Agent23
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If you're annoyed by me, just block me. That's goes for anyone else that doesn't like what I have to say. Geeze.
Kings vs Raptors - Summer League Game 3
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If you're annoyed by me, just block me. That's goes for anyone else that doesn't like what I have to say. Geeze.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
Only in an alternate reality.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
20pts in the second half for Ben....
Agent23
Starter
It's nice. He's playing calmer and picking his spots. The jumper is beautiful.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
just run around screens and get open, catch and shoot. thats all he needs to do on the Kings and he can be a good contributer
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
c'mon Lockett. gotta get the ball to Ben. not chuck up an airball
Agent23
Starter
I hope they can work on the big men setting better screens. This team last year was the worst at setting screens. No one could get open. Which probably contributed to all the broken plays thus the heavy ISO ball that we saw.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
Isaiah Thomas has no idea that those "purple lowcut" shoes are actually Kobe's newest signature shoe.
The best screen setter last year was Aldrich.....because he has to be with his talent level and because he wanted to do it.
Just because your team has a poor record it does not mean you are not a winning player and vise versa. Look at Carmelo lol.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
If our big guys don't set screens, we might as well trade McLemore right now. Aldrich set screens. Cuz doesn't understand the concept. Oh, wait we don't have Aldrich. Must have a low character.
Agent23
Starter
He also has no idea how to run a winning basketball program. He literally created the Luxury Tax because of how much the Knicks were over the salary cap because his "wonderful" signings.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
yes. he looked like he can easily play in the league this year. maybe not a starter yet. but he can play
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
So there was finally the burst. Should take the heat off a bit unless he tanks out all the remaining games.
Agent23
Starter
Seriously
Not me, never was concerned about his shooting. Happy to see him have a good second half though.
Let's hope that he was offering Anthony as an example of the vice versa.
Agent23
Starter
Yes and no. I'm worried about his handles and how easy his confidence can be shook. The jumper is beautiful though.
macadocious
Starter
His handles are the primary concern, but that was not an unknown. It can be fixed. He's never going to be steve nash with the ball but he can get to the point where he is not a liability.
He does remind me or Ray Allen though. I thought his defense today was overall much better. Had some good help defense plays, a great block that was somehow called a goal tend.
Ray looked like he was trying to distribute more today, but didn't really have the players to pass it to.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
He has never had handles, can't go left and probably related, he has no 1 on 1 game. That's the guy we drafted. He has to hit darn near every shot he puts up or the pick will have been a mistake. Today was fine but we saw all the goods and bads. He was also known as being a decent defender but that's a topic difficult to discuss as there aren't the tons of stats to describe it. I'm being serious. 1/2 of the game is not discussed and is not valued when it comes time to discuss salaries.
Figured that he would have a game like this where the shots would fall but also nice to see it sooner rather than later. Feel comfortable that he's not going to be able to contribute something this year unlike TRob last year.
On another note, Ray McC had a not so great game......Summer League i suppose.
On another note, Ray McC had a not so great game......Summer League i suppose.
Kingster
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I am now breathing.
Ray was a mid second round talent so I think anything we can get out of him is a plus. I'd expect him to spend most of the year in the dleague with the hope of developing into a backup pg.
Dime Dropper
All-Star
Ben's best game, clearly. Handles are of course a problem and that's not going to go away overnight, but hopefully tonight will taper the knee-jerk reaction after the previous two games. He'll be fine. I liked his defense tonight - wasn't perfect, he lost his man a couple times, but had some stretches where he did very well to keep his man in front of him, and was also active in the passing lanes (although gambled a couple times) and as a help defender. Encouraging game.
I like McCallum but not as high on him as some of you are. Granted he has almost no one to pass it to on this awful team, but he missed Ben a few times when he was wide open, and he has a tendency to dribble too much and sometimes with his back to the basket. I'm interested to see how he'll do at training camp.
Where's Entity tonight? He might be ready to declare Ben better than Jordan now given the extreme jerking his knee is prone to.
I like McCallum but not as high on him as some of you are. Granted he has almost no one to pass it to on this awful team, but he missed Ben a few times when he was wide open, and he has a tendency to dribble too much and sometimes with his back to the basket. I'm interested to see how he'll do at training camp.
Where's Entity tonight? He might be ready to declare Ben better than Jordan now given the extreme jerking his knee is prone to.
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Livinthedream
All-Star
This is exactly what I was hoping the coaching staff would do. Run him off screens and tell him to shoot it without conscious. The shots will drop most nights. Some nights it won't. As long as he understands that and ignores the fans on bad nights, he'll be alright.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
The interview with DA was terrible. Didn't ask about the Tyreke/Vasquez trade, McLemore, Landry. Just a lot of softballs. The response DA had when asked about Cousins wasn't voluble to put it mildly: 1) things are going to be done differently, 2) they are aggressively building relationships, and 3) they are aggressively evaluating this team.....he's a guy that we love (shrug) and we see great things for him (shrug)... Hmmm.....
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