piksi
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I am going for a mini vacation to a place where internet is still a thing of a distant future and computers are exclusively used to play solitaire. Thus I will miss the Blazers and the Spurs game so I once again - need replacement. Strangely enough the same place has a dish with league pass courtesy of Pedja, Radman, Darko and & still existing - so I will be able to actually watch the games. I hope all of You have good and safe holidays and a successful mini diet after it
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Despite a good effort especially in the last quarter Kings couldn't catch the Suns and dropped to 4-7 for the season, 4-2 at home and had their mini winning streak snapped. Right after the game - both teams sat into a plane and went to Phoenix where they will have a "groundhog" day tonight. After that - Kings go to at home unbeaten Blazers team before a 5 game home stand featuring Spurs, Warriors, Rockets, Jazz and Clippers who all have at least .500 on the road. After those 5 games we will know much more about ourselves before going East which isn't a "record booster" anymore.
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Play young damn it ! There is no excuse whatsoever for Hawes and Douby not to play at least 15 minutes per game per player and not individually like it was last night. They are young and they will make mistakes and hopefully learn from them. I want those mistakes to be made NOW because the timing is great for it. If You are trying to win games - try to win them with those players so if You don't - at least You can say is - it was worth it. How hard is this concept ?
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After couple very good games Kenny Thomas was put back on the floor again. Why ? He did alright - sure but what the hell for ? Why would You give him a roster spot before Justin Williams ? I have to admit that even Muss made more sense sometimes and Muss sucked. When I saw him coming in the game it felt like the Broadway musical sequel of "Wizard of Oz" caller - "Tin man strikes back." Next, First, Justin's spot, now Hawes minutes - next who knows - a starting Sacramento Kings "PF." People say that all good things are short. Our lasted 2-3 games and it looked so good.
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Is Kevin turning into Pedja , or is this just the fan's perspective. He needs more shots, he is ignored by teammates, coaches, he is passive, needs to be more assertive etc... Deja Vu - isn't it ? I think that while all those things might be at least partially true - we are overreacting a bit here. Kevin is not MJ and he will never be. He is a very good player who came into the spotlight which he earned. He is going to have bad games, he will be tired and defenses are taking him very seriously now. You can't take shots that aren't there. When someone else other than Kevin is wide open (Mikki) - there is a reason for it. When Your team is not very good - other teams will exploit the weaknesses. In the NBA most of the players take shots that are given to them by opponents defenses. Only a small part of players have a capability to get what they want whenever they want and we just don't have any of those anymore. Those players play somwhere else. We could get one this summer if we play it smart.
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This segment will be basketball related only. Has nothing to do with anything out of basketball. Watching SAR this season, watching Mutombo, Penny Hardewey, Derrel Armstrong, Jerome James and bunch more, but especially Eric Piatkowski - I came to the conclusion that in the NBA a basketball euthanasia should be allowed. there should be guidelines that would regulate when it is enough for the audience to watch someone's sorry *** wasting a young kid's playing time for no logical reason. Now they are veterans in age who still contribute and who can teach kids some good things but then there are others. Give me a break. There should be a rule where someone can go to the player and say - that is it. I am waiting for Kevin Willis to try it again this season. I would also broaden the concept to the officials and executives. I am sure all of us could quickly agree about at least 3 referees right now who shouldn't ever call another game (one of the female - just for VF21).
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We did better against the Suns than most of us expected especially in the beginning of the 2nd half where it looked like we were out of it culminating with bringing KT of the deep bench which I consider as WTF moment of the game (maybe a new feature here). Statistically - all parameters are were close. We went back to 17 assists/17 turnover type of ting but Suns didn't do much better. We made it very close at the end but couldn't guard Amare and couldn't come up with anything better than an iso for Ron. Someone should have told someone to drive to the basket but then again it is always questionable how much and what and when someone can tell to O.J. lite to have a right influence.
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AWARD TIME
TDM went to the favorite for the night - the Pharaoh who ruined the phenomenal performance towards the end but did hit his first career three which way way beyond "Pedja" range. Can he go back to back ?
Marion gets the LW-VC award making him very dangerous for tonight.
The SAR - Methuselah award went to Eric Piatkowski who is still for some reason in this league.
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Part 2 is tonight of this back to back home and away set that is always difficult. Logically, they won't allow it to be this close again. They will expect Nash and Marion to have better nights with Amare and Barbosa who will do the same - smells like trouble. We can expect more from Brad and Kevin. We are not in the very good position tonight but we should be able to compete.
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Kevin - now he is being defended and he has to adjust and his team and coach have to adjust also. We need him
O.J. lite - can he do it again ?
Brad - just shut up and play. It isn't funny anymore.
Beno - how bad is he hurt ?
Mikki - honorably fouled out without being able to do anything defensively
Douby - more PT
Hawes -more PT
Cisco & Salmons - solid
KT - WTF - had a decent stint but what the hell for ?
rest - dead weight.
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Suns will take the game more serious tonight and they probably won't miss that many shots. They are huge favorite but they only played 7 man and a corpse last night so they might get tired. Expect Nash and Marion to play better. Barbosa will go off again. Pharaoh will go back to back again winning the TDM LW-VC tonight might go to Hill because he is old made out of spare parts and might not have legs. It will be hard to avoid losing streak.
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Despite a good effort especially in the last quarter Kings couldn't catch the Suns and dropped to 4-7 for the season, 4-2 at home and had their mini winning streak snapped. Right after the game - both teams sat into a plane and went to Phoenix where they will have a "groundhog" day tonight. After that - Kings go to at home unbeaten Blazers team before a 5 game home stand featuring Spurs, Warriors, Rockets, Jazz and Clippers who all have at least .500 on the road. After those 5 games we will know much more about ourselves before going East which isn't a "record booster" anymore.
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Play young damn it ! There is no excuse whatsoever for Hawes and Douby not to play at least 15 minutes per game per player and not individually like it was last night. They are young and they will make mistakes and hopefully learn from them. I want those mistakes to be made NOW because the timing is great for it. If You are trying to win games - try to win them with those players so if You don't - at least You can say is - it was worth it. How hard is this concept ?
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After couple very good games Kenny Thomas was put back on the floor again. Why ? He did alright - sure but what the hell for ? Why would You give him a roster spot before Justin Williams ? I have to admit that even Muss made more sense sometimes and Muss sucked. When I saw him coming in the game it felt like the Broadway musical sequel of "Wizard of Oz" caller - "Tin man strikes back." Next, First, Justin's spot, now Hawes minutes - next who knows - a starting Sacramento Kings "PF." People say that all good things are short. Our lasted 2-3 games and it looked so good.
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Is Kevin turning into Pedja , or is this just the fan's perspective. He needs more shots, he is ignored by teammates, coaches, he is passive, needs to be more assertive etc... Deja Vu - isn't it ? I think that while all those things might be at least partially true - we are overreacting a bit here. Kevin is not MJ and he will never be. He is a very good player who came into the spotlight which he earned. He is going to have bad games, he will be tired and defenses are taking him very seriously now. You can't take shots that aren't there. When someone else other than Kevin is wide open (Mikki) - there is a reason for it. When Your team is not very good - other teams will exploit the weaknesses. In the NBA most of the players take shots that are given to them by opponents defenses. Only a small part of players have a capability to get what they want whenever they want and we just don't have any of those anymore. Those players play somwhere else. We could get one this summer if we play it smart.
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This segment will be basketball related only. Has nothing to do with anything out of basketball. Watching SAR this season, watching Mutombo, Penny Hardewey, Derrel Armstrong, Jerome James and bunch more, but especially Eric Piatkowski - I came to the conclusion that in the NBA a basketball euthanasia should be allowed. there should be guidelines that would regulate when it is enough for the audience to watch someone's sorry *** wasting a young kid's playing time for no logical reason. Now they are veterans in age who still contribute and who can teach kids some good things but then there are others. Give me a break. There should be a rule where someone can go to the player and say - that is it. I am waiting for Kevin Willis to try it again this season. I would also broaden the concept to the officials and executives. I am sure all of us could quickly agree about at least 3 referees right now who shouldn't ever call another game (one of the female - just for VF21
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We did better against the Suns than most of us expected especially in the beginning of the 2nd half where it looked like we were out of it culminating with bringing KT of the deep bench which I consider as WTF moment of the game (maybe a new feature here). Statistically - all parameters are were close. We went back to 17 assists/17 turnover type of ting but Suns didn't do much better. We made it very close at the end but couldn't guard Amare and couldn't come up with anything better than an iso for Ron. Someone should have told someone to drive to the basket but then again it is always questionable how much and what and when someone can tell to O.J. lite to have a right influence.
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AWARD TIME
TDM went to the favorite for the night - the Pharaoh who ruined the phenomenal performance towards the end but did hit his first career three which way way beyond "Pedja" range. Can he go back to back ?
Marion gets the LW-VC award making him very dangerous for tonight.
The SAR - Methuselah award went to Eric Piatkowski who is still for some reason in this league.
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Part 2 is tonight of this back to back home and away set that is always difficult. Logically, they won't allow it to be this close again. They will expect Nash and Marion to have better nights with Amare and Barbosa who will do the same - smells like trouble. We can expect more from Brad and Kevin. We are not in the very good position tonight but we should be able to compete.
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Kevin - now he is being defended and he has to adjust and his team and coach have to adjust also. We need him
O.J. lite - can he do it again ?
Brad - just shut up and play. It isn't funny anymore.
Beno - how bad is he hurt ?
Mikki - honorably fouled out without being able to do anything defensively
Douby - more PT
Hawes -more PT
Cisco & Salmons - solid
KT - WTF - had a decent stint but what the hell for ?
rest - dead weight.
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Suns will take the game more serious tonight and they probably won't miss that many shots. They are huge favorite but they only played 7 man and a corpse last night so they might get tired. Expect Nash and Marion to play better. Barbosa will go off again. Pharaoh will go back to back again winning the TDM LW-VC tonight might go to Hill because he is old made out of spare parts and might not have legs. It will be hard to avoid losing streak.
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