[Game] Kings v. Bulls - Monday, Dec. 2 - 7 PT; 10 ET
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could be that its animosity from keeping Bagley out of the starting lineup last year, unconcious one 
. But i think Coach + fit had more to do with it.
. But i think Coach + fit had more to do with it.
Bjelica was good for about 20 games last season. Average for the next 20 and then not very good after that. His defense has never been anything to be proud of. I like him, especially because he's on the Kings, but I'm not going to pretend like he's moving the needle for this team.
Its fair to say the Dedmon signing was a clear overpayment......They paid way too much for in effect a little above average backup. Holmes is twice the player Dedmon is, costing less than half the contract. I would've rather kept Stein than Dedmon after watching him. His shot is terrible, something some folks were lauding coming in. Dedmon is a half-step up from Koufos - basically Koufos+. His signing would've been ok had it been maybe for half the amount.
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Yesterday, the Kings didn't look together on offense for much of the game - and they built a brick house. They were also out-hustled in their own arena which is egregiously bad. Too many mins given to Ariza and Bogdan who should be resting. The Kings look every bit their 8-11 record. Hield had a so-so game. His shooting has dropped off for his standard the last couple games. Teams are definitely marking him more. He needs more consistent help on offense.
I really don't take Buddy's comments here literally. I file it under "they wanted it more" "We didn't match their intensity" "We didn't put ourselves in a position to win" "we gotta look at tape and get better" It's just nonsense spewed in an interview that just means we lost. After all, we were up by 11 out the gate and outscored the bulls in 3 of the 4 quarters. We lost because we fell apart for about 8 minutes and thanks to Big shot Lavine, couldn't recover.
Because it tends to be a response given by players on good to great teams who get beaten by underdogs.
When it's someone on a crap team, talking about how they weren't prepared to give it their all against another crap team? Bad look.
I can't stand that attitude. Maybe I'm crazy for thinking somebody making over 100 million should somehow dig deep enough to give a **** the few nights a week they have to play a game.
@iowamcnabb, you're probably right about Buddy just spewing this out as a generic "we lost" response, but it's still irksome.
Anyways, on to the next!
When it's someone on a crap team, talking about how they weren't prepared to give it their all against another crap team? Bad look.
I can't stand that attitude. Maybe I'm crazy for thinking somebody making over 100 million should somehow dig deep enough to give a **** the few nights a week they have to play a game.
@iowamcnabb, you're probably right about Buddy just spewing this out as a generic "we lost" response, but it's still irksome.
Anyways, on to the next!
It's about playing smart basketball. Carmelo Anthony played himself out of the league temporarily because he still thought he was something he wasn't. Buddy was great last year. He's just slightly above average this year. I'm not a crab in a bucket if I want him to go back to doing what he did last year.
Think what's hurting Buddy is he's putting it upon himself to "step up and be the man" with Fox and Bagley out. When in reality, he's much more in the vein of Klay Thompson where he's a freaking awesome offensive player/shooter, but he needs others taking attention from him to get the necessary space and be effective. I have no doubt that once Fox and Bagley get back to collapsing defenses, we'll see that offensive trio really do work and start to be effective again.
I mean for sure. The half-court offense right now is basically hoping Buddy and Bogdan can hit their jumpers while Harrison Barnes sometimes gets to the FT line. The answer isn't give Barnes more touches either as we've already seen what happens with him in that role the last few years in Dallas.
Buddy just isn't a dude we can run the offense through and expect him to create out of it. Which is fine, he's not that kind of player and we aren't paying him to be.
Buddy just isn't a dude we can run the offense through and expect him to create out of it. Which is fine, he's not that kind of player and we aren't paying him to be.
Hield took 24 shots and scored only 23 points, less than a point per shot attempt. At a minimum, he needed to score 31 points (1.3 pts/shot)on those 24 shot attempts. His lack of efficiency was a big problem in this game. Also, he was absolutely abused by McCollum, who scored 33 points off of 22 shot attempts (1.5 points/shot attempt).
