Tyreke is Lebron of PGs

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But why are we still playing Beno along side Reke?
Garcia is shooting fantastic, except for Minni game maybe?

It should be Evans, Garcia, Casspi, Landry, Dalembert starting
And have Udrih, Wright, Greene, Thompson/Jackson, Cousin coming from the bench.

Why this starting unit should work on offense?
Garcia and Casspi are shooting well from the perimeter.
Landry has a dependable close to the basket jump shot
This will open lanes for Reke to drive against any PG in the league
And Dally can just clean up if Tyreke missed by staying a feet from the basket or setting screens.
All offense start from Reke, Garcia can help with ball handling duties.
Reke will abuse any PGs.
We may see a lot of TO from Reke but so did the OKC who really trusted the so-called tweener Russell Westbrook to play full time PG.

Why the 2nd unit will work on offense too?
Cousins can beat any bench big in this league
Beno will stabilize scoring and ball control, our bench right now is headed by HEAD who has no head for playing PG because Beno is already exhausted from starting.
Greene, Wright, Thompson, and Jackson are legit against bench scrubs.
And bring in Hassan for some fun.

Why the starting unit will work on defense?
Dally is a solid anchor in the middle
Cisco is scrappy
Reke has more then enough length to cover any PGs
Casspi is a steal waiting to happen
And Landry can hide under Dally's skirt

Why the bench can keep up the defense?
Beno can hide in Wright's skirt without having to worry that Wright will foul out.
Cousin, Jackson, Thompson are more than enough big bodies against bench players.
Greene is a versatile defender

Reke is the biggest PG in this league. And this is where this team should focus on. Let's all wake up from believing that Beno is playing SG next to Reke. Maybe on offense but on defense, Beno can't guard SG to Reke has to do double chores on defense. Reke will have TO but at least he will learn to be more confident at PG just like how Russell Westbrook is slowly becoming one of the elite PGs in this league.
 
Tyreke is not the LeBron of PGs and I'm glad he is not. The LeBron system has failed miserably in Cleveland, and now that first signs of failure are appearing in Miami, LeBron will gradually be exposed as what he really is - an incredibly talented basketball player and a physical freak of nature who does not allow other players (and coaches) to develop around him. Bosh already looks like a scrub, and Wade will have big nights but will discover what it's like to be inconsistent like mortal basketball players. The other scrubs on that team are not even worth mentioning. The Kings should not strive to make Tyreke their LeBron. If Tyreke wants a role model he should look call Magic Johnson (yea, I know he is a Laker...) and ask "What should I do?"...
 
Asaf said:
Tyreke is not the LeBron of PGs and I'm glad he is not. The LeBron system has failed miserably in Cleveland, and now that first signs of failure are appearing in Miami, LeBron will gradually be exposed as what he really is - an incredibly talented basketball player and a physical freak of nature who does not allow other players (and coaches) to develop around him. Bosh already looks like a scrub, and Wade will have big nights but will discover what it's like to be inconsistent like mortal basketball players. The other scrubs on that team are not even worth mentioning. The Kings should not strive to make Tyreke their LeBron. If Tyreke wants a role model he should look call Magic Johnson (yea, I know he is a Laker...) and ask "What should I do?"...
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The Lebron of PG here is used to describe physical capability and not the personal life of who Lebron is.
This is a description talentwise and not on social personality.
Lebron is considered as the best among Small Forwards in the league where he is a clear mismatch in this position against any team.
The term "Tyreke is the Lebron of PGs" are used my several reporters or talent scout to describe how Tyreke can dominate any PG in this league talentwise.

Here's an example of an article that uses Tyreke as Lebron of Point Guards, talentwise (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/12/17/tyreke.evans/index.html)
 
KingsCitizen said:
The Lebron of PG here is used to describe physical capability and not the personal life of who Lebron is.
This is a description talentwise and not on social personality.
Lebron is considered as the best among Small Forwards in the league where he is a clear mismatch in this position against any team.
The term "Tyreke is the Lebron of PGs" are used my several reporters or talent scout to describe how Tyreke can dominate any PG in this league talentwise.

Here's an example of an article that uses Tyreke as Lebron of Point Guards, talentwise (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/12/17/tyreke.evans/index.html)
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Yes, I am aware that "Tyreke is the Lebron of PGs" is being used a lot, and what I'm concerned about is that with that description comes the expectation that he will adopt LeBron's playing style and demeanor. I don't know what the reporters think but I sure hope the coaches and FO of the Kings do not want to turn Tyreke into our LeBron.
 
i was kind of thinking why we havent used this line up also. all last year we were waiting for cisco to get healthy so we could have that ball handling sg to pair up with tyreke. and now that he's healthy, we leave him on the bench and start beno. i understand beno is playing well and cisco is a good spark plug off the bench, but i agree that tyreke would dominate other pgs due to his size and cisco can handle the ball as well as knock down a shot if tyreke kicks it out. plus with this line up we would have cisco to pester other teams star sg/sf
 
Asaf said:
Yes, I am aware that "Tyreke is the Lebron of PGs" is being used a lot, and what I'm concerned about is that with that description comes the expectation that he will adopt LeBron's playing style and demeanor. I don't know what the reporters think but I sure hope the coaches and FO of the Kings do not want to turn Tyreke into our LeBron.
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I bet you really hate Lebron. LOL. But your sticking to the wrong topic mi amigo. I can change the thread to Title to "Tyreke is Dwight Howard of PGs" and I can still post the same discussion into it. The main point of my suggestion is to simply move Beno to the lead the bench and maximise Tyreke's strength by letting him be the smallest guy playing on the court. Beno should be able to control or minimize the erratic play making of the bench and by putting Garcia next to Tyreke lanes will open with the way Cisco is shooting from the perimeter this season. Drive and Kick plays will become the offense of the team and defense-wise the opponent's PG will be forced to guard either Reke or Cisco instead of just following Beno.
 
KingsCitizen said:
I bet you really hate Lebron. LOL. But your sticking to the wrong topic mi amigo. I can change the thread to Title to "Tyreke is Dwight Howard of PGs" and I can still post the same discussion into it. The main point of my suggestion is to simply move Beno to the lead the bench and maximise Tyreke's strength by letting him be the smallest guy playing on the court. Beno should be able to control or minimize the erratic play making of the bench and by putting Garcia next to Tyreke lanes will open with the way Cisco is shooting from the perimeter this season. Drive and Kick plays will become the offense of the team and defense-wise the opponent's PG will be forced to guard either Reke or Cisco instead of just following Beno.
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You're right, I do hate LeBron... :)

But to your point, what you are suggesting does, in fact, bring us close to a LeBron offense. While Tyreke does create a mismatch for opposing PGs, it seems as if teams are more prepared for that this year and are packing the paint. And like I said on many occasions last year, while a lot of people hated Hawes for parking on the 3 point line, it did open up lanes for Tyreke's drives. With Dalembert and Cousins at the center, Tyreke will find the paint way more crowded than he was used to.

I think the Tyreke-Beno duo was one of the few things that were actually going well for us at the end of last year, and I personally would like to see it continue and grow. I don't like teams that rely mainly on drive and kick offense, and notice that none of the top teams use that scheme as a first, second, or even third option. I would really like to see a lot more ball movement and a lot more players learning how to make decisions on the floor, rather than just standing around waiting for the kickout. The ball moves so much better with Beno on the floor next to Tyreke, and I also really like what Cisco brings off the bench. I think what this team really needs is to watch hours and hours of Celtics and (dare I say...) Lakers tapes and learn a thing or two about ball movement, defense, and team chemistry.

PS: if you watched the Celtics-Heat game tonight, in some instances the Celtics had more passes on a single play than the Kings sometime have in a whole quarter...
 
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Maybe at this time, the ball moves better with Beno on the floor.
But if we start moving Beno to the bench now, we may still see a better ball movement a few games after Tyreke gains the confidence to abuse PGs.
We will get some loses but that's ok as long as it is for the sake of letting our young stud learn.
I'm looking at OKC and how they moved from a turn-over prone group of kids to a legit playoff contender they are now.

Kick and drive may not work if teams play an honest man-to-man defense, but with Tyreke's improving perimeter game, sooner or later his pick and roll plays will be lethal. Once he gets that confidence, he will get respect and hence double team will come and there you go. Drive and kick again. Reke have won games for us driving at the lane against 3-4 defenders and still making a shot. He is not a so-so kind of player that will easily give up when the lanes get packed. Just sayi'n that we have an extraordinary talent here and we need to fully maximise this kids potential. It will take us to a lot of losing in the short run but it will keep us in the playoff years sooner and for the longer years.
 
Tyreke isn't a PG thats why Beno starts. Right now he doesn't have a clear position, as he doesn't shoot or move off the ball well enough to be a straight up 2 and he doesn't have the vision or mindset to run a real point.

Anywhere outside the Sacto bubble, this is understood. If anything, Beno needs to be involved in more plays to make the offense less predictable or one dimensional.
 
Mike Brown is probably one of those least creative coaches in this league. But somehow, Cleveland kept coming to the playoffs. Because he rode well on James' talent. If you have super stud, sometimes all you have to do is just give them the ball. Beno maybe stabilizing the offense, but Evans should be the offense on this team. Having Beno in the same floor with him takes a way a lot of possibilities that Reke can score on a smaller and weak defenders.
I believe that for this team to make it to the playoffs, Reke must explode every night and abuse people. Once we are consistent playoffs contenders. Then, we start talking on finer ways to win a championships with ball movements, etc.
 
Let's give it a couple more years before we declare Tyreke the "Lebron of PG's". We need to see how a experienced Tyreke will carry his team once he gets his inside/out game going on a nightly basis.
 
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Mike Brown is probably one of those least creative coaches in this league. But somehow, Cleveland kept coming to the playoffs. Because he rode well on James' talent. If you have super stud, sometimes all you have to do is just give them the ball. Beno maybe stabilizing the offense, but Evans should be the offense on this team. Having Beno in the same floor with him takes a way a lot of possibilities that Reke can score on a smaller and weak defenders.
I believe that for this team to make it to the playoffs, Reke must explode every night and abuse people. Once we are consistent playoffs contenders. Then, we start talking on finer ways to win a championships with ball movements, etc.
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No team has ever won a championship by "just giving the ball to the stud". Not even MJ's Bulls. LeBron's Cleveland did great in the regular season when teams didn't have time to prepare for them, but they have never won a playoff series in which the opposing team posed a serious challenge to them talent-wise, because when your offense is that predictable and the other team has enough time to create a plan for stopping it, the odds are against you, no matter how much of a stud you are.

As for your other point - Tyreke and a bunch of scrubs standing around will not take us to the playoff. As talented as Tyreke is, he is not LeBron, and most likely will never have the same impact. And to say that we will let him carry us to the playoff, and THEN come up with a reasonable offensive scheme to win a championship is... well... I don't even know how to describe that. Do you really see us running on the star+scrubs strategy for a few years and then saying to Tyreke "ok, now you have to change the way you've been playing all those years" and to the scrubs "ok, now you have to become real basketball players"? That makes no sense. If you want to build a team with an identity you have to build that identity from the getgo. Like I said - look at the LeBron effect in Miami and tell me that's a good idea. He's got Bosh looking like a scrub, and if you look at Wade's and Riley's face you can tell they're thinking to themselves "we probably should've thought this through a little longer".
 
In case you didnt notice, but Beno has been the point guard around 80%+ of the time they are both on the floor. And even when Head is in the game he starts off the offense. This doesn't lesson Evans shots, it just means he's not bringing the ball up and initiating the offense. And if you didn't know through the first 5 games the Kings were #1 in not turning the ball over. So it was working. Also, Evans has played the 3 some too with Beno and Head as the guards.
 
It's too early to tell what the trio in Miami can do. Chemistry is not going to happen overnight for 3 superstars playing to a system that they still have to learn. But for me its clear, even if they are still learning the system the talent they bring was more than enough to overwhelm most the teams in the league. Boston is just too familiar with their offense and defense that even if they close their eyes running, they will know where to go. I'm giving the heat some slack. They may not beat the Bulls record this season but those guys signed for multiple years and every season, they are clearly capable to break that.

Relying and building your superstar may not make a lot of NBA champions, but it gives you a damn STUD that will merit attention in this league who will probably attract another stud to join him. Wade was that guy in Miami until Shaq came and give him that ring, and now Lebron and Bosh.
 
KingsCitizen said:
It's too early to tell what the trio in Miami can do. Chemistry is not going to happen overnight for 3 superstars playing to a system that they still have to learn. But for me its clear, even if they are still learning the system the talent they bring was more than enough to overwhelm most the teams in the league. Boston is just too familiar with their offense and defense that even if they close their eyes running, they will know where to go. I'm giving the heat some slack. They may not beat the Bulls record this season but those guys signed for multiple years and every season, they are clearly capable to break that.

Relying and building your superstar may not make a lot of NBA champions, but it gives you a damn STUD that will merit attention in this league who will probably attract another stud to join him. Wade was that guy in Miami until Shaq came and give him that ring, and now Lebron and Bosh.
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Yes, Miami will be very impressive during the regular season and blow out a lot of teams (I'm afraid our blowout will be one of the most embarrassing ones) but come playoff time, if Boston are healthy, they have absolutely no chance against them, and if Boston loses players and the Heat do manage to get past them, I wouldn't be surprised to see them getting swept by the Lakers.
 
Tyreke just has to make up his mind about being a pg or sg.. I think he is really a sg, as his mentality is to score first. If he was a pg then he would be looking to pass and run plays. His ability to take it to the hole is reminiscent more of a sg and not a pg. Just because he has incredible handles does not make him a pg. He is a sg with handles. I think if he accepts this position, then he can be even more dangerous because then he knows his goal: to score. He can still continue to make the kickouts and lobs, thatll just make him a better basketball player. Also, he wouldnt be as ball domninant as he is now, which forces him to learn to play without the ball while beno runs the point. This could only benefit both Tyreke and our team..

Edit: I think this is also why it is so hard for teams to play with Lebron; he is really a SF but just because he has handles and speed they designate him as a pg. This only sets his team back because his teammates have a hard time playing their positions as they have a Pg who is looking to do more than just run plays and pass. This confusion was what i believe stopped the cavs from ever being a championship team as their chemistry could not be fully developed.
 
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KingsCitizen said:
It's too early to tell what the trio in Miami can do. Chemistry is not going to happen overnight for 3 superstars playing to a system that they still have to learn. But for me its clear, even if they are still learning the system the talent they bring was more than enough to overwhelm most the teams in the league. Boston is just too familiar with their offense and defense that even if they close their eyes running, they will know where to go. I'm giving the heat some slack. They may not beat the Bulls record this season but those guys signed for multiple years and every season, they are clearly capable to break that.

Relying and building your superstar may not make a lot of NBA champions, but it gives you a damn STUD that will merit attention in this league who will probably attract another stud to join him. Wade was that guy in Miami until Shaq came and give him that ring, and now Lebron and Bosh.
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Miami's problem is defending top 10 pg's, and the defense and rebounding from their 4 and 5. Bosh has always been a terrible defender, and his rebounding is actually down. They'll be fine against most teams obviously, but they could have some problems with the bigger frontlines in the league. I think they'll have problems with the Lakers,Celtics, Spurs, Magic, and Mavs. I think Bosh's deficiancies on defense will become more of a concern later in the season.
 
I want Beno to stay in the starting lineup and have Garcia play the 3. Thompson at the four (or Jackson). Dally at the 5. That lineup gives us the most quickness, and we need all the
quickness we can get. Dally should be able to cover up somewhat for the lack of size in the lineup. (And I'd really like to trade Landry for a quick guard who can, if need be, guard the opposing team's pg).

This team needs to use Jackson, Thompson, Cousins and Dally to play very physical basketball. (If Greene ever decides he wants to play again, he also needs to get physical). Use their fouls. Hammer people. Make it more of a scrum and take it personally. There is no accountability on the defensive side of the ball from what I can see. If the Kings had a guy like Garnett on this team he would have several of his teamates in tears he would rip them so badly.
 
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I don't hate Beno, but there's just no play-maker coming off the bench. Head is a shooter not a PG. And Pooh has been demoted to in-active when Dally returned.

Tyreke is a beast. Though he might not be able to make highlight passes on nightly basis, we will contribute more to this team when he will be our shortest starter on the court. That's pure mismatch all night long. Just sayi'n
 
Agree with the topic and theory -- if we can ever get somebody at SG that forces opposing teams to guard Reke with their PGs, it will be a complete slaughter. Teams will still collapse, but they are gonig to be under serious threat on virtually every possession and the whole defenses will have to bend to cover our great player and it will make it much easier for the rest. Now I did understand the rationale of having Beno there for the extra ballhandler/creater, and he and Reke really played well together last year, and it hasn't been disastrous this year. But Beno hasn't been able to provide spacing at all this season (shooting .178 from 3pt land), his sievelike defense is really becoming a larger concern as we try to take that next step forward, and his presence abslutely does provide too easy of an out for opposing teams who get free pass to sick their elite SG/SF defenders on Reke every night. Its bad strategy.

Thing is though, particularly when you are talking about a Omri/Landry (for whatever reason)/Dalembert front line, you are absolutely going to need extra passing from that SG spot. Cisco has shown occasional flashes of passing, but never in a significant run the offense sort of way. It really is too bad Igoudala is not a better shooter, or I would be a major advocate for getting him and making him the SG. It would be an impossible quandry for teams starting 6'1" PGs to handle.

Thing is, I think I CAN produce a starting lineup that works with Reke back there alone as the PG. If I had to make a list of major players who I think Reke can create enough for on offense, the top of the list would be Dalembert (the alley oops and dump off passes are looking good), Cousins (can create on his own), Cisco (corner threes), Omri (corner threes). On the other hand guys like Landry feel stale with Reke, JT = yes maybe, but generally don't want him creating too much himself, Donte works, but he's far out of the rotation now. Anyway:

C- Dalembert
PF- Cousins
SF- Omri
Sg- Cisco
PG- Reke

And I bet that works offensively, and plenty of scrap and length on defense. You get the extra playmaking from Cisco and Cousins, you've got your best shooters around Reke and Cousins. You've got 4 scrappy defenders and one Cousins. Weaknesses are Reke has to chase quick PGs, and Cousins has to guard PFs. But I think that works offensively, and it creates real issues for opposing teams. Cisco may not post PGs up, but he can shoot at will over a 6'1" defender. Would love to see what happened. And would love to have Beno coming off the bench running pick and rolls with Landry and JT etc.
 
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Bricklayer said:
Thing is, I think I CAN produce a starting lineup that works with Reke back there alone as the PG. If I had to make a list of major players who I think Reke can create enough for on offense, the top of the list would be Dalembert (the alley oops and dump off passes are looking good), Cousins (can create on his own), Cisco (corner threes), Omri (corner threes). On the other hand guys like Landry feel stale with Reke, JT = yes maybe, but generally don't want him creating too much himself, Donte works, but he's far out of the rotation now. Anyway:

C- Dalembert
PF- Cousins
SF- Omri
Sg- Cisco
PG- Reke
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Your frontline combination of starters of Dalembert and Cousins has been ridiculed to death before by "professional basketball coaches" in this board. I wonder what they have to say now that it is being brought-up by a moderator. Goodluck with this idea.:D
 
Prince_XY said:
Your frontline combination of starters of Dalembert and Cousins has been ridiculed to death before by "professional basketball coaches" in this board. I wonder what they have to say now that it is being brought-up by a moderator. Goodluck with this idea.:D
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On paper I didn't like that front court in TDOS, but after watching Cousins defense instincts (AKA just wanting to take a charge) it could work. He won't do any worse than Landry out there guarding 4's and he'll grab a hell of alot more boards than him as well. We could even match Dally with a 4 as well to switch it up, there is no reason for this team to not use their biggest advantage HEIGHT all over the court.

As for Reke at the Point? We saw in multiple games last year and the Minny game a couple nights ago that he can play the PG position damn good. He can find the open man and create for others, he's not gonna be magic or steve nash but he is a fully capable of running the point position. Why not use our biggest advantage out there to his full capablities it's our only real position of strength on this squad as it currently is built.

A lineup of Dally/Cousins/Omri/Cisco and Reke would do wonders for this team and like somebody mentioned earlier we can have a true point coming off the bench in Beno. Bringing both Landry and Beno off the bench would allow them to work on a 2 man game taking advantage of boths ability to hit the mid range jumper and also get Landry back into his more beastly role as the 6the man. Cisco this year has also been proving that he can be Reke's ideal back court partner until we find our younger upgrade, plus he can fire these dudes up from the beginning of the game. Omri I think is a guy who can play with whoever is out there his game won't change much, only thing I question is his consistency out there.
 
Landry needs to come off the bench. His defense is pee poor and his rebounding is atrocious. The best lineup I have seen so far is Reke/Garcia/Casspi/Cousins/Dalembert. Period.
 
Lockehead said:
Tyreke just has to make up his mind about being a pg or sg.. I think he is really a sg, as his mentality is to score first. If he was a pg then he would be looking to pass and run plays. His ability to take it to the hole is reminiscent more of a sg and not a pg. Just because he has incredible handles does not make him a pg. He is a sg with handles. I think if he accepts this position, then he can be even more dangerous because then he knows his goal: to score. He can still continue to make the kickouts and lobs, thatll just make him a better basketball player. Also, he wouldnt be as ball domninant as he is now, which forces him to learn to play without the ball while beno runs the point. This could only benefit both Tyreke and our team..

Edit: I think this is also why it is so hard for teams to play with Lebron; he is really a SF but just because he has handles and speed they designate him as a pg. This only sets his team back because his teammates have a hard time playing their positions as they have a Pg who is looking to do more than just run plays and pass. This confusion was what i believe stopped the cavs from ever being a championship team as their chemistry could not be fully developed.
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This is such nonsense. Lebron didn't impede the Cavs' chemistry and chances at a championship. This whole real PG nonsense is just that... Nonsense. The last team to win with a "real" PG was the show time lakers. The Cavs didn't win because Lebron didn't have another star next to him.
 
I can agree with Beno's defensive liabilities, but for a team that can go just ice cold on offense, it is often Beno who steps in, plays the veteran role, and scores/dishes in ways that get us through these offensive black holes. I don't see garcia able to do that. head, no way - leadership/poise is not there. we'd really need veteran leadership and true guard skills (passing/shooting/ballhandling) at that position to keep our offense plugging.
 
I brought this up early in the summer (will we start the Beno/Tyreke backcourt coach seems to prefer or a Tyreke/Cisco backcourt) and people jumped all over me like I was daring to argue that Tyreke is not a PG. Lo and behold, 7 games into the season and we're still playing the Beno/Tyreke backcourt and the team is struggling. Specifically we're struggling because Tyreke is now finding himself guarding perimeter scorers and getting in early foul trouble. Anyone who thinks this lineup is working is fooling themselves. We were not good after the All-Star break last year, we were 8-23. And we're not good so far this year, we've just beat a couple of terrible teams.

It continues to surprise me that people point at the lack of ball movement as the reason why Tyreke is not a PG (or shouldn't be the primary PG) even as we continue to go to isolation offense late in games and Tyreke continues to bail us out with layup after layup. If that works in the fourth quarter to bring us back from huge deficits, why shouldn't we use that offense more often? Tyreke looking to get to the basket with Casspi and Garcia (or other assorted veterans) spotted up at the three point line is our best offense. It's simple, it works. Then you put your PF in the high post to open up the lane (I like Thompson there because he can shoot the jumper if it's there, set a high pick-and-roll screen or go back for rebounds) and your C in the low post to either (a) play high-low with the PF off a pick-and-roll (b) catch drop off passes when Tyreke inevitably gets all the way to the basket (c) isolate when Tyreke can't get in the lane or needs a breather. That's what the offense should be. That gives you options on offense. No need to over complicate things. If you want to get fancy you can run some plays where we set screens for Garcia and you can let Casspi fake the shot and drive when he has an opening. Now we have options at every position.

The only problem with this lineup is the glaring hole in our defense that we have whenever Dalembert leaves the floor. That's going to be a problem anyway until Cousins learns how to play defense. We need Dalembert on the floor as much as possible to anchor the defense, but our best offensive lineup has Cousins in the low post because he's the only guy we have who can score reliably there (with apologies to Landry who's either shrunk in the off-season or is hopelessly confused by Westphal's current "PFs are really SFs" obsession). I think Dalembert can handle playing the high post role. When I saw him play in Philly he actually has a decent elbow jumper and he knows how to set screens. Someone needs to spell Cousins though and we don't have a good solution to that right now.

So really I think the changes we need to make are pretty simple. (1) Trade Landry while his value is still relatively high. He had good numbers last year but he doesn't fit going forward and we need to be establishing an identity ASAP. Targets would be either a solid role-playing bigman who can score 6-8 points per game in the low post or a veteran shooter. (2) Move Beno to the bench so we have someone to run the offense when Tyreke isn't out there -- someone who's not Luther Head. (3) Get Donte back in the rotation and let him get some confidence back because we need his three point shooting and we need a real SF to back up Casspi.

Playing Beno and Tyreke isn't forcing the issue. It's not forcing the opposition to do anything they don't want to do. We've got a huge advantage at PG with Tyreke. Refusing to treat it as such is refusing to best utilize what we actually do have that other teams, even elite playoff teams, don't have.
 
I think we should just keep experimenting with different lineups. Here is my proposed lineup for next game:

PG - Darnell Jackson
SG - Dalembert
SF - Luther Head
PF - Pohh Jeter
C - Tyreke Evans

Mismatches all around baby! Oh wait...
 
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