Official PDA live radio thread
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Honestly, there was 1 to 2 things that made total sense.
1. He said that isolation ball is not the way to go. We did seem to have an isolation heavy offense. I seem to remember LOTS of complaining about this.
2. Because of the focus so heavily on defense, the players were not well conditioned. This seems to show in the way that we'd get off to good starts and flounder.
Look, I am as upset as the next that we got rid of Malone, but those do make at least some sense.
1. He said that isolation ball is not the way to go. We did seem to have an isolation heavy offense. I seem to remember LOTS of complaining about this.
2. Because of the focus so heavily on defense, the players were not well conditioned. This seems to show in the way that we'd get off to good starts and flounder.
Look, I am as upset as the next that we got rid of Malone, but those do make at least some sense.
The scary part is I think they actually believe this rather than it just being lip service or excuses to buy time. The whole summer league trophy thing might have been the tipping point in giving the ok to fire malone for a basketball novice in Vivek who might not have grasped the huge difference in the NBA vs the summer league.
Great question and one I've been wondering myself. My dad was a longtime successful HS bball coach, and his main concept was coaching and developing a scheme to fit his roster each year, not a roster to fit his scheme. This roster as constructed is a grind it out half court team. Malone knew that, and coached it up.
Yes, that was a horrible answer from Pete.
Yes, that was a horrible answer from Pete.
As I expected, lots of spin from D'Alessandro. But what concerned me much more was that what little substance I did hear was frightening.
1) Corbin is the coach until the end of the season.
2) PDA thinks that there is a lot more talent on this roster than there really is
3) He thinks the team should be taking a lot more threes
4) There was no plan in place after firing Malone - just that his style wasn't "the kind of team we want to be"
5) He thinks the team will play the same level of defense they did under Malone for Corbin
6) He chalks up DeMarcus being upset about Malone's firing to Boogie being "an emotional guy" and not much else
7) When asked about STH not renewing he raised his eyebrows and said, "Because we fired a coach? Come on."
Originally I was thinking this was a power play or some other behind the scenes machinations. But after this morning my thought is that the guy just doesn't get it.
1) Corbin is the coach until the end of the season.
2) PDA thinks that there is a lot more talent on this roster than there really is
3) He thinks the team should be taking a lot more threes
4) There was no plan in place after firing Malone - just that his style wasn't "the kind of team we want to be"
5) He thinks the team will play the same level of defense they did under Malone for Corbin
6) He chalks up DeMarcus being upset about Malone's firing to Boogie being "an emotional guy" and not much else
7) When asked about STH not renewing he raised his eyebrows and said, "Because we fired a coach? Come on."
Originally I was thinking this was a power play or some other behind the scenes machinations. But after this morning my thought is that the guy just doesn't get it.
This point is very key in my mind. This is where I diverge greatly from the PDA assessment and would appreciate having this point discussed. Rudy Gay's strength is not in transition. He's not particularly fast by NBA standards; he doesn't make good decisions when he is moving fast with the ball in his hands; he's not all that great at rising up off the run for a pull-up jumper. Moreover, when you run in this league on a consistent basis your opponent is going to run on you on a consistent basis. Gay is not a good defender in space, which is exactly what the running game produces - situations in which you have to flash to your man who is running in space, often at the 3 point line. A lot of people focus on Cousins as the fish out of water in the running game. Yes, he is with the current roster we have, but with players who can run complementing him he could be in my view. But that leads to the key player around him - Rudy Gay. To my mind Gay is the fish out water with the running game regardless of the other players on the floor.
They weren't running as much as maybe needed. I don't know about you, but when I was playing bball, we didnt run a lick while practicing defense....unless we screwed up. Not saying it's 100% correct, it was just a little eye opening. Like I said, I am pissed that Malone is gone, especially without a better replacement, but I think this somewhat explains that philosophical difference.
Thanks for representing us today.
I'm glad to hear that the mood in the room wasn't really a positive one, because I certainly wasn't buying what PDA was trying to sell, and it seems as if that was the general sentiment from those who were actually present.
I think it was mentioned earlier, but perhaps another grass-roots effort is in order.
I'm not really a twitter guy, but does anyone know the best places to tweet out that I will not be attending the Friday (Jan 7th) and Sunday (Jan 9th) games with my wife specifically due to the decisions the FO have made and the lack of direction and basketball acumen being displayed in subsequent interviews attempting to justify said decisions?
And unless changes are made that appear to have a semblance of a plan I don't plan on attending any more Kings games.
I'm not really up on who to send them to and what hash-tags make sense, so advice from people who live and breath that stuff would be great.
I'm glad to hear that the mood in the room wasn't really a positive one, because I certainly wasn't buying what PDA was trying to sell, and it seems as if that was the general sentiment from those who were actually present.
I think it was mentioned earlier, but perhaps another grass-roots effort is in order.
I'm not really a twitter guy, but does anyone know the best places to tweet out that I will not be attending the Friday (Jan 7th) and Sunday (Jan 9th) games with my wife specifically due to the decisions the FO have made and the lack of direction and basketball acumen being displayed in subsequent interviews attempting to justify said decisions?
And unless changes are made that appear to have a semblance of a plan I don't plan on attending any more Kings games.
I'm not really up on who to send them to and what hash-tags make sense, so advice from people who live and breath that stuff would be great.
