bajaden
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I'm not arguing against assists. You're putting words in my mouth. I said assists don't correlate to wins...because they don't.
You know what I love?
Every time Cousins kills someone with a beastly post move - 0 assists
Every time Evans pulls a "holy **** did he just make that?" drive - 0 assists
The elite skills of our current players do not lend themselves to high team assist totals. We just are not that team and will not be with our current go-to offensive plays. That's ok too since high assists do not necessarily mean a winning team. We just need our best players to mature and to put a better supporting cast around them IMO.
I agree on liking what you describe, but I disagree on those players not being capable of putting up good assist numbers, because they've done it. In almost every game we won this season, we had over 20 assists. I can list them for you game by game if you want. And the games we didn't, we were close to 20 assists. Cousins is a good passer, and so is Tyreke, and that doesn't take away from the things you described. And if all their talents are used properly, they'll still get their chance to shine, while at the same time contributing to the assist totals of the team.
If your not arguing against assists, then why are you so determined to prove that this team isn't capable of that. Webb was capable of great post moves, but he was also capable of making the great pass. I believe Cousins is capable of that as well. No, he's not as good as Webb was right now, but he's only been in the league two years. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.