ALL wins matter. Who's going to forget this March win in a losing season 1 year from now? oh wait....EVERYONE.
these wins are good for teaching the young guys not to lose. oh wait....we have 40 losses already?
I'm tired of playing ZBo. Tired of these excuses for playing ZBo. It's obvious that the Kings don't care about their draft position this year. Oh well. OH WAIT.
ZBO is actually really, really good for the tank though :
Offense Rating:
On- 104
Off- 104
Defense Rating:
On- 116.6!!!!! (lol)
Off- 109.9
But once again, am I supposed to be mad about:
Fox- 20 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 turnover, 9/14 FGA, 35 minutes and the clutch shot to send it to OT?
Buddy- 24 points, 3 assists, 6 rebounds, 0 turnovers, 9/16 FGA, 31 minutes
WCS- 10 points, 3 assists, 9 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 3/10 FGA, 36 minutes
Frank- 11 points, 2 assists, 4 rebounds, 0 turnovers, 3/6 FGA, 17 minutes
Bogdan- 14 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 turnover, 5/14 FGA, 32 minutes
So not the greatest game from Bogdan, but I'd wager the above 4 guys had just as much to do with this win as ZBO did, if not moreso. Also worth pointing out that the Heat were missing 2 of their best players in Richardson and Whiteside, which significantly closed the talent gap between us as teams.
What are we supposed to do? Rest the young guys? We actually get better as a team when ZBO is off the floor, so how does that help the tank? Throw out a Cooley-Jakkar-Bruno led starting lineup? Fact is there are just 3-4 teams who are worse trash-can franchises than we are and are damn near impossible to out-tank unless we want to start resting Bogdan/Fox/WCS, etc.