I disagree with most of this especially the players you listed. Other than Gibson and Hinrich, I would not consider any other player a "Thibs guy". Noah and him went at it a lot, even stating to one another that if they weren't bound together by the same team, they would hate each other. Wennington even stated that Noah was purposely avoiding the Berto Center in the summer so he didn't have to go thru a grueling Thibs workout every day. Gasol is a vet, whom while he respects Thibs, I don't feel he had this burning loyalty to him. Gasol just wants to win 1 more title before he retires. Dunleavy I feel the same way about as I do Gasol. And Snell, really?? C'mon now. Snell was constantly looking over his shoulder anytime he made a mistake last year. You can see on the court that he feels a lot more confident and free now that Thibs is gone.
The struggles are because it's an entirely new offensive system that is a complete 180 from what was run last year. The team played the entire pre-season without their starting PG who is still working himself back into playing shape. Dunleavy, who would destroy teams with his shooting in this offense, hasn't even taken the court yet. This is not a Thibs team by any stretch of the imagination. The skill sets are definitely there you just have to give it time to grow a little. We haven't even played 10 games yet and most everyone is panicking now.
