[Game] Kings @ Bucks 12/07/2022 5pm Pacific 8pm Eastern
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Fox needs to play better if the Kings have any chances. I mean everybody need to step up but the Kings were more dominant when Fox impose his will. You have have Fox dribbling and pass the ball around...he's got to take advantage the opponent with his speed. He's got to knock down those wide open 3s. Kings play competitive for 3 quarters and then all of sudden they folded in the 4th....it's been like these against winning teams. Against the Bucks, they're giving up too many 2nd chances, you can't win games like that. You spend all your energy defended them well and making them miss shots only for them to get 2nd chance shots. That's going to kill your effort. The boxing out and rebounding is terrible. Everybody collectedly need to come back and help with the rebound...forget about fastbreak. If your team is getting kill on the offensive board, there is no reason to fastbreak.
Alternatively one could say the kings Play Good ball, not great ball we're able to hang with the team that was playing good Ball but not great ball until the more experienced team did what really good teams do crank down the defense shutting the Kings down completely in the last few minutes of the game. Almost like they were an experienced playoff team or something
Exactly. I think at the moment, there are 5 teams playing elite ball (Read tier 1) Boston, Milwaukee, Suns, Griz and Pels in no particular order. For me the question is can the kings stay at that next level? The recent play has us beating teams like the Cavs, Clips and Brooklyn. and 2-3 road wins against the Cavs, Mavs, and or Philly should help test that out.
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Its a star driven league. Are star needs to bring it each game to win these top games. Fox can do it.
Look at the stars weve played. Even with bad games there presance is felt. Not saying they win all the games case in point the bulls game.
But fox too often looks likw a floater out there. Id say i noticed monk out there more than fox if it wasnt for foxes elite iso ball. He doesnt have to score every time but he must drive and kick and create pressure like nobody else on this team can.
Sobonis is our best player right now. Id lose fox for a few games over the big dawg
Look at the stars weve played. Even with bad games there presance is felt. Not saying they win all the games case in point the bulls game.
But fox too often looks likw a floater out there. Id say i noticed monk out there more than fox if it wasnt for foxes elite iso ball. He doesnt have to score every time but he must drive and kick and create pressure like nobody else on this team can.
Sobonis is our best player right now. Id lose fox for a few games over the big dawg
This could explain his flat shot
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nb...ring-foot-injury/ar-AA1542ce?ocid=hplocalnews
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nb...ring-foot-injury/ar-AA1542ce?ocid=hplocalnews
I believe Brown is on record as saying that he wants to play as much as possible of the game with either Fox or Sabonis on the floor. This means that he has to stagger the rotation rather than do a hockey line change. Why he chooses to sit Fox first and Domas second, I don't know, but I doubt it has to do with assessing Fox.
Yeah, in retrospect, after reviewing his minutes/game, Brown is playing him fairly consistent minutes regardless of his performance. So yes, it does appear that the short burst of minutes at the beginning of the game has nothing to do with assessing Fox and how many minutes he should play. I'm starting to wonder, though, if it *should* be used to assess how many minutes he's given for the rest of the game. What other player gets his minutes if his performance drops off by an appreciable amount?
I looked at Fox's game stats over several games. What pops out is a very sharp demarcation in FG% between the Memphis game and the Atlanta game. Prior to Atlanta, his FG% in the seven prior games was .429, .684, .526, .417, .733, .611, .524. (There are very similar numbers extending to the beginning of the season). Then he drops off the cliff in Atlanta and the following six games: .350, .353, .333, .636, .417, .357, .313. The .636 game was against the Pacers and is obviously an aberration during this stretch of games. If Fox is suffering from some physical ailment it's a mystery how he managed to pull out the .636 game against the Pacers in a sea of putrid numbers before and after. It's a strange one, Mr. Grinch.
I looked at Fox's game stats over several games. What pops out is a very sharp demarcation in FG% between the Memphis game and the Atlanta game. Prior to Atlanta, his FG% in the seven prior games was .429, .684, .526, .417, .733, .611, .524. (There are very similar numbers extending to the beginning of the season). Then he drops off the cliff in Atlanta and the following six games: .350, .353, .333, .636, .417, .357, .313. The .636 game was against the Pacers and is obviously an aberration during this stretch of games. If Fox is suffering from some physical ailment it's a mystery how he managed to pull out the .636 game against the Pacers in a sea of putrid numbers before and after. It's a strange one, Mr. Grinch.
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