Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Sorry, took a call from my brother at halftime and missed most of the second half. Just got done watching it now.
So, anyway...le suckoid. Bad enough it demands more Girls, although I will say if we string together a third blowout I will, in respect of the women of the board, have to go to a different theme. Anyway, while the backups made several run type things to get the lead down to 10 or so, they never threatened to take the lead themselves, and you could almost argue that the last 18 minutes of this one after we gave up on Reke/Cousins/JT etc. were essentially garbage time. Possible guys are going on summer vacation early?
Other questions: Why is Isaiah Thomas playing 44 minutes in this one? The ROY nonsense? He was 2-11 until late too, so not as if he was hot. Is there anyone Jimmer can guard? Has Boogie's mo been permanetly broken by that first Clipper debacle? Is this Whiteside's breakout game? What did Donte do this time to lsoe minnutes? Has Reke quit, or is this just an example of how impotent you can make him if you take the ball out of his hands? TWill gets 9 assists last game...0 this. 5 TOs both. Note something -- with IT Reke's assists/playmaking shoot down. Tonight TWill played the whole game with IT, and similar effect. Lots of questions in a mess like this. Always more than there are answers.
Boxscore
Evans ( F ) -- found himself bounced back up to SF...so we could start the worst defensive backcourt in NBA history. Jimmer and IT, together at last. Woot! (more seriously, well it IS the worst starting defensive backcourt in NBA history and showed it, but I am sure that the move was made because with Thornton/Salmons and Cisco out, Jimmer was basically the very last of our shooters and Smart is likely convinced you need 1 of those next to IT and Reke (also why he won't play IT/Reke/TWill)). In any case, completely frozen out in the early going as we ran out all three of our PGs together, and the most talented of the bunch, and the one who is the worst shooter, was the one who had to play off the ball. Makes sense to me. Had a little push late in the quarter when he started getting out on the break, which is about the only place he gets opportunities anymore. Bricked a pair of FTs early and was having some ballhandling misadentures and was barely avoiding TOs. And then...nothing. Returned, continued to be compeltely uninvolved in the offense, and aside from one nice cut where Cuz hit him for the layup, was never heard from again. After a quiet start to the 3rd where he missed a jumper, was subbed out 4 minutes into the quarter and never returned. Have to hope this was toe related (he injured it the other night), because if not this is one of those games that just carries the mark of doom on it. If this organization loses Tyreke Evans, and if Tyreke Evans goes elsewhere and blows up, I'm not going to stand behind the idiots in charge on that one as they mess up our future again, and the stage is being set for just that scenario.
Roxanne Pallett
Thompson ( C ) -- couple of good offensive boards early, one of which he immediately kicked to Jimmer for a jumper, but never really led to anything, and not able to stop Scola anymore than he was Blake the other night. Pulled in this one eventually not for anything he was doing so much as for just having a lack of impact. Makes grading it hard actually. Did nothing wrong but not much right.
Kate Bosworth
Cousins ( D ) -- sloppy early -- always a warning sign of fatigue. But worked his way into a good first quarter. Was using the attention he drew to set up several Kings for baskets late in the half. But same team he pummeled for 38 a couple of weeks ago, had them on our home floor, and he just never at any point had that eye of the tiger about him. Didn't feel focused, nor did the team, maybe still with a Clippers hangover. And never at any point felt like he was out ther to kick butt and take names and drop another 30 on them. In fact much more back to the normal way his games on the second night of a back to back have gone -- especially after he played over 40 min agains the Clips. There was some activity and an attempt to get him gong in the third, but after hitting an opening jumper, it all just got ugly. The stitch that has been lurking around his FT stroke for weeks suddenly popped up aggressively, as he missed 5 of 6 in the first 6 minutes of the quarter. He missed a dunk. The lead swelled to over 20, and we just pulled him in favor of Whiteside and that was his night.
Melanie Iglesias
Fredette ( B- ) -- got the start, and it was just carnage in the early going as our little guards got LIT UP by the Rockets backcourt. Courtney Lee, who came into the game averaging 14ppg as a starter in place of KMart, had those points by the end of Jimmer's first stint with 2 minutes still to go in the first quarter. Jimmer wasn't entirely impotent back the other way, scoring 5pts of his own including a three on a kick from Reke. But he was red meat to the Rockets on defense. When he returned was on Dragic instead, who just ran circles around him. Began the second half quiet as well until all the senior personnel were cleared out to the bench. Then stepped forward and worked with IT for the rest of the game, eventually racking up good offensive numbers, and hit several big momentum shots that did not matter in the least in this lost cause, but might have turned a more competitive game. Given the way Jimmer's rookie season has gone a solid looking 17pt 4ast start for him just has to clock in as a pretty good grade, but realistically the defensive issues and fact he only had 5 of those points at the point we waved the white flag make the B a bit deceptive. He was not better than our other starters. He just played on into the garbage/backup minutes and did well then.
Skyler Samuels -- this is absolutely as young as I will go on these things, as she is just 18 (I actually held off putting on one of these lists until she was of age (well of age in U.S.), but she's obviously growing into a beautiful young woman.
So, anyway...le suckoid. Bad enough it demands more Girls, although I will say if we string together a third blowout I will, in respect of the women of the board, have to go to a different theme. Anyway, while the backups made several run type things to get the lead down to 10 or so, they never threatened to take the lead themselves, and you could almost argue that the last 18 minutes of this one after we gave up on Reke/Cousins/JT etc. were essentially garbage time. Possible guys are going on summer vacation early?
Other questions: Why is Isaiah Thomas playing 44 minutes in this one? The ROY nonsense? He was 2-11 until late too, so not as if he was hot. Is there anyone Jimmer can guard? Has Boogie's mo been permanetly broken by that first Clipper debacle? Is this Whiteside's breakout game? What did Donte do this time to lsoe minnutes? Has Reke quit, or is this just an example of how impotent you can make him if you take the ball out of his hands? TWill gets 9 assists last game...0 this. 5 TOs both. Note something -- with IT Reke's assists/playmaking shoot down. Tonight TWill played the whole game with IT, and similar effect. Lots of questions in a mess like this. Always more than there are answers.
Boxscore
Evans ( F ) -- found himself bounced back up to SF...so we could start the worst defensive backcourt in NBA history. Jimmer and IT, together at last. Woot! (more seriously, well it IS the worst starting defensive backcourt in NBA history and showed it, but I am sure that the move was made because with Thornton/Salmons and Cisco out, Jimmer was basically the very last of our shooters and Smart is likely convinced you need 1 of those next to IT and Reke (also why he won't play IT/Reke/TWill)). In any case, completely frozen out in the early going as we ran out all three of our PGs together, and the most talented of the bunch, and the one who is the worst shooter, was the one who had to play off the ball. Makes sense to me. Had a little push late in the quarter when he started getting out on the break, which is about the only place he gets opportunities anymore. Bricked a pair of FTs early and was having some ballhandling misadentures and was barely avoiding TOs. And then...nothing. Returned, continued to be compeltely uninvolved in the offense, and aside from one nice cut where Cuz hit him for the layup, was never heard from again. After a quiet start to the 3rd where he missed a jumper, was subbed out 4 minutes into the quarter and never returned. Have to hope this was toe related (he injured it the other night), because if not this is one of those games that just carries the mark of doom on it. If this organization loses Tyreke Evans, and if Tyreke Evans goes elsewhere and blows up, I'm not going to stand behind the idiots in charge on that one as they mess up our future again, and the stage is being set for just that scenario.
Roxanne Pallett
Thompson ( C ) -- couple of good offensive boards early, one of which he immediately kicked to Jimmer for a jumper, but never really led to anything, and not able to stop Scola anymore than he was Blake the other night. Pulled in this one eventually not for anything he was doing so much as for just having a lack of impact. Makes grading it hard actually. Did nothing wrong but not much right.
Kate Bosworth
Cousins ( D ) -- sloppy early -- always a warning sign of fatigue. But worked his way into a good first quarter. Was using the attention he drew to set up several Kings for baskets late in the half. But same team he pummeled for 38 a couple of weeks ago, had them on our home floor, and he just never at any point had that eye of the tiger about him. Didn't feel focused, nor did the team, maybe still with a Clippers hangover. And never at any point felt like he was out ther to kick butt and take names and drop another 30 on them. In fact much more back to the normal way his games on the second night of a back to back have gone -- especially after he played over 40 min agains the Clips. There was some activity and an attempt to get him gong in the third, but after hitting an opening jumper, it all just got ugly. The stitch that has been lurking around his FT stroke for weeks suddenly popped up aggressively, as he missed 5 of 6 in the first 6 minutes of the quarter. He missed a dunk. The lead swelled to over 20, and we just pulled him in favor of Whiteside and that was his night.
Melanie Iglesias
Fredette ( B- ) -- got the start, and it was just carnage in the early going as our little guards got LIT UP by the Rockets backcourt. Courtney Lee, who came into the game averaging 14ppg as a starter in place of KMart, had those points by the end of Jimmer's first stint with 2 minutes still to go in the first quarter. Jimmer wasn't entirely impotent back the other way, scoring 5pts of his own including a three on a kick from Reke. But he was red meat to the Rockets on defense. When he returned was on Dragic instead, who just ran circles around him. Began the second half quiet as well until all the senior personnel were cleared out to the bench. Then stepped forward and worked with IT for the rest of the game, eventually racking up good offensive numbers, and hit several big momentum shots that did not matter in the least in this lost cause, but might have turned a more competitive game. Given the way Jimmer's rookie season has gone a solid looking 17pt 4ast start for him just has to clock in as a pretty good grade, but realistically the defensive issues and fact he only had 5 of those points at the point we waved the white flag make the B a bit deceptive. He was not better than our other starters. He just played on into the garbage/backup minutes and did well then.
Skyler Samuels -- this is absolutely as young as I will go on these things, as she is just 18 (I actually held off putting on one of these lists until she was of age (well of age in U.S.), but she's obviously growing into a beautiful young woman.
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