Oh, and Pels 2nd highest margin of victory in franchise history (45) against the W's last night. No Steph and Klay but still.
Playing without Klay isn't a big deal - he's been possibly the worst starter in the NBA this year other than his one big game. Outside of Wiggins, Looney, Green, and Curry, their roster has been awful. It's crazy that Curry can be having his best season of his career and the Warriors are 8-10 with the 24th worst net rating. FiveThirtyEight has them in the play-in with both their Elo and RAPTOR projections.
Based on PER, Klay ranks 213th out of 286 players that qualify. There are 19 players that average 25+ minutes ranked beneath him.
Prior to his last game, he has a TS% of .483, ORtg of 93 and a DRtg of 117. I don't know what his PER was, but I'm guessing pretty close to signal digits. It was unfair to call him the worst starter in the league when Jabari Smith has started 16 games and guys like Reggie Bullock and Pat Beverly have gotten off to even worse starts.
In looking at all the terrible players so far, Dallas really stands out. Bullock has a PER of 4.8 and a TS% of .440, Kleber has a PER of 7.0 and a TS% of .506, and DFS has a per of 8.3 and a TS% of .536. Tim Hardaway Jr hasn't been much better, either. Not great when those 4 are half of their projected playoff rotation.