[Game] Game 23: Houston Rockets @ Sacramento Kings, 12/11/14. 7:30 PST, 10:30 EST
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Yes. He'll go into his press conference talking about not sharing the ball and guys hurting the team. Then he'll trot out the same weak offense next game while giving pt to the same guys struggling.
Again, I like Malone and think he deserves a chance to continue building this team. But he has to, absolutely has to, start making some adjustments and not just expecting things to change magically.
Again, I like Malone and think he deserves a chance to continue building this team. But he has to, absolutely has to, start making some adjustments and not just expecting things to change magically.
That is the part that I DO NOT understand. I cant see any scenario where bringing in Stauskas with the game on the line is a good coaching move. He was not shooting the lights out. His defense was porous, and he looked scared. That and leaving Sessions in long enough to sink any chance of winning was our undoing. All the missed free throws didnt help. Bad game by the whole team. Without Cousins they are just a bad team.
Thats the response I have been getting every time I question our coach.
Blew another lead. (This has been a problem with Cousins too)
Learning through TNT that we are installing new offensive sets 20 games into the season ? That has to be a joke right?
What was Malone coaching; "hey give the ball to big Cuz and stand around"
Blew another lead. (This has been a problem with Cousins too)
Learning through TNT that we are installing new offensive sets 20 games into the season ? That has to be a joke right?
What was Malone coaching; "hey give the ball to big Cuz and stand around"
People blaming Malone need to have there accounts suspended for a day. I mean **** does that crap get old how is it Malones fault nobody could hit a ****in FT by the way the same reason we lost vs LA. Is it Malones fault Gay couldn't bye a basket. And the worst thing why the **** did he shoot a 3 when Tarik Black switched and was guarding him with 33 seconds left. Black was guarding him go by him but than again that was Malones fault too.
With Rudy and Cuz, we were rolling and much of that came with the toughest schedule in the league. When broken down there wasn't much reason we couldn't have reached 24-16 to 26-14 through this stretch we're going through. That's smack in the middle of the playoff race.
With Cuz out there we can win any night, against any team. One of the most dominant offensive forces in the league.
The whole thing has also crumbled without him and weaknesses some have seen before are becoming more obvious and more severe now, from coaching/rotations/poor sets to player personnel issues. Cuz just happens to be good enough to cover a lot of it up.
With Cuz out there we can win any night, against any team. One of the most dominant offensive forces in the league.
The whole thing has also crumbled without him and weaknesses some have seen before are becoming more obvious and more severe now, from coaching/rotations/poor sets to player personnel issues. Cuz just happens to be good enough to cover a lot of it up.
It depends how much potential you see in Nik I suppose. I think ideally our third guard should be able to back-up both positions credibly. That's sortof the role Stauskas was drafted to fill isn't it? There is a question of how long we can wait for him to develop when we have a very good starting unit already, better than most expected, and are trying to end a decade long playoff drought. If you really believe in his potential it's probably worth it to ride out the early struggles and hope that ideal third guard we need is already right there on the roster. Conversely, if you're not as high on his potential we could use him in a trade possibly to help us get that third big we need (someone who can play PF and C and be a defensive anchor for us when Cousins is on the bench) -- and try to find a veteran who's ready to fill the third guard role this season. I don't know how much trade value Nik has right now, but it did occur to me that Milwaukee has a surplus of defensive bigs and needs a SG to develop. Could be a decent match. But with no legit SGs on the roster other than Nik and Ben, there'd better be some kind of contingency plan in place before you pull that trigger. We could see what might be available with our IT trade exception. There aren't a lot of tradeable assets on our team right now.
These arguments are getting too extreme, with people picking sides. Both sides are at fault.
Rudy missed shots he makes most nights. DC was careless with the ball. Our defense was quite poor at inopportune times. Our bench gets lit up almost every night. Bad turnovers. That's largely the players.
Rotations are an issue. The lack of adjustments along with poor movement/spacing are also problems, and that's largely on the coaching staff.
Absolving Malone of blame is incorrect, just as putting all the blame on the players is incorrect.
Rudy missed shots he makes most nights. DC was careless with the ball. Our defense was quite poor at inopportune times. Our bench gets lit up almost every night. Bad turnovers. That's largely the players.
Rotations are an issue. The lack of adjustments along with poor movement/spacing are also problems, and that's largely on the coaching staff.
Absolving Malone of blame is incorrect, just as putting all the blame on the players is incorrect.