[Game] Kings vs. Celtics, 2/3/21, 7pm PST, 10pm EST
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My strong aversion to Whiteside in the starting line up is based on the following:
1 - Bagley needs to start this season. Developing him and figuring out what he can be next to Fox is the most important task this season for long term planning about the team’s direction.
2 - Whiteside clogs the lane for D Fox.
3 - Whiteside is good off the bench and won’t complain about playing 20 minutes a game.
4 - He will negatively affect the pace of play. I saw what Whiteside looked like as a starter in Portland last year. Amazing numbers, but I wasn’t impressed.
I love Whiteside getting minutes and demonstrating to the squad what good defense looks like. He make it easy to run Barnes at the 4. He’s a good King.
1 - Bagley needs to start this season. Developing him and figuring out what he can be next to Fox is the most important task this season for long term planning about the team’s direction.
2 - Whiteside clogs the lane for D Fox.
3 - Whiteside is good off the bench and won’t complain about playing 20 minutes a game.
4 - He will negatively affect the pace of play. I saw what Whiteside looked like as a starter in Portland last year. Amazing numbers, but I wasn’t impressed.
I love Whiteside getting minutes and demonstrating to the squad what good defense looks like. He make it easy to run Barnes at the 4. He’s a good King.
There is still yet a decent amount of games to play out but if this holds I can't see Holmes going anywhere. The issue is how many other teams are paying attention? All in due time in a worst case the positive is plenty of the Kings assets for the most part are living up to their value and some are far exceeding it so there may be options on the trade market come the deadline if a deal sets the team up really well for the future.
Thanks for posting.
When you watch the sideline angle, you can see Tyrese diagnose then start to break toward the most likely pass destination while the Celtics player is still going for the ball.
That’s not only phenomenal recognition and anticipation, but also tremendous BBIQ in knowing what the offensive player was going to have to do and where he was most likely to go with it.
We all watch a lot of basketball and know where long rebounds and desperation save passes typically go. Clearly so does Tyrese. But he did the abnormal in seeing it before it happened and reacting in a split second. His god given length and athleticism took over from there.
When you watch the sideline angle, you can see Tyrese diagnose then start to break toward the most likely pass destination while the Celtics player is still going for the ball.
That’s not only phenomenal recognition and anticipation, but also tremendous BBIQ in knowing what the offensive player was going to have to do and where he was most likely to go with it.
We all watch a lot of basketball and know where long rebounds and desperation save passes typically go. Clearly so does Tyrese. But he did the abnormal in seeing it before it happened and reacting in a split second. His god given length and athleticism took over from there.
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I think it all depends on what Monte thinks of Marvin's progress. If he believes Bagley will be able to effectively switch between the 4 and small ball 5 in the near future, then why pay to keep Holmes?
Not arguing who is the better small ball center today. It's a forward projection that Monte is going to have to make before he gives a multi year offer to Holmes. Holmes lobbying in the media to stay in Sacramento tells me it's not a foregone conclusion.
Not arguing who is the better small ball center today. It's a forward projection that Monte is going to have to make before he gives a multi year offer to Holmes. Holmes lobbying in the media to stay in Sacramento tells me it's not a foregone conclusion.
It's now 3rd best, if you sort by lineups with over 75 minutes played: https://go.nba.com/q7lq (I'm not sure if that's a reasonable filter or not, but it's what bleacher report used in the article Carmichael Dave recently highlighted on Twitter).
Just looking at the Kings, I moved the filter down to 14 minutes or more, and it shows the top-10 most used lineups, sorted by net rating: https://go.nba.com/vmqx Many of these aren't used that frequently at all, though, so I'm not sure whether we can trust the sample size yet. With the starters v. finishers argument, though, I think you can, and I think the evidence backs up Luke's end of game rotation for now.
Just looking at the Kings, I moved the filter down to 14 minutes or more, and it shows the top-10 most used lineups, sorted by net rating: https://go.nba.com/vmqx Many of these aren't used that frequently at all, though, so I'm not sure whether we can trust the sample size yet. With the starters v. finishers argument, though, I think you can, and I think the evidence backs up Luke's end of game rotation for now.