Sports 1140 was doing midterm grades this morning, so I thought we should do the same and see how everyone feels about our Kings so far. It's been a rough start, and even though first-half grades may not reflect how much better the Kings are playing right now with artest, let's hear em!
I don't have time to go through each player right now, but as a team I'm giving the Kings a D+. Sounds a little harsh, but coming into the season I was definitely expecting a lot. The Kings looked really good on paper, and with a core of Peja-Bibby-Miller, I thought the Kings would be atleast mediocre. As we found out they played subpar most of the season, and are struggling to get to .500.
The Kings simply fail on attendance. They have failed to show up every night and consistency has been a problem. Nonetheless our first and second year men Cisco and KMart have showed great improvement since the beginning of the year, and its always exciting to see players mature and develop through the course of one season.
With that said, our new student Artest has brought a new dimension to the Kings, and hopefully with this squad they can put a playoff run together for the second half of the season.
Kings Team Grade: D+
I don't have time to go through each player right now, but as a team I'm giving the Kings a D+. Sounds a little harsh, but coming into the season I was definitely expecting a lot. The Kings looked really good on paper, and with a core of Peja-Bibby-Miller, I thought the Kings would be atleast mediocre. As we found out they played subpar most of the season, and are struggling to get to .500.
The Kings simply fail on attendance. They have failed to show up every night and consistency has been a problem. Nonetheless our first and second year men Cisco and KMart have showed great improvement since the beginning of the year, and its always exciting to see players mature and develop through the course of one season.
With that said, our new student Artest has brought a new dimension to the Kings, and hopefully with this squad they can put a playoff run together for the second half of the season.
Kings Team Grade: D+