[Game] Kings @ Timberwolves - Monday, Feb. 25 - 5PT/8ET

[Tetsujin]

Marvin with 8/6 despite sucking all game.

 

[kingsboi]

ideally Bjelica doesn't see another minute in the second half

 

[SLAB]

Great effort there on Deng, Bjeli. Go away forever now.

 

[burekijogurt]

2nd quarter to forget.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

well that 21 pt swing was maybe my worst dinner ever.

 

[SLAB]

ideally Bjelica doesn't see another minute in the second half

Can’t like this enough. His showing tonight has slid him below Kosta on my power rankings.

 

[Tetsujin]

Buy Bjeli a one way ticket back to Serbia.

 

[kingdivac]

It's all about lack of defense....it started allowing Karl to sit back and drill 2 or 3 open 3s

 

[KingKong]

Joeger needs to rip into these guys at the half.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

This a bad game to give away. Minnesota is decent but if we wanna make the Playoffs this is somewhat of a must-win.

 

[Suicide King]

Too Many

 

[burekijogurt]

Great effort there on Deng, Bjeli. Go away forever now.

what did he do wrong there? he stayed in front of him, contested the shot, and did not foul. Deng made floater over the defensive position and raised hand. I'm asking seriously, what should he have done different?

 

[kingdivac]

This a bad game to give away. Minnesota is decent but if we wanna make the Playoffs this is somewhat of a must-win.

I had it as the 2nd most important game of the season at 27 games out.

 

[jcwkings]

If Joerger sticks with the same lineup the game is over.

 

[Kingsfan23]

Barnes, 6 games in...

It hurts. I thought we could’ve had another talented core piece

 

[FoxRocketFan]

Dang need an answer to Towns

Might need Koufos despite his lack of offence.

 

[burekijogurt]

Barnes just needs to get his shot back.

 

[SLAB]

what did he do wrong there? he stayed in front of him, contested the shot, and did not foul. Deng made floater over the defensive position and raised hand. I'm asking seriously, what should he have done different?

He didn’t even attempt to pick him up until he was three feet away from the hoop?

 

[Agent23]

Though they had a craptastic 2nd, still think the Kings end up pulling this one out.

 

[Cojc]

The spurs are getting blown out and the coach should get them motivated as I don’t want Minnesota to be only 2 back of us

 

[SLAB]

Barnes, 6 games in...

It hurts. I thought we could’ve had another talented core piece

It’s good 6 games determines all you need to know about a successful & already established vet player.

 

[kingdivac]

well that 21 pt swing was maybe my worst dinner ever.

They had a game like this at home - cant remember which team.....aside from Fox, the team looked totally unprepared, especially the 2nd unit.

 

[Suicide King]

Though they had a craptastic 2nd, still think the Kings end up pulling this one out.

Whole 'nother half left to play. We haven't lost yet. Just have to make some serious adjustments.

 

[SacTownKid]

If Joerger sticks with the same lineup the game is over.

They can play better than they did and there are ways to take advantage of having two athletic bigs at the same time. My main issue with Bagley and Willie is the Kings system doesn't really allow them to take advantage of it. With the Kings it's more of a faceup skill position. If they want to stick with that unit there are some plays they can put in rather quick. I would look back into some of the playbook of Byron Scott when he was with the Nets. They ran a lot of misdirection lob plays from the corner and K-mart made max dollars from doing it. Many of those same plays could be run for Willie down on the baseline as Bagley is drawing attention in the mid-range. Get behind the defense.

 

[Kingz19]

I don't watch every team, but I would find it hard to believe there are many coaches that are slower to respond to game conditions.

I think Dave simply does it because it’s the “plan” and the in game conditions are irrelevant to his pre-determined timing of substitutions. That has to be it. He subs and manages minutes for a young group like he has an older group. Fox’s kneecaps will fall off if he is stretched to closer to 40 minutes on the occasion he’s the only one making things happen. Better to watch Willie aimlessly stand in the high post contemplating one of his priceless drives or a pass while the pace, efficiency, and the lead dies

 

[SacTownKid]

I think Dave simply does it because it’s the “plan” and the in game conditions are irrelevant to his pre-determined timing of substitutions. That has to be it. He subs and manages minutes for a young group like he has an older group. Fox’s kneecaps will fall off if he is stretched to closer to 40 minutes if he’s the only one making things happened. Better to watch Willie aimlessly stand in the high post contemplating one of his priceless drives or a pas while the pace, efficiently and the lead dies

And since he came up on peoples radar as the coach with the most lineups in a season with Memphis he's always seemed like it's a goal to beat his personal best. Dave is the master of "this is the lineup", and the very next game it's different. lol.

 

[burekijogurt]

He didn’t even attempt to pick him up until he was three feet away from the hoop?

 

[jcwkings]

They can play better than they did and there are ways to take advantage of having two athletic bigs at the same time. My main issue with Bagley and Willie is the Kings system doesn't really allow them to take advantage of it. With the Kings it's more of a faceup skill position. If they want to stick with that unit there are some plays they can put in rather quick. I would look back into some of the playbook of Byron Scott when he was with the Nets. They ran a lot of misdirection lob plays from the corner and K-mart made max dollars from doing it. Many of those same plays could be run for Willie down on the baseline as Bagley is drawing attention in the mid-range. Get behind the defense.

I liked the ball movement, higher iq play with Bogi in the starting lineup. Tonight I've seen the ball sticking too much and too much iso play. Team has to play fast.

 

[The Effort Police]

I now know why Joerger decided to go with the small ball starters after Bjelica. Geez what a useless player. No wonder Minnesota didn't lose sleep replacing him with Tolliver.

 

[SacTownKid]

ideally Bjelica doesn't see another minute in the second half

The spacing was a plus. They are just sagging off and staying in the paint. Maybe he should be getting more looks because he's out there on an island.