Hard to score when your offense has no structure and you have 5 black holes on the floor at one time, When you have the lineup of Artest,shareef,Bonzi wells,Bibby and thomas you will have a hard time scoring Becasue all 5 of those guys are Black holes to some extent individually they all want to shoot and score the Ball with two many dribbles and too much time trying force the ball into the scoring places for each of them to work ticking off too many seconds on the shot clock wasting too much time dribbling allowing plenty of time for the defense to load up and lock in on the target, the spacing is poor it is constant congestion having three guys who want the ball in the post in the same area and you have two other guys who both just want to shoot the basketball in Thomas and Bibby.
You have know one who spreads the floor and opens up the defense and it is easy to defend because all you do is pack the Defense in and anticpate and swarm the post areas and this is what happen to the kings with the turnovers forsing the ball into the post and then when they couldn't force the entry passes know one could buy a perimeter shot, Ron doesn't know the system but it seems to me his mind wants to create a shot for himself or for someone else for himself alone,Too much dribbling Too much 1 on 4 he seems to have a mentality to where he wants to be a Mcgrady or Kobe or Iverson and Dominate the ball regardless if he was familar with the system, The reason he wanted to leave Indiana teh vibrations are showing with his 1 on 5 energy wanting to be the Man.
Pack it in swarm the post and let whoever shoot except mike Bibby,Take the ball out of Bibby's hands and let everyone else beat you,when you have Bibby give up the rock others will force the issue becasue they are shoot first players, they will force the issue and think about the turnovers later ,they also will miss perimeter shots and leave the transition Defense imbalanced.
Bonzi made a luck clutch shot against the timberwolves but his decison making skills are Terrible in crunch time and if he was playing in memphis he would have been benched,He also is a liability on offense with the lack of shooting range from the perimeter and when they have run thangs with him and ron and shareef in the game getting him the ball is difficult with the black hole presence of Ron artest and shareef.
Shareef has bad energy in finishing games and making plays energy wise when it counts, he will get you a couple of free throws but Energy wise he takes up too much space with the black hole mentality of I want to shoot the ball.
Kenny thomas can be controlled and disciplined by mike with pick n roll plays,he and mike seem to have good chemistry between the two of them and this chemistry was displayed in the comeback win against the lakers,Kenny will make some dumb plays but mike and Brad can control kenny's mistakes but the congetsion of the other black holes hurt kenny's game and energy.
The kings miss Brad's play making skills and balance he brings to the floor,Ron will have to learn to move the basketball around he will get it back and get plenty of touches,But 1 on 5 for him self will hurt the team,The young guiys need to be trusted in close game situations because they can help spread the floor with martin and fransisco able to hit open shots making it difficult to jump and swarm bibby and both players seem to pass recongnize the floor balance better than Bonzi and shareef,The young hepled the kings win soem big games on the road against the clippers the blow out against the suns two Teams that are ahead in the division.
CONGESTED OFFENSE TWO MANY BLACK HOLES THAT WANT THE BALL IN THE SAME AREA AT THE SAME TIME.
