I’m not sure I agree with that. We haven’t seen Hawkins because the Lakers was a nationally spotlighted semi-finals tournament game and the Wolves were the #1 team in the West. I think Willie sat him because he’s a rookie. I think Matt Ryan was playing well enough for us to use him off the bench in both games.
Possibly but there are plenty teams far worse off than we are. Losing Matt Ryan shouldn't be the difference in how our season goes. If it is, then we don't have a very good team