[Game] Spurs at Kings 3/28 7PM PST

gunks

gunks

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#128
I agree that IT isnt the main problem on D, its the Thornton/Reke at the 2/3. If we had Reke at the 2 and a legit SF (Kawhi would have been nice. Thanks for Jimmer GP), our D would be infinitely better.

That and Coach is Nellie 2.0
 
rainmaker

rainmaker

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#129
#129
The_Jamal said:
If Reke had IT's stat line and defense on Parker, I'm sure you'd be calling Reke selfish and a ballhog right?
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If Reke did that while ignoring someone of his own potential playing next to him, and MT, yeah I'd say he needs to get everyone else involved. But Reke isn't/hasn't played point with a Tyreke Evans talent next to him on one wing, and an MT on the other. IT is/has, and refuses to get them going, and when we could of used them in the end.....ice cold, no rhythm.
 
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The_Jamal

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rainmaker said:
If Reke did that while ignoring someone of his own potential playing next to him, and MT, yeah I'd say he needs to get everyone else involved. But Reke isn't/hasn't played point with a Tyreke Evans talent next to him on one wing, and an MT on the other. IT is/has, and refuses to get them going, and when we could of used them in the end.....ice cold, no rhythm.
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I call bull****. You'd be praising Reke to the high heavens for playing such an efficient game and how his 10 assists shows how much he gets people involved.

Fact is that IT outplayed the MVp candidate Parker by a large margin tonight. He's the furthest reason we lost this game
 
Spike

Spike

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#135
The_Jamal said:
I call bull****. You'd be praising Reke to the high heavens for playing such an efficient game and how his 10 assists shows how much he gets people involved.

Fact is that IT outplayed the MVp candidate Parker by a large margin tonight. He's the furthest reason we lost this game
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Spurs pulled away when the IT show started.
Most of his assists were early on.
 
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HighFlyingMonkey

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#138
IT had a career night, no problem with riding that horse for the night.

Defense at the wings (I'm looking at you Thornton) needs a major, major overhaul. Evans gets a pass for being played out of position but it does not change the fact that there must be a change there.

Either Thornton embraces his role as a sixth man or this team is going to suck defensively forever.
 
rainmaker

rainmaker

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#139
The_Jamal said:
I call bull****. You'd be praising Reke to the high heavens for playing such an efficient game and how his 10 assists shows how much he gets people involved.

Fact is that IT outplayed the MVp candidate Parker by a large margin tonight. He's the furthest reason we lost this game tonight
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Actually, him taking Reke/MT OUT of the game, not getting them in any rhythm at all, getting Reke 5 shots(one he had to chuck as he got it with 2 secs on the shotclock, only shot for Reke in the 2nd half btw) is a huge reason for the loss. He didn't have the help of MT/Reke at the end because he dominated the ball to the point they had no chance of getting involved.

IT is not anywhere good enough to do that.
 
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Larry David

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#140
Wait are you saying the Kings might allow a guard to put his numbers before his development as a winning basketball player and team basketball to benefit a ROY campaign? That would be unprecedented here.
 
MassachusettsKingsFan

MassachusettsKingsFan

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#141
#141
rainmaker said:
I think he's more offensive minded because of the campaign, and his been that way since the campaign.
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I don't think anyone including Thomas really believes in the 'campaign'. Teams run phony campaigns for all individual trophies. It's dumb, but its not for us. Its for the casual fans to get tricked into believing someone is better or more important than they are. Mark Cuban has been tweeting and writing all about how Shawn Marion should be the DPOY.

I don't think it has anything to do with anything. But I do value your opinions .. I just disagree.

One more thing on Evans.... I don't think another player can get him going. Unless he's cutting hard to the hoop and scoring off of back doors, there isn't much the other guys on the team can do to create offense for him. He so one dimensional (but great at that dimension) that he really just needs to be aggressive, which he wasn't tonight. He didn't have the ball nearly as much as I would want him to if I was the coach, but I don't blame Thomas for his poor night.
 
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cstorm

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rainmaker said:
Actually, him taking Reke/MT OUT of the game, not getting them in any rhythm at all, getting Reke 5 shots(one he had to chuck as he got it with 2 secs on the shotclock, only shot for Reke in the 2nd half btw) is a huge reason for the loss. He didn't have the help of MT/Reke at the end because he dominated the ball to the point they had no chance of getting involved.

IT is not anywhere good enough to do that.
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He was tonight.
 
gunks

gunks

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#144
#144
Thornton needs to embrace his role as helping us move up in the draft this june to help us nab MKG.

I want Reke at the 2, and a legit 3. Defense will improve by leaps and bounds if that happens.
 
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Npliam

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#147
DMC took 24 shots to score 25 points and had 5 turnovers and 2 assists. He does rebound like a mad man though. I think this is one of those games that he hurt the team more than helped them.
 
Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
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Larry David said:
Wait are you saying the Kings might allow a guard to put his numbers before his development as a winning basketball player and team basketball to benefit a ROY campaign? That would be unprecedented here.
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Major difference: the last time a guard did that his best teammate was frickin' Beno Udrih. He was the best player on the squad., and best players on squads typically dominate the ball and the shots. He was freezing out such luminaries as Spencer Hawes and Omri Casspi. I don't think a single member of that team other than Reke is scoring in double figures this year in the NBA.

Now when you have the guard doing that, he is freezing out Cousins (not so much) Thornton and Tyreke, three better players than he is, three guys all capable of scoring 20. Now you have an issue.
 
rainmaker

rainmaker

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MassachusettsKingsFan said:
I don't think anyone including Thomas really believes in the 'campaign'. Teams run phony campaigns for all individual trophies. It's dumb, but its not for us. Its for the casual fans to get tricked into believing someone is better or more important than they are. Mark Cuban has been tweeting and writing all about how Shawn Marion should be the DPOY.

I don't think it has anything to do with anything. But I do value your opinions .. I just disagree.

One more thing on Evans.... I don't think another player can get him going. Unless he's cutting hard to the hoop and scoring off of back doors, there isn't much the other guys on the team can do to create offense for him. He so one dimensional (but great at that dimension) that he really just needs to be aggressive, which he wasn't tonight. He didn't have the ball nearly as much as I would want him to if I was the coach, but I don't blame Thomas for his poor night.
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Agree to disagree.
 
Bricklayer

Bricklayer

Don't Make Me Use The Bat
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#150
Npliam said:
DMC took 24 shots to score 25 points and had 5 turnovers and 2 assists. He does rebound like a mad man though. I think this is one of those games that he hurt the team more than helped them.
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Stop. You sound ridiculous. Or you don't know basketball. Either way you do yourself no credit.
 
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