[Game] Kings @ Bulls 14 Feb 2000 EST

[Glenn]

For the life of me I can't figure out why JT is getting so little time in order to get JJ/Hayes out there.

No kidding. It seems so simple. JT is having a decent game. I don't have a clue what is wrong with Hickson. Or a few others for that matter.

 

[Bricklayer]

Again I wonder what JT did to get benched in favor of Hickson?

 

[deekay2o9]

Give it to cousins!!!!!!!!

 

[rainmaker]

No kidding. It seems so simple. JT is having a decent game. I don't have a clue what is wrong with Hickson. Or a few others for that matter.

Well, smart seems to be playing favorites, big time. Salmons plays no matter what. Never gets his mins cut. JT when contributing 5 times as much, sits on the bench, while another Smart favorite, JJ, gets ample time for no good reason.

 

[Glenn]

Again I wonder what JT did to get benched in favor of Hickson?

The only thing I can think of is that Smart thinks the REAL JJ will come out some day. I mean Salmons gets a lot of minute that are unearned so why not JJ? No, I don't understand.

 

[Arkitect]

JT is the 2nd best big on the team. Sure he is dumb sometimes, but given minutes he would put up a double double and he shoots a high percentage.

 

[gunks]

Hayes may or may not be injured so he gets a pass, but otherwise its hard to argue with this. Everyone else has been putting up worse numbers across the board than they ever have in their career.

The roster is just terrible....Nobody compliments anyone else. And 4 out of the 6 players I listed were known around the league to be either horrible or done before GP traded for them or signed them. Salmons is our highest paid player, and signed through '14 (or is it '15?).

What you say about Hayes is true, he wasnt as bad before the injury. Defense was meh, but I remember him being good for double digit rebounds...Still...Ugh. GP has lost the touch. A lot of these players he got for his boy Westphal too. Catering to a terrible coach is not something a good GM should do.

 

[rainmaker]

This is also the type of game where our complete lack of leadership shows. GP has invested in three vets. Salmons/Cisco/hayes. Right now, all three offer nothing on the floor. Can't turn to them for anything. That's on GP, for thinking those three would cut it on the youngest team in the league.

 

[Larry89]

absolutely horrible defense

 

[Arkitect]

The roster is just terrible....Nobody compliments anyone else. And 4 out of the 6 players I listed were known around the league to be either horrible or done before GP traded for them or signed them. Salmons is our highest paid player, and signed through '14 (or is it '15?).

What you say about Hayes is true, he wasnt as bad before the injury. Defense was meh, but I remember him being good for double digit rebounds...Still...Ugh. GP has lost the touch. A lot of these players he got for his boy Westphal too. Catering to a terrible coach is not something a good GM should do.

To be fair he also drafted DMC and Reke and traded for Thornton. Like every GM he does good things and bad things. But why he thought this roster would ever work I have no idea. Luckily, we didn't do anything we can't recover from. At least not yet.

 

[gunks]

This is also the type of game where our complete lack of leadership shows. GP has invested in three vets. Salmons/Cisco/hayes. Right now, all three offer nothing on the floor. Can't turn to them for anything. That's on GP, for thinking those three would cut it on the youngest team in the league.

Just gotta hope it gets fixed before Cousins' rookie deal is up, I dont see anyone wanting to stick around in this mess.

On the plus side, thats a ways off...Hopefully we'll have Burkle and *insert new GM* running the show by then in a brand new downtown arena!

 

[Arkitect]

The moment DMC enters the game we turn into a decent team.

 

[rainmaker]

JT/Cousins really work well with each other. Developing chemistry.

 

[Glenn]

I don't think it's GP's fault that JJ and Salmons are underperforming. I really hated the trade for Salmons but he has never been this bad. And Hickson??? I don't get it.

 

[cuad]

showcasing to trick someone into taking their salary. The Bulls announcers are getting on our team for not giving Cousins the ball.

 

[Bricklayer]

Except for those times Donte is on, these are basically our 5 best guys at this point. Keep them, Donte, and just waive everybody else excepot Honeyciutt and Whiteside adn I'd feel just as confident.

 

[Arkitect]

showcasing to trick someone into taking their salary. The Bulls announcers are getting on our team for not giving Cousins the ball.

Why they give him the ball out on the three point line I have no idea.

 

[gunks]

I don't think it's GP's fault that JJ and Salmons are underperforming. I really hated the trade for Salmons but he has never been this bad. And Hickson??? I don't get it.

Salmons was terrible before the trade, and everyone thought his deal was even worse. To trade a roleplayer who was helping the team for Salmons to move DOWN in the draft was horrible.

The JJ trade..I was excited about that when it went down. Omri wasnt producing here, and he isnt helping Cleveland either. But whats funny is that even with JJs gaudy numbers last season, Cavs thought they won the trade (and now we see why). All in all, a wash considering JJ is expiring.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

showcasing to trick someone into taking their salary. The Bulls announcers are getting on our team for not giving Cousins the ball.

But, that trick never works!

 

[Arkitect]

Salmons was terrible before the trade, and everyone thought his deal was even worse. To trade a roleplayer who was helping the team for Salmons to move DOWN in the draft was horrible.

The JJ trade..I was excited about that when it went down. Omri wasnt producing here, and he isnt helping Cleveland either. But whats funny is that even with JJs gaudy numbers last season, Cavs thought they won the trade (and now we see why). All in all, a wash considering JJ is expiring.

At best, JJ was going to be a smaller version of JT. So that trade never made sense.

 

[rainmaker]

Salmons was terrible before the trade, and everyone thought his deal was even worse. To trade a roleplayer who was helping the team for Salmons to move DOWN in the draft was horrible.

The JJ trade..I was excited about that when it went down. Omri wasnt producing here, and he isnt helping Cleveland either. But whats funny is that even with JJs gaudy numbers last season, Cavs thought they won the trade (and now we see why). All in all, a wash considering JJ is expiring.

Except for we traded our first round pick as well(conditional) for JJ. That makes the deal even worse.

 

[annihilator_33]

still in this.....

 

[cuad]

But, that trick never works!

all the more reason to expect it from this team.

 

[Glenn]

still in this.....

I've noticed. We are playing well.

 

[jalfa]

rarely seen anybody score on the Bulls as easily, if we could just defend them at all.

 

[gunks]

Reke...Pass to the **** trailer!!!!

 

[kingzallday]

Man if Cousins and Tyreke have consistent games like these every night...We could be unstoppable.

 

[Arkitect]

Reke...Pass to the **** trailer!!!!

Deng was right there. That is a tough pass to make and if goes for the layup he is going to either make it or get fouled.

 

[frownifdown]

Got home from physiology just to turn on the game on my comp... er my TV. Go KINGS!

 

[jalfa]

Reke...Pass to the **** trailer!!!!

dunno, he had Deng directly on his back. good chance for either an open layup, an and-one or even drawing a flagrant. having Deng on his back made the pass harder, too.