Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
No typo and he played like it. Made himself noticed all sides of the ball tonight.
PLayed like Blake Griffin tonight.
No typo and he played like it. Made himself noticed all sides of the ball tonight.
PLayed like Blake Griffin tonight.
Jeter has made a positive difference. Now the question is why it took so long to give him a chance.
There definitely should be an all of the above option. This was a great TEAM win, and hopefully this will make Westphal realize that there are other options besides giving the ball to Tyreke and having everyone else move out of the way. Pooh should be getting major minutes from now on. He or Beno need to be on the court as our PGs at all times. Tyreke needs to finalize his transition to SG and work on developing the skills necessary to excel at that position.
I'm really happy about this win, but I am still skeptical until we pull off something similar against stronger competition than the Wall-less Wizards. Nevertheless, a W is a W and we needed this one. Hopefully, this will bring us somewhat back on track. And if Westphal is inspired by this game and miraculously goes back to being the PW of October-December 2009, then I will even be willing to jump off the fire-the-coach bandwagon.
Whether or not Tyreke continues to play at PG, I think the experience did him good overall. I have a feeling that if we'd started him at SG from day 1, he wouldn't have had the pressure to try to create for others and he may have become more selfish as a result. This season he seems to be finding the open guys much better and the chemistry between him and Omri seems better as well. A lot of times when he's forcing it I think is just him trying to get himself going, but the injury is really plaguing him. He really needs to get a consistent jumpshot though.
You could also look at the flipside and say he'd be a better scorer.
Anyone who didn't vote JT should get punished! wow what a game for him man, all almost everything went his way tonight, he was awesome.
Nice game by the Kings. I realize that Washington is awful and it was the second game of a back to back, and on the road for them, but we've lost games at home to bad teams on the second games of back to backs.
I'll take it. Let's see JT do this consistently.
I think we won the rebounding battle by ten. Only one person can get the rebound. If we win that battle (JT had 14) and then win the game I don't believe which King gets the rebound is important. I think our rebounding this year is the best in many. Rebound stats come one at a time and only one of our stars gets it. I agree with you that we need rebounding.I noticed they kept showing the Kenny Thomas err.....Carl Landry bobblehead. It looked like the Bobblehead was shakeing it's head NO, like NO I wont go get any rebounds! If you are a starting power forward in the NBA, it is required that you go after rebounds. Don't understand why Greene doesnt get more rebounds as well? 6'11" should be able to grab a few rebounds occasionally. I am having trouble understanding the effort level with regard to rebounding. Some players go after every rebound, some players are allergic to rebounds and I think they bat them to the other team! Anyway, good game against a depleted and road weary Wiz team that hasn't won a road game this season. Good job by the Kings to not be the first road win for the Wiz!
Westphal had it right - Pooh was the player of the game. He made others better on the floor by his speed and quickness. I think Pooh should get 30+ minutes a game going forward.
That I fear could become counterproductive as teams started gameplaning for him. Change of pace guys often excel at precisely coming and and changing things up for you and jarring teams out of what they want to do. If they become your min guys that's awhole other ballgame.
...I think Pooh should get 30+ minutes a game going forward.
I think we won the rebounding battle by ten. Only one person can get the rebound. If we win that battle (JT had 14) and then win the game I don't believe which King gets the rebound is important. I think our rebounding this year is the best in many. Rebound stats come one at a time and only one of our stars gets it. I agree with you that we need rebounding.
By that reasoning, a player can score zero points, but as long as our team scored enough points, it doesn't matter. Or a player can get zero assists, but as long as our team got anough assists to win, it doesn't matter. I could go on and on. Sorry, but that's just weak. Give credit where credit is due, but when a player is playing like crap, call it like it is.