[Grades] Grades v. Bulls 2/14/12

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This theme is conspicuous by its absence of William Hung.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

The last killer shot by Korver for a 3 he was "guarded" by Tyreke who was guarding nobody. He was in "no-man's land", which has been thouroughly elaborated and visually demonstrated, is what he does. That's an F. Then there are the times that he let Korver be wide open when Chicago didn't get Korver the ball (fortunately for the Kings). That's an F. And Donte, if he was guarding Korver, he too gets an F for defense. See, I'm not bias. It's precisely these brain-dead plays that are costing the Kings victories. These aren't rookies anymore, and they don't deserve grade inflation for key mistakes at key parts of the game.

 

[The_Jamal]

The common factor with every championship team is having role players CONSISTENTLY show up and support the star players game. Miami/Chicago/OKC wouldn't be near the teams they are now without the contributions of their extremely talented role player core. The Haslem's, Korvers, Collison's of the world are what takes teams to that next level. Currently, our problem is that we don't have a single role player we can turn to when the stars are struggling or we just need a calming presence on the floor

 

[rainmaker]

Tyreke/Thornton/Salmons lineup = F

Reke/Thornton/IT lineup = A

Connect the dots.

The Tyreke/Thornton/Salmons lineup was gawdawful. The ball didn't move, one on one BS that we know too, too well. No way in hell do I give Tyreke an A for this game. Not only is Tyreke inconsistent between games; he's inconsistent within the game. He continues to demonstrate to me that he's not pg material. The Kings management will make a change within the next year in which they bring in a veteran pg to take over those duties from Tyreke. Bank on it.

Regarding the defensive end of the floor, Tyreke should get an F. Leaving Korver wide open is the sin of sins. And it was done repeatedly. Unforgivable and unforgettable. Tyreke was doing the "guarding nobody" routine that was demonstrated visually by a poster previously. You're in your 3rd year in the NBA, Tyreke. That's just brain-dead.
(I know, Westphal did it). Rotations were poor overall in this game. How often did we see a Bull just cruise down the lane for a layup or slam dunk?

Cousins played fantastic. Without Cousins, this game would have been a total blowout. Greene was good as well.

Not sure how you blast Reke for his defense, which was pretty good last night, while not even mentioning the JJ/Hayes combo which has quickly become an atrocity on defense, both visually and statistically. There's a reason Reke is included in our all of our top 6 defensive lineups this season, and JJ/Hayes are included in all of our worst defensive lineups.

 

[Prince_XY]

Tyreke/Thornton/Salmons lineup = F

Reke/Thornton/IT lineup = A

Connect the dots.

The Tyreke/Thornton/Salmons lineup was gawdawful. The ball didn't move, one on one BS that we know too, too well. No way in hell do I give Tyreke an A for this game. Not only is Tyreke inconsistent between games; he's inconsistent within the game. He continues to demonstrate to me that he's not pg material. The Kings management will make a change within the next year in which they bring in a veteran pg to take over those duties from Tyreke. Bank on it.

Regarding the defensive end of the floor, Tyreke should get an F. Leaving Korver wide open is the sin of sins. And it was done repeatedly. Unforgivable and unforgettable. Tyreke was doing the "guarding nobody" routine that was demonstrated visually by a poster previously. You're in your 3rd year in the NBA, Tyreke. That's just brain-dead.
(I know, Westphal did it). Rotations were poor overall in this game. How often did we see a Bull just cruise down the lane for a layup or slam dunk?

Cousins played fantastic. Without Cousins, this game would have been a total blowout. Greene was good as well.

You probably watched a different game or you clearly hate Evans.

27/8/8 with 1 blck shot and 9 of 18 shooting and your main complaint still centered on Evans?