[Game] Toronto @ Kings - 12/5/12
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1234kings
Bench
I just don't like aaron brooks.... so many turnovers... seriously. for the past few games.
twslam07
All-Star
I know Cuz is good but I'm not sure he's good enough to man 2 positions
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
because the rumored trades we were involved in right before the draft involved Tyreke and our pick for Lowry and 2 HOU picks
2 cousins intrigues me too!
2 Cousins would make a great lineup
nah...they would just fight with each other.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
maybe in a situation where the team needs a defensive Stop, but not as a starting lineup, i dont like the floor spacing. i think the starters need to be Reke/MT/Salmons
Post of the night. Make it so.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
And what's your solution? Play IT? Jimmer? MT? I don't think Brooks looked that good tonight and I also thought Jimmer played well or at least shot well. I still think Brooks needs a little time as does Jimmer. Stick with one starter and have a little consistency.
I know but clearly they were willing to settle for less.
Nice game from Salmons and JT as well. Both guys are playing their roles rather effectively.
The most important thing to take from this game though is every starter with 33+ minutes. I doubt that has happened so far this season and it's incredibly important for us to keep doing moving forward.
The most important thing to take from this game though is every starter with 33+ minutes. I doubt that has happened so far this season and it's incredibly important for us to keep doing moving forward.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
what? Tyreke must not be a guard then huh? Dwyane Wade is not a guard? cause im pretty sure those guys can be a force on both ends of the court
That play they were running towards the end of the game with the Salmons/Csouns screen n roll where Tyreke hit the threes is one of the better late game playsets they've run all year.
1. It involves your two best players.
2. It has a veteran decision maker handling the ball with Salmons.
3. It either gets Cousins the ball down low or gets the ball to Tyreke at the one spot he shoots best from.
4. If all of that fails, it gets Salmons a jump shot at his favorite spot.
So essentially it involves at least three players instead of one player going heroball and it gets all three players in good spots to score. Amazingly, this harldy ever happens in the team's halfcourt sets.
1. It involves your two best players.
2. It has a veteran decision maker handling the ball with Salmons.
3. It either gets Cousins the ball down low or gets the ball to Tyreke at the one spot he shoots best from.
4. If all of that fails, it gets Salmons a jump shot at his favorite spot.
So essentially it involves at least three players instead of one player going heroball and it gets all three players in good spots to score. Amazingly, this harldy ever happens in the team's halfcourt sets.
steelevt
All-Star
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
this is rather amazing. especially considering tonights sub-par opponent which is when smart likes to tinker with lineups more than normal. we will see if it happens again though
Brooks/Reke/Salmons/JT/Cousins are showing a lot of promise as a unit together. They've easiy been our best offensive unit and give us the best opportunity to win
You can't be a defensive stopper on the other teams best offensive player and be a force on the offense for the whole game. It takes way too much energy. Dwayne won't guard the other teams best guard until late in the 4th.
That's why you shouldn't put any stock into RUMORS.
twslam07
All-Star
I'm taking Npliam's side on this one. It's tiring trying to defend the opposing teams best player. It takes a tole on a players offensive production as well.
There is a reason why the Heat have guys like Chalmers and Battier on their team. They try to put those guys on the opposing teams best players, but down the line, you matchup Wade and Lebron on those players to try to completely shut them down.
The last time the Kings had a player that even came close to fitting that role was when Doug Christie was wearing #13, and even then Doug was much better on the defensive end.
HereWeBoogie
Hall of Famer
first off i didnt say to make Reke guard Lowry, i just said to get Brooks out, put Tyreke at the PG. Salmons could guard Lowry
kingjatt
Starter
they asked coach smart why he waited so long to put reke in and he sounded a little shocked that someone actually asked that, he basically said he didnt want to show toronto his hand......so he let lowry go off for 34 and 11 before showing his hand? sounds pretty stupid to me, he ended it by saying hes been in rodeo for a long time as to say " dont question me like that"
I responded to post #172 Look up what you wrote and what you were responding to.
That Keith Smart. Always thinking ahead. We'll trick the opponent into letting their best player kill us in a close game just so they won't think we'll figure it out at the end of the game. Got ya Toronto!
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
If he's been in the rodeo for so long, why does it take him longer to figure **** out than many on this forum? It's also a ridiculous strategy, to let Tor's arguably top player to get going at such a key point in the game before putting our top defender on him.
I'm pretty sick of this guy. Tonight was an example of what could be with even a decent coach. Tighten the rotation, which most coaches do, and we look better. Put your best defender on Lowry, but do it earlier, and it's probably not as close at the end. This guy has the learning curve of a toilet plunger.
You don't happen to know who asked him that question, do you? I'm betting his press card is being yanked as we speak.
I think he played this one right.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Reke should have been on Lowry when he checked back in at the 5-6 min mark.
Rotations were far better, but the issue is it took him 17 games to get there.
I actually liked Jimmer's role more tonight even though he didn't shoot that well.
There's improvement, but the issue is all this is occurring at a pathetically slow rate.
His postgame comment about switching his backup PG's every game is an asinine strategy. So on Fri it's back to IT? That won't work. It hasn't worked.
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