Yeah I’m not about to be pining away for the Spurs young, scrappy players. I’ve never been the guy that believes someone has gobs of potential just because they’re 22 years old. It doesn’t guarantee they’ll work on their game and be exponentially better in 4 years - we’ve seen many examples of this.
[Game] 55/82: Kings @ Pelicans 13 FEB 2025, 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET
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DDR’s complete lack of defensive effort is even more glaring when his hero ball isn’t working on the other end. Frustrating to watch. Monk isn’t a good defender, but he at least tries.
Keon deserved more minutes. JV did too. Offense shows up in the box score and I realize that’s the side of the ball that people seem to care about most but we won’t do anything meaningful with this lack of defense.
Disappointing loss. More time is needed to properly assess the roster changes but I just don’t see the defense improving without cutting PT of Monk, DDR, LaVine, and Sabonis to give more to Keon and JV.
Keon deserved more minutes. JV did too. Offense shows up in the box score and I realize that’s the side of the ball that people seem to care about most but we won’t do anything meaningful with this lack of defense.
Disappointing loss. More time is needed to properly assess the roster changes but I just don’t see the defense improving without cutting PT of Monk, DDR, LaVine, and Sabonis to give more to Keon and JV.
A couple things bother me about this game:
1. The refs make huge a mistake down the stretch. I bet you the 2 minute report will show that DeRozen were being fouled while attacking the basket and should have been giving two free throws.
2. Team overall defense is not sustainable. As I said before, NOT ONE SINGLE GUY on the starting lineup can play great D. I think Keegan is only slightly above average but at time still soft.
3. Christie need to find a balance lineup of mixed and match of offense and defense...you can't have a bunch of great offensive players out there that couldn't guard anybody. That's why Malik come off the bench if you have great defensive player in FOX. But if you insert him into the starting lineup, it make the overall team defense weaker. Not to mention other guys that don't play D like DeRozen and Lavine.
4. I think it's tough on Christie because he can't pull DeRozen or Lavine from the lineup in favor of better defender since he doesn't want to upset them. And at the same time, he needs scorers. He can't put Ellis in there at time because he may need length to rebound? But tonight, he should bet on Ellis, not Keegan. Keegan isn't that great chasing guys around. He let Klay scored a wide open 3 the other night due to his slowness.
5. I talk about how DeRozen is a horrible defender....so is Zack Lavine. Holly crap, his inability to keep guys in front of him and also taking bad angle is terrible.
1. The refs make huge a mistake down the stretch. I bet you the 2 minute report will show that DeRozen were being fouled while attacking the basket and should have been giving two free throws.
2. Team overall defense is not sustainable. As I said before, NOT ONE SINGLE GUY on the starting lineup can play great D. I think Keegan is only slightly above average but at time still soft.
3. Christie need to find a balance lineup of mixed and match of offense and defense...you can't have a bunch of great offensive players out there that couldn't guard anybody. That's why Malik come off the bench if you have great defensive player in FOX. But if you insert him into the starting lineup, it make the overall team defense weaker. Not to mention other guys that don't play D like DeRozen and Lavine.
4. I think it's tough on Christie because he can't pull DeRozen or Lavine from the lineup in favor of better defender since he doesn't want to upset them. And at the same time, he needs scorers. He can't put Ellis in there at time because he may need length to rebound? But tonight, he should bet on Ellis, not Keegan. Keegan isn't that great chasing guys around. He let Klay scored a wide open 3 the other night due to his slowness.
5. I talk about how DeRozen is a horrible defender....so is Zack Lavine. Holly crap, his inability to keep guys in front of him and also taking bad angle is terrible.
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