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reasons why we will or wont go .500 this year
playoffs in 06
33-49 record in 07
38-44 record in 08
won 5 more games.
in theory we would do better than 38-44 next year. but, thats not garuanteed so i hit some points of why i think we can hit .500 next year.
1. kevin martin-not one of the best in the league or even western conference, but he's a good fit for sacramento right now. a pretty good shooter and loves to move without the ball. when he's aggressive our offense is better.
2. the role players- garcia, spencer, and beno. these are the guys that may stay a while. garcia and beno have become solid shooters for us. spencers 1st year wasnt that bad. he did show his ability to post up, square up and take the jumper. for this reason he reminds me more of vlade than brad miller. spencer has that crafty type of game.
3. coaching-i really cant give theus the edge over muss. both have shown great levels of incompetence. and 5 games isnt that many. and you also take into consideration that theus just wouldnt let up. not playing the kids and wearing down his vets even when everyone knew that our playoff hopes ended last december. but, i think the maloofs like him. he's young, he's committed.
on to the reasons why we wouldnt hit .500
1. the role players-though garcia has improved his shooting his ball handling is still questionable. his rookie year compared to last season you would see that he damn near doubled his turnovers without actually doubling his minutes. he averages 1 assist per game. his career total for assists is 309. his career total for turnovers is 273. this is going to hurt our offense if he cant handle the ball better. he's averaging 27 minutes a game. salmons, the human rubiks cube. unlike the other rubiks cube on the team salmons isnt a former all-star and could be playing for another team as early as next feb. non-production off the bench is another reason why the game shifts in the other teams favor during substitution time. john salmons as a starter averaged a little over 17 a game. as a sub only 7 a game. its understandable that with less minutes and coming off the bench you will average less, but if you take a look at his fg% you'll notice that its down. his 3 point percentage is WAY down. so it is mental. or just not caring
2. brad miller- dont know which brad miller we're going to see this year, but he might be traded pretty soon too. looked like he got a little slimmer and even changed the hair. some transformation, still not an allstar worthy year. he looked a tad quicker, but who are we kidding. most of us werent that impressed. im afraid his time has passed. if he doesnt play to his strength (which is take the open jumper) our offense will struggle. play off martin if you have to. i thought id never see the day that kevin martin would have more trade value than a former all star center thats barely in his 30's.
3. the ron artest trade. we have to get something of value. i wouldnt let him go for anything less than an expiring and a potential allstar. last year we played our vets maxed minutes and still ended at 6 games below .500. our guys have been improving every year, but i think they'll struggle hitting .500 without a positive addition from the artest trade
playoffs in 06
33-49 record in 07
38-44 record in 08
won 5 more games.
in theory we would do better than 38-44 next year. but, thats not garuanteed so i hit some points of why i think we can hit .500 next year.
1. kevin martin-not one of the best in the league or even western conference, but he's a good fit for sacramento right now. a pretty good shooter and loves to move without the ball. when he's aggressive our offense is better.
2. the role players- garcia, spencer, and beno. these are the guys that may stay a while. garcia and beno have become solid shooters for us. spencers 1st year wasnt that bad. he did show his ability to post up, square up and take the jumper. for this reason he reminds me more of vlade than brad miller. spencer has that crafty type of game.
3. coaching-i really cant give theus the edge over muss. both have shown great levels of incompetence. and 5 games isnt that many. and you also take into consideration that theus just wouldnt let up. not playing the kids and wearing down his vets even when everyone knew that our playoff hopes ended last december. but, i think the maloofs like him. he's young, he's committed.
on to the reasons why we wouldnt hit .500
1. the role players-though garcia has improved his shooting his ball handling is still questionable. his rookie year compared to last season you would see that he damn near doubled his turnovers without actually doubling his minutes. he averages 1 assist per game. his career total for assists is 309. his career total for turnovers is 273. this is going to hurt our offense if he cant handle the ball better. he's averaging 27 minutes a game. salmons, the human rubiks cube. unlike the other rubiks cube on the team salmons isnt a former all-star and could be playing for another team as early as next feb. non-production off the bench is another reason why the game shifts in the other teams favor during substitution time. john salmons as a starter averaged a little over 17 a game. as a sub only 7 a game. its understandable that with less minutes and coming off the bench you will average less, but if you take a look at his fg% you'll notice that its down. his 3 point percentage is WAY down. so it is mental. or just not caring
2. brad miller- dont know which brad miller we're going to see this year, but he might be traded pretty soon too. looked like he got a little slimmer and even changed the hair. some transformation, still not an allstar worthy year. he looked a tad quicker, but who are we kidding. most of us werent that impressed. im afraid his time has passed. if he doesnt play to his strength (which is take the open jumper) our offense will struggle. play off martin if you have to. i thought id never see the day that kevin martin would have more trade value than a former all star center thats barely in his 30's.
3. the ron artest trade. we have to get something of value. i wouldnt let him go for anything less than an expiring and a potential allstar. last year we played our vets maxed minutes and still ended at 6 games below .500. our guys have been improving every year, but i think they'll struggle hitting .500 without a positive addition from the artest trade
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