Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
somebody shoot me.
Gonna keep this short:
Artest ( C+ ) -- slow shooting start, but emerged as the only thing we had going in the awful third quarter. Forced too much as one of the few Kings with fight, and ended up with a 4-15 night. Did get to the line again and again though. Gave him a little boost just for being one of the few Kings with heart tonight, but otherwise not a strong effort, and the ball wasnt moving.
Thomas ( D- ) -- sucked. Pretty much covers it. Gave us little, got into foul trouble. Saw his man go for 16 and 9 while he went 2 and 4 (and 3 TOs). Sucked.
Reef ( D ) -- started the game ok, and then just completely disappeared. Took whininess to a new low in the second quarter when he got a technical BEFORE HE EVEN GOT INTO THE GAME. Wanted to check in, the refs said he wasn't at the table in time, and so you get a T over it?? Can we wire his jaw shut again? No resistance at all vs. Chandler after half.
Martin ( B- ) -- was having something approaching his normal scoring game before half. Was interesting watching him be checked by the Hornets' backup PGs -- won some, lost some, but I suspect it may be a strategy he sees more of as teams adjust to his quickness. Apparently hopped a plane back to Zanesville at half, and joined the rest of the guys in an AWOL second half.
Bibby ( C- ) -- another nothing game for Mike. Has he quit on us? Did we quit on him first? Hard to 'tell, but no life there right now. Invisible start, where at least you could say that Paul was quiet back the other way. Came out of half with the briefest of bursts, knocking down a couple of jumpers. Then the rout was on and Mike was simply not involved. Only 21 min again. Missing so many wide open shots at this point. Just does not resemble the player of old.
Corliss ( B ) -- scored well off the bench in the first half, scoring inside and out. But bricked two FTs at the end of the second quarter that somehow seemed to trigger a big burst for the Hornets to close things out. And close us out for that matter. The lead suddenly swelled from 2 to 10 after those bricks, all in the space of a minute. And so by the time Corliss got back into the game a large part of his minutes were dedicated to playing babysitter for the kids through the 15 minutes of garbagetime. No boardwork by the way, but it just seems...so minor compared to everything else tonight.
Salmons ( C ) -- yet another 4pts 3rebs 2asts in 21min for the Most Frustrating Man to Grade. Looks positively scared to shoot anymore. Not what he does well, but when youre open... Anyway, not awful. Had a steal, a shaky turnover. Just...there. For grading purposes should get nicknamed "The Baseline".
Cisco ( B- ) -- same story with the dumb fouls, and a lot of garbagetime in these minutes. But he played well in the garbagetime at least, and is starting to play with more confience as we head into the trade deadline.
Williams ( C+ ) -- only moderately effective in extended minutes. Got in the game first amongst the kids at the end of the third as we took Reef and Kenny out and sent them to the training room to see if they still had pulses. But really didn't do much with it. Blocked a couple of shots, one of which ignited a break, but was also muscled out of position in there by guys lookng to score. A couple of putbacks, and then the horror of Justin Wiliams at the FT line. Just...eh.
Douby ( C- ) -- hit a three, otherwise invisible in garabagetime. Struggled to bring it up against BJax.
Price ( B+ ) -- showed good defensive hustle in his garbagetime minutes
Muss ( ) -- collapse at the end of the first half doomed us. We werent really playing well before that, but neither were the Hornets. But a minute long brainfart saw us suddenly take a dive, were down 2, then a minute later (literally) we were down 10. And I dont think the team ever recovered mentally. They were beat by halftime. And then of course Eric hit them with his awesome halftime dissertation on James Joyce's literary treatment of paisley, and that was that. Backbreaking. Then to top it off somehow Eric Musselman gets a technical BEFORE THE SECOND HALF EVEN BEGINS! Some good samaritan needs to get he and Reef a gift from Brains R Us for V-Day. Just make sure your hóney doesnt get jealous. Sluggish start to the third of course, but at least Muss recognized and called a well timed earty timeout...that had absolutely no effect. And furthermore in the "at least" category, at least Muss recognized garabge when he saw it this time, and really pretty much waved the white flag for his completely dead team by the end of the 3rd, and let the kids pretty much take it from there on out. Would love to hear the post game speech after this one. What do you say? Have a good weekend everybody, glad I don't have to look at your mopey faces for 5 days?
Gonna keep this short:
Artest ( C+ ) -- slow shooting start, but emerged as the only thing we had going in the awful third quarter. Forced too much as one of the few Kings with fight, and ended up with a 4-15 night. Did get to the line again and again though. Gave him a little boost just for being one of the few Kings with heart tonight, but otherwise not a strong effort, and the ball wasnt moving.
Thomas ( D- ) -- sucked. Pretty much covers it. Gave us little, got into foul trouble. Saw his man go for 16 and 9 while he went 2 and 4 (and 3 TOs). Sucked.
Reef ( D ) -- started the game ok, and then just completely disappeared. Took whininess to a new low in the second quarter when he got a technical BEFORE HE EVEN GOT INTO THE GAME. Wanted to check in, the refs said he wasn't at the table in time, and so you get a T over it?? Can we wire his jaw shut again? No resistance at all vs. Chandler after half.
Martin ( B- ) -- was having something approaching his normal scoring game before half. Was interesting watching him be checked by the Hornets' backup PGs -- won some, lost some, but I suspect it may be a strategy he sees more of as teams adjust to his quickness. Apparently hopped a plane back to Zanesville at half, and joined the rest of the guys in an AWOL second half.
Bibby ( C- ) -- another nothing game for Mike. Has he quit on us? Did we quit on him first? Hard to 'tell, but no life there right now. Invisible start, where at least you could say that Paul was quiet back the other way. Came out of half with the briefest of bursts, knocking down a couple of jumpers. Then the rout was on and Mike was simply not involved. Only 21 min again. Missing so many wide open shots at this point. Just does not resemble the player of old.
Corliss ( B ) -- scored well off the bench in the first half, scoring inside and out. But bricked two FTs at the end of the second quarter that somehow seemed to trigger a big burst for the Hornets to close things out. And close us out for that matter. The lead suddenly swelled from 2 to 10 after those bricks, all in the space of a minute. And so by the time Corliss got back into the game a large part of his minutes were dedicated to playing babysitter for the kids through the 15 minutes of garbagetime. No boardwork by the way, but it just seems...so minor compared to everything else tonight.
Salmons ( C ) -- yet another 4pts 3rebs 2asts in 21min for the Most Frustrating Man to Grade. Looks positively scared to shoot anymore. Not what he does well, but when youre open... Anyway, not awful. Had a steal, a shaky turnover. Just...there. For grading purposes should get nicknamed "The Baseline".
Cisco ( B- ) -- same story with the dumb fouls, and a lot of garbagetime in these minutes. But he played well in the garbagetime at least, and is starting to play with more confience as we head into the trade deadline.
Williams ( C+ ) -- only moderately effective in extended minutes. Got in the game first amongst the kids at the end of the third as we took Reef and Kenny out and sent them to the training room to see if they still had pulses. But really didn't do much with it. Blocked a couple of shots, one of which ignited a break, but was also muscled out of position in there by guys lookng to score. A couple of putbacks, and then the horror of Justin Wiliams at the FT line. Just...eh.
Douby ( C- ) -- hit a three, otherwise invisible in garabagetime. Struggled to bring it up against BJax.
Price ( B+ ) -- showed good defensive hustle in his garbagetime minutes
Muss ( ) -- collapse at the end of the first half doomed us. We werent really playing well before that, but neither were the Hornets. But a minute long brainfart saw us suddenly take a dive, were down 2, then a minute later (literally) we were down 10. And I dont think the team ever recovered mentally. They were beat by halftime. And then of course Eric hit them with his awesome halftime dissertation on James Joyce's literary treatment of paisley, and that was that. Backbreaking. Then to top it off somehow Eric Musselman gets a technical BEFORE THE SECOND HALF EVEN BEGINS! Some good samaritan needs to get he and Reef a gift from Brains R Us for V-Day. Just make sure your hóney doesnt get jealous. Sluggish start to the third of course, but at least Muss recognized and called a well timed earty timeout...that had absolutely no effect. And furthermore in the "at least" category, at least Muss recognized garabge when he saw it this time, and really pretty much waved the white flag for his completely dead team by the end of the 3rd, and let the kids pretty much take it from there on out. Would love to hear the post game speech after this one. What do you say? Have a good weekend everybody, glad I don't have to look at your mopey faces for 5 days?
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