Mazzulla’s solution seems to be to pick up the pace, putting pressure on opposing defenses with athleticism and shooting. The lack of proven bigs could lead to struggles on the boards and internal defense, which is why Joe is benching guys in preseason for missing rebounding assignments.
This team is going to be hyper-dependent upon the stars and, if any of them miss a significant amount of time, they’ll have to turn to the unproven players to step up.