Monty'sBiggestFan said:
I actually don't hear Whiz telling anybody to stop focusing on offense. What he might say is stop taking those dumb*** early in the shot clock shots when there aren't any rebounders around. He's defensive-minded true, but the guy realizes you do need to score points too. He's a motion offense kinda guy, loves cutters and good decision making point guards who can push an uptempo style, he also loves post players who can pass - but the design might also be something he turns over to an assistant.
I'm with 6th, Whiz is not a weasle or even weasle-like. He's pretty solid as far as people go.
Whiz most likely won't go unconventional and allow Ron to bring the ball up court and play like kobe and Mcgrady and this is something that he wanted to do and was one of the major reasons that he got so board in Indiana and it was a big issue why he wanted out.
I'm so demanding of the ball. It's not my fault," he said. "Every time somebody is on me it's a mismatch. It messes up the offense. I like Coach (Carlisle) as a person, but I don't like playing for Coach. I like my team, though."
downplaying his recent shooting slump -- declaring that bad shots he takes should be shrugged off as if "Kobe or
Tim Duncan or Michael Jordan" took them: THIS WAS THIS SEASON
Bottom line is whis has some big work to do and the moment Ron doesn't see himself like kobe or Mcgrady there can be some problems and the credibilty issue will surface, people act like whis is going to go through the season like adelman with Ron and there isn't going to be any problems. But the difference is whis isn't adelamn,Rick has a history of Dealing with coach killers:Webber,jim jackson,doug christie had issues before coming to Sac Bonzi wells and ron artest.
This change of Scenary helped Ron and His various mood swings Become productive citizens of the basketball community and inspired him to change his out look and take on the open Responsibilties that he so craved being confined and Restricted of doing in Indiana. This couldn't have been accomplished with a Great popovich or larry Brown, Maybe a phil jackson but Defintely a Rick adleman Because of the type of Coach that he is.
Rick allowed Ron to Basically Dribble the shot clock off like a Kobe Bryant or allen iverson, He allowed him to shoot the ball through triple teams,He had the patience that Ron would see that his 1 on 5 style of play would hinder the Team as a whole and during stretches Ron would tone down his individual play which he did and the kings went on a 4-5 game road winning streek. The key here is that there aren't too many coaches who have the patience and caoching skills to handle players like ron artest and Bonzi wells.
Artest seeks a system in which he can score more, which would lead to a bigger contract when his expires in 2008. He has a player option for $8.5 million for the 2008-09 season.
"Here I don't think I'm going to have a chance to maximize my opportunity for my potential," he said. "When I first got here, all I wanted to do was play defense. I never really cared about offense, but what I see is players like Kobe (Bryant), Tracy (McGrady), (Gilbert) Arenas and Jermaine (O'Neal) getting the opportunity to maximize their potential on the court and to get paid. I'm out of my character a little bit here.
"I don't think I'm going to maximize my opportunity just playing defense. I have to show I'm one of the premier players on offense on the wing. So when it's that time, there's no question what type of player I am."
He says it all there, He can play Defense and Bring that Defensive intensity to any team that he is apart of, But his Frustration and mood Swings had to do allot with the system and How he views himself as a player, He feels he's on the level offensively like kobe and others, He just doesn't want to play Defense and post up in a structured flow.
