[Game] Game 76: Kings v. Jazz, 4/5/15 - 6pdt, 9edt
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I'm not nearly as down as some around here, this team is competing even though they are severely out talented or out experienced almost every night they play. The benefits are this is quality learning experience for some of the young players and the Kings haven't completely screwed up their lotto pick either. At least yet, ha. Give Karl Gay and DC and see what happens before we start making comparisons. Tell me any other team in the league that wouldn't be in the same situation or worse if they lost their number 2 and 3 options.
A few points of order:
- **** that pick.
- There's no such thing as a good time for a five game losing streak.
- **** that pick.
- It's not like we're tanking, anyway. If we were, I imagine that Bhullar's minutes over the last two games would have been significantly higher than zero. At the very least, Hollins' would have been.
- Did I mention, **** that pick?
Ouch!
James Ham @James_Ham 1h1 hour ago
"You shouldn't be playing 20 minutes a night and not getting a rebound. A coke machine can get a rebound in 20 minutes." -George Karl
James Ham @James_Ham 1h1 hour ago
"You shouldn't be playing 20 minutes a night and not getting a rebound. A coke machine can get a rebound in 20 minutes." -George Karl
Earlier in the season I felt the same as you about the pick. Now the pick represents a player whether drafted or traded for. I think the number 5 or 6 pick in this draft can net a high level starter at PF or SG in trade. Pair the pick with one of the young SG's and you might get the starter and trade away Landry
Someone tried to say SG is not a weakness of this team... SG is THE weakest of this team. We have 2 young nice potential players, but they aren't consistent on either side of the floor.
I'm sad. We desperately need to add Wesley Matthews to this roster.. or another vet SG. Danny Green? Give him 10my
I'm sad. We desperately need to add Wesley Matthews to this roster.. or another vet SG. Danny Green? Give him 10my
And it's no damn ****ing coincidence we give up career nights to nearly every damn SG in the NBA.
Austin Rivers? Yea! Make him not a bust anymore!
Klay Thomspon? Set a NBA record sure..go ahead
Harden? Carry on...
Rodney Hood? YES. BEST SG IN THE 2015 DRAFT!
SG is a weakness of this team. I am petitioning that we trade one of Ben or Nik. Cannot keep both unless Nik is going to transition into a PG. We need a vet. VET SG. Pathetic... I don't know of a team with a worse SG position than ours. Young guys who are inconsistent on both ends of the floor. I'm tired of these career nights.
Austin Rivers? Yea! Make him not a bust anymore!
Klay Thomspon? Set a NBA record sure..go ahead
Harden? Carry on...
Rodney Hood? YES. BEST SG IN THE 2015 DRAFT!
SG is a weakness of this team. I am petitioning that we trade one of Ben or Nik. Cannot keep both unless Nik is going to transition into a PG. We need a vet. VET SG. Pathetic... I don't know of a team with a worse SG position than ours. Young guys who are inconsistent on both ends of the floor. I'm tired of these career nights.
Hot games happen all the time. Hot games in a finishing stretch happen even more often.
Hood is actually older, than Ben. Hood IS more polished than Ben.
I know, people are frustrated with all the losing, and complain all the time about "dumb plays", but what's interesting, if you look through, say, Shaqtin-A-Fool Kings are barely appearing there, because mistakes, they make, are those of lack of experience type, which is common. It took Ben a while, but he's starting to figure out things offensively under new regime. Yes, it feels, he takes a lot of plays off, but again he's figuring out new schemes, and it might seem he's running like a headless chicken, but that's because he makes mistakes and tries to erase them running very fast - vets just turn around, and head to the other basket without making desperate efforts.
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It's actually mathematically impossible for us to get the 12th pick. 11th pick, yes, sure. We could win the remaining games and Denver and Detroit could lose the rest of theirs, giving us the 8th pick, while 3 teams could jump us to the top 3, giving us the 11th pick...but cmon. Nah. I think we'll end up with the 7th pick behind Denver.
If we get a good vet SG, Ben or Nik would probably grow into a pretty awesome backup (one needs to be traded).
If we get a good vet PF, JF would be an awesome backup.
Rudy comes back.....Omri should be a serviceable (he's inconsistent, but I'm a fan) backup.
DC comes back and Ray should be a pretty good backup.
I maintain that we are 2 moves (+ health) away from taking a huge leap. It just remains to be seen if we make those 2 moves. Throw in drafting WCS or one of the stud SFs.
Vlade isn't a fool. Karl isn't a fool. Mullin was a fool but he is gone. PDA is a fool but he might be on the way out. Vivek is a fool, but at least he's starting to realize that. I think this summer will be huge.
If we get a good vet PF, JF would be an awesome backup.
Rudy comes back.....Omri should be a serviceable (he's inconsistent, but I'm a fan) backup.
DC comes back and Ray should be a pretty good backup.
I maintain that we are 2 moves (+ health) away from taking a huge leap. It just remains to be seen if we make those 2 moves. Throw in drafting WCS or one of the stud SFs.
Vlade isn't a fool. Karl isn't a fool. Mullin was a fool but he is gone. PDA is a fool but he might be on the way out. Vivek is a fool, but at least he's starting to realize that. I think this summer will be huge.
Earlier in the season I felt the same as you about the pick. Now the pick represents a player whether drafted or traded for. I think the number 5 or 6 pick in this draft can net a high level starter at PF or SG in trade. Pair the pick with one of the young SG's and you might get the starter and trade away Landry
Going into the game, if someone told us Ben would score 20, grab 5 rebounds, dish out 4 assists and nab 4 steals, we would be ecstatic.
Yet watching the game, he just looks awful. I don't know how he does it. He is an anomaly as far as I'm concerned. He can score 0 one night and 25 the next. He can score in the single digits and stay in front of his man all night on D or he can score 20+ points efficiently and still look like one of the worst players on the floor.
I just don't get it. He looked absolutely god awful yesterday, yet winds up with the kind of box score we wished Kevin Martin would get every night. Just makes no sense how wildly erratic his play is. I've never seen anything like it.
Yet watching the game, he just looks awful. I don't know how he does it. He is an anomaly as far as I'm concerned. He can score 0 one night and 25 the next. He can score in the single digits and stay in front of his man all night on D or he can score 20+ points efficiently and still look like one of the worst players on the floor.
I just don't get it. He looked absolutely god awful yesterday, yet winds up with the kind of box score we wished Kevin Martin would get every night. Just makes no sense how wildly erratic his play is. I've never seen anything like it.