[Game] Kings @ Wizards - Monday, March 11 - 4PT/7ET
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I'm starting to wonder if he's being worn down. We saw the Buddy stat the other night. He's right near the top in miles traveled per game yet he plays less minutes compared to his counterparts. Even that out and he's clearly on top. We are seeing more and more screen plays run just to even get Bogan the ball up top. Why? Totally unnecessary in that last instance. Senseless movement considering your half court set hasn't even started yet.
They're pressing pretty bad. Washington doesn't even look like like they care all that much, but you still have to go out there and beat them. We seem to be searching for an identity which is typical of teams who've lost a lot of games recently but when this "slide" started it was with dominating wire-to-wire performances against elite teams that just came up short. At some point we decided we needed to change things and went away from what was working.
He's actually been not so bad changing things up lately. Last year was one of the biggest self imposed disasters I've ever seen. The scary thing is the horn set garbage trickled all the way over to this years preseason. Elston Turner had them run more pick and roll when he filled in and since then they threw away most of the two elbow high post crap.
I don't think he's been that bad defensively. Again, the Kings woes are offense. They've rarely shut teams down on their best day, they however have blown up the scoreboard. They have to know who they are before they can go anywhere. The defense they do play will look a lot better when they aren't hamstrung offensively for stretches here and there. The only complaint I do have on their defensive plan is that they rely way too heavily on guard help in the paint and run outs. The Kings already run some of the most tiring offense you can with the amount of screens they set just to get their playmakers the ball so to couple that with going over every screen and relying on running back out to the 3 point line time after time, well, it's going to test your stamina. Now he's starting to up the minutes his main guys play so this is a test beyond the test already.
