CruzDude
Senior Member sharing a brew with bajaden
Note: this is a summary of the past season from one KF looking at the organization and team.
OK SO WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT THE KINGS THIS PAST SEASON?
You can’t win many games in one year if you have 3 different head coaches.
You can’t win many games in one year if you have 3 different playing styles.
You don’t win many games when your all-star goes down for a couple of weeks and your starting PG goes down for rest of the season.
Demarcus Cousins is one of the best centers in the NBA. He is “the” best center if he and the playing style are integrated into a dynamic unit.
It did take the new owner a year and a half to learn how to deal (or not deal as the case may be) with an NBA team on the verge of getting to the next level. NBA 3.0 is not nearly as important as the Kings growing into a playoff contender and having the support of a great fan base. The owner did not realize that soon enough.
The New Arena finally got going and appears it will open by October 2016 clearing the air of one more major distraction for everyone, players, FO and fans alike. Destined to be the show piece in the NBA, this year will tell us what kind of team will open the new arena.
The owner hired George Karl as the new head coach just before the All-Star break and that seems to have worked out very well, so far. Most of the players seem adaptable to and encouraged within his system and when they all played his system showed they could beat anyone.
The owner brought back Vlade Divac, the ultimate basketball people person and basketball guru as a VP of something. Now if PDA demonstrates and works like he belongs we will have a better and fresher FO.
I’m quite happy where the Kings have gotten themselves in view of the mess and turmoil through the first 55 games of the season. There are some very good pieces beyond DMC and Rudy and a couple of promising rookies we haven’t really seen, Stockton and Moreland. And with the #6 pick in the coming draft chances are quite good they get an impact player, that along with Coach Karl, will enable them to get to the next level this coming year. Now for the coach(es) to bring it together.
Edit 6/1: Kings stats compiled by NBA.com showed the Kings starting 5 of Cuz, Rudy, JT, Derron and Ben as statistically, one of the 2 or 3 best starting 5's in the league. Too bad they did not get many games together. But a glimmer of hope.
On to summer league in Las Vegas 10-20 July to see first hand what they should have going into training camp 2 months later.
OK SO WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT THE KINGS THIS PAST SEASON?
You can’t win many games in one year if you have 3 different head coaches.
You can’t win many games in one year if you have 3 different playing styles.
You don’t win many games when your all-star goes down for a couple of weeks and your starting PG goes down for rest of the season.
Demarcus Cousins is one of the best centers in the NBA. He is “the” best center if he and the playing style are integrated into a dynamic unit.
It did take the new owner a year and a half to learn how to deal (or not deal as the case may be) with an NBA team on the verge of getting to the next level. NBA 3.0 is not nearly as important as the Kings growing into a playoff contender and having the support of a great fan base. The owner did not realize that soon enough.
The New Arena finally got going and appears it will open by October 2016 clearing the air of one more major distraction for everyone, players, FO and fans alike. Destined to be the show piece in the NBA, this year will tell us what kind of team will open the new arena.
The owner hired George Karl as the new head coach just before the All-Star break and that seems to have worked out very well, so far. Most of the players seem adaptable to and encouraged within his system and when they all played his system showed they could beat anyone.
The owner brought back Vlade Divac, the ultimate basketball people person and basketball guru as a VP of something. Now if PDA demonstrates and works like he belongs we will have a better and fresher FO.
I’m quite happy where the Kings have gotten themselves in view of the mess and turmoil through the first 55 games of the season. There are some very good pieces beyond DMC and Rudy and a couple of promising rookies we haven’t really seen, Stockton and Moreland. And with the #6 pick in the coming draft chances are quite good they get an impact player, that along with Coach Karl, will enable them to get to the next level this coming year. Now for the coach(es) to bring it together.
Edit 6/1: Kings stats compiled by NBA.com showed the Kings starting 5 of Cuz, Rudy, JT, Derron and Ben as statistically, one of the 2 or 3 best starting 5's in the league. Too bad they did not get many games together. But a glimmer of hope.
On to summer league in Las Vegas 10-20 July to see first hand what they should have going into training camp 2 months later.
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