Their guard play isn’t cutting it.
You can point go Eric Gordon and his pretty decent offensive numbers. But in my book, he’s not really a guard. He’s a wing, forced to defend guards because of his size. It is not his job, nor should it be his job, to crack a defense and get the other team scrambling, generating open offenses. The hallmark of each of Gentry’s offensive juggernauts has been a penetrating guard that had to be honored.
Ish Smith can penetrate and create for others, but doesn’t need to be guarded. Toney Douglas needs to be guarded on the edge, but can’t penetrate and create for others.