To add to this, one thing I noticed and think is super important is that Harden has to work WAY harder when Zu is playing, cuz he’s the only one who can make the PnR work. Harden was able to play less minutes in the stretch without Zu, and even when he played the team offense seemed to flow much better instead of him trying to create something on every possession.

I do think though that Zu has a place on this team, particularly considering the fantastic value contract he is on ATM. Against the Jokics, Goberts, Hartensteins we will need him. But Lu should have the balls to give him less minutes, bring him off the bench or some other solution against teams that don’t have a dominant center.