HereWeBoogie
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solid point.
Evans --- F
He looked like a boy amongst men. I had no idea Klay Thompson was such a good defender. Oh wait, he doesn't need to defend Reke when all he does is miss jumpers and drive into a pack of opponents getting his shot blocked, turning it over or getting called for an offensive foul.. MT should be starting. It makes me sick that IT is giving the ball to Evans to run the offense. IT is supposedly a leader, he needs to lead, he shouldn't be giving the ball to Evans almost every time down the floor.
I have been criticizing his game for three and a half years now.
MT is fine off the bench. He's accepting his role and the last thing we need to do is reshuffle our starting line up. We need continuity to build chemistry. If IT keeps his downtrend then maybe we consider brooks but for now i let them play it out and figure it out.
Why, Why, WHY, does Tyreke Evans continue to fade away on his so-called new, improved jump shot? The dude is nearly 6'6" so he should rarely if ever need to fade away to avoid getting blocked. Every time I see him rise up and foolishly fade I think of Beno Udrih. Off the dribble, Beno instead of fading darted to his spot for that money mid-range pop and instead of fading away was more often slashing forward with momentum. He was rarely blocked as his quickness led him to his spot on the floor and usually easy score. Reke is never, never, NEVER going to be a great or even above average shooter until he adjusts a fundamentally flawed outside shooting technique. For me bottom line is improve or get traded - Marcus Thornton is our outside shooting insurance policy.
but reke haters dont care about this, they just wanna say something bad about reke.
Let's be honest, Gary. You've been criticizing Evans since the moment his name was called instead of Ricky Rubio's...
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Games like this will not keep you in the league for too long Tyreke Evans, let alone be in the all star consideration.
I know we all love to completely ignore the defensive side of the ball, but the dude was still playing lockdown defense despite his entire lack of offensive production.
It's kinda like the Kings are so into defense that they can't switch their brains to offense as a team. Therefore don't see evidence of the triangle or ball movement. I saw more than a dozen possessions when no King cut or transitioned along the baseline. That kills assists. That and most if not all other teams have a good jump shooter at the 2-guard spot averaging at least 12-15 a game. Tyreke and JJ are killing the offense with such poor mid-range shooting giving teams incentive to block the middle and challenging the Kings to shoot which then kills Cuz from getting to bucket without barreling into 3+ defenders.
We all see the problem. But what is a solution now? IMHO Kings need 10-15 pts outside each from the 2 and 3 spots. That would be a start. But so great to see team defense. That comes easier. Getting offense going is much more difficult.
Not kings related but Klay Thompson looks like he could be special.
try not to let it bother you that we drafted Jimmer #10, and the Warriors then drafted Klay #11.
hmm...Jimmer Fredette and John Salmons...or Beno Udrih and Klay Thompson. Hmm....let me think on that one.
try not to let it bother you that we drafted Jimmer #10, and the Warriors then drafted Klay #11.
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try not to let it bother you that we drafted Jimmer #10, and the Warriors then drafted Klay #11.
hmm...Jimmer Fredette and John Salmons...or Beno Udrih and Klay Thompson. Hmm....let me think on that one.
I don't know if I agree with all you say but I really appreciate your saying it. Sad part is it could all be true. Meantime I'm sticking with Tyreke. Want him to play and succeed.It was 6 against 4 with Tyreke playing for the Warriors down the stretch. Tyreke's basketball IQ is in the nano-size category. Fourth season and he is still selfish, bullheaded, can't shoot and dumber than a box of hammers. If you're still in denial about Tyreke, seek help. Oh, I feel so much better.
exactly. why the hell didnt we take Klay? we drafted a 3 point shooter anyway, why not draft a much more complete NBA player who also shoots 3s?
Jimmer's better than Klay Thompson but he isn't getting the same opportunity. You can't do anything on the bench and I know for a fact Jimmer has been better than the guys ahead of him in practice, it was widely reported before the season began. I don't put much into practice, but if that's the determining factor, Jimmer should be the starter.
Jimmer's better than Klay Thompson but he isn't getting the same opportunity. You can't do anything on the bench and I know for a fact Jimmer has been better than the guys ahead of him in practice, it was widely reported before the season began. I don't put much into practice, but if that's the determining factor, Jimmer should be the starter.