One final input. Quick impressions of the first game of the summer.
Kevin Martin HAS game. His agressiveness to the bucket, his incredible hang time on jump shots and overall court awareness were really good. He was 7/14 shooting including 2/4 from 3-pt range for 19 points with 9 rebounds. Garcia looked like he was trying to fit in, trying to find his game. Defensively Cisco was incredible with 3-4 fast break breakups from behind, he showed really great anticipation, very quick feet and hands. He’ll be OK but needs another game or two to get going. Has great range. Before game made 5 of 6 3's from 3ft beyond 3pt line. He will be a natural scorer.
The two “bigs” who got significant time were Archibald and Homan. Both showed promise, were quick near the basket and willing to bang and both had mid range jumpers as well as ability to score down low. Yango was interesting, a banger and down low scorer but needs work.
Our point guards were ok but Barbosa ran them ragged. The Suns did a lot more dribbling than the Kings and did a bit better overall on jumpshots, otherwise a pretty even game.
The event stats computer went down in the 2nd quarter so we did not have accurate data for the rest of the game.
I'll try to get back for a game next week but not sure.
Kings play two games over weekend, Sat and Sun then next Wed and Fri. Sat you will see the rest of the Kings summer team.