[Game] Kings v. 76ers - 12/26/16 - 7:30PT/10:30ET
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I'm gonna defend Collison here a little bit.
First, on Lawson: Lawson is actually kind of a special player in a way not because he's a superstar, but because he has very good game management/flow management skills. He manages tempo and momentum and morale almost perfectly. He's very good. You can see him even trying to counter the Gay effect.
Now Collison: he's good, but he doesn't have that particular skill, and when you have a Gay on your team, it gums up the works and can make the PG look bad. This is how a player like Gay actually makes his teammates worse. The "Gay efffect" is not just that he's a black hole. There's a massive emotional/mental effect where you can see our offense actually even hesitate to swing the ball to his side of the court because they know it's not coming back and there's no point in making cuts. Gay is making it tough for Collison to orchestrate the offense, and also to find his OWN shot. Because with Gay on the floor, it's Cousins, then Gay... then scraps for everybody else. Every time. Without Gay on the floor, our offense if MUCH more fluid and we are free to find the hot man, pound to Cousins in the high or low post, etc. In other words you have a responsive one-mind unit. With Gay out there you have that annoying friend that you have to worry about stealing that girl you are trying to get close to. It spoils the whole party.
First, on Lawson: Lawson is actually kind of a special player in a way not because he's a superstar, but because he has very good game management/flow management skills. He manages tempo and momentum and morale almost perfectly. He's very good. You can see him even trying to counter the Gay effect.
Now Collison: he's good, but he doesn't have that particular skill, and when you have a Gay on your team, it gums up the works and can make the PG look bad. This is how a player like Gay actually makes his teammates worse. The "Gay efffect" is not just that he's a black hole. There's a massive emotional/mental effect where you can see our offense actually even hesitate to swing the ball to his side of the court because they know it's not coming back and there's no point in making cuts. Gay is making it tough for Collison to orchestrate the offense, and also to find his OWN shot. Because with Gay on the floor, it's Cousins, then Gay... then scraps for everybody else. Every time. Without Gay on the floor, our offense if MUCH more fluid and we are free to find the hot man, pound to Cousins in the high or low post, etc. In other words you have a responsive one-mind unit. With Gay out there you have that annoying friend that you have to worry about stealing that girl you are trying to get close to. It spoils the whole party.
I also thought Cousins was sort of cruising this game. Well, the whole team seemed a little a bit off. Just didn't see intensity or focus from the get go. I think part of it lack of adequate preparation for an opponent that you know is not very strong- not that the Kings can afford to do that, but it did seem to be the case from the body language, lazy passes and the like. Or too much egg nog. Kinda street ballish at times.
This is good news:
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham 13m13 minutes ago
Ty Lawson said locker room has gotten away from bickering at one-another during tough time. They are talking things out much more now
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham 13m13 minutes ago
Ty Lawson said locker room has gotten away from bickering at one-another during tough time. They are talking things out much more now
All good if we win, but if needless "respect" minutes for guys who dont deserve to be out there or are contributing heavily to losses then its not a good sign in my opinion. Your job as a coach is to produce wins(and lately hes done that) but keeping guys who probably wont be here next year happy shouldnt be at the top of his priorities....wins should be! If we lose because he subs out guys who were rolling for guys who had off nights that probably does more to pee off the locker room than anything else. Today we squeaked by so its not a problem but ideally since our 3-12 guys are so similar in talent level I'd like to see him go with whats working on that day.
I think he tends to tighten the rotation late in the games and play what's working. Has lots of working pieces. And with the guys who are not going to be here next year, if he doesn't play them, it's going to ruin the vibe. It's a tough thing to do......see 76ers who sit Noel and barely play Okafor, their team vibe is crapty.
