Recent content by Asaf

I'm really surprised to see you of all people say that. I don't recall any instance where Beno shied away from taking a clutch shot. He typically deferred to Tyreke because those were the plays that Westphal drew up at the end of games, but I remember numerous shots taken by Beno in clutch...

Wow I can't believe I missed this thread. There should be a new subboard titled "Legendary Threads" and this one should should be stickied on it.

Agreed, and that's exactly my problem with the whole concept behind this rebuild. The Kings are getting young and talented players and providing them with zero coaching. A lot of the questions regarding Tyreke would've been answered by now, had he gotten adequate guidance. I can't be optimistic...

I agree, and what I'm saying is that imo the Kings currently have no one to fill that role. Also, there is too much citing of Phil Jackson's Lakers and Bulls in this conversation. Unless we are getting PJ as a coach, which obviously we are not, these teams are just irrelevant to this...

Oh you mean Dennis Johnson and Magic Johnson (the guy who defined the PG position for the modern basketball era)? Yea, those two weren't point guards...

If I'm Miami I do this in a heartbeat, but if I'm Orlando not so much. Even though on paper it's the best value they can get for Howard, they would be dooming themselves to at least five years where the furthest they can possibly get would be the ECF. No one will be able to stop a team with...

In regard to Jimmer, I didn't say he can't be a conventional PG in the NBA, I said that from what I read it doesn't sound like he can be an elite PG, or in other words he can't be the Kings' long term answer as the starting PG if they want to become a contender some day. I may be wrong, but...

Some guy writes a far-fetched not-happening-a-million-years trade suggestion, then some other guy writes a column in some crappy website calling the trade suggestion a "rumor". A thread gets made on kingsfans.com...

Whatever it was they were trying to run, it was executed so poorly that it can't be used as justification to exclude a more-or-less traditional PG from the Kings' future plans. Both those teams were coached by Phil Jackson (and ofcourse had MJ/Pippen and Kobe/Shaq). No other coach in the NBA...

I'll try to break my response down coherently, since I am too lazy to make small quotes: About the Kings offense, for the large part of Westphal's tenure with the Kings, the offense consisted of one guy dribbling and four other guys standing around trying to figure out what he wants to do. Now...

In the last three decades (possibly more, but I'm not too informed about basketball before 1980), with only a few exceptions, all NBA champions either played the Triangle or had an elite PG. Just because the Kings don't fit either of those descriptions is no reason to dismiss the importance of...

If I'm not mistaken, teams can match offers for their RFAs regardless of their cap situation, at least according to the current CBA. So if they intend to match any offer for Gasol, cap is not an issue and they can retain him if they wish to do so.

You forgot Cisco...

On paper it's a good deal for Orlando, but they would essentially be handing the Eastern Conference title to Miami (their division rivals) for the next 5-6 years. I don't care who they put around LeFlop, no team in the east is getting past a team with a frontcourt of Dwight and Bosh, with Wade...

Howard's supporting cast was far worse than LeFlop's. And yes, I know he's not Shaq, Duncan, Hakeem, or Kareem or Bill Russell for that matter, but he is by far the best big man in the game today, and he is the perfect piece to build a contending team around. If Miami traded LeFlop straight up...