Me too a little. Jamal Crawford also couldn't stop smiling when the interviewer mentioned that Cuz didn't play in the 2nd half
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Me too a little. Jamal Crawford also couldn't stop smiling when the interviewer mentioned that Cuz didn't play in the 2nd half
kingsboi
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Peter_Gibbons
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Its obvious beli is the better player right now. But how would Mac perform off the bench though? Its a give and take.
Livinthedream
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Mclemore barely played and when he did we had the lead and it's still all his fault. LOL.
kingsboi
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obviously...great job
ElRey
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I'm proud of our guys. We went neck to neck with one of the best teams in the league on their home court w/o our best player. Was in this game until the refs took over. Felt WCS should have been in the game at the end, but I think Karl will learn to trust him more and more . Definitely played better this time against the Clippers than last time. Clippers really benefited from all those foul calls, we were in the penalty early in 2nd and 4th quarter so they were shooting free throws all those quarters.
PurpleHaze
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and he played nada in Q4 and I'm not sure at all second half. Obviously Coach Karl has no faith whatsoever in him. Me neither.
So he doesn't carry any of the blame?
Starting SG gets run off the court after 10 minutes leaving us scrambling to the bench the rest of the game. It's 4 on 5 on offense when he's out there.
kingsboi
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More like 3 on 5 when Trill starts
Exactly how much blame do you think ought to belong to a guy who only played ten minutes?
Willie has more put back dunks in 3 than Jason Thompson had the last 3 years. He's fine out there.
My point is he had 3 points, 1 reb in 10 minutes. Projects out to 30 minutes of 9 and 3. That's apparently a disaster that's costing us the game. Bellinelli (who I really like for his passing) had 11,2,1 in about 30 minutes but he's a favorite on here.
Livinthedream
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How did Ben get run off the court when we had a 12 pt lead when he was in?
The backup SG is shooting 25% on the year. Worse than Ben.
What's the problem? Right now, Ben is the STARTER and Beli is the backup. Why is it some huge catastrophe to swap them? My thought it that first unit can use more outside shooting and also Ben might be able to flourish a little better against the opponent's 2nd string.
HighFlyingMonkey
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I see Ben McLemore is the new KingsFans.com scapegoat. A proud tradition.
I don't care if he played 1 minute.
He didn't show up to work today. Simple as that. This is a team sport and he didn't contribute in any way. That doesn't get a pass in my book. We get just 10 points out of our starting shooting guard and we win tonight. That's not much to ask from a top pick who was drafted as a shooter.
Yeah.....one of those guys is a proven commodity who we all know can play.
McLemore's skill set isn't particularly suited to the rest of the bench unit.
Livinthedream
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This whole Ben thing is weird. Dissapointing to say the least. Logic and and common sense out the door.
I believe I had that.
Ben's actually shooting better from 3 this year but...
So exactly what IS his skill set suited for because it sure hasn't helped much of anything over the years.
Yeah, but you also said that Willie Cauley-Stein has had more putback dunks in three games than Jason Thompson had in three years. I can't take people who indulge in that kind of hyperbole seriously. Your ability to evaluate without bias is not to be trusted.
Livinthedream
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You're right. Maybe if Ben only played 5 minutes tonight we would have won. That would given Belli a chance to make another 1 out of 4 shots for us.
He has the potential to be the best 3 and d player at SG on our team, which is exactly what we need. Whether he gets there is another issue but we're 3 games into the season and it's not like Marco is that guy. What Marco is is a terrific fit on the bench and a guy that can close games.
Bottom line, we aren't losing games because of our SG d or because Ben isn't scoring 5-6 more points/game.
His skill set is getting lost on defense and chasing shooters only to get there late as they nail another 3. At least that's what it looks like.
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