- Chris Paul was really good on defense last year, but he's been a monster in defense this year so far. He's getting his hands on a lot of balls (pause). Early sample size, but his DBPM is at a 6.3 and he's boarding at a career high rate. Grabbing 19% of all available rebounds for him and is grabbing 6 boards a game thus far. As a team they're 8th in total rebounds per, which is great considering it was a huge point of emphasis.
- Clips lead the league right now in point differential which speaks volumes because their offense has been really bad. The fact that they are winning games handedly with poor offense against good teams is extremely encouraging
- I hope Mo Speights continues to prove me wrong
- I wanna be over Luc as our starting 3 but I can't argue with the results. They were a top 3 team defensively when he jumped in the starting lineup last season, and are the best defensive team in the league so far this season. That's a huge sample size and I'm starting to think it isn't a coincidence to why we've become so good on that end
- Blake hasn't been this aggressive on offense in a long time, which is wild considering I want him to be even more assertive on offense. The amount of midrange jumpers that blake has taken this year is in line with his 13'-14' MVP contention campaign. In other words, he's really turned down the amount of midrange jumpers that he's taking, while taking a career high amount of 3's so far this season, which is awesome.
- The Clips schedule is tough. They don't have more than a day off between games until December. Some schedule losses are coming our way soon ( I hope I'm wrong about this)
- Jamal and Austin have been maddeningly inconsistent but the 2nd unit has still been good on both ends so far. I wonder if our 2nd unit success is sustainable? And while AR hasn't started at the 3 yet, he's played over 20% of his minutes so far this season at the 3, and the Clips are a plus 13 overall when he's been on the floor this year. Still think eventually they may have to turn to this.
Just some random thoughts