Brad & mike's diminshed roles?

moradi420

Bench
Ever since the kings hired E.M. people keep talking about hom mike and brad will have diminished roles, and will likely see less playing time because there not super fast or super athletic. But I disagree, take Ben Wallace for instance, I think brad's offense is just as good as ben's defense, and I think Brad's defense is a whole lot better than Ben's offense. That being said Brad Miller is still one of the top three centers in the league (mayber four), the guy has averaged over a block and a steal while averaging more than 3 dimes 15 points and 10 boards, thats pretty monstrous for a center voted by coaches to be th guy who does the most with the least. Also when Brad played with Ron in Pacerville and chiago he was know for his lane clogging abiity and the fact that he wasnt afraid to take some hits, just like when he first came to Sacto. So obviously going through t-camp with e.m. and ron ron could help brad get back to his "muscleman ways" while being a beast on offense. Brad knows hes not going to have 4 or 5 dimes a game with ron and mike handling the ball, and he knows he may not have double digit boards with kenny, and bonzi snagging so many, and even when k. mart is in the game he usually rebounds better than cuttino mobley did or even doug christie.
As for Mike, Mikes one of the best scoring and passing point guards in the game, hes dimes obviusly dropped last year because he had to take on more of the scoring load. With a tweaked offense I think mikes gonna still average more than 18 points a game and go for over 6 dimes maybe 7, since he can throw it into the post for bonzi and ron to nab. Bottom line Jason Hart lost a couple games for us, we would have won in orlando had it not been for him, and then maybe faced phoenix, (which could have turned out differnet results) Jason's offense is terrible we need to re-sign bobby or else theres gonna be no one to relive bibby and hell still average more than 38 min. per game.
Lastly I think reef has something to pove this season, hes a much better player than kenny, he can consistently make the 18 foot jump shot, and ca defend top notch players better than kenny because of his size. Sure kenny swipes at a lot of balls and gets some good boards, but overall hes a bench guy. No injury to reef and hes still a 20 10 guy who at the very least will make sure dfenses cant sag off him like they can with kt.
 
I don't really think Mike will have a diminished role other than the fact that hopefully we'll have a reliable backup PG. If we do, we'll play him a few less minutes, and that's a good thing not a bad thing. He doesn't need to play
40+ every night.
 
Brad Miller's offense is not as good as Ben Wallace's defense. You can't look at Ben's stats and compare the two. You have to actually watch ben to see what kind of player he is. That being said I would really hope Brad can get traded quickly before his value decreases. I mean what team wants a center who's in bad shape, relies on a jump shot, can't block a shot, can't rebound or play defense?
 
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