Just HOF players doing what they do best.
This got zero likes for a reason. Nobody wants it to be someone's fault. The problem was Brown threw Keon way under the bus for Huerter when he should have eased him back in. Huerter wasn't ready game 1, and was starting to get comfortable game 2. It's on Brown to have eased him back in.
I still think Huerter would absolutely slay off the bench. But I'm not the coach.
Amd this passive aggressive posting isn't conducive to your role as admin. You were always much better than that. Ijs.
Uhhh what??? That’s a horrible game plan… did we not learn from last year?It’s interesting that Kev said the plan is to keep people out of the paint and make teams beat us with the 3. That strategy would seem to be at odds with analytics. Sure paint touches are higher percentage shots and they don’t intend to allow open three point shots but when teams shoot 40 perfectly from three on us it’s tough to win.
I’d be really curious to see what the tightly guarded/open/wide open splits looked like in this game compared to the last 2.
Uhhh what??? That’s a horrible game plan… did we not learn from last year?
Just a glimpse, but very encouraging. We pretty much kept the comfortable lead throughout the game, that's what a playoff team should do with a lottery team. That wasn't the case last season.Kings finally looking like a playoff team playing against a lottery team.
It’s interesting that Kev said the plan is to keep people out of the paint and make teams beat us with the 3. That strategy would seem to be at odds with analytics. Sure paint touches are higher percentage shots and they don’t intend to allow open three point shots but when teams shoot 40 perfectly from three on us it’s tough to win.
I’d be really curious to see what the tightly guarded/open/wide open splits looked like in this game compared to the last 2.
No news yet for DPOG, will it stop now without Jordi?
I only made like 80 posts in this thread with some actual basketball analysis, but go off on the one cheeky post I made. All you, king.
I'm also absolutely not an admin. They have to be much nicer, which isn't nearly as fun.
And the Huerter discourse hasn't been what you just stated and you know that. People were calling him worthless, people were asking why he was even on the team, that he only bricks shots, etc. Weirdly enough, none of those posters have said much lately. So yes, I'm going to call out that nonsense for what it is; as I've always done on this forum when people have a bad take and get called out on it.
Good win, we all needed this...
Only 3 games, but it is very pleasant to see Kings raising from the bottom (last year) to 1st place on the freethrows:
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This is one of those games where having DeRozan really helped.
It felt like we were playing down to our competition in that 1st half. DeRozan basically said “not today” and put the team on his back scoring wise to keep us afloat/a little ahead. In past seasons, we could have easily been down 5-10 points at half time which then makes this all of a sudden a nail biter.
I know some have mentioned it, but I think he’ll be a good floor raiser for us and help us avoid having many “bad losses” (which will be much needed in this bloodbath that is called the western conference).
I still think in order to fully unleash Keegan and bring size to the starting lineup, we need a bigger body at the 4. We just aren’t big or long enough as a team and it’s a huge problem when we are matched up against teams that are. It forces Domas to be put in unfavorable situations and when he gets in foul trouble, we generally don’t do well. He isn’t quick enough (in any direction) to handle mobile big men. Keegan is a stop gap but you can’t expect him to guard everyone all the time. We need better balance.
I love Len as a 3rd big. But his minutes are the most obvious place to upgrade. Wish we could have seen Orlando Robinson’s potential during the preseason.