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Bench
The “Since it has been awhile, I’m going to lump a bunch of things that may not necessarily pertain to this last game” edition.
Holy dung-on-a-stick Batman! A Douby sighting in the 1st quarter!! (It was good to see him take that charge after heaving a three with seven seconds to go.) Dude needs to get his nerves worked out though…
And then neither he, nor Price nor Hart play significant minutes thereafter. One has to wonder about messages that are being sent.
Kenny Thomas takes a lot of heat on this board. And, frankly, I’d rather him not be on the team. But, if he were 6’11” would he be taking the same heat? Here is a guy that doesn’t seem to need plays called for him but still rebounds and defends and, perhaps most importantly, tries hard seemingly all the time. If his name were Justin Williams would people love him?
Brad Miller has been setting off-the-ball screens and nobody seems to use them. If you were the coaching staff, wouldn’t you encourage people to take advantage of that?
Of course, that may require some sort of offensive “set” to be run.
Speaking of Miller and offensive sets, am I the only one who thinks Miller should be “running the point” on most half-court opportunities?
Speaking of offensive sets – I think it is time to realize, with or without Artest, this is not a team that will stopping opposing teams on many occasions. Time to start working on the offense. For a fighting chance at least…
Speaking of, what is the deal with Artest?
Regardless, it is good to see Martin on the floor.
As an aside, does anyone think Salmons was a bad signing at this point?
Does anyone object to applying the label “Superstar” to Gilbert Arenas? Dude changes games like few others can. Agent Zero is someone you have to gameplan for…
There was a 3-4 minute stretch during the 2nd quarter that encapsulates exactly why Corliss Williamson should not be playing.
Strictly my own opinion, Mussleman uses timeouts in a very panicky way. And I’m tired of it…makes you think of someone who is afraid to lose. Doesn’t add much confidence.
I try not to get caught up or berate people for comparing the Kings’ current team to past teams, but since it was brought up during the broadcast tonight: please stop. This team, and likely any future teams, are not going to ‘feel’ as good as teams that have been around in the past. And, right now, they aren’t going to play as well either. Those teams were an amazing confluence of complementary skills, ideas and personas. And, if those same players were still around, the Kings would be worse than the current group. And there it is…
Cue “World is ending” and/or “hate” threads.
Holy dung-on-a-stick Batman! A Douby sighting in the 1st quarter!! (It was good to see him take that charge after heaving a three with seven seconds to go.) Dude needs to get his nerves worked out though…
And then neither he, nor Price nor Hart play significant minutes thereafter. One has to wonder about messages that are being sent.
Kenny Thomas takes a lot of heat on this board. And, frankly, I’d rather him not be on the team. But, if he were 6’11” would he be taking the same heat? Here is a guy that doesn’t seem to need plays called for him but still rebounds and defends and, perhaps most importantly, tries hard seemingly all the time. If his name were Justin Williams would people love him?
Brad Miller has been setting off-the-ball screens and nobody seems to use them. If you were the coaching staff, wouldn’t you encourage people to take advantage of that?
Of course, that may require some sort of offensive “set” to be run.
Speaking of Miller and offensive sets, am I the only one who thinks Miller should be “running the point” on most half-court opportunities?
Speaking of offensive sets – I think it is time to realize, with or without Artest, this is not a team that will stopping opposing teams on many occasions. Time to start working on the offense. For a fighting chance at least…
Speaking of, what is the deal with Artest?
Regardless, it is good to see Martin on the floor.
As an aside, does anyone think Salmons was a bad signing at this point?
Does anyone object to applying the label “Superstar” to Gilbert Arenas? Dude changes games like few others can. Agent Zero is someone you have to gameplan for…
There was a 3-4 minute stretch during the 2nd quarter that encapsulates exactly why Corliss Williamson should not be playing.
Strictly my own opinion, Mussleman uses timeouts in a very panicky way. And I’m tired of it…makes you think of someone who is afraid to lose. Doesn’t add much confidence.
I try not to get caught up or berate people for comparing the Kings’ current team to past teams, but since it was brought up during the broadcast tonight: please stop. This team, and likely any future teams, are not going to ‘feel’ as good as teams that have been around in the past. And, right now, they aren’t going to play as well either. Those teams were an amazing confluence of complementary skills, ideas and personas. And, if those same players were still around, the Kings would be worse than the current group. And there it is…
Cue “World is ending” and/or “hate” threads.
