I saw the T-Wolves going after all the rebounds and loose balls. The guards especially did a great job on that aspect. I think KAT had himself a pretty good game considering he had five fouls...he shot a good percentage and played within himself. Cousins looks like he's dragging out there...we can beat the conditioning down to the center of the earth, but it's evident as day that it needs work. Casspi couldn't keep Wiggins in front of him or do anything really...yet he remained on him for the majority of the game. Great plan. It's great to be back to the losing side....that's all we know and what we are used to.
[Game] Kings @ Timberwolves - Friday, Dec. 18 - 5 PST, 8 EST
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You're about one post away from leaving the building. You honestly think nobody should question your posts because you've shown pictures and posted videos? Really? You've been here less than two months and you're acting as though all our august members should just shut up and worship at your feet?
Give it a rest, dude. Seriously.
Give it a rest, dude. Seriously.
I was saying the Wolves cleaned up on the D boards. They had a 12 rebound advantage on that end. The Kings got 8 o boards of their own and won the turnover battle so in the end the difference was fairly balanced out. The Kings average 11 o boards against, which isn't great, but 14 given up isn't what I would consider getting killed. You'd have to look at the 2nd chance points they gave up I guess.
You're not the only one I see the same thing. Boogie was a better player last year. I feel entitled to criticize Boogie because I have spent years defending him. I actually don't care much about some of the off-the-court antics and when he went after Karl post-game, I said it could be a blessing in disguise.
Cousins is maybe 70% of the player he has has been. He used to get 2 BPG. He doesn't get any lift now. He's not challenging shots like he used to. That's conditioning or health or both. Fans who want to defend him are not observant enough to notice or observant but I guess don't care.
It is important to look at efficiency at this point of Boogies career. 24 and 12 don't mean anything when you play lazy defense, dribble into traffic 4-5 times per game with no plan and score points equal to shot attempts and your assist to TO is less than 1:1 .
I do disagree that we have "a lot of problem". Our problems our (1) SG black hole and (2) Boogie's ability to lead this team by being efficient and smart. 24 points on 25 shots is bad efficiency against the Wolves. We should have dropped 110 points on this team and would have if Boogie was more selective with shot selection. His first half play was bush league.
There was one sequence that epitomizes what is wrong with his mind and body. KAT schooled him on an up and under in the first half. He felt disrespected so immediately wanted to respond. He did a spin move in the lane and airball'd a lay-up. It was selfish one-on-one basketball. It wasn't team basketball. It was "my ego is bruised so I am going to score on you".
Winners don't think like this. Winners think about making the smart high percentage play. Not "I am going to show you". Its the mindset of someone more about "me" than "team".
He compounded the play by not hustling back on defense and letting KAT get a dunk attempt that led to a foul. This is not "hating" on Boogie since he is my favorite player (along with Rondo Omri and Ben and DC and Willie lol I have a lot of favorites
). It is knowing the difference between winning and losing basketball.
Cousins is maybe 70% of the player he has has been. He used to get 2 BPG. He doesn't get any lift now. He's not challenging shots like he used to. That's conditioning or health or both. Fans who want to defend him are not observant enough to notice or observant but I guess don't care.
It is important to look at efficiency at this point of Boogies career. 24 and 12 don't mean anything when you play lazy defense, dribble into traffic 4-5 times per game with no plan and score points equal to shot attempts and your assist to TO is less than 1:1 .
I do disagree that we have "a lot of problem". Our problems our (1) SG black hole and (2) Boogie's ability to lead this team by being efficient and smart. 24 points on 25 shots is bad efficiency against the Wolves. We should have dropped 110 points on this team and would have if Boogie was more selective with shot selection. His first half play was bush league.
There was one sequence that epitomizes what is wrong with his mind and body. KAT schooled him on an up and under in the first half. He felt disrespected so immediately wanted to respond. He did a spin move in the lane and airball'd a lay-up. It was selfish one-on-one basketball. It wasn't team basketball. It was "my ego is bruised so I am going to score on you".
Winners don't think like this. Winners think about making the smart high percentage play. Not "I am going to show you". Its the mindset of someone more about "me" than "team".
He compounded the play by not hustling back on defense and letting KAT get a dunk attempt that led to a foul. This is not "hating" on Boogie since he is my favorite player (along with Rondo Omri and Ben and DC and Willie lol I have a lot of favorites
). It is knowing the difference between winning and losing basketball.
Its not clear as day. Far from it. Cousins cardio was just fine coming into this season, maybe the best its ever been. And it had to be since we were going to play nonsense ball with him. Unclear how far it might have been backed down by the Achilles/back issues, but he was in fine shape entering this season. If he won't work out he won't be ripped, but that's not a factor. Marathoners are not ripped either and they will run you into the ground.
By the way, something scrawny people may not know, and I generally assume its scrawny people who make these arguments, but the reason you wince and flinch and get tired so quickly when a big hoss lays the lumber on you is because you have no padding, every blow is felt much more deeply, and you have to leverage every pound you have to hold off their superior mass.
Big guys don't go spryly springing around the court. Never have. I can only imagine these same nonsense standards being applied to low energy muscle-free HOFers like Dirk or Duncan. You're a big guy and you carry the weight of the offense and rebounding on your shoulders, you are doing hard work.
By the way, something scrawny people may not know, and I generally assume its scrawny people who make these arguments, but the reason you wince and flinch and get tired so quickly when a big hoss lays the lumber on you is because you have no padding, every blow is felt much more deeply, and you have to leverage every pound you have to hold off their superior mass.
Big guys don't go spryly springing around the court. Never have. I can only imagine these same nonsense standards being applied to low energy muscle-free HOFers like Dirk or Duncan. You're a big guy and you carry the weight of the offense and rebounding on your shoulders, you are doing hard work.
Who, if anyone, has said that Cuz weighs 300 pounds. How did Cousins go from being in the best shape of his career, to having to get rid of baby fat? Yes, he's probably a little out of shape because of his injuries, but that should cure itself in a couple of weeks of playing. Cousins will never look like Anthony Davis. I agree that he doesn't have the body type to constantly run up and down the floor, but that doesn't mean he's out of shape. As Bricky pointed out, there are a lot of things wrong with this team, but Cousins physical conditioning is way down the list of priority's. Were getting killed on the boards, and you want to pick on the one player that's actually grabbing most of the rebounds. You've lost all credibility with me, and are immediately going on my ignore list.
We dug a hole in the first quarter, and spent the rest of the game trying to dig our way out. However, despite that, we had a chance to win the game at the end, and we simply didn't execute. Chalk that up to whatever you want, but that's the reason we lost. We couldn't get a stop when we needed one. We couldn't grab a defensive rebound when we did get an initial stop, and we couldn't make a basket when the game depended on it. And the couple of baskets Cuz made at the end don't count, because they were give away's to prevent a three point shot. They had a two possession lead at that time. The only way to have a chance on our last couple of possessions was to hit three's, and we couldn't.
So blame it on small ball or whatever you want. Personally, I think Karl got out coached at the end of the game. There's an old saying, "if its not broke, don't fix it". Well coach, it's broke, so you'd better fix it before it's too late. Maybe it's time to start giving Curry some of Belinelli's minutes. We know he can shoot the ball, and personally, I think he's a better defender than Belinelli. If were honest, Belinelli hasn't lived up to expectations, and maybe he'll eventually figure it out, but in the meantime, our ship is sinking. I thought McLemore's defense was pretty good last night, but he needs to crash the boards more. Someone teach Gay how to box out. Hey, we had (going on memory here) 22 assists and only 12 turnovers, so that's a positive. I still think that this team has the talent to make the playoffs. Especially with the rest of the West struggling. But a championship? Not even close. As a matter of fact, that idea is laughable.
So blame it on small ball or whatever you want. Personally, I think Karl got out coached at the end of the game. There's an old saying, "if its not broke, don't fix it". Well coach, it's broke, so you'd better fix it before it's too late. Maybe it's time to start giving Curry some of Belinelli's minutes. We know he can shoot the ball, and personally, I think he's a better defender than Belinelli. If were honest, Belinelli hasn't lived up to expectations, and maybe he'll eventually figure it out, but in the meantime, our ship is sinking. I thought McLemore's defense was pretty good last night, but he needs to crash the boards more. Someone teach Gay how to box out. Hey, we had (going on memory here) 22 assists and only 12 turnovers, so that's a positive. I still think that this team has the talent to make the playoffs. Especially with the rest of the West struggling. But a championship? Not even close. As a matter of fact, that idea is laughable.