[Game] Kings vs. Nets 2/15/2021, 7pm PST, 10pm EST
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Oof. Listening to the broadcast folks (all of whom are great to listen to in general) and their apologism for the season, plus Christie and Jones pumping up Joseph now- not at all encouraging. He needed less time, not more. They planned on a treadmill salary protection season is all one can surmise. Sacramento Generals.
There is only one thing that works and that's pressuring up in man to man and switching if necessary. The sad thing is that everything the Kings were good at during the run is the easiest stuff for them to do. Very simple and not good enough for a coach that is going to will his team to legend status even if they have to lose out in the process, lol.
And those two wins at the end of the bubble run were a good sign. NOT. Does nobody else recognize this is nothing more than one team running clock and the other refusing to accept the garbage time to develop youth? I've seen some stubborn calls but my goodness, 24 points down with 4 minutes left is called garbage time no matter how you slice it.
I’ve been on that train for a while.
Whiteside may be slow of foot, but he is pretty damn efficient in the paint along with being a defensive presence. Having Bagley start along side him would have a very nimble, and athletic big man to cover for him. Plus, Bagley’s ability to hit the spot three can open it up down low for Whiteside if we need it.
Whiteside may be slow of foot, but he is pretty damn efficient in the paint along with being a defensive presence. Having Bagley start along side him would have a very nimble, and athletic big man to cover for him. Plus, Bagley’s ability to hit the spot three can open it up down low for Whiteside if we need it.
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I mean, he’s playing well while the rest of the team sorta watches him do his thing so I guess that’s a good night for him.
The issue with CoJo on offense is that he is a terrible offball player and lacks the court vision to keep the team in rhythm when he takes the ball for one of patented blind drives to the hoop.
On defense, he now has the lateral quickness of Shaq and has somehow acquired last year’s Buddy’s complete and utter lack of offball defensive awareness. He gives good effort and when matched up on the right guy (I.e. someone of minimal athletic ability with minimal handles) he can still put the clamps on guys and make a couple of plays on the ball but for the most part he’s been worse on defense than he has on offense this season.
The issue with CoJo on offense is that he is a terrible offball player and lacks the court vision to keep the team in rhythm when he takes the ball for one of patented blind drives to the hoop.
On defense, he now has the lateral quickness of Shaq and has somehow acquired last year’s Buddy’s complete and utter lack of offball defensive awareness. He gives good effort and when matched up on the right guy (I.e. someone of minimal athletic ability with minimal handles) he can still put the clamps on guys and make a couple of plays on the ball but for the most part he’s been worse on defense than he has on offense this season.
Walton’s complete and utter lack of faith in any bench player not named Cory, Tyrese, or Hassan is completely evident in his these numbers. Now the argument could be made that he needs better bench players in general but we haven’t seen enough of any of them to really be certain that’s the case aside from GRIII who probably shouldn’t be playing.
