[Game] Kings v. Hornets - 2/25/17 - 2:00PT/5:00ET

[glassman]

No passing

 

[TaxMan]

Papa +11
Go big guy

Still looks like he needs to lose some baby fat.

 

[Glenn]

WCS needs to just aggressively rebound ....

end of story... do that first .... then all ur guard skills can come next

He doesn't seem to have any natural rebounding skills. Sure if a ball comes near him he'll grab it but he's 7 ft tall for cripe's sake. Watch puny Skal rebound. I think some people have a knack and build on it. Willie needs to start from zero.

 

[White_Chocolate]

I don't understand why Galloway is getting any minutes. He is terrible

 

[SLAB]

Welp.... Friday was fun, but this was what I was afraid of. I still don't expect to crack 30 wins this season.

#culture tho

 

[Tetsujin]

I don't think Jeannie Buss would return his calls.

I hear the Russian owner of the Nets isn't very happy... Let Vivek go to the East coast.

A Brooklyn base of operations would be a big boost to his daughter's music career.

 

[kingsboi]

Buddy has looked poor today

that's what you get with rookies....ups and downs. He will learn all in due time. We have plenty of it.

 

[glassman]

Papa looks lost even in garbage time

 

[Tetsujin]

Dude, Grant. Skal had 8 pts and 13 rbs. That's a nice night but lets not act like he's a two time all-star just yet.

 

[kingjatt]

Would have liked to see Skal with Cuz or even more time with Willie instead of it always being Kosta/AT/Barnes.

 

[Larry89]

Is this going to be the Kevin Martin is our best player type of years? I feel like I'm in a different Dimension

 

[206Fan]

Papa looks lost even in garbage time

It's because they completely froze him out on offense.. I realized they ran the same plays over like 5 times in a row lol.

 

[Glenn]

Papa looks lost even in garbage time

I think Big Papa has some decent physical skills as he moves well and has decent hands. He has no concept of how to play NBA basketball!!!

 

[IfAt1st]

Galloway should be waived. He looks terrible

But they waived Barnes to free up the roster spot for him!

Who needs a SF on the roster, anyway?

 

[White_Chocolate]

that's what you get with rookies....ups and downs. He will learn all in due time. We have plenty of it.

I agree. Having two picks and developing these young fellas is what we should be rooting for regardless right now. The vets were awful today outside of Reke

 

[SLAB]

Dude, Grant. Skal had 8 pts and 13 rbs. That's a nice night but lets not act like he's a two time all-star just yet.

He didn't complain once though.

 

[kingjatt]

This is probably closer to what we will see and not how it was on thursday. Lots of learning to do, get the youngens some reps and have two top ten picks to work with moving forward.

 

[HndsmCelt]

OK it may not count for much right now but I liked the teams demeanor. They kept playing hard even after the game was beyond reach. That matters.

 

[206Fan]

But they waived Barnes to free up the roster spot for him!

Who needs a SF on the roster, anyway?

Why do we need Matt Barnes on the roster? He does nothing for our young core moving forward. He whines on the court, and has a rap-sheet off the court.

 

[N0tmyfault]

He doesn't seem to have any natural rebounding skills. Sure if a ball comes near him he'll grab it but he's 7 ft tall for cripe's sake. Watch puny Skal rebound. I think some people have a knack and build on it. Willie needs to start from zero.

Half the battle of rebounding is positioning. You have to fight for position. He just does not do that and it's infuriating. I know there's a fine line between leaving an open player and trying to position yourself for the rebound, but even if he's in position, he consistently gets out-worked by his opponents.

 

[Tetsujin]

He didn't complain once though.

Like the only way Grant could have gotten even more over the top in his praise of Skal is if he out and out just said that the guy was the best big man in Kings history since C-Webb.

 

[kingjatt]

But they waived Barnes to free up the roster spot for him!

Who needs a SF on the roster, anyway?

Gotta secure the pick, the rotations kind of showed that today.

Grant just said tonight was just like how it was before the all star break?

 

[k_dubb90]

I'm loving how viveks instagram comments are filled with hate and anger from the fans

 

[N0tmyfault]

Dude, Grant. Skal had 8 pts and 13 rbs. That's a nice night but lets not act like he's a two time all-star just yet.

Honestly, I just think it's nice to see a player on this current Kings' team that fights for rebounds.

 

[funkykingston]

Skal didn't have a great night but I love that he's hitting the glass.

I worried that Labissiere and Cauley-Stein couldn't play together because they'd get killed on the boards but really it's just Trill who is allergic to boxing out or fighting for rebounds.

 

[ElRey]

Chalk one up for the upcoming draft pick

 

[Tetsujin]

Gotta secure the pick, the rotations kind of showed that today.

Grant just said tonight was just like how it was before the all star break?

Except instead of Demarcus Cousins we have Skal the Magnificent, baby!

 

[kingjatt]

He doesn't seem to have any natural rebounding skills. Sure if a ball comes near him he'll grab it but he's 7 ft tall for cripe's sake. Watch puny Skal rebound. I think some people have a knack and build on it. Willie needs to start from zero.

This is true, never have I seen Willie come up with a surprise rebound like Skal did today, its not like Charlotte had some big lug rebounder out there either MKG was mostly beating WCS out.

Willie is just not someone who is comfy with contact like Skal is. Not sure if thats fixable but it can be improved.

 

[Glenn]

This is probably closer to what we will see and not how it was on thursday. Lots of learning to do, get the youngens some reps and have two top ten picks to work with moving forward.

.... and Bogdan.

 

[206Fan]

Skal didn't have a great night but I love that he's hitting the glass.

I worried that Labissiere and Cauley-Stein couldn't play together because they'd get killed on the boards but really it's just Trill who is allergic to boxing out or fighting for rebounds.

I still don't understand how Willie is such a poor rebounder for a guy his size. Almost every big out of the Kentucky system is a great rebounder no matter what. Randle, Noel, Cousins, Davis, etc.

 

[IfAt1st]

Napear just blatantly LIED on the postgame broadcast.

"And this is the way the team was playing even before the All-Star break - lots of ups and downs." Really? What a blatant ret-con. They were one step out of 8th place, and would have won both these games fairly easy, they way they were playing (even with the injuries).
BTW - there's a big difference between injuries decimating your roster, and your own Front Office decimating your roster...

And I simply can not stomach this transparent rah-rahing by Grant & Jerry.
I don't watch basketball to have smoke blown up my butt - Jerry's claim that he doesn't pay much, but he would pay to watch Skal any night is nauseating propaganda and reeks of desperate marketing.

Vivek's media approach is firmly in control now - no dissent allowed, it gets in the way of selling overpriced seats..