[KINGS] Comments that don't warrant their own thread (Redux)
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Tetsujin
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Yep, having the F on shot quality is better than having an A+. Means he hits just about anything, regardless of whether he's guarded or not. Steph Curry is one of the all time greats for that very reason. Steve Kerr probably had an A+ on shot quality but that meant he took way less shots in order to keep his percentages high.
I have no issues with LaVine shooting the ball more than anyone on the team. I just don't think he's capable of leading a team to much more than a bottom seed in the playoffs due to his lack of defense and playmaking. One could say you'd have to build the right team around him but that's difficult to do when his contract takes up a large chunk of the cap.
Fox was there too.
SacTownKid
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Nope, still can't think of LaVine as one of the worst contracts. Maybe in per year salary although the productivity ain't too far off the mark TBH, but Shroder relatively speaking might be as well. The deals not lasting very long >>> per year salary. Much rather have LaVine making 100 million over 2 years than 4 or Shroder making 30 over two rather than 3 or 4.
kingsboi
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Hali needs to visit a barber pronto
iowamcnabb
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Didn’t see this anywhere but some articles online have DJ Ham, son of of Darvin Ham, as the new director of player development. Apparently Paul Jesperson has stepped away
Thanks, I know what not to listen to during that time. I never liked his schtick (generally rude New Yorker and all-around know-it-all). Yeah, no thanks.
Well... the guy being a top 5 shooter in the league in an era where it seems like all anyone cares about is shooting and also all but untradeable tells you everything you need to know about the rest of his game. He can't be gone soon enough for my taste.
I'm not high on Zach but the big knock on him has been injury history, hasn't it?
From 2016 - 2022 he never played in 70 games. And in 23-24 after a healthy 22-23 he only played in 25.
That's why he was viewed as such a bad contract as far as I'm aware. You can't pay 30% of your cap if a guy is missing a quarter of the season.
From 2016 - 2022 he never played in 70 games. And in 23-24 after a healthy 22-23 he only played in 25.
That's why he was viewed as such a bad contract as far as I'm aware. You can't pay 30% of your cap if a guy is missing a quarter of the season.
My knocks on him are that he's an offensive black hole who loves to shoot, doesn't play defense very well, doesn't handle the ball very well for a guard, has mediocre passing vision, and appears to be allergic to hustle plays. Also he's played 12 seasons in the NBA and has shot better than 39% from three in just two of them so he's probably not going to keep scorching the net the way he did last season.
Many of these are valid but if he does shoot over 40% many teams would welcome him if he was playing 72+ games. Many of the top stars are allergic to defense as long as they aren’t a big nobody seems to care.
