[Game] Kings @ Wizards - 11/28/16 - 4PT/7ET
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So true. The guy has a post-up game but gets only like 1-3 post-up looks per game. His perimeter game is trash, he's slow in transition, doesn't rebound or set up teammates for easy scores. He plays good position defense but doesn't play passing lanes or get deflections. He doesn't turn it over with only 4 TOs all season but too many of his minutes are empty. I'd rather see Ben out there.
The main problem is we are scrambling to fill a void that Willie was suppose to fill, and it goes back to summer league when he shot 27%. The starting position next to Boogie was his to take and he never made slightest case why Joerger should trust or have confidence in him. So we tried Koufos now we've tried Barnes and it is the result of waiting on Willie to fulfill the promise he showed as a rookie and taking a step forward in his second season. Instead he has taken step back.
Another problem is of our 5 free agent signings ---- Ty, Barnes, A-Slow-o, Temple, Tolliver, we are batting 40%, and I will be liberal in that assessment moving Lawson from negative to positive based on his play over the last 5-6 games. Only Lawson and Temple have met expectations. The other three have replacement level player or worse.The final problem is parlaying the 8th pick in the draft into three D-Leaguers instead of one rotational player who could infuse team with energy and young legs.
This is how you go 7-11 when your best player is playing like the MVP of the league.
Another problem is of our 5 free agent signings ---- Ty, Barnes, A-Slow-o, Temple, Tolliver, we are batting 40%, and I will be liberal in that assessment moving Lawson from negative to positive based on his play over the last 5-6 games. Only Lawson and Temple have met expectations. The other three have replacement level player or worse.The final problem is parlaying the 8th pick in the draft into three D-Leaguers instead of one rotational player who could infuse team with energy and young legs.
This is how you go 7-11 when your best player is playing like the MVP of the league.
K
Ty Lawson is decent, Temple is good but only a major contributor on a team like the Clippers where he can make a difference with talent around him, Tolliver is garbage - Which is the same thing i said back in July when we signed him. Affalo is what he is when we signed up, an over the hill SG. If you are a team like the Kings, you aren't going to win by taking a bunch of scrub Free agents and throw them on the court with an all-star center then magically win. Who knows, maybe nobody wanted to come here during free agency but still you gotta have talent for any coach to win.
The Wizards do suck, but they beat us, and they beat us by two guys they drafted. Non of our draft picks since Cousins has made any type of contribution. Unless we make an amazing trade tt is going to be a long season.
The Wizards do suck, but they beat us, and they beat us by two guys they drafted. Non of our draft picks since Cousins has made any type of contribution. Unless we make an amazing trade tt is going to be a long season.
And our coach and free agents were suppose to make us tough defensively. We are currently 27 out of 30 in defensive efficiency.
K
And we have had plenty of chances after the past three years to find that person. At the rockets game the other night I was looking at their roster, ariza is a role player for them and Eric Gordon comes off the bench, those two guys would be the 2nd and 3rd best players on our team. And people wonder why we don't win games like tonight
Bringing washed up and bottom of the barrel veterans aren't exactly a recipe for a successful defense. The coach and his staff can only do so much, he can't go out there and play defense for them too. I'm just elated that after this season, we won't have to see the majority of this roster, good riddance. Patches after patches after patches, endless cycle of getting no where. Have a plan, bring in players for the long term, not the short term, establish continuity, build chemistry, defend as a whole unit, talk on defense, help each other out, hustle & effort on a nightly basis.
