Buddy Hield: Kings have trust issues

[Albatros]

Listen to buddy's interview again.

The whole thing is about him.

When he says trust issues he means Walton's trust in him.

"Coaches lost trust in players" him.

"They have who they have out there" not me

"I'm a team first guy" lie.

"Feel like we shoulda won the game before regulation but I'm not the coach" the coach didn't play me enough.

Blah blah me me me.

Honestly Walton should bench his ass for suggesting he lost the game. He ain't LeBron FFS. You don't disrespect your teammates and coach like that who ever they are.

 

[Section 101]

Listen to buddy's interview again.

The whole thing is about him.

When he says trust issues he means Walton's trust in him.

"Coaches lost trust in players" him.

"They have who they have out there" not me

"I'm a team first guy" lie.

"Feel like we shoulda won the game before regulation but I'm not the coach" the coach didn't play me enough.

Blah blah me me me.

Honestly Walton should bench his ass for suggesting he lost the game. He ain't LeBron FFS. You don't disrespect your teammates and coach like that who ever they are.

Should give him a few rest days.

 

[sergmatt]

This whole thing with Buddy is weird. It does sort of mirror the Terrell Owens "personality change". Granted he's not even close to acting like TO but it's interesting that up until this off-season I don't think very many of us would have ever considered Buddy a "me first" type of guy.

Last season and prior he always seemed very humble and a team first guy. I know I made multiple posts stating that I wish all the players on the Kings worked and played as hard as Buddy did. He was also really making an effort to play defense and was becoming a solid defender.

Now all of the sudden starting this off-season he's got a lot to say and it's mostly about him. He's completely stopped playing defense. Weird.

 

[Section 101]

This whole thing with Buddy is weird. It does sort of mirror the Terrell Owens "personality change". Granted he's not even close to acting like TO but it's interesting that up until this off-season I don't think very many of us would have ever considered Buddy a "me first" type of guy.

Last season and prior he always seemed very humble and a team first guy. I know I made multiple posts stating that I wish all the players on the Kings worked and played as hard as Buddy did. He was also really making an effort to play defense and was becoming a solid defender.

Now all of the sudden starting this off-season he's got a lot to say and it's mostly about him. He's completely stopped playing defense. Weird.

Cant handle the pressure of living up to his contract. He's trying to prove his contract where last year he was trying to earn it. Thinks he has to be the man now.

 

[BunkoBob]

The humble and quiet kid from the Bahamas is gone. Buddy has gone "Hollywood" after getting paid.

 

[rekehavoc123]

Should give him a few rest days.

suspend him indefinitely acting like Cousins now

 

[KainLear]

“Seems like we’re all over the place,” Hield said. “… Trust issues going on, I guess. They stop believing in players. It is what it is.”

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiret...e-Trust-Issues-They-Stop-Believing-In-Players

 

[DesertFox]

This makes me think of how the smart and lazy beat the misguided hard workers.

 

[Iced Espresso]

I have trust issues with Buddy's ball handling, passing, and defense.

And he hasn't been Buddy Buckets of late.

 

[Kings_of_California]

Yea, well, it's difficult to continue believing in a player when you're routinely tossing up bricks game after game. I've come to expect poor shooting nights from him every single time now, and I hate that feeling. He might have a point, but it's hard to take him seriously when he's perhaps the biggest contributor to this losing streak.

 

[Gliesian]

He's right, except that he's the one that is most often all over the place.
Did he really need to call out Luke in public? The coach probably hates it as much as Buddy and feels bad about it; but fact is, Buddy is costing us wins atm.
I can understand missed 3's but not the bad plays. It's the latter that loses the trust and it's something he can control.

 

[ESP47]

 

[ockingsfan]

A dumb move by Walton was not calling a timeout on that final possession. We had one time out remaining, I believe.

Coach trusted that his players would take the right shot, but wound up with a desperation 3 at the buzzer.

Come on Luke. You definitely shouldn't trust these players to make a winning play at the end. You need to call the time out and draw up a play to get someone open for a drive to the basket. Not a desperation 3 attempt as the time winds down.

 

[Section 101]

A dumb move by Walton was not calling a timeout on that final possession. We had one time out remaining, I believe.

Coach trusted that his players would take the right shot, but wound up with a desperation 3 at the buzzer.

Come on Luke. You definitely shouldn't trust these players to make a winning play at the end. You need to call the time out and draw up a play to get someone open for a drive to the basket. Not a desperation 3 attempt as the time winds down.

No it was the right call. The shot needed to be around 6-8 seconds left so you had time to rebound or foul to get another shot. Being down 1 you dont want the last if you have time remaining.

 

[King Baller]

A dumb move by Walton was not calling a timeout on that final possession. We had one time out remaining, I believe.

Coach trusted that his players would take the right shot, but wound up with a desperation 3 at the buzzer.

Come on Luke. You definitely shouldn't trust these players to make a winning play at the end. You need to call the time out and draw up a play to get someone open for a drive to the basket. Not a desperation 3 attempt as the time winds down.

Buddy No Bucket had the ball and took the shot to win or lose the game. What is he crying about?

 

[VF21]

Buddy Hield needs to STFU and quit acting like he's being held back by the team, the coaches, etc. The only thing holding Buddy back is Buddy. He's not reliable, despite us signing him to a very sweet deal to primarily do one thing - shoot. Yeah, he can shoot but apparently we didn't make it clear that we expect him to actually SINK the shots. Last night I had absolutely no faith that he could hit a shot at a key juncture - much the way I felt when Quincy Douby was still here.

At this point, Buddy needs to be able to modify his game, to find a way to be valuable if his shots aren't falling. Thus far, it doesn't seem to me that he's really open to doing that. Instead of talking about improving his defense, for example, he goes with the "Yeah, but everybody else is getting scored on, too..."

I am not impressed.

 

[VF21]

I added a poll.

 

[ockingsfan]

No it was the right call. The shot needed to be around 6-8 seconds left so you had time to rebound or foul to get another shot. Being down 1 you dont want the last if you have time remaining.

Buddy No Bucket had the ball and took the shot to win or lose the game. What is he crying about?

This is why Coach should had called a timeout and draw up a play, instead of "trusting" the players to make the right play.

Should had taken the shot earlier and should have taken the ball to the hole. No need for a long 3 point jumper, when all you need is 2 points to win.

 

[Hoovtrain]

No it was the right call. The shot needed to be around 6-8 seconds left so you had time to rebound or foul to get another shot. Being down 1 you dont want the last if you have time remaining.

Letting buddy dribble it up the length of the floor on the final possession was not the right call.

 

[Section 101]

This is why Coach should had called a timeout and draw up a play, instead of "trusting" the players to make the right play.

Should had taken the shot earlier and should have taken the ball to the hole. No need for a long 3 point jumper, when all you need is 2 points to win.

Then you dont have the timeout to advance the ball after free throws. Players should all know end game scenarios.

 

[Section 101]

I added a poll.

Buddy is a poison pill contract. It would be almost impossible to trade him before next off season.

 

[VF21]

Then you dont have the timeout to advance the ball after free throws. Players should all know end game scenarios.

I could be mistaken, but I believe Grant and Doug touched on that exact thing.

 

[VF21]

Buddy is a poison pill contract. It would be almost impossible to trade him before next off season.

Maybe we could work a deal with Houston?

 

[Kings_of_California]

I selected draw up plays for him. Basically, he just needs to be a spot up shooter. He's got to stop trying to be Kobe every night. Yes his contract is very expensive for a catch and shoot player a la JJ Redick, but that's what needs to happen. He can't keep launching bricks as he pleases.

I don't know if he'll be ok with being a secondary scorer but I also don't care. He's proven that he can't handle the ball and his IQ is low.

 

[VF21]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1210674431581773824

I don't know about anybody else, but I'd sure like to know more.

 

[ockingsfan]

Then you dont have the timeout to advance the ball after free throws. Players should all know end game scenarios.

We were down by 1 with about 14 seconds left. Why should we be saving a time out for after a free throw?

The Kings had one possesion left. We needed to be getting the best shot possible to win the game in that situation. It's one good shot or a drive to the hole and get fouled to win the game. Saving timeouts are not going to help in this situation.

 

[Section 101]

We were down by 1 with about 14 seconds left. Why should we be saving a time out for after a free throw?

The Kings had one possesion left. We needed to be getting the best shot possible to win the game in that situation. It's one good shot or a drive to the hole and get fouled to win the game. Saving timeouts are not going to help in this situation.

In case you miss the shot. If you shoot and rebound or foul with 3-4 seconds left then you use the timeout to advance the ball after free throws. Gives you two chances instead of one. If tied then take the last shot.

I agree go fast and drive. Only needed a 2.

 

[ockingsfan]

In case you miss the shot. If you shoot and rebound or foul with 3-4 seconds left then you use the timeout to advance the ball after free throws. Gives you two chances instead of one. If tied then take the last shot.

In this situation, I think the thought process by the Kings was they were going to take the last shot, win or lose, with no time left on the clock. Buddy dribbled out the clock and coach wasn't yelling at them to take the shot early.

It was pretty clear to me that the last possession was meant to take all the time off the clock, so the Wolves wouldn't get a chance to come back and score.

If this was indeed the plan, they should had taken the timeout to draw up a play, like the one where Bjeli got lose those two other games earlier this month, to win the games. Not just let Buddy dribble out the clock and launch a long 3 pointer.

 

[Section 101]

In this situation, I think the thought process by the Kings was they were going to take the last shot, win or lose, with no time left on the clock. Buddy dribbled out the clock and coach wasn't yelling at them to take the shot early.

It was pretty clear to me that the last possession was meant to take all the time off the clock, so the Wolves wouldn't get a chance to come back and score.

If this was indeed the plan, they should had taken the timeout to draw up a play, like the one where Bjeli got lose those two other games earlier this month, to win the games. Not just let Buddy dribble out the clock and launch a long 3 pointer.

Which is both poor coaching and playmaking. They both should know endgame scenarios.

The other ones were different they didnt have 14 seconds left.

 

[jellyfish]

Typical Kings all they do is talk season after season only to be below 500.,I don't want to hear anymore how they will play more uptempo or any of this crap just stfu and go play hard (e.g Holmes).