The Kings play hard now. In a game like this it is obvious that they do not have the talent to run with NBA teams with winning records. Westbrook is up there with the all time greats of the game. He does everything well. He can almost hit his head on the rim. Absolutely spectacular.
Cousins seems to struggle with teams that swarm him inside. He seems way too complacent out beyond the arc throwing up threes. On nights when he is missing them, he needs to stop shooting them. He must get his shots blocked more than any other player in the league. He has the inside and outside game, but needs to go back to the mid range game more. His talent is no secret, and opposing teams are coming up with schemes to slow him down. He is a good passer and needs to read double teams a little faster.
The rest of the Kings are really role players and journeyman type players that have knocked around the League. They are well coached in my opinion by now. They probably never can get to .500 with the current roster. They have become legendary in their squandering of high draft picks. No marquis players want to come to Sacto. The great players need to be drafted.
Cousins seems to struggle with teams that swarm him inside. He seems way too complacent out beyond the arc throwing up threes. On nights when he is missing them, he needs to stop shooting them. He must get his shots blocked more than any other player in the league. He has the inside and outside game, but needs to go back to the mid range game more. His talent is no secret, and opposing teams are coming up with schemes to slow him down. He is a good passer and needs to read double teams a little faster.
The rest of the Kings are really role players and journeyman type players that have knocked around the League. They are well coached in my opinion by now. They probably never can get to .500 with the current roster. They have become legendary in their squandering of high draft picks. No marquis players want to come to Sacto. The great players need to be drafted.
Cuz has shown a pretty decent feel for when his outside shot is on or not. But I think the same problem that drives his exhausting usage% drives some of his too many threes nights -- our guys rely on him so much that almost everybody but Rudy will throw him the ball to take those threes rather than shoot it themselves. A little of that is a good thing. Heck, a lot of that is a good thing. Roleplayers knowing who their meal ticket is = why you have them. But normally you have several options for them to throw the ball too, somebody to start taking shots and load when your #1 is off. Far too often Cuz isn;t feeling it and tries to pass it off, but the guy he is passing it off to isn;t used to taking those shots either and sends it right back. Lot of things this team needs. Another creative scorer is definitely one of them.