JT now shooting (and making) 3's!

[The_Jamal]

Last year Jason was at times an extremely effective defender against some of the league's best. He caused Love problems, and was a primary reason Anthony Davis struggled against us. He had a big number (-3.4 per 100 possessions) on/off as well. Cuz was at -3.7. You can't always trust on/off stats, but they seemed to reflect what we were seeing in this case. Cuz wasn't the only guy to noticeably improve with real defensive coaching.

We were actually pretty good at playing man to man defense last season from top to bottom. Even the all hated one, IT, had some of the best on-ball pressure in the league. Not too many guys took Cuz to school in the post in 1v1 scenarios.

The issue comes instantly with rotations. Nobody on the team had/has any idea how to rotate on defense. We got destroyed by a single pick being set on the ball-handler. That's where a Mbah a Moute, as old and decript as his knees are, was such a big help I think to the team defense. He was a real defensive leader and was always in the right spot on his defensive rotations and that carried over a bit to everyone else.

 

[Bricklayer]

Here's a fun Jason Thompson fact:

All Time Sacramento Kings Games Played
1) Peja Stojakovic 518
2) Mitch Richmond 517
3) Mike Bibby 476
4) Corliss Williamson 466
5) Francisco Garcia 462
6) Jason Thompson 460
7) Vlade Divac 454
8) Lionel Simmons 454
9) Duane Causewell 429
10) Brad Miller 385

By December he'll be 3rd all time. By the All Star break he'll be threatening the top 2. If he isn't traded at the deadline, after seemingly 6 straight years of Kings fans trying to trade him he'll become the all time Sacramento era games leader.

P.S. Kind of rude of us to throw Cisco into that trade as well. He was less than a season away from #1 himself.

 

[The_Jamal]

Here's a fun Jason Thompson fact:

All Time Sacramento Kings Games Played
1) Peja Stojakovic 518
2) Mitch Richmond 517
3) Mike Bibby 476
4) Corliss Williamson 466
5) Francisco Garcia 462
6) Jason Thompson 460
7) Vlade Divac 454
8) Lionel Simmons 454
9) Duane Causewell 429
10) Brad Miller 385

By December he'll be 3rd all time. By the All Star break he'll be threatening the top 2. If he isn't traded at the deadline, after seemingly 6 straight years of Kings fans trying to trade him he'll become the all time Sacramento era games leader.

P.S. Kind of rude of us to throw Cisco into that trade as well. He was less than a season away from #1 himself.

Miller played more than Webb? Seems kinda odd

 

[Bricklayer]

Miller played more than Webb? Seems kinda odd

Webb was always missing games, and his first season with the Kings was the 50 game lockout season.

 

[Tetsujin]

Miller played more than Webb? Seems kinda odd

Well, he missed almost an entire season because of the knee, seemingly had glass ankles at times, and joined us during a lockout year so while he was here for a good part of his career, he didn't play all that many games.