Jeremy Fraser
G-League
That's my undersized backup PF who I wanted to trade for a 3rd round draft pick and the ghost of Cuttino Mobley a month ago man
Carl Landry
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KingMilz
Guest
Needs more low post touches, he the best post up player on the team (Cousins is still the best offensive players), on spure post up's no one on this team has his touch and array of moves and his ability to get position for a man his size is out of this world.
Swaze
Bench
Landry is making most of the members on this forum look like fools. All the crap they talked about him and acted like it was the worst signing ever. Turns out this second time around he is a good fit with this roster and this coach. One of the reasons they signed him was to change the culture and be an extension of Coach Malone's message. He's doing that now and he's playing really hard on defense (which Malone loves).
Yes he's undersized and doesn't rebound as much as you'd like but Landry is a winner and the type of guy that helps good teams. He may not have been a good fit on those bad Kings teams but he is absolutely contributing on this winning team.
Yes he's undersized and doesn't rebound as much as you'd like but Landry is a winner and the type of guy that helps good teams. He may not have been a good fit on those bad Kings teams but he is absolutely contributing on this winning team.
Entity
Hall of Famer
Yes that offensive rebound was huge. If nothing else we were able to kill another 18 seconds
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Who is that a picture of?
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
He had some huge rebounds tonight. The guy has been extremely solid all around, including the best defense I've ever seen from him
Jeremy Fraser
G-League
Looks like TO to me. Why he's there, I don't understand.
Larry89
Disgruntled Kings Fan
Terrell Owns after the Dallas Cowboys 2007 Divisional game against the New York Giants. "He's my quarterback man..."
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Or the tough Houston Rockets version.
PurpleHaze
All-Star
You can't teach toughness and combined with vet presence plus poise with all that skill - yep wow is the word.
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KingMilz
Guest
Yeah I gained so much respect for Tucker the way he was battling Cousins with every fiber in his body, despite probably giving up close to 50-60 pounds.
HighFlyingMonkey
Starter
He's becoming a big-time stabilizing presence off the bench. The signing looked awful last year, but on a team thats trying to win, he's invaluable.
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
He's probably the strongest guy on their team. Gets under taller players and gives them a completely different feel
In defense of those against the Landry signing, I think the resistance was brought about by the fact we need a full-sized shot-blocking PF to pair with Cousins. I think most thought he was signed to be the STARTING PF of this team because of his connection to Malone. His past very poor performance in King's uniform and the one-year lay-off because of injury last year also helped build up that negative perception that he was overpaid/liability.
The good thing is Landry is back as the "good" Landry and we still have him.
If the San Antonio Spurs have that steadying undersized BIG off the bench in Boris Diaw, we have our own version in Landry.
Go Landry!
Go Kings!
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KingMilz
Guest
Carl Landry nickname should be "CL Smooth" who if you look him up was a old school rapper and currently a vet in the industry which kind of fits Carl with his game (smooth efficient post game)/status (well known vet)
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I think we were all trying to figure that out. Then I realize it isn't worth trying.
macadocious
Starter
Does that make PDA Pete Rock?
jcwkings
All-Star
You hated him in his first stint because he was a good roleplayer on a team with a bunch of kids with no roles , bad coaching, playing pick up ball. Now we have structure, are a more veteran team and players have roles.Hated him in his first stint with us.
Hated the signing of him by PDA.
AND YET.....
...I'm starting to warm up to the guy.
Being a solid scorer off the bench for a 5-1 team will do that I suppose!
gunks
Hall of Famer
I didnt like him as a starter. He was a black hole who averaged less defensive rebounds than Kevin Martin.
I dont want to get too into my reasons for disliking him though...This is a positive thread and I'm actually feeling pretty positive about Landry right now. Dude is looking healthier by the day and doing exactly what he was brought here to do. Like you said, he is a roleplayer, and he is playing that role really well as we pile on the Ws.
I was actually screaming at my TV last night... "GIVE THE BALL TO LANDRY!!!" in those OT periods. Never thought that would happen!
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