[Game] Kings at Atlanta, Friday November 8th, 4:30 PT/7:30 ET
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Yes. It’s already been two games where he’s pulled buddy when the brain farts take over (last night and I believe a home game last week). He’s not wasting time making his point which I like. At the end of the day, if he’s consistent I will respect that and I would assume this is the standard for every player on the team. If after the 10th time getting pulled buddy gets an attitude about it then we have a different problem from Walton.
After the disastrous start to the season, my expectations for the year have been completely reset. If we are going to take the long view with Walton, then need for him to firmly establish this year what it means to play “kings basketball”. It’s frustrating to feel like we are partly starting over again, but we generally only now see small market teams succeed with an established coach and system that transcend the players that cycle though over the years (spurs, Jazz, blazers, etc ) That is obviously Vlade’s vision, and would have been nice if Joeger was the guy, but at a minimum I’d love to come out of this year feeing Walton has put his stamp on the organization.
After the disastrous start to the season, my expectations for the year have been completely reset. If we are going to take the long view with Walton, then need for him to firmly establish this year what it means to play “kings basketball”. It’s frustrating to feel like we are partly starting over again, but we generally only now see small market teams succeed with an established coach and system that transcend the players that cycle though over the years (spurs, Jazz, blazers, etc ) That is obviously Vlade’s vision, and would have been nice if Joeger was the guy, but at a minimum I’d love to come out of this year feeing Walton has put his stamp on the organization.
Who? So many here complainAbout so many players. I still dunno. First Dedmon, Ariza, Walton, Bogi and Cojo. Now that they’re doing better people complaining about buddy. Even when we are winning we find something to complain about. I bet some here would complain if we had the dream team (at their peak) playing for Sacramento
He does. You rightly bring up this as a serious issue. To my mind, there are several things that will reduce the punishment. First, it will help his long term health if he continues to get better on his outside shooting and starts taking and making those shots. (I haven't checked the stats, but it seems to me he was taking more 3s last year, and making a decent number). I don't want him to have to be the "Fox in the box" on so many possessions, especially when opposing teams are cramming so many big guys into that "box." Second, some player(s) on this team is going to have to step up in the "enforcer" department. Not only do opposing teams have to know they aren't going to get away with cheap shots on Fox, the refs are going to have to know that if they don't start calling more fouls on Fox hits they could have a major problem on the floor. The refs always like to get the game under control when there is any kind of scrum by calling fouls, but without any King enforcer around there seems to be no potential of a scrum happening. Lastly, I think the Kings' pace is going to increase as time goes on, which means we'll see more of Fox in open court situations and less potential of him being crammed into the "box" surrounded by big bodies.
The thing about Fox is he creates/initiates a lot of contact. The league has placed an emphasis on not putting whistles on plays where the defenders are retreating, vertical, etc. I'm not saying they don't ever miss calls against him, but I think it's easy to just see contact and him hitting the floor and think they missed a call.
That is the textbook example of a strawman argument. 
I didn't mention conspiracy; I don't think anyone else has mentioned conspiracy. What I did say was Fox seems to be pummeled a lot on the court and often doesn't get the whistle. I know other players have the same problem but, since I'm a Kings fan, I don't notice it as much. I have read other boards, however, and seen various comments.
This all stems from my comment in reply to Kingster: whether he gets the calls or not, Fox is getting a lot of punishment out there on a nightly basis and at some point it has to impact his performance.
I didn't mention conspiracy; I don't think anyone else has mentioned conspiracy. What I did say was Fox seems to be pummeled a lot on the court and often doesn't get the whistle. I know other players have the same problem but, since I'm a Kings fan, I don't notice it as much. I have read other boards, however, and seen various comments.
This all stems from my comment in reply to Kingster: whether he gets the calls or not, Fox is getting a lot of punishment out there on a nightly basis and at some point it has to impact his performance.
We heard this crap the entire DMC era it gets really old really quick. How the refs are against us and this was despite at the time Cousins drawing more fouls per minute (or something like that) than anyone else. Is there match fixing and bias by refs in sport? Sure but we are not 3-6 cause Fox is not getting to the line enough.
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