Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
This could have been a 1950s horror movie: Reke vs. the Flying Rockets.
Cousins got Daly'd and looked awful. Jimmer looked afraid to look bad. Salmons was pathetic. At least we got some solid performances out of those roleplayers off the bench but Marcus had better suck it up and get over his leg thing quick because when Cousins isn't bringing it things get awfully lonely out there for Reke.
Theme = More Odd Museums. Back when I first started doing themes a few years back when teh Kings got good and terrible, one of my early ones was an Unuusal Museum theme, which included such things as a Baked Bean museum and a museum dedicated to phalluses, wiht a giant whale phallus outside marking the entrance. This theme, I suppose, could in some ways be part II of that earlier thread.
Boxscore
Salmons ( F ) -- is making me mad now. I of course have never been a John Salmons fan and have had to be careful trying to be semi fair to him, but at this point he is just flat out killing us now, and its going on and on and on and we can't get a coach to make the simple decision to pull his *** from the game before he kills us anymore. Just has to be right up there as one of the worst fulltime starters in the NBA this season, and somebody else noted that he has now missed 20 straight threes dating back 7 games. The irony is that in the very early going here his offense looked better than his defense, as he hit 2 of his first 3 shots but kept on turning his head and letting his men go behind him on defense. But unfortunately whether it was overconfidence from actually hitting a couple, or coachign directions or his own decision to try to give Reke some support, he just kept on getting more and more selfish and worse and worse on offense. It wasn't just that he was again missing everything. It was the way he was doing it -- in many ways doing exactly what everybody feared he would when he arrived, stopping the ball, refusing to pass, and instead turning everything into a one on one dribble around and chuck a brick contest. Appears in some deluded way to be convinced he is the offensive show, leaving me just hoping that the show gets cancelled. Enough already.
RV-MH Museum and Hall of Fame -- if you ever happen to be out around Elkhart Indiana and are looking for a little excitement...http://www.rvmhhalloffame.org/
Hickson ( C ) -- actually our second best starter, which in this one meant almost nothing. Good defense on his first try against Scola, but he would eventually get worked over pretty badly. Followed the defensive stand by getting out on the break for a dunk. Working hard early on both sides but missed some shots he should have made. Came up with a huge rebound and putback it an important time late in the third as the Rockets were widening the lead, but it was just one play. Bad forced turnaround jumper attempt in the early 4th as everybody took turns forcing up dumb shots.
Museum of Bad Art -- (Boston, MA) I have for some time wanted to take a few of my friends who proclaim that there is no such thing as bad art up to this museum for a looksee, but have not yet got around to it. http://museumofbadart.org/
Cousins ( F ) --okay this was just mysteriosuly awful and such a letdown after the monster breakout performance that I was actually happy to find out after the game that he was sick. In fact the mroe violently ill the better (and remember Tyreke's halftime episode in Denver? Could be going around the team). In any case, sick or not I had no choice on this grade. His former backup/mentor/starting companion completely and uttely kicked his butt in every way out there. If he wasn't sick, it was embarrassing. If he was...it was still embarrassing. Got rebounded and scored over on his first possession. Got his shots stuffed right back in his face. Looked listless and passionless doing it. Not involved at all and played awfully for a full quarter before sitting almost the entire 2nd until briefly returning at the end of the half. Go his hands on several balls on defense in those final few minutes of the hafl to briefly have me thinking there was life there, but no such luck. Finally chased all the way out to 18 feet for his first and only hoop before sitting down for good a few minutes later. Meanwhile Dalembert was flipping the bird to Geoff/the Maloofs on his way to 21pts 16rebs 4blks on 9-11 shooting, with what hurts more being the fact he was doing that every once in a while for us the second half of last season, and now we're struggling to get anybody on our team to step up.
Leila's Hair Museum -- (Independence, MO) Here, let me let Leila explain it herself: "The ONLY hair museum in the world with hundreds of wreaths and thousands of jewelry pieces made from human hair." Woot! http://leilashairmuseum.com/index.html
Fredette ( D ) -- well found an original way to dodge anymore threat of Fs -- just don't do anything, adn then you can't screw up! Well did once with an early jump in the air and pass turnover when Cousins wasn't ready for the ball, but that was halfway on Cousins actually. And other than that...stay away from the ball, when you get it just move it, and by all means don't take any chaces. And actually to tell you the truth iut was an improvement for a while at least. His early defgense was respectable, and he even got his hands on a few steals, and whether it was his plan, the coaches', or his teammates losing confidence in him, his lack of involvement offensively did mean that he really didn;t even have chances to screw up. Of course it also meant there wasn't much point in him being out there on a night that Reke desperately needed the help and the shots were clearly there for anyone with the talent to make something of them. Finally had a little, well, given the overall game we'll call it a burst in the mid third when he hit a jumper for his only hoop and made a couple of passes for assists. But Lowry was tearing him, and us, a new one (both he and fellow rook IT actually) and when a guy is threatengin to drop a 25-10-10 on you you just can't keep on countering with a rookie ho looked so afraid to make a mistake that he wasn't going to try anything on his way to 4pts 2ast in 20 min.
The Cockroach Hall of Fame -- (Plano, TX) Opened up by a pest store owner (the store is reasonably named The Pest Store) in Plano Texas, he turned part of his store into a museum for cockroaches. And not jsut any cockroaches, as he has preserved them, dressed them, and posed them. Above is Liberoachi. You can also meet David Lettrroach,Marilyn Monroach, and dozens of others. Lucky you. http://leilashairmuseum.com/index.html
Cousins got Daly'd and looked awful. Jimmer looked afraid to look bad. Salmons was pathetic. At least we got some solid performances out of those roleplayers off the bench but Marcus had better suck it up and get over his leg thing quick because when Cousins isn't bringing it things get awfully lonely out there for Reke.
Theme = More Odd Museums. Back when I first started doing themes a few years back when teh Kings got good and terrible, one of my early ones was an Unuusal Museum theme, which included such things as a Baked Bean museum and a museum dedicated to phalluses, wiht a giant whale phallus outside marking the entrance. This theme, I suppose, could in some ways be part II of that earlier thread.
Boxscore
Salmons ( F ) -- is making me mad now. I of course have never been a John Salmons fan and have had to be careful trying to be semi fair to him, but at this point he is just flat out killing us now, and its going on and on and on and we can't get a coach to make the simple decision to pull his *** from the game before he kills us anymore. Just has to be right up there as one of the worst fulltime starters in the NBA this season, and somebody else noted that he has now missed 20 straight threes dating back 7 games. The irony is that in the very early going here his offense looked better than his defense, as he hit 2 of his first 3 shots but kept on turning his head and letting his men go behind him on defense. But unfortunately whether it was overconfidence from actually hitting a couple, or coachign directions or his own decision to try to give Reke some support, he just kept on getting more and more selfish and worse and worse on offense. It wasn't just that he was again missing everything. It was the way he was doing it -- in many ways doing exactly what everybody feared he would when he arrived, stopping the ball, refusing to pass, and instead turning everything into a one on one dribble around and chuck a brick contest. Appears in some deluded way to be convinced he is the offensive show, leaving me just hoping that the show gets cancelled. Enough already.
RV-MH Museum and Hall of Fame -- if you ever happen to be out around Elkhart Indiana and are looking for a little excitement...http://www.rvmhhalloffame.org/
Hickson ( C ) -- actually our second best starter, which in this one meant almost nothing. Good defense on his first try against Scola, but he would eventually get worked over pretty badly. Followed the defensive stand by getting out on the break for a dunk. Working hard early on both sides but missed some shots he should have made. Came up with a huge rebound and putback it an important time late in the third as the Rockets were widening the lead, but it was just one play. Bad forced turnaround jumper attempt in the early 4th as everybody took turns forcing up dumb shots.
Museum of Bad Art -- (Boston, MA) I have for some time wanted to take a few of my friends who proclaim that there is no such thing as bad art up to this museum for a looksee, but have not yet got around to it. http://museumofbadart.org/
Cousins ( F ) --okay this was just mysteriosuly awful and such a letdown after the monster breakout performance that I was actually happy to find out after the game that he was sick. In fact the mroe violently ill the better (and remember Tyreke's halftime episode in Denver? Could be going around the team). In any case, sick or not I had no choice on this grade. His former backup/mentor/starting companion completely and uttely kicked his butt in every way out there. If he wasn't sick, it was embarrassing. If he was...it was still embarrassing. Got rebounded and scored over on his first possession. Got his shots stuffed right back in his face. Looked listless and passionless doing it. Not involved at all and played awfully for a full quarter before sitting almost the entire 2nd until briefly returning at the end of the half. Go his hands on several balls on defense in those final few minutes of the hafl to briefly have me thinking there was life there, but no such luck. Finally chased all the way out to 18 feet for his first and only hoop before sitting down for good a few minutes later. Meanwhile Dalembert was flipping the bird to Geoff/the Maloofs on his way to 21pts 16rebs 4blks on 9-11 shooting, with what hurts more being the fact he was doing that every once in a while for us the second half of last season, and now we're struggling to get anybody on our team to step up.
Leila's Hair Museum -- (Independence, MO) Here, let me let Leila explain it herself: "The ONLY hair museum in the world with hundreds of wreaths and thousands of jewelry pieces made from human hair." Woot! http://leilashairmuseum.com/index.html
Fredette ( D ) -- well found an original way to dodge anymore threat of Fs -- just don't do anything, adn then you can't screw up! Well did once with an early jump in the air and pass turnover when Cousins wasn't ready for the ball, but that was halfway on Cousins actually. And other than that...stay away from the ball, when you get it just move it, and by all means don't take any chaces. And actually to tell you the truth iut was an improvement for a while at least. His early defgense was respectable, and he even got his hands on a few steals, and whether it was his plan, the coaches', or his teammates losing confidence in him, his lack of involvement offensively did mean that he really didn;t even have chances to screw up. Of course it also meant there wasn't much point in him being out there on a night that Reke desperately needed the help and the shots were clearly there for anyone with the talent to make something of them. Finally had a little, well, given the overall game we'll call it a burst in the mid third when he hit a jumper for his only hoop and made a couple of passes for assists. But Lowry was tearing him, and us, a new one (both he and fellow rook IT actually) and when a guy is threatengin to drop a 25-10-10 on you you just can't keep on countering with a rookie ho looked so afraid to make a mistake that he wasn't going to try anything on his way to 4pts 2ast in 20 min.
The Cockroach Hall of Fame -- (Plano, TX) Opened up by a pest store owner (the store is reasonably named The Pest Store) in Plano Texas, he turned part of his store into a museum for cockroaches. And not jsut any cockroaches, as he has preserved them, dressed them, and posed them. Above is Liberoachi. You can also meet David Lettrroach,Marilyn Monroach, and dozens of others. Lucky you. http://leilashairmuseum.com/index.html
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