[Game] Kings vs. Spurs, 12/19/2021 3pm Pacific 6pm Eastern

[kb02]

Poeltl has be given credit for how nonchalantly dirty he is.

Like Duncan in his day

 

[Tetsujin]

Spurs now decided to try guarding Tyrese and we're struggling as a result.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I don’t know if Fox, in his prime, would ever be able to make others better the way Hali does already. Maybe in 3-5 yrs? Kings can’t wait 3-5 yrs.

Why is that?

 

[Tetsujin]

That's fine. I agree that Tyrese isn't a superstar. I'm not sure what point-you're-pushing-back-against-that-I'm-not-making.

I'm not necessarily arguing with you or whatever you think is going on here. I was merely using your post as a springboard.

 

[kb02]

They’re attacking the bigs when they have the ball. Gotta move it

 

[SacTownKid]

Pop not messing around he's attacking TT in pnr EVERY time now. Thompson got the block but this won't go away here.

 

[kb02]

Why is that?

wiring and not enough chris Paul film study.

 

[New Era]

Here comes the 34-8 San Antonio run

 

[HndsmCelt]

Spurs now decided to try guarding Tyrese and we're struggling as a result.

Yeah it's almost like a top coach in the NBA watched our offense and and realize the best places to stop it. Only way we win this game is on the defensive end. Cut and paste this post into any game thread.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

wiring and not enough chris Paul film study.

What sort of non-sequitur is this?

 

[kb02]

What sort of non-sequitur is this?

Ah. Round n round we go.

 

[Tetsujin]

Spurs playing Tyrese closer than they were in the first half and he keeps passing out of it instead of attacking.

That transition three from him there was nice but once the Spurs get set, he's starting to crumble.

 

[kb02]

Need more ball movement.

 

[Tetsujin]

This is where you need a bonafide scorer to come in and stop the bleeding. that's why a player like Fox is important.

 

[The_Jamal]

My issue here is that Tyrese is like Draymond Green, an absolutely fantastic, charismatic glue guy. The thing is that if you ask Draymond to go out and win you a game, 9 times out of 10, he won't be able to do it on his own (hence the last two Warriors seasons). You surround him with other good players and he'll make those good players look great. That's currently Tyrese.

Yep, nailed it. Imagine how good Ty would look next to any superstar; Embiid, Steph, Luka, Giannis. Any of them. He's a connector that elevates the ceiling of those around him, but he's not a build-around because he doesn't have the elite #1 scoring option chops. Which is absolutely fine; CP3, Kidd, John Stockton, Steve Nash all built HoF careers in that role. But it's pretty clear in the run-out of all those amazing PG careers that they needed someone else to carry the scoring load.

He's absolutely making an argument he needs the keys to the offense though. His vision and involving everyone is absolutely noticeable. The ball movement has been outstanding the last 2 games.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Ah. Round n round we go.

Based on this, the only reasonable interpretation of your response to the question, "Why can't the Kings wait 3-5 years?" is, "I don't actually have an answer; I just like giving Chicken Little-esque hot takes."

 

[kb02]

This is where you need a bonafide scorer to come in and stop the bleeding. that's why a player like Fox is important.

????

 

[HndsmCelt]

Would be nice to have another point guard in there to give the defense a different look, but the best we got right now is Ramsey so I'll take that for a few minutes.

 

[kb02]

Based on this, the only reasonable interpretation of your response to the question, "Why can't the Kings wait 3-5 years?" is, "I don't actually have an answer; I just like giving Chicken Little-esque hot takes."

im not playing this game with you. Carry on.

 

[krylia sovetov]

Err, I wasn't asking?

hali is a pure point guard
fox is a player who plays on a PG position
that's the main difference

do you remember any remarkable fox assist ?

 

[steelevt]

yes, getting in DJ for TT. just what i was thinking doug

 

[kb02]

Yep, nailed it. Imagine how good Ty would look next to any superstar; Embiid, Steph, Luka, Giannis. Any of them. He's a connector that elevates the ceiling of those around him, but he's not a build-around because he doesn't have the elite #1 scoring option chops. Which is absolutely fine; CP3, Kidd, John Stockton, Steve Nash all built HoF careers in that role. But it's pretty clear in the run-out of all those amazing PG careers that they needed someone else to carry the scoring load.

He's absolutely making an argument he needs the keys to the offense though. His vision and involving everyone is absolutely noticeable. The ball movement has been outstanding the last 2 games.

Underrated.

 

[Tetsujin]

hali is a pure point guard
fox is a player who plays on a PG position
that's the main difference

do you remember any remarkable fox assist ?

Do you remember any remarkable Donovan Mitchell assists? The line between the shooting guard and point guard positions has blurred over the last ten or so years. De'Aaron's clearly been our "SG" for most of the season so I'm not sure what your great point is?

 

[Woot!]

Would like to see HB take that little mid-key jumper instead of driving deeper and challenging the big men low.

 

[kb02]

Wow, Jones

 

[Groovygreg]

NICE stat line by DJ!

 

[Sluggah]

Damian Jones for the 3pt contest.

 

[The_Jamal]

Damian Jones has 19 points????

 

[SacTownKid]

Barnes earned that one after those no calls.

 

[SacTownKid]

Damian Jones has 19 points????

With Buddy having already traded himself off the team mentally, they need even more, haha.