Put Miller at the 4 Get a real def. 5 or trade him...
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Not I said the fly -- would take 03-04 Brad over any of the subsequent versions, but he's still being overrated. Vlade helped on offense of course. But that was also the beginning of our miserable defensive years -- perhaps not coincidentally beginning just as Brad arrived in town -- and a large part of it was we had no defensive presence inside and Brad was having trouble keeping up with the quicker players at PF. We took the old Kings approach of just go out and outscore them, but Brad at PF was hardly an unmitigated success. Just aa feel good year, and we were hapopy to have anybody legit to fill in for Webb, but 14pts 10rebs with bad defense is a middling PF -- lot of talent at that position in the league.
According to basketballreference.com, Miller was statistically more efficient (23.71 efficiency rating) in 2004-05 than he was in 2003-04 (22.89).
Oh I know, I was saying that basically his PF year went as good as any other he has had (although the next year at center was a bit better).
I would like to see how he fares at PF. Maybe give him some time there in camp/pre-season and see if he can adjust.
Was the injury that bad? I never knew he was injured so bad. He has declined in play last year about as much as he could and still be a starter imo.
That's a good lineup as a change of pace or to throw a weird look at opposing teams but it wouldn't be very effective long term. As much crap as Brad gets for his rebounding as a C, Artest isn't a whole lot better as a SF. He would only be worse as a PF, leaving us with two really bad rebounders at the 4 and 5.
What an insightful point.
No, I did not notice that.
Nor that we finally had to play some tough teams, on the road, with Brad hurt, and Bobby out, and Vlade either getting old or giving up, and Peja pouting and Webb a shell of himself.
But hey, we sure were good at beating Atlanta at home in the firat half of that year. Never mind we couldn't have held the sisters of the poor under 100.
No, I did not notice that.
Nor that we finally had to play some tough teams, on the road, with Brad hurt, and Bobby out, and Vlade either getting old or giving up, and Peja pouting and Webb a shell of himself.But hey, we sure were good at beating Atlanta at home in the firat half of that year. Never mind we couldn't have held the sisters of the poor under 100.
What an insightful point.
No, I did not notice that. Nor that we finally had to play some tough teams, on the road, with Brad hurt, and Bobby out, and Vlade either getting old or giving up, and Peja pouting and Webb a shell of himself.
But hey, we sure were good at beating Atlanta at home in the firat half of that year. Never mind we couldn't have held the sisters of the poor under 100.
No, I did not notice that.
Nor that we finally had to play some tough teams, on the road, with Brad hurt, and Bobby out, and Vlade either getting old or giving up, and Peja pouting and Webb a shell of himself.But hey, we sure were good at beating Atlanta at home in the firat half of that year. Never mind we couldn't have held the sisters of the poor under 100.
That said, you are right, it wouldn't have worked as well in the playoffs. We needed Webber. And it definitley won't work now.
how about trade KT and Garcia to the Bucks for Magloire... resign magloire to a long term contract... then trade Miller to Utah for Carlos Boozer...Kings resigns Bonzi to 5 year/39mil contract....
the kings would get a younger and equivalent center in Magloire... a younger (24 year old) and hard nosed power forward in boozer (capable of being a 18 pts/10rebs) player...
the Bucks get front court depth in KT and a Swingman with good upside in Garcia.... the Jazz get a very good Center which allows Okur to move back to his power forward position....
KINGS LINEUP:
PF Boozer / SAR / Amundson
SF Artest / Williamson
C Magloire / Potopenko / J. Williams
SG Wells / Martin / Price
PG Bibby / Douby / Hart
the kings would get a younger and equivalent center in Magloire... a younger (24 year old) and hard nosed power forward in boozer (capable of being a 18 pts/10rebs) player...
the Bucks get front court depth in KT and a Swingman with good upside in Garcia.... the Jazz get a very good Center which allows Okur to move back to his power forward position....
KINGS LINEUP:
PF Boozer / SAR / Amundson
SF Artest / Williamson
C Magloire / Potopenko / J. Williams
SG Wells / Martin / Price
PG Bibby / Douby / Hart
KT & Garcia for Mag, but not Miller straight up for Boozer, we'd have to get something more than that. Boozer sounds like a beast in the paint, like Bonzi who is not afraid of anyone, but Brad how bad he is defensively is one of the top Centers in the NBA. We really need to work on spreading the floor with some shooters.
With Bonzi, Artest, SAR we have a lot of post up guys, so we really need Bibby and Miller to spread the floor then. With KMart in there, this helps because he can drive to the hoop, is an awesome free throw shooter, and a good shot up shooter so you don't know what he is going to do. While I love Bonzi to death, I think I could get over it and have KMart being are starting SG, with that and Bibby being a good shooter, we can spread the floor for Artest and SAR who post up a lot.
With Bonzi, Artest, SAR we have a lot of post up guys, so we really need Bibby and Miller to spread the floor then. With KMart in there, this helps because he can drive to the hoop, is an awesome free throw shooter, and a good shot up shooter so you don't know what he is going to do. While I love Bonzi to death, I think I could get over it and have KMart being are starting SG, with that and Bibby being a good shooter, we can spread the floor for Artest and SAR who post up a lot.
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