Originally Posted by
Seto
Middleton has been weird this year. Something just seems off with him, I don't know if he's the one guy on the team who doesn't enjoy Bud's offense or if no longer playing 36 minutes per game somehow affects him in a negative way but he's not the same player. Ironically I thought he was an all star snub last year and got in this year when he probably shouldn't have.
Their supporting cast is okay, good but not great. Better than Toronto's around Kawhi I'd say. Lowry is pretty much a spent force, Marc can still play a bit but is not close to who he was 2-3 years ago, Ibaka is on the downside of his career too. Siakam's game still feels too raw to be consistently depended on in the playoffs. Danny Green is Danny Green, he's a good rotation player. And the rest of their rotation is a fukking mess. I really believe you need a clear best 8 or 9 guys for playoff ball and just like last year this team doesn't really know who their best guys are. Giving a guy 15 minutes one night, 30 the next and a DNP-CD the one after doesn't work in the playoffs. All in all other than Kawhi most of their players are either early in their careers or late, nobody is in their prime. Middleton, Bledsoe, Mirotic are all in their primes and tbh you could somewhat argue Brook Lopez is as well he's just being used in a different role than what you would've thought 5 years ago. Brogdon's game is much more mature than a Siakam type also for instance and better suited to the playoffs I think.