Pastner is starting to lose this team. Banks had statistically his best game in a while but something still seems wrong with him. Defensively he just didn't look very interested and offensively he looked like he was frustrated most of the time. He just hasn't seemed the same since whatever caused him to lose his starting spot for those couple of games. Beyond that though the team was just disjointed on both ends. The defensive rotations were off and offensively most of the game was various versions of guys trying to play hero ball. I will say despite playing bad, I thought Devoe did try to force the issue more than he has in games past which is what I was calling for. But he's the only one that should and instead the whole team was. It looked like nobody trusted anyone else to make a play and that is a very dangerous mentality. Getting Jose could make a difference in team attitude due to his attitude more so than skill, but at this point the team is in a very dangerous place.
Doubt we'll have the funds to make a quality coaching hire so Pastner probably will have another year to try and save his job but it's looking more and more like a longshot. Ironically, Pastner's best chance of saving his skin at this point probably relies on him doing what was seen as his possible strength, and that is recruiting a big 2021 class.
