[Game] Pistons @ Kings- 11/11/15 - 7 PT, 10 ET
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I would of liked to see more Trill...rolling with Anderson/Belinelli duo I see. Ben is in the dog house for good it looks like unless it's to play for a minute or two. Once again we see Cousins shoot three's in the first half and then not shoot one in the second...I don't like the three point shooting but there just isn't enough on the team and it's time to accept that he will be putting up his fair share this season. All in all, a much needed win to get that monkey off the team's back...the adversity doesn't start until they hit the road though.
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo 2m2 minutes ago
Kings GM Vlade Divac: "I've never been happier to win one game than tonight. Who cares? It's early in the season. I do."
Kings GM Vlade Divac: "I've never been happier to win one game than tonight. Who cares? It's early in the season. I do."
The pace was too fast for this group and I think the players let it be known to Karl. Running opportunistically while (1) play smash mouth with Boogie (but not all the time or he gets beat up too bad or doesn't take advantage of his versatility) (2) Rudy going to work with a mouse in the house, and (3) running Marco off multiple picks should be the offensive hierarchy. (Not sure where Ben fits here. He may even lose minutes to Seth.)
The team does not have enough creative scorers (see Ben, Anderson, WCS) or finishers in the open court except Ben, DC and Omri to play break neck pace. Accelerating the pace beyond comfort zone and collective skill subjects the team to more botched plays.
I am still concerned by Rondo offense -- 14 points on 16 shots --- is a trend we have seen all year -- more points than shots....but when he holds his opponent well below their average like he did with Curry and Reggie Jackson, and distributing well (3:1 assist to TO or better) he's a net positive on the floor.
Checking the logs on Rondo, only twice in 9 games has he scored more points than FTA :
21 points on 13 shots vs LAL
21 points on 17 shots vs LAC
This will be something to keep an eye on. If he's scoring less than a point per FTA he needs to do a lot of other things to compensate for the brickage. Tonight he did.
The team does not have enough creative scorers (see Ben, Anderson, WCS) or finishers in the open court except Ben, DC and Omri to play break neck pace. Accelerating the pace beyond comfort zone and collective skill subjects the team to more botched plays.
I am still concerned by Rondo offense -- 14 points on 16 shots --- is a trend we have seen all year -- more points than shots....but when he holds his opponent well below their average like he did with Curry and Reggie Jackson, and distributing well (3:1 assist to TO or better) he's a net positive on the floor.
Checking the logs on Rondo, only twice in 9 games has he scored more points than FTA :
21 points on 13 shots vs LAL
21 points on 17 shots vs LAC
This will be something to keep an eye on. If he's scoring less than a point per FTA he needs to do a lot of other things to compensate for the brickage. Tonight he did.
i couldn't care less who is the rookie and who is the veteran. The fact is the team plays better with Willie on the court, so he needs not be benched for 2 entire quarters
Willie isn't like the normal rookie that might screw the game up in crunch time, he barely touches the ball, you don't have to worry about him doing dumb stuff. He knows his role and contributes without the ball.
im not saying play him 38 minutes. but he needs more than 16
Willie isn't like the normal rookie that might screw the game up in crunch time, he barely touches the ball, you don't have to worry about him doing dumb stuff. He knows his role and contributes without the ball.
im not saying play him 38 minutes. but he needs more than 16
I've watched 4 other games of Detroit, and I must've caught him on all of his poorer games.
His real + is his defense. However, on offense he's still inconsistent. He's an inconsistent shooter and scorer.
I feel like if you swap out the 2 players right now, they'd give you the same production. Give Ben nearly 40minutes and 15shots a game. Some days he'll be great, some days he's going to struggle. KCP's inconsistent shooting is a lot like Ben's.
If you give KCP small limited minutes, it won't let him go through his progressions and struggles. He'd have the same stat lines as Ben. 1-4 4pts. I just think they're both inconsistent players, but one gets to play nearly 40mins a game, and the other is currently getting benched.
KCP hasn't been all that good this season. I think if they had a better SG, he'd be in the dog house too.
His real + is his defense. However, on offense he's still inconsistent. He's an inconsistent shooter and scorer.
I feel like if you swap out the 2 players right now, they'd give you the same production. Give Ben nearly 40minutes and 15shots a game. Some days he'll be great, some days he's going to struggle. KCP's inconsistent shooting is a lot like Ben's.
If you give KCP small limited minutes, it won't let him go through his progressions and struggles. He'd have the same stat lines as Ben. 1-4 4pts. I just think they're both inconsistent players, but one gets to play nearly 40mins a game, and the other is currently getting benched.
KCP hasn't been all that good this season. I think if they had a better SG, he'd be in the dog house too.
We are never going to out San Antonio the San Antonio's or the Warriors of the world. However we do have two guy in Gay and especially Cuz that demand a ton of attention when they are in scoring positions and now we have an elite passer in Rondo to get them the ball in their spots. Passing a ton looks great until you realize most often the ball ended up swinging to Rondo with 3 seconds on the clock. We are a much better team when there are less possessions and we punish teams with Cousins and Gay inside. BTW I was all against Cuz shooting threes, but if he is gonna be a streaky shooter from out there, might as well let him launch one or two early on to see if he has it going. It is a weapon and much needed when Rondo and WCS are out there. As long as we are punishing teams inside often, most of his threes are of the wide open trailing variety anyways.
