Kings @ Warriors Gameday Thread
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Jimmer and Thomas have been the best tonight.
dissapointed in Thompson ( i thought he would of grown up by now), Hickson looks lost (dont think he knows his role which could be coaches fault), Whiteside should spend the whole year in the D-League unless of injuries.
Tyreke was decent, too many TO's
Thornton needs too pass more, but his shooting looks solid.
Klay Thompson on GSW is gonna be good.
dissapointed in Thompson ( i thought he would of grown up by now), Hickson looks lost (dont think he knows his role which could be coaches fault), Whiteside should spend the whole year in the D-League unless of injuries.
Tyreke was decent, too many TO's
Thornton needs too pass more, but his shooting looks solid.
Klay Thompson on GSW is gonna be good.
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Also don't forget that this team just absolutely didn't know what the heck it was doing tonight, and how could they? 5 days together? C'mon guys, the fact that Freddette came in and they fought back is a huge positive. Once they get a real system in place and they get 3/5 of their starting lineup back I will begin to judge, not now.
An objective person would consider seeing actual improvement before assuming one has improved. All he's saying is that he hasn't seen progress, which I agree with. Evans looks like the same type of player: dribble penetration, force himself inside to either attempt a shot, draw a foul/commit charge, or dump off.
Everybody who think Hayes is going to solve these problems are putting up their own smokescreen. He's not Rodman. The guy isn't going to suddenly make the frontline defend better or rebound at all. He's going to improve one man assignments, but he's not going to suddenly make this team rebound or contest shots at the rim.
So is everyone else that thinks ANY player including Sam Dalembert would do the same. The problems being exhibited by the Kings are entirely team related and were last year while putting a bottom 3 paint defensive team on the floor. However, according to some, Hayes is a vocal leader on defense and THAT is what this team needs more than anything.
Except...that's already happening. Everybody who said Dalembert's loss at C would impact rebounding and rim defense are watching what this team is like without that aspect of the game (something Cousins doesn't have anyway, so his absence tonight is irrelevant).
Do you have those numbers post-Landry?
Yeah, he can yell as shots go in.
Do you have those numbers post-Landry?
Yeah, he can yell as shots go in.
Of course he doesn't because it blows his argument out of the water!
People can put their heads in the sand and say its pre-season but this was against Warriors....imagine what the points in paint would be like against elite teams. But hey as long as we have Chuck monster (who is a great man defender) our interior defence is going to be rock solid!
Our big men don't know how to protect the basket. That instinct is something that you are born with, not something you pick up along the way.
We chose not to re-sign our best interior defender, shot blocker and rebounder and its painfully obvious that we are back to our defensive schemes of the Brad Miller - Mikki Moore - Kenny Thomas era....you know where everyone will need to pick up their game on the defensive end as a team....funny how that approach has never worked unless you have an anchor to plant in there that pins down your entire defence.
People can put their heads in the sand and say its pre-season but this was against Warriors....imagine what the points in paint would be like against elite teams. But hey as long as we have Chuck monster (who is a great man defender) our interior defence is going to be rock solid!
Our big men don't know how to protect the basket. That instinct is something that you are born with, not something you pick up along the way.
We chose not to re-sign our best interior defender, shot blocker and rebounder and its painfully obvious that we are back to our defensive schemes of the Brad Miller - Mikki Moore - Kenny Thomas era....you know where everyone will need to pick up their game on the defensive end as a team....funny how that approach has never worked unless you have an anchor to plant in there that pins down your entire defence.
I talk a lot of nonsense in these game threads ... takes a bit of time for me to digest what I just saw and evaluate it. Here goes nothing ..
The score and result was fine. Better than fine, really. We faced a fully healthy team that we are on par with talent wise and they beat us by 11. This is without our best interior defender, our best post scorer, and our best two rebounders. Considering the fact that GSW killed us on the inside ... it wasn't all bad. Its pretty easy to pin point WHY they beat us based on who we were missing.
That being said, there were a lot of things to dislike. To name a few .. Westphal going small, getting nothing out of 2 of our top 4 bigs, no real offense to speak of, and very sluggish looking defense.
Jones tweeted that Outlaws agent said he is healthy (practiced the day he was cut) and that Hayes tests looked good, so it will be interesting to see how we play at home with a full squad. Looking forward to tuesday.
The score and result was fine. Better than fine, really. We faced a fully healthy team that we are on par with talent wise and they beat us by 11. This is without our best interior defender, our best post scorer, and our best two rebounders. Considering the fact that GSW killed us on the inside ... it wasn't all bad. Its pretty easy to pin point WHY they beat us based on who we were missing.
That being said, there were a lot of things to dislike. To name a few .. Westphal going small, getting nothing out of 2 of our top 4 bigs, no real offense to speak of, and very sluggish looking defense.
Jones tweeted that Outlaws agent said he is healthy (practiced the day he was cut) and that Hayes tests looked good, so it will be interesting to see how we play at home with a full squad. Looking forward to tuesday.
I'm worried. Worried about opposing guards and sf's blowing by their man and attacking Cousins on the move every other trip down the court.
I'm sure Cousins has improved defensively. He's a smart kid. But even by taking a good size leap forward, he still will be in an awfully tough situation on defense. One which will hurt us, and our owners don't appear to be concerned with addressing.
I'm sure Cousins has improved defensively. He's a smart kid. But even by taking a good size leap forward, he still will be in an awfully tough situation on defense. One which will hurt us, and our owners don't appear to be concerned with addressing.
I agree but I'd rather have Cuz than Beidrins in the middle on my team. It's a drag without Daly to at least keep them honest. We went from one of tallest NBA teams to just one of the rest in a year.
Now we can take more charges, maybe some of our slew of 6'9ish guys will actually play bigger, maybe Chuck Hayes will clog the middle and make it ugly down there, maybe, maybe, maybe.
Now we can take more charges, maybe some of our slew of 6'9ish guys will actually play bigger, maybe Chuck Hayes will clog the middle and make it ugly down there, maybe, maybe, maybe.