[Game] Game Thread, Bucks at Kings, 1/5/12
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TehSwimGuy
Bench
Agreed. I saw major improvements with passing and creating. And Smart knows his ****. He just isn't going to change anything in one morning.
Nighthawk1
Starter
The problem is ball movement and players knowing where they need to be. They find themselves getting in unfavorable spots and settle with a bad shot. We're shooting 33% right now vs. the Bucks 61%. 2/10 from the 3pt line. Something I think that Smart will be coaching in (hopefully) as he's already more active coaching then the previous coach ever was
Kings Faithful
Starter
I see huge positives. Any other night where we are hitting shots we would be right in this. I see plays being set, logical substitutions, hustle, and ball movement. That's all I wanted.
kings4lyfe32
Bench
Just got home from new Orleans, went to the sugar bowl. Cut the game on and saw Keith smart coaching.......thought I was dreaming for a minute
theclash4u5
Starter
Definitely see some positives already, but I'm not going to grade Smart good or bad since he had absolutely no practice time and the team is absolutely exhausted after playing 3 in a row.
rexb_kings
Bench
what's the +/- when Fredette comes in? i mean it's not his fault, but it seems whenever he checks in we lose the lead or go down a lot.
Tyreke can't bail out on giving those kickouts for three. Eventually they will fall.
This is pretty much the same mess but with more energy. Smart admitted that he was giving the team a free pass on this game and not instituting anything until after this game. So it's not a surprise that we see a lot of 1on1 and forced, bad shots. Cousins getting into foul trouble seemed to be the start of things falling apart. He was having a good game still until he forced up that shot against three guys. Then he blew a layup. Team needs so much work in the details and techniques of how to do things.
I can't even begin on the fast breaks. Well I can, poor spacing, followed by reluctance to pass when they do have good spacing. Jimmer should be leaking out for the three, Reke needs to make decisions at a higher point in the court while he still has passing angles. Nobody is teaching them that your passing angles go away if you get too deep.
This is pretty much the same mess but with more energy. Smart admitted that he was giving the team a free pass on this game and not instituting anything until after this game. So it's not a surprise that we see a lot of 1on1 and forced, bad shots. Cousins getting into foul trouble seemed to be the start of things falling apart. He was having a good game still until he forced up that shot against three guys. Then he blew a layup. Team needs so much work in the details and techniques of how to do things.
I can't even begin on the fast breaks. Well I can, poor spacing, followed by reluctance to pass when they do have good spacing. Jimmer should be leaking out for the three, Reke needs to make decisions at a higher point in the court while he still has passing angles. Nobody is teaching them that your passing angles go away if you get too deep.
This thread is disgusting. I'm reading, lots of positives and improvements....we're down by 24 to a bottom feeder without it's best player. Give me a break. This team is pathetic, they came out and put it on the line for 6 minutes and reverted back to it's old chucking and terrible D
rainingbuckets
Prospect
The dude just took over this morning and you are expecting a major change already without practice AND on a 3 game back to back? Get a grip.
kings4lyfe32
Bench
In high school we played against oak hill Brandon Jennings senior year. Dude dropped like 50 on us. Crossed me up once and swished a three from like 5 steps behind the line. After the game Brandon told me "never stop ballin". I know it's irrelevant to the game and all it's just I think about that every time I see him in the NBA.
I hear the Lakers are accepting new fans.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Always my fear in his first year, but I think this is an older and wiser Reke who's banged his head into the one man gang wall too many times and will stick with it now, especially with a new coach reminding him.
Anyone btw notice that Donte is not with the team for personal reasons? I would say might as well give his shooting stroke a chance at things, but apparently that's not an option.
You can't say anything encouraging from that half in my opinion, I'm not saying it's going to happen over night, but everyone needs to stop making excuses. Everyone plays an agonizing schedule, Grant tries to make an excuse for Francisco when he drops a ball, Francisco has been warming the bench.
Ryle
Starter
Grandma died....back home in Baltimore.
theclash4u5
Starter
Passing on a fast break! FINALLY!!!!
theclash4u5
Starter
Man the Bucks are making everything.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Actually Smart did a pretty good job doing exactly that in GS. We should see improvement after some practice time.
annihilator_33
Starter
cousins got mugged underneath....no foul called
