I appreciate your long post referring to what I am saying and disagreeing with my views as such, but I think to call them nonsense is unfair. You say I have no proof of the Kings not growing as a team and I that is incorrect. I don't think that only having 6 wins more than last year is much of an improvement. Sure, the Kings play harder than last year and don't go into "give up" mode like they used to, but to that point, they do make millions of dollars to play a kids game. If we all gave the same lack of effort at our slightly better than average paying jobs, most would be fired. I am 29 and have been involved in BMX racing, baseball, basketball, football and track, so I have a descent amount of knowledge when it comes to sport. I look at my favorite sports teams with an open outlook of what could be done better from a personel and coaching standpoint just as you senoir members. I am glad you guys are "rah rah" types, but I find it embarassing for the Kings to get blown out at home by a team like the Pistons or the GSW on the road. I am fully aware that the talent is pretty balanced across the board as far as athletically, but it is the mental part of sports that really doesn't get addressed like it should. From watching the Kings over the years, you all would have to agree that they have been mentally soft and still are...except for maybe Reke, Noc, Landry and Garcia. I hope the Kings can mesh as a collective group mentally and maturity wise over the summer and make a playoff run, but I think they are 2 years away. What do you guys think?
Well, let me respectfully disagree with you on some, if not all of your points. But first let me say that you are a shotgun thinker. By that I mean your all over the place, and that is part of what causes you trouble. Do you ever go back and reread your posts, or are they just continuious streaming of thought. Let me ask you another question. You said that your 29 years of age. Do you think you've learned anything between 21 and 29? One would hope so, right? In my case I probably learned more about life between the ages of 30 and 40. And I'm not just saying that to exclude you from that particular club. It just happens to be the truth. Point being though, that the Kings are a very young team and have time to learn from their mistakes.
But I digress. So lets just take one of your last statements.
" From watching the Kings over the years, you all would have to agree that they have been mentally soft and still are...except for maybe Reke, Noc, Landry and Garcia." Over the years implies a long period of time. Somewhat vague, but non the less 5 to 10 years springs to mind. But the only three exceptions you mention are Garcia, Landry, and Tyreke. Two of which are in their first year with the Kings. So that statement doesn't make sense.
"You say I have no proof of the Kings not growing as a team and I that is incorrect. I don't think that only having 6 wins more than last year is much of an improvement. Sure, the Kings play harder than last year and don't go into "give up" mode like they used to, but to that point, they do make millions of dollars to play a kids game."
Here's another one. On one hand you say that 6 more wins than last year is no sign of improvement, but in the same breath you point out that they don't give up like they used to and that their playing harder. Which sounds like an acknowledgement of improvement. Once again it doesn't make any sense.
You say that your very knowledgeable in sports, including basketball. Well this isn't a contest, so I'm not going to grill you to test your knowledge. But if you know anything about basketball you should know that any team, good or bad, can get blown out by any other team on any given night if they don't come in ready to play. Now if its happening every night, thats a different story. But I think that I can safely say that the Kings have been competitive almost every night except for a few occasions. No, they haven't won, but they were in the games to the end.
Now here's where we may part company, and its entirely up to you. Am I happy the Kings are losing? Of course not. Do I see problems with the team that need to be addressed? Yes, I do. But do I think the team is generally on the right track? Yes, I do. Now if that difference of opinion makes me a RAH RAH guy, then so be it. Not sure I see the logic, nor do I understand why you almost imply that being a so called rah rah guy is a bad thing. Do I support the Kings? Yes!!!!! But at the same time it doesn't stop me from criticizing the play of players when I think its necessary. What I don't so is say the whole team sucks. And thats kind of what you do. I mean how does one logicly respond to that. Its like saying that a cruise liner sucks without saying why. Or saying it sucked because it came into port a half hour late, which has nothing to do with the ship.
You don't break anything down into specifics. You make statements like the Kings should design their team to be able to defeat the Lakers. Now while that probably a popular thought around here, it doesn't make for any long term sense. I don't think you can just ignore the other 28 teams you have to play. You reasoning is that the Lakers are the champs, so their the one's you have to beat. Well what happens if their not the champs this year? What happens to our plan then? Do we then switch our plan on building, to beat the next world champ? And what happens the year after that if there's yet another and different champion? Are you following the logic here? Words mean something!! And if you don't explain yourself well enough, then you leave yourself open to interpretation, and perhaps ridicule.
People have pointed out to you that this is a very young team. You responded saying that being young wasn't an excuse. I agree with you, its not an excuse. Its a fact! And if you honestly believe in your heart of hearts that this young team is capable of much more than they've accomplished, then I don't think you really do know much about sports and basketball. And being you qualified yourself by saying you played a lot of sports, I'll do the same by saying I played professional baseball. Now that doesn't mean I know more than you or anyone else on this fourm, especially when it comes to basketball. In the end all we have is our opinion. And, at this moment in time, there are a lot of other opinions on this fourm that I value more than yours. And a lot of them are people that disagree with me. But, they make sense!
