[Game] Kings @ Wizards - 2/22/12
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rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Smart lucked out. Sometimes we play well despite the coach. he should take IT our for dinner.
I'm sorry but I think you're being totally unfair to Smart. Criticize him when he does wrong but at least be big enough to recognize the good things, too.
I don't give a ****; sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
EDIT - I wish we could be that lucky all the time...
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
I point out the good things he does all the time. Tonight, he lucked out with his substitutions.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
Smart is going to say he went with defense to close it out (Hayes/Cisco over DMC/Evans) .. and while Evans is a better defender in my opinion .. I'm sure Smart also didn't want to mess up the offensive flow adding another ball dominant guard when IT and MT were already rolling.
I wouldn't have done it that way, and I have no problem calling him out when his garbage substitution patterns don't work, but it worked tonight. What can yah do.
I wouldn't have done it that way, and I have no problem calling him out when his garbage substitution patterns don't work, but it worked tonight. What can yah do.
annihilator_33
Starter
feels nice to get a "w"
He lucked out? Sorry, but we'll just have to agree to disagree because I think he adapted to the game on the court...and it worked. Peace out.
Henkel
Starter
It worked out tonight due to IT's play, but this is a ongoing problem with Smart. He will stick with groups until they force his hand and he is slow to recognize mismatches. You guys watch this team every night, do any of you really feel that Smart does a good job with the rotation?
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
It was a good win. Happy for the guys.
Doesn't me I'll ignore the s*** substitutions by Smart which have plagued him since taking over.
bluntsnbball
G-League
i agree with this. he recognized what was happening and decided to stick with it. as nice as it would be to have cousins and reke on the court, i have no objections to how he handled the 4th quarter lineup
As you like it. Some people are never satisfied. I waiting to see who is the first one to pop up and say this proves we don't need Evans...
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
The short answer is that I don't think he does a great job, but I also wouldn't call it horrible.
The long answer is that our team doesn't fit. The pieces don't work like a regular team's pieces would work. We have undersized players, over sized players .. no starting caliber SF .. too much money riding the bench (cisco/salmons/hayes) a rookie we don't want to lose completely if he doesn't work out of his slump (Jimmer) and two young guys who should see some minutes at some point (Honeycutt and Whiteside). It is NOT an easy team to manage rotation wise. I think if this team was built with better structure he wouldn't have much of a problem.
I think he made his big power play with Cousins, though. He has smartly joined himself at the hip with Cuz, making it virtually impossible to fire him if he does a decent job (and he has) .. We don't want to pee off and lose Cuz now that he's playing so well. Letting Smart go would irk Cousins big time.
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Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Don't see how they can make that argument. Without Reke, we'd have come into the 2nd half down by at least twenty
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
That's completely different and you know it. Reke bashers are Reke bashers, and rarely if ever say anything positive about him. On multiple occasions I've pointed out how great a teacher Smart is and how great he is handling various personalities.
I've also pointed out his poor substitutions(and saw them up close in the Bay Area last year), and am not close to being the only one who has noticed. Guys played well tonight, and I did say it was a good win, did I not? Never satisfied? Please.
You'll never go broke betting on ignorant and malicious people to be ignorant and malicious.
Well, I wasn't actually talking about you, specifically. But, my policy is always, if you took offense, you were probably supposed to...
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Reason = our coach's name is a misnomer. Nothing else that could be seen.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
If you think I was supposed to take offense to that......as an MOD you really aren't that clear on my post history.....
bluntsnbball
G-League
im gonna go ahead and agree with this statement as well. While the team does not have the greatest individual players in the league, we have talent. But instead of having nice neat puzzle pieces that fit together and form something beautiful, we have a couple of the same pieces, we are missing some pieces, and we're kind of cutting up other pieces to make them fit. Bottom line is that some players are gonna have to go. After tonight, i dont even know who the starting line up should be b/c there just doesnt seem to be great chemistry no matter how we arrange the players at this point, which is why im not gonna jump down smarts throat about his line ups just yet. i hope we do something at the trade deadline. i dont know what we should do aside from trying to get a legit sf, but i definitely hope we do something.
Well, as I just said, I didn't say it to offend you. I said it to offend the people who would take offense to it. If it didn't offend you, by all means, feel free to move on.
PurpleHaze
All-Star
In postgame Smart said he was ready to put DMC back in late but that Cuz told him it was ok to "leave Chuck in." Seems coach agreed as Smart said DMC and Evans were BOTH happy to cheer their team mates on who got a lead and were in process of closing it out for the W. Smart says that shows kind of team togetherness (ie, no egos) he wants.
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