Are you OK with Grant and Jerry seeming to favor the other team and the refs over the Kings?
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I think this is the thread I should add this observation to:
After tonight's Bulls game, Grant Napear chose to make his post-game comment about how (paraphrased) "the big problem with this team is that it never fails - just like in the last 3 minutes of the game, Demarcus got the ball and was immediately double-teamed and couldn't make the play and was forced to turn the ball over - he's got to find a way to deal with that double-team and get the ball to his teammates, or they'll continue to lose games like this."
Problem - Napear was wrong: During the last 3 minutes, the plays went to other people, or Demarcus passed it and they did nothing with it. Demarcus didn;t get one double-team in the last 3 minutes, in fact, he only got the ball once (he missed the 20-foot jumper at the top of the circle).
But the reality of the game didn;t intrude on Napear's ranting - he was determined to make the narrative that Demarcus blew it down the stretch "in the last 3 minutes" and that cost them the game (and has been all season).
I do not have a problem when Grant is objective and accurate in his criticisms of Demarcus or this team - however, when he is wrong or misrepresenting or biased in his negative statements, I have a HUGE problem with it, sicne he is actively doing HARM to the team, by causing the fanbase to believe more negative memories about the players and the team then is true.
After tonight's Bulls game, Grant Napear chose to make his post-game comment about how (paraphrased) "the big problem with this team is that it never fails - just like in the last 3 minutes of the game, Demarcus got the ball and was immediately double-teamed and couldn't make the play and was forced to turn the ball over - he's got to find a way to deal with that double-team and get the ball to his teammates, or they'll continue to lose games like this."
Problem - Napear was wrong: During the last 3 minutes, the plays went to other people, or Demarcus passed it and they did nothing with it. Demarcus didn;t get one double-team in the last 3 minutes, in fact, he only got the ball once (he missed the 20-foot jumper at the top of the circle).
But the reality of the game didn;t intrude on Napear's ranting - he was determined to make the narrative that Demarcus blew it down the stretch "in the last 3 minutes" and that cost them the game (and has been all season).
I do not have a problem when Grant is objective and accurate in his criticisms of Demarcus or this team - however, when he is wrong or misrepresenting or biased in his negative statements, I have a HUGE problem with it, sicne he is actively doing HARM to the team, by causing the fanbase to believe more negative memories about the players and the team then is true.
I didn't take Grant as signing out Cousins as much as the team and coaching staff. And, as has been discussed in a number of threads today, the team doesn't have a system where it can just dump the ball inside to Cousins and trust that something good will happen. Can't argue with that!
Grant said something along the lines that Cousins can't trust his teammates to be in the right spot to cut or shoot--and that's right! And the team faltered down the stretch last night partially as a result. Now, was it the last 6 minutes rather than the last three? That might be more accurate. The general concept, though, is something that we've all seen. I don't think saying three minutes instead of six minutes makes it part of some conspiracy narrative.
Grant said something along the lines that Cousins can't trust his teammates to be in the right spot to cut or shoot--and that's right! And the team faltered down the stretch last night partially as a result. Now, was it the last 6 minutes rather than the last three? That might be more accurate. The general concept, though, is something that we've all seen. I don't think saying three minutes instead of six minutes makes it part of some conspiracy narrative.
Not buying that either. I haven't heard many people saying that Grant and Jerry make them feel foolish for watching. Pretty much every Kings fan is pissed off at the ownership, coaches and players. Grant and Jerry share that same sentiment with their call of the game. After a decade of incompetence, it's refreshing to hear the on air guys feel the same frustrations that we feel.