second straight F's. Naz looks nothing like he did last year on offense, and might even be worse than last year on defense. I hope he turns things around, or the concerns I had about his contract may come back to haunt us. Like almost all here, I have big hopes for TJ...but he was terrible tonight.

Indy next, and they could be missing their top 4 PGs. Need to win that one.

We need someone to take over that 3rd consistent scoring role. Jaden, Donte, TSJ, Naz someone needs to do it and be consistent. Jaden needs to stop fouling, without NAW we can't afford to have Jaden fouling so much this year. I'm hoping that 3rd scorer is TSJ, but he wasn't aggressive at all yesterday, and throwing some pretty soft passes that were getting stolen. No idea what is going on with Naz, but he didn't look like he deserved minutes in these first two games. Need him to have a breakout game soon, and be a lot more consistent at his new salary. New York Donte, where are you?

Dilly with a fractured nose. I assume he’ll need a mask…. The kid is having a tough time getting a break. (Well you know what I mean!)

Luka was simply amazing last night. He probably had a chip on his shoulder from that shellacking they gave him in the playoffs last year.