I thought of putting up what I thought would be key questions for the Kings for the remainder of the season:
1) Injuries...will there ever be a Kings season without a key injury? Seriously there has to be a reason for all this. As someone has told me before: One time might be an isolated case, two is probably a coincidence, but three or more is a trend....unless we can be healthy, it will be difficult with the roster we have.
2) KMart...how will he respond once teams start aggressively keying on him. How will he respond with the burden of someday being the #1 option on the team. Will he someday blossom into the Kobes, wades, lebrons, arenas of the league?
3) Bibby...will he ever play at 100% again (like he did in preseason). Again, the issue of whether it would have been better to rest him with this wrist early in the season, could only be answered on hindsight. He is obviously not 100% or I dare say even 80% right now. and where is the defense?
4) 48 minute defense...where is the defensive emphasis coach muss was supposed to bring? it may still be early: yes. we have too many injuries: yes. but in the end, we may just not have the right personnel for an effective defense...read: inside big man.
5) coach muss... he is obviously getting used to his team. but how long can he do this playoff style 7-man rotation? as coach whiz has said before...if you want a bench in the playoffs, you have to use them in the regular season. Also, he seems allergic to calling time-outs. he needs to understand that 3 timeouts with a minute left is useless when the opposing team is leading by >10.
6) Ron... who will tell him that he is taking too many bad or forced shots during the game? better yet, how will he respond if someone tells him that? Will he finally succumb to the injury curse on the kings? (crosses finger on the MRI result). Are we better off without him? I don't think so. The game against seattle only showed how bad the sonic D is, not really how great our O is without artest
7) Will we get efficient or consistent production from any of our "bigs". heck, are they even big to begin with.
8) Cisco... when will he stop playing collegiate ball and start playing in the NBA. too much uncontrolled energy sometimes. has the skillset to succeed in the NBA but needs time to develop. Can be a tayshaun prince I think.
Well, these questions will make or break this team not only for this season, but perhaps for the next few as well. Hope we find the answers soon.
GO KINGS!!!
1) Injuries...will there ever be a Kings season without a key injury? Seriously there has to be a reason for all this. As someone has told me before: One time might be an isolated case, two is probably a coincidence, but three or more is a trend....unless we can be healthy, it will be difficult with the roster we have.
2) KMart...how will he respond once teams start aggressively keying on him. How will he respond with the burden of someday being the #1 option on the team. Will he someday blossom into the Kobes, wades, lebrons, arenas of the league?
3) Bibby...will he ever play at 100% again (like he did in preseason). Again, the issue of whether it would have been better to rest him with this wrist early in the season, could only be answered on hindsight. He is obviously not 100% or I dare say even 80% right now. and where is the defense?
4) 48 minute defense...where is the defensive emphasis coach muss was supposed to bring? it may still be early: yes. we have too many injuries: yes. but in the end, we may just not have the right personnel for an effective defense...read: inside big man.
5) coach muss... he is obviously getting used to his team. but how long can he do this playoff style 7-man rotation? as coach whiz has said before...if you want a bench in the playoffs, you have to use them in the regular season. Also, he seems allergic to calling time-outs. he needs to understand that 3 timeouts with a minute left is useless when the opposing team is leading by >10.
6) Ron... who will tell him that he is taking too many bad or forced shots during the game? better yet, how will he respond if someone tells him that? Will he finally succumb to the injury curse on the kings? (crosses finger on the MRI result). Are we better off without him? I don't think so. The game against seattle only showed how bad the sonic D is, not really how great our O is without artest
7) Will we get efficient or consistent production from any of our "bigs". heck, are they even big to begin with.
8) Cisco... when will he stop playing collegiate ball and start playing in the NBA. too much uncontrolled energy sometimes. has the skillset to succeed in the NBA but needs time to develop. Can be a tayshaun prince I think.
Well, these questions will make or break this team not only for this season, but perhaps for the next few as well. Hope we find the answers soon.
GO KINGS!!!
