[Grades] Grades v. Wizards 11/28/2016
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I would almost guarantee that they will say that should have been a foul. The L2M report is extremely black and white on plays. I've seen them point out "no call incorrect" on travels or other minor violations and penalties that, in reality, would never be called in a million years in any competitive basketball game. The no-call against DeMarcus is very typically of NBA referees in that situation. They don't want to decide the game. My guess is had he missed the shot they would have come up with a late whistle and put him to the line. The problem with them not wanting to "decide the game" is that if you're the Kings you can argue that they probably did decide the game by not calling it.
If it's Top 10, we get the worse pick between our 1st and Philly's 1st.
If we're wanting to hit reset and move on from Cousins, our 2017 pick is a huge incentive to move Cousins this season/at the trade deadline. If we wait to move him until the offseason, his presence will make us a better team this year and either cause us to lose our pick to Chicago altogether or it leaves us with #7-#10 rather than a top 5 pick. Jump starting the rebuild with a franchise level talent & a top 5 pick in next years' draft is a solid beginning vs. a franchise level talent & a #7-#10 pick (at best).
Cousins/Bogdanovic/Casspi for Wiggins/Dunn/Pekovic gives us that franchise level talent (Wiggins), another all star talent in the future (Dunn), & a top pick in next year's draft. Then you all of a sudden have Wiggins, Dunn, Labissiere, & 2017 1st who could all have all star potential on the same team. Not to mention you still have guys like Richardson, Cauley-Stein, & Papagiannis to fill in the gaps. You could also move guys like Gay, Collison, McLemore, & Koufos for more future assets/picks to reduce the talent bleed even further.
If we're wanting to hit reset and move on from Cousins, our 2017 pick is a huge incentive to move Cousins this season/at the trade deadline. If we wait to move him until the offseason, his presence will make us a better team this year and either cause us to lose our pick to Chicago altogether or it leaves us with #7-#10 rather than a top 5 pick. Jump starting the rebuild with a franchise level talent & a top 5 pick in next years' draft is a solid beginning vs. a franchise level talent & a #7-#10 pick (at best).
Cousins/Bogdanovic/Casspi for Wiggins/Dunn/Pekovic gives us that franchise level talent (Wiggins), another all star talent in the future (Dunn), & a top pick in next year's draft. Then you all of a sudden have Wiggins, Dunn, Labissiere, & 2017 1st who could all have all star potential on the same team. Not to mention you still have guys like Richardson, Cauley-Stein, & Papagiannis to fill in the gaps. You could also move guys like Gay, Collison, McLemore, & Koufos for more future assets/picks to reduce the talent bleed even further.
Well despite his flashy "simple stats," Wiggins play has not been contributing to winning all that much. Cousins on the other hand is elite in this category.
I have a hard time seeing how KAT prevents them from wanting Cousins. Both can faceup, both can score in the post, both can knock down 3s at a high rate, both can pass, both can handle the ball, both can rebound, and both can protect the rim & defend. They would rival the best frontcourt the NBA has ever seen. How are teams going to stop Cousins & Towns defensively? If you don't have two excellent defenders at PF & C with size & athleticism, you are essentially screwed (and you still might be screwed even if a team has these excellent defenders). And the fact that both are shooting north of 35% from 3 suggests that both could provide great spacing for one another. They would literally be the anti smallball and actually be able to punish smallball lineups way more than Randolph & Gasol ever could. Not to mention they'd still have LaVine & Bogdanovic as knock down shooters on the wings (and LaVine continues to flash great potential as another threat on the perimeter). They'd also still have Rubio as a solid PG & a lot of cap space next year to go out and sign a guy like Porter or Hayward as the SF of the future. Rubio, LaVine, Porter/Hayward, Towns, & Cousins would be pretty darn talented & formidable.
Lastly, Minnesota has Thibs who Cousins thoroughly respects based off his time in international play. It would be hard to see Cousins clashing with him considering Cousins tends to align with defense first coaches. Considering the talent level & the coach, I would think Minnesota would be fairly confident in their efforts to resign him.
EDIT: Thinking about it some more, how would that duo stack up against Golden State? Will Draymond, Durant, & Pachulia be able to contain them without picking up fouls? Or will they have to result to double & triple teams with shooters around them to knock down the open shots. Would the Spurs bigs (Aldridge, Gasol, & Dedmon) be able to stop them without fouling? I don't think so. Would Love & T. Thompson be able to stop them? Again, highly unlikely. Getting these small lineups into foul trouble is there key to takeaway the advantage a Durant would have when Towns is guarding him (for example) on the other end. Getting the other team in foul trouble will not only be their meal ticket, but it will also muck up the game for these chucking teams. It's hard to get in a rhythm if the other team continues to stop the game and shoot free throws.
I have a hard time seeing how KAT prevents them from wanting Cousins. Both can faceup, both can score in the post, both can knock down 3s at a high rate, both can pass, both can handle the ball, both can rebound, and both can protect the rim & defend. They would rival the best frontcourt the NBA has ever seen. How are teams going to stop Cousins & Towns defensively? If you don't have two excellent defenders at PF & C with size & athleticism, you are essentially screwed (and you still might be screwed even if a team has these excellent defenders). And the fact that both are shooting north of 35% from 3 suggests that both could provide great spacing for one another. They would literally be the anti smallball and actually be able to punish smallball lineups way more than Randolph & Gasol ever could. Not to mention they'd still have LaVine & Bogdanovic as knock down shooters on the wings (and LaVine continues to flash great potential as another threat on the perimeter). They'd also still have Rubio as a solid PG & a lot of cap space next year to go out and sign a guy like Porter or Hayward as the SF of the future. Rubio, LaVine, Porter/Hayward, Towns, & Cousins would be pretty darn talented & formidable.
Lastly, Minnesota has Thibs who Cousins thoroughly respects based off his time in international play. It would be hard to see Cousins clashing with him considering Cousins tends to align with defense first coaches. Considering the talent level & the coach, I would think Minnesota would be fairly confident in their efforts to resign him.
EDIT: Thinking about it some more, how would that duo stack up against Golden State? Will Draymond, Durant, & Pachulia be able to contain them without picking up fouls? Or will they have to result to double & triple teams with shooters around them to knock down the open shots. Would the Spurs bigs (Aldridge, Gasol, & Dedmon) be able to stop them without fouling? I don't think so. Would Love & T. Thompson be able to stop them? Again, highly unlikely. Getting these small lineups into foul trouble is there key to takeaway the advantage a Durant would have when Towns is guarding him (for example) on the other end. Getting the other team in foul trouble will not only be their meal ticket, but it will also muck up the game for these chucking teams. It's hard to get in a rhythm if the other team continues to stop the game and shoot free throws.
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"The tip of the middle finger on DMC's right (shooting) is swollen. He said had x-rays before trip, there's a break, not affecting him"
Jason Jones-
"The tip of the middle finger on DMC's right (shooting) is swollen. He said had x-rays before trip, there's a break, not affecting him"
It must be the quality of product that Vlade gave him to work with. When does he burn out Afflalo? He played 20 minutes yesterday, Barnes played 26 minutes, he even gave 14 minutes to Trill, 15 minutes to Casspi, 28 to Temple, 24 to Lawson...looks like good minute distribution to me. Gay and Cousins played the most minutes, as they always do with 40 and 38...what more do you want? Ben to play? Tolliver?
Minnesota wouldn't give up 5 years left of a 21yearold Wiggins for a 1 year rental of a 26yearold Cousins.
Let alone give up Dunn too....
Timberwolves are a young rebuilding team. They have no real need for DeMarcus Cousins. They will only continue to get better and grow together. No reason to throw a guy like DeMarcus in, and potentially have him leave.
Offense is not their problem anyways. They do a great job at scoring.
Let alone give up Dunn too....
Timberwolves are a young rebuilding team. They have no real need for DeMarcus Cousins. They will only continue to get better and grow together. No reason to throw a guy like DeMarcus in, and potentially have him leave.
Offense is not their problem anyways. They do a great job at scoring.
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Im glad u brought up that totally lame attempt of a point. He's avg about 26 mins a game. Including ur 19 min game. So yeah probably a bit much for him.
Another critical thing you totally whiffed on was HOW MANY MINS DOES THE COACH RUN BARNES STRAIGHT!!! Not to observant are you guy?
Barnes stretches go on too long also. Same with affalo who btw is also at 26 mins a game... BTW the difference between 26 and 30 is 4 WHOLE mins. And that's 240 seconds!!!! Wow...
So glad u brought that up. So I could help u out
Another critical thing you totally whiffed on was HOW MANY MINS DOES THE COACH RUN BARNES STRAIGHT!!! Not to observant are you guy?
Barnes stretches go on too long also. Same with affalo who btw is also at 26 mins a game... BTW the difference between 26 and 30 is 4 WHOLE mins. And that's 240 seconds!!!! Wow...
So glad u brought that up. So I could help u out
I only saw the fourth quarter, so you ignore these comments. The Kings have learned to compete. That is huge in my book as a fan. Lawson is playing better.
There are going to be nights when nobody can really get the ball in the hole. That is when you rely on defense and rebounding and layups. That's it for being positive.
The only thing that really bothered me last night was watching Cousins throwing some elbows and flying fists. He struggles with impulse control and has now directed his aggression towards other players instead of the refs. It is mostly in the fourth quarter when they are losing.
There are going to be nights when nobody can really get the ball in the hole. That is when you rely on defense and rebounding and layups. That's it for being positive.
The only thing that really bothered me last night was watching Cousins throwing some elbows and flying fists. He struggles with impulse control and has now directed his aggression towards other players instead of the refs. It is mostly in the fourth quarter when they are losing.
Hmm...so let's take a look then.
Matt Barnes, prior to coming here played for the Grizzlies and Clippers, yes? Okay, first season with the Clippers he played 25 minutes a game, second season he played 27 minutes a game, third season he played 29 minutes a game...see a trend here?
Last season with Memphis, he played 28 minutes a game. This season he is playing 25 minutes a game, nearly 26...it's nothing different than the previous years. I suppose Doc Rivers mismanaged his minutes too? His minutes have been consistent the last 4-5 seasons, this is nothing new here.
Afflalo is getting paid 24 million, so you would think he would average roughly 25-30 minutes a game since he was supposed to fill a void. Obviously he isn't a good fit with this squad so his minutes might go down a bit.
Matt Barnes, prior to coming here played for the Grizzlies and Clippers, yes? Okay, first season with the Clippers he played 25 minutes a game, second season he played 27 minutes a game, third season he played 29 minutes a game...see a trend here?
Last season with Memphis, he played 28 minutes a game. This season he is playing 25 minutes a game, nearly 26...it's nothing different than the previous years. I suppose Doc Rivers mismanaged his minutes too? His minutes have been consistent the last 4-5 seasons, this is nothing new here.
Afflalo is getting paid 24 million, so you would think he would average roughly 25-30 minutes a game since he was supposed to fill a void. Obviously he isn't a good fit with this squad so his minutes might go down a bit.
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And EVERY YEAR HE KEEPS GETTING YOUNGER!!!! Speaking of numbers that don't matter age is now irrelevant ! Not to mention One of the reasons he had to play so many minutes last year is that he was on a completely decimated awful team they almost didn't make the playoffs.
He was literally dying down the stretch his statistics fell through the floor the last half or a quarter of the season apparently you don't follow basketball
He was literally dying down the stretch his statistics fell through the floor the last half or a quarter of the season apparently you don't follow basketball