Draft Thread
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Bricks posts are normally a bit pessimistic 
Best to read the wonderful stats and analysis he posts and try not to respond to strategy related areas
Best to read the wonderful stats and analysis he posts and try not to respond to strategy related areas
This is outrageous and makes no sense as to the Kings needs but now I want us to work a trade for Henson. Yeah, yeah, throw the bricks this way. I can want what I want.
Perhaps a little trade for a SF needs to occur before the summer is over. (returning to sanity)
I can want what I want.Perhaps a little trade for a SF needs to occur before the summer is over. (returning to sanity)
With Robinson AND Henson on board, I'd be ok letting JT walk.
Yup. I don't have issues with him guarding his man. He's an extremely talented player. What's important with the pick though is for Petrie to now get guys to cut off perimeter penetration, as I don't think either he or Cuz are or will be great help defenders. He's now one of our top 3-4 players and part of our core. You build around your core. Reke/TRob/Cuz need defenders at the PG and SF. If we do that and get a defensive 3rd big I don't have any problems for the time being.
Really, the pressure is on Petrie to round out the roster defensively around the new Reke/TRob/Cuz core.
Really, the pressure is on Petrie to round out the roster defensively around the new Reke/TRob/Cuz core.
You simply cannot pass on a talent like Robinson. The thought of him and Boogie on the boards is going to be a thrill to watch to say the least. The offensive potential is going to be through the roof with these 2.
We talk about building a playoff basketball team all the time. We just took a HUGE step in doing so by having 2 big, physical, rebounding bigs with tremendous athletic and scoring ability. Not too many other teams in the NBA can boast that fact. Let's also not pretend that Cousins won't improve defensively, or that Robinson isn't ALREADY a great man/team defender.
We talk about building a playoff basketball team all the time. We just took a HUGE step in doing so by having 2 big, physical, rebounding bigs with tremendous athletic and scoring ability. Not too many other teams in the NBA can boast that fact. Let's also not pretend that Cousins won't improve defensively, or that Robinson isn't ALREADY a great man/team defender.
I think this was a perfect fit.. Why? Because we already saw we could bring in a guy off the streets to play SF (Williams) and I do NOT want Thompson as a long term starting PF on this team. Thompson is WAY too inconsistent. Hayes can only play D and Whiteside might be another year from being able to get some minutes.
Bricks posts are normally a bit pessimistic Best to read the wonderful stats and analysis he posts and try not to respond to strategy related areas
Best to read the wonderful stats and analysis he posts and try not to respond to strategy related areas
Yeah, nudge me when my pessimism isn't warranted. I've been around here a LONG time. Long enough that there was a time when I often got accused of being a homer and not realizes how bad we had it being stuck with bums like Webber and Adelman. You will find my "ism" of the moment has generally tracked nicely with the fortunes of the team.
Drafting the best talent available (and top 3 in this draft) is never a bad thing. Yes, our roster has holes but I'll give Petrie a month or so to see what he does before I judge this decision any further. If we enter the season with this roster as it stands, then Petrie and the Maloofs need to go. Seriously.
That's what I'm not understanding. How is drafting the best rebounder in the draft, a freak athletically (measured the same as Blake Griffin), a fantastic motor, a great man defender in the post, and the big with the most polished offensive game not a good fit?
T-Rob's ceiling is an Amare Stoudemire who plays defensive, rebounds, and works hard all the time. You're going to pass on that for some average big like Dally cause he can block shots?
T-Rob's ceiling is an Amare Stoudemire who plays defensive, rebounds, and works hard all the time. You're going to pass on that for some average big like Dally cause he can block shots?
The difficulty here is that you only have so many minutes/so much money to do it. People never think about that, but its the whole key to building a team. On several occasions in the past Petrie has seemed to acquire a "shotblocker"on the cheap...and then park him on the bench behind 3-4 other guys who are going to get more minutes. Which means you have no shotblocer at all and its all for show.
I said before the draft that if you're building a reasonable team, that you take TRob, there proably no longer is room fro JT. And I happen to like JT as a third big. But not when that third big has to be your rim protector. Just having a rim protector on the roster buried down behind Cousins, TRob, JT etc. doesn't help you in the least. He can't block a shot from the bench. You need that guy to get 20-25min+. With TRob in town, those 20-25min would be Jason's.
I said before the draft that if you're building a reasonable team, that you take TRob, there proably no longer is room fro JT. And I happen to like JT as a third big. But not when that third big has to be your rim protector. Just having a rim protector on the roster buried down behind Cousins, TRob, JT etc. doesn't help you in the least. He can't block a shot from the bench. You need that guy to get 20-25min+. With TRob in town, those 20-25min would be Jason's.
We all know that. Yes, the cluster group of guards and SFs needs to be restructured and we have a major trade piece in Marcus. I think we absolutely need to move MT and that is not meant as a knock on MT. A trade means we have the correct amount of guards and he and another piece could get us a damn fine SF.
Yes, the cluster group of guards and SFs needs to be restructured and we have a major trade piece in Marcus. I think we absolutely need to move MT and that is not meant as a knock on MT. A trade means we have the correct amount of guards and he and another piece could get us a damn fine SF.
And whether it works out for the Kings or not, they made the right decision IMO. History has shown time and time again that drafting for need rather than BPA is rarely the right thing to do. The ultimate example being Portland passing on MJ because they already had Clyde the Glyde and needed a big man.
ALWAYS take BPA then sort it out later.
ALWAYS take BPA then sort it out later.
