Its also bush league to build up McCallum by dumping on Jimmer. One doesn't become better at the expense of the other. McCallum has the skill level to be a good player in the league, but lacks the experience. Jimmer has the experience, but lacks some of the attributes, other than shooting, that McCallum has. That's just life in the NBA. The other night, and last night for a bit, Jimmer was on the floor with Outlaw at the SG position. Now that's the hand he's been dealt, but you have to admit that IT has a couple of better options when he's on the floor. \
As an aside, I didn't have to grade last nights game, so I spent the entire game concentrating on IT and his defense. Then this morning I read the Bee, and there's IT expounding on how were selfish on defense. Well, he should know. Just one small example. Cousins goes out to the top of the key to guard Bosh. IT's man slides in behind Cousins and sets a back screen. Bosh cuts around Cousins as Cousins runs into a backscreen he doesn't know is there. Of course Bosh scores, and if you watched Cousins, he was barking at IT after the play for not letting him know about the screen. This sort of thing went on throughout the game. IT is an absolutely terrible defender. He cheats into the passing lanes, and then gets beat by his man. He leaks out early on what he perceives to be missed shots. He gets caught up in screens far too easily, and then just becomes a spectator.
Now I don't like to pick on a player, but since he brought it up in the paper, he's fair game. I like IT, and I think he's the perfect off the bench PG. But he's not capable of playing both ends of the floor, which is something I can live with off the bench, but not as my starting PG. I'm not saying get rid of IT, although I suspect he'll be traded, I'm saying we need a starting PG that can contribute at both ends of the floor. On the whole, I thought the Kings took the matador defense to a whole new level last night. Well done!