Keon Tyrese Ellis
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Keon still leads the team in +/- per 36 minutes. He also leads in Net Rating, and it is not even close: 12.3 for Keon Ellis to 8.4 for Domantas Sabonis.
Everyone here was talking in preseason about what a great compliment to the starting unit he makes. Too bad Coach Brown and his brain trust lack confidence in his abilities. Perhaps after Ellis' explosion in the last game, they might see things differently.
Everyone here was talking in preseason about what a great compliment to the starting unit he makes. Too bad Coach Brown and his brain trust lack confidence in his abilities. Perhaps after Ellis' explosion in the last game, they might see things differently.
Yeah, as president of the Huerter club on the forum, I've always still been "start Keon" since he showed us his impact last season. I understand why Brown stuck with Huerter... but that argument goes out the window when Huerter is only at 30% from 3. He honestly needs to be 40%+ to justify holding off Keon. And while Huerter has made significant strides in improving the rest of his game, his primary value remains with his shooting.
The Kings jumped from somewhere in the bottom to the top 10 in the league once Keon was introduced as a starter last year. Keon harassed Steph Curry and had his breakout party in the play-in last year and helped us send the Warriors home. Somehow, these performances were "forgotten" and he gets yanked around like a scrub this year. Then again, I remember that Davion was "forgotten" for Game 7 couple of years ago and Steph promptly dropped 50 to send us home packing.
The Kings are not going far without a good defense as had been proved repeatedly the last two seasons. Yet, we continue to underplay our best defenders and wonder why our offense isn't working and play more chuckers. If you are taking the ball out from under the basket every time, you're going against a set defense and your offensive efficiency drops. We know what doesn't work and what works. If an offensive explosion is what it takes to play Keon, so be it.
The Kings are not going far without a good defense as had been proved repeatedly the last two seasons. Yet, we continue to underplay our best defenders and wonder why our offense isn't working and play more chuckers. If you are taking the ball out from under the basket every time, you're going against a set defense and your offensive efficiency drops. We know what doesn't work and what works. If an offensive explosion is what it takes to play Keon, so be it.
Yes, unfortunately you ARE that person.
I saw your other post. I wasn't in some "gotcha" bs. I was merely referring to you taking umbrage with me calling Heurter (in the role Mike Brown forced him into) as garbage.
Keon should replace Heurter. That much is almost universal (we will see what Brown thinks tomorrow of course but I'd wager Heurter still has some leash on the position to the detriment of the team).
Ngl I have always respected you as a poster on here but the Heurter defense was too much for me to stomach. I 100% believe Heurter is a phenomenal option off the bench, BEHIND KEON. I think he would be great going against bench players with a green light to shoot and drive and do red-headed velvet things.
I think the Kings are better suited with Keon playing between Fox and Derozan. And I think all, every single one of the numbers, back that up.
I also think Keon starting allays some pressure off of Keegan on the wings. I would be interested in a hard reset of this season having Keon starting and what it would mean for Murray offensively. Murray looked very comfortable getting to his spots in the preseason before Brown ****ed crap up and started Heurter.
I saw your other post. I wasn't in some "gotcha" bs. I was merely referring to you taking umbrage with me calling Heurter (in the role Mike Brown forced him into) as garbage.
Keon should replace Heurter. That much is almost universal (we will see what Brown thinks tomorrow of course but I'd wager Heurter still has some leash on the position to the detriment of the team).
Ngl I have always respected you as a poster on here but the Heurter defense was too much for me to stomach. I 100% believe Heurter is a phenomenal option off the bench, BEHIND KEON. I think he would be great going against bench players with a green light to shoot and drive and do red-headed velvet things.
I think the Kings are better suited with Keon playing between Fox and Derozan. And I think all, every single one of the numbers, back that up.
I also think Keon starting allays some pressure off of Keegan on the wings. I would be interested in a hard reset of this season having Keon starting and what it would mean for Murray offensively. Murray looked very comfortable getting to his spots in the preseason before Brown ****ed crap up and started Heurter.