[Game] Kings v. Spurs - 2/24/16 - 7 PT, 10 ET

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Well I dig up a little bit of history on the last 3 teams Karl coached before landing in SAC.
Karl coached Sonic's Payton-Kemp-McMillan-Schrempf era, Buck's Casell-Ray-Allen-Big Dog-to-Micheal Redd, and Denver's Lawson-Anthony-Nene time.
Except for the Buck where he got Ray Allen and then Redd, Karl never made a scorer out of his SG.
What's consistent though is that he gets his PG play at star levels that's Payton, Sam, Lawson, and now the revived Rondo.
His forwards gets a good share as well, Schrempf, Robinson, Anthony, and now Rudy.
And if he get a good big they'll get nice stats as well Kemp, Nene, now DMC.

However, it's quite his habit that his SG has to challenge his time against Karl's other PG. With again the only exception with the Bucks because Ray Allen and Redd (Allen's backup) are damn legit shooters.
Payton plays with Nate, who is a big PG.
Lawson gets round with Miller, Affalo, and Iggy.

But what we have in SAC is Ben and Belinelli who can't hold a candle to DC.
But DC is not big as Nate McMillan even Dre could guard SG better then DC, IMO.

So in all honesty, Karl got the worst other guard option to field in all his career.

Maybe it's time we get some better SG option. I hope it's not too late.

To your point, my irritation with this team starts with the organization not being on the same page. Karl was a PDA hiring and I believe even PDA was hesitant because it would require overhauling the roster even more to fit Karl.

Karl likes his PGs, SFs and vets. He values guys who can see the court and make plays on offense. In other words, he wants PG qualities in all of his players if he can get it (unrealistic). He values guys in that 6'7 to 6'10 range who can play multiple positions. Traditional SGs hold no value for him.

As you note, a guy like Seth is too small and inexperienced to play guard for Karl. DC is small, but he's a vet and can handle the ball, so he'll get some run at SG. Ben does not have any PG qualities, so he's relegated to standing in the corner while Rondo handles the ball. Karl is trying to force Belli into that big PG/multi position role and it doesn't fit and is killing us.

So the only way for Karl to make his offense go is to bring in Karls tuype players. PDA was going to do it. Vlade is not. The inconsistency you see on the court is a direct reflection of the inconsistency between FO and coach. It's not better SG options that we need. It's that we need a culture and system that utilizes the position properly. Karl can't adapt his style at this age, so get a coach who fits the culture Vlade wants.