1. Smith is doing OK, but has seemed to regress to me. His effort has waned. He challanges nothing anymore.
2. JJ has been good, but I think we may be witnessing his ceiling. We wear him out a lot.
3. Bibby is playing out of his mind this year.
4. We need Horf badly for some inside presence.
5. Zaza is playing well. Still tries to "get his", but a lot of times, that is due to the rest of the team watching instead of moving.
6. Flip is a love/hate guy. His defense leaves a lot to be desired, but that's not what he goes in for. He is a spark plug. If he was starting, i'd be furious, but I like him off the bench.
7. Mo Evans is a fantastic "glue" guy. He fights for boards and steals. He plays very nice one-on-one defense. Makes plays that don't get into the box score (tipping rebounds, etc).
8. Solo is frustrating. His hands are terrible, but he makes a few plays here and there.
9. We rule at home.
10. We got really better on the road somehow. That has made a great difference.
11. Marvin has gotten better yet again. Adding that 3-point range was a great asset. Amazing how he added that over last summer while getting his college degree. I thought you couldn't do both?
12. Hawsquawk community gets a D- to this point. We used to have great participation in the chatroom AND the in-game threads. To this point, we're lucky to even SEE an in-game thread for games. When I first joined and the team was awful, this board was a haven of activity. Now that we're winning, participation has declined greatly. Are people that eager to crap on the team? We need to get the buzz going. We're halfway to 50 WINS. Read that again slowly. We came from 13 wins and have a winner. Let's act like it!