Maintaining a healthy roster?

[Team_Dime]

I hope this thread doesn't jinx anyone, I just wanted to know what you guys thought about the distribution of minutes this pre-season thus far. When the preseason began, along with building on-court chemistry, I really thought that maintaining a healthy roster was key for the Kings. So far, we've been able to do that. I know that for consecutive games now we've seen both Rudy and Boogie sit, and we've also seen guys get banged up during play, which is to be expected in any contact sport. Whether it's Rudy Gay shaking off what appeared to be a stubbed finger, or Cousins getting up slowly, I hold my breath just about every time I see a player react that way towards any foul or loose ball. I'm sure many fans share my sentiment as far as being utterly ecstatic about going into the regular season with a healthy roster full of the most talent we have seen in almost a decade.

Did anyone notice Roy Hibbert's hard foul on Kosta Koufos during the 3rd quarter? Though the foul didn't warrant a flagrant call, to me it really seemed like a frustration foul on Roy's part, and Koufos was visibly upset. The Lakers announcers' touched on the matter, and he immediately took a second to gather himself and proceeded to make his way gingerly to the free throw strike. I noticed Koufos kept touching his lower back, and upon seeing the replay of the foul, I could see why. Being that Kosta is such a tough guy, I'm sure it was nothing he wouldn't be able to play through, I just hope I'm right. I just really, really, don't want anything to go wrong this year. In the West, so many things will have to go right for us to be able to make the playoffs, and I would hate for injuries to slow us down.

 

[KingMilz]

Survival of the fittest

 

[dude12]

For once, we have a roster that can overcome missed time due to injuries. If Cuz gets hurt, hard to replace but we do have the ability to replace him with a quality NBA starter in Koufos. Injuries are part of the equation for teams but I like our depth to overcome.

 

[King Baller]

Hibbert's foul on Koufos was a hard foul. It appeared Hibbert grabbed a handful of jersey down low on Koufos back and gave it a yank while fouling hard up around the head with the other arm. It looked like it could have caused an ugly scratch or abrasion. I think that is what Koufos was reaching for. Hibbert is a big dude and a hard foul by him is going to hurt.

It would have been nice to see some reaction from the Kings bench because it looked like a non-basketball play to me.

 

[KingMilz]

Hibbert's foul on Koufos was a hard foul. It appeared Hibbert grabbed a handful of jersey down low on Koufos back and gave it a yank while fouling hard up around the head with the other arm. It looked like it could have caused an ugly scratch or abrasion. I think that is what Koufos was reaching for. Hibbert is a big dude and a hard foul by him is going to hurt.

It would have been nice to see some reaction from the Kings bench because it looked like a non-basketball play to me.

No wonder Trevor Booker smacked him

 

[kingsboi]

injuries are bound to happen..that's why depth is important to have

 

[9x1x6]

There are many injuries, last year seemed like one of the most injury ridden years the NBA had in awhile. I'm sure at least 2 of our important rotation guys may miss chunks of the season for some amount of time. We have to many for it to not happen, but we are a lot better off if say a Anthony Davis or James Harden were going to miss extended time.