I always thought PatBev and Lou though were comfortable in their roles. They’re vets in the league and know what their role is. Trez was always the question mark to me. Coming off the bench, seemingly brushing aside the pick&roll game that was so successful.

But I still wonder how comfortable Lou and Pat are with Kawhi and PG. Lou and Pat are still the only remaining “stars” of this team that made the playoffs and battled the Warriors. I would think they see the potential for this team and would just do whatever is asked of them, but that’s easy to say, and sometimes much harder to play a smaller role, be asked to take less shots, or play less minutes, especially if it doesn’t seem to be resulting in more success for the team.

I really hope Trez was the main problem, and we can move on with the guys still here, establish a new culture with Ty Lue, and play team basketball at a higher level than the sum of it’s parts. Because it sure didn’t feel like they did that last year outside of like a few games before the shutdown.