[Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies, 12/26/2021 3pm Pacific 6pm Eastern
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This might be the night the Gentry honeymoon officially ended. And it's not really even fair to him. When you have injuries to a grossly mismanaged team build wise, it can make sense of things to some degree, and it did to some extent. Plus Dougs energy on the sidelines seemed to create more positive energy out there. They clearly lacked a game changer at the end of games but it didn't looking like random bodies being thrown around like playing cards.
Yeah, but his productivity is worth something. I wanted to see him under Doug Christie or anyone that might attack other teams on pick and roll and play into them. I have no idea why they think they can drop off pick and roll. They don't have size. So, clearly not doable. But they do have athletes. Very doable.
When are the Kings going to clean sweep a mess? Gentry never represented that, he's a Luke hire that is albeit better than Luke. It was already awkward that Doug got treated the way he did by the players. How many game balls were given out by the players that you can recall? The thing already about Doug is that he played the 3 guards together. Inadequate or not. Win or lose. THAT has to happen so they simply don't watch more value go down the drain.
It's not necessarily his fault because he's expected to be the anchor on an already thin frontcourt when he's undersized and isn't particularly notable defensively or in rebounding.
But yeah, it's a problem anywhere but it's exacerbated by virtue of being the best option amongst the other pumpkins they have in the frontcourt.
But yeah, it's a problem anywhere but it's exacerbated by virtue of being the best option amongst the other pumpkins they have in the frontcourt.
Because you have to be very clever about how you use the assets you have when you have them. You don't waste 2nd pick opportunities and then attempt to develop that player as a stretch 4 so a Holmes can come in and run all the pick and rolls. You don't stack positions in the lottery. You don't ignore league trends (wing size, switchability, spacing) unless you have a clear universal talent, which only a handful of teams will ever have. You don't hang onto holdover coaches 1.5 years too long. You don't build a FO like a tech firm. You have to invest the space you do have on the right pieces. Not filler or tons of overlapping talent. All things this team has done since Vivek bought the team and things the Maloofs did prior to selling.
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