They can score, but people really have to watch the playoffs even when the Kings aren't involved. They can NOT score in the ways you have to be able to when the games get rough, tough, slowdown etc. Tough inside play is what matters when it matters. Shooting is nice, especially from your role players. But playoff games, particularly late games deep in the playoffs, are won by inside play. History is littered with softie shooting/run and gun teams that looked all kinds of pretty in the regular season and then got chewed up and spit out when it mattered.
We need a post player. We need one or more passers who make the game easier for everybody else on the floor. Those two elements alone are more important than having all of the softie shooters in the world. Shooting is a complimentary skill that can separate two teams equally matched on the inside, but its not a primary championship skill that's going to beat a team by itself. And without those other players (post players, creative players) creating easy opportunities for the shooters, the shooting WILL go away for you when it matters. We will run into San Antonio, or Detroit, or even a lesser defensive team. It will be the playoffs. They will get tough. They will squeeze us. Pummel us in the middle. And the open looks will evaporate. Guaranteed. And then next offseason will be sitting here having the same conversations mystified that somehow having the world's greatest H.O.R.S.E. team doesn't translate into victory in the rough and tumble world of professional sports played at the highest level.
We need a post player. We need one or more passers who make the game easier for everybody else on the floor. Those two elements alone are more important than having all of the softie shooters in the world. Shooting is a complimentary skill that can separate two teams equally matched on the inside, but its not a primary championship skill that's going to beat a team by itself. And without those other players (post players, creative players) creating easy opportunities for the shooters, the shooting WILL go away for you when it matters. We will run into San Antonio, or Detroit, or even a lesser defensive team. It will be the playoffs. They will get tough. They will squeeze us. Pummel us in the middle. And the open looks will evaporate. Guaranteed. And then next offseason will be sitting here having the same conversations mystified that somehow having the world's greatest H.O.R.S.E. team doesn't translate into victory in the rough and tumble world of professional sports played at the highest level.