[Grades] Grades v. Wizards 01/28/13
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It's the same old thing with DMC....always somebody else's fault. It's getting old. Very old. I understand the team is horrible. The coach is horrible. The owners are horrible. Etc, etc, etc. How about playing for personal pride? How about playing to become an All-Star so you can get a monster contract. I just don't think he has that type of mental makeup.
When the rumblings start again, whoever it is that he's referencing had really better take notice. So if that is the case, then the no energy the last couple of games, and the extreme passing last game, might be his version of the Kobe oh-you-want-me-to-shoot-less-I'll-show-you-shooting-less message sending?
After everything that has happened this season, and after he was playing so well for such a loing stretch, I wonder who would be foolish enough to challenge him?
After everything that has happened this season, and after he was playing so well for such a loing stretch, I wonder who would be foolish enough to challenge him?
I don't mind calling the team out when he's dominating like he did for a few weeks. In fact, I want him to be putting monster numbers and then putting pressure on the organization to make changes. This is in such bad taste though. He's coming off a 3 game slump and clearly isn't giving the same effort as he's done since the suspension. He's all but saying he's not playing his hardest because he has beef the someone in the organization. It just adds to his "mental headcase" persona.
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Maybe but I actually agree with Bricklayer for once. He made a "hero" play and it worked. Tyreke popped up to the top of the 3 point circle after they inbounded the ball and he was wide open. It looked like that was a designed play and they were trying to iso Reke but IT never even looked his direction. It's hard to be too critical after IT made the game winner but I seriously doubt that was the play designed in the timeout (IT iso'ing).
I actually think IT isoing (nice word) was the play. Before that it was Thornton isoing and he hit a guarded 3 pointer. That's what they were doing. I don't like that kind of basketball, but NBA coaches tend to do it quite a bit. So my view is that someone was going to be the hero or the goat because of how Smart drew it up. Given the fact that IT had his way in this game, it makes sense he was the guy. I don't buy into Tyreke has to be the hero because he's the second best player on the team yada yada....
Read more: http://www.cowbellkingdom.com/2013/...rt-on-sacramento-kings-substitution-patterns/
Can someone explain to me what on earth Smart is blabbering about? At this point I can't even make out what he's trying to say, and I don't think it's a problem with my comprehension. It doesn't make any logical sense whatsoever.
Can someone explain to me what on earth Smart is blabbering about? At this point I can't even make out what he's trying to say, and I don't think it's a problem with my comprehension. It doesn't make any logical sense whatsoever.
I did not catch that. Should be noted 2 things: 1) it actually made the drive more impressive, buecause Temple is a good defender. but ice cold of course. 2) It actually made the drive even higher risk, because Temple is a good defender, and unlike Wall IT did not know he could get around him. Anyway, similar size/build to Wall and I missed it wasn't the same guy.
Whatever is going on with Cousins has nothing to do with conditioning. Either he has the flu, or there's some dysfunction going on within the team. I don't think Cuz and Brooks get along. Who knows, Brooks may have been one of the players that called out Cuz at the meeting. But in general, I don't think Cousins likes the way Brooks plays. Smarts comments about Cuz's play don't jell with me. Yes, he gets doubled and sometimes tripled, but its nothing new. So it doesn't explain his poor play. Strangely enough, he got off to a good start in the last game, and then sat for almost the rest of the first half. Yes, Okafor was scoring at will, but it wasn't Cousins that was covering him all the time, it was JT. I don't have the answer. Could be as simple as the flu, or something far more serious.
i'm not sure that big cuz likes the way that any of his guards play. unless paired with an aggressive tyreke evans, brooks acts rather like a black hole. as does marcus thornton. IT glaringly fails to deliver the ball to cousins in most pick and roll scenarios, and has descended into chucker mode of late. tyreke is frozen out of the offense often enough that he gets bullheaded and charges into the lane with reckless abandon, though he and cuz do manage to connect with each other from time to time, either in the pick and roll or as one slides to the hoop in backdoor situations. i think they both recognize that the two of them should be at the center of the king's game plan, but are at the unfortunate mercy of a coach who routinely fails to capitalize on the talents of his best players. and my guess is that this fact is what ails demarcus right now. despite his brilliant stretch through most of january--which was not coincidentally accompanied by a leveling of his attitude--neither his coach nor his teammates ever seem to place the appropriate amount of trust in his ability to be "the man." of course, i discourage cousins' tendency to mope his way through the slumps, but more than the immaturity hurdles that he must overcome if he is to ever approach elite status, i am disappointed in the team's inability to recognize that it goes as cousins goes. evans is the team's clear-cut second fiddle, and when he's at his best on both ends of the floor, he's a very dangerous player, but the kings' success truly hinges on demarcus' upward trajectory. a pecking order needs to be established. big cuz is the first option. when he's struggling, then it should be an imperative of the gameplan to get tyreke going. or, at the very least, it should be an imperative to make the game easier for demarcus, who will make the game easier for his teammates by drawing more attention than any other king ever will, evans included...
So why doesn't he keep one on the floor at all times? It's like he's saying, oh we only stand a chance when we have DMC and Evans on the floor. But it has to be both, and not just one, or there's no point, so I'd rather go with both for extended stretches and then let my team run around like a headless chicken for the 8 minutes that they're out, than keep one on the floor at all times.
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