Voisin: Up to Petrie to tidy up the mess of a team
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That's not tanking. That is among the first steps in rebuilding. Tanking is when the players and coached decide that winning is no longer important to them or that losing is more important so we can get a better draft pick. Once it becomes evident that we have NO CHANCE of making the playoffs, I say let the young ones have a shot. As long as there is a chance that we can make the playoffs, I think that we should put or BEST players with their BEST affort on the floor to win games.
By the way, it is still too early to count us out of the playoffs yet. I, for one, have been very negative as of late. I am going to try and stop that. I can be realistic without being as negative as I have been. I know that our chances of making the playoffs is VERY slim, but there is still a cahnce and I am going to cheer for that even if it depresses me in the end.
For me, the rebuilding should begin at the end of the season, if we are no longer in contention for the playoffs, sooner. It should happen with OFFSEASON trades. Mid-season trades have NOT been good for us. Not even Artest. That just gave us false hope. It should happen with drafting strong young players. It should happen with letting go of some our expiring contracts via trade or letting them walk. It should also happen with SMART free agent signings that address our weakness (front court). The catch here is that they have to WANT to come. Who wants to play for a team that gives up on winning before the season is even half way over? We don't have enough money for that.
WOW! ! ! That's like watching a new FOX basketball sitcom!! But why not? I think the Maloofs and Petrie want to win and make the playoffs, no matter how then they can more clearly see what rebuilding needs to be done.
Nobody is "tanking" it. I just think there are two kinds of chemistry:
(1) personal chemistry, personalities getting along or not as people and guys.
(2) team or game chemistry. Players may be best friends off the court but if their playing styles don't mesh or have much chance of meshing then that can be a "chemistry" problem.
I think the Kings have a BIG issue with #2 and other than maybe KT may (I stress may) be the only #1 issues all along. Don't know but seems this way.
Nobody is "tanking" it. I just think there are two kinds of chemistry:
(1) personal chemistry, personalities getting along or not as people and guys.
(2) team or game chemistry. Players may be best friends off the court but if their playing styles don't mesh or have much chance of meshing then that can be a "chemistry" problem.
I think the Kings have a BIG issue with #2 and other than maybe KT may (I stress may) be the only #1 issues all along. Don't know but seems this way.
Oh no -- we can still make the playoffs. But you know what? At this point I am not at all sure how to feel if we make the playoffs. When you get down to it, of all the stupid, shallow, shortsighted things to do, that would be near the top of the list. Blunder on through, get exterminated like a bug in a Raid factory, blow our chance at a high draft pick stud, and kill the future along with the present. I think Kings management might be more than a little surprised to see attendance at a playoff game -- I have real doubts I would be buying those tickets. Another two, or at most, three, games at the end of the season, high percentage chance we lose each one, virtually no chance of advancing or mattering in the least, and all the while knowing that the whole futile exercise may have badly wounded our future prospects.
Barring some stupendous fix-all-the-team's-issues-at-once blockbuster trade, making the playoffs at this point is rapidly becoming icky. And that ick is going to make the next few months tough. How exactly do you feel after a regular season win if you suspect its damaging your future? How do you feel about a loss when maybe its actually helping you win next year? Very confusing. Furstration factor aside, I seriously think the best thing that could happen would be that we play 50 more Lakers games -- play well in competitive games (minus officiating), go to OT for a little extra excitement, and then lose every one. Well...we still have 3 more dates vs. the Lakers, so not EVERY one.
In any case, of the many elephants in the room, that ranks near the top. We need a superstud, and there's no good way to get one except through the draft. Not just any draft, THIS draft. Ron is not that guy. We passed on A.I.. Both KG (winning) and Pau (no more Fratello) seem happier and settling in. The key event of the '98 offseason was obviously landing Chris Webber. We got a superstar via trade. Not only that, a YOUNG one. That's so hard to reproduce. This time it appears we are going to have to go get our own in the draft.
P.S. -- Note BTW, Pau is not a superstar, but he would be the closest thing to the Webb situation -- age, position played, maybe he blossoms, who knows. In an ideal world we tank down to get a Top 10 pick, somehow trade for Pau, keep Kevin, sign a FA and go. But the Grizzlies are not helmed by Wes Unseld, they are helmed by Jerry West. Barring a miracle we are going to have to do this without that windfall.
Barring some stupendous fix-all-the-team's-issues-at-once blockbuster trade, making the playoffs at this point is rapidly becoming icky. And that ick is going to make the next few months tough. How exactly do you feel after a regular season win if you suspect its damaging your future? How do you feel about a loss when maybe its actually helping you win next year? Very confusing. Furstration factor aside, I seriously think the best thing that could happen would be that we play 50 more Lakers games -- play well in competitive games (minus officiating), go to OT for a little extra excitement, and then lose every one. Well...we still have 3 more dates vs. the Lakers, so not EVERY one.
In any case, of the many elephants in the room, that ranks near the top. We need a superstud, and there's no good way to get one except through the draft. Not just any draft, THIS draft. Ron is not that guy. We passed on A.I.. Both KG (winning) and Pau (no more Fratello) seem happier and settling in. The key event of the '98 offseason was obviously landing Chris Webber. We got a superstar via trade. Not only that, a YOUNG one. That's so hard to reproduce. This time it appears we are going to have to go get our own in the draft.
P.S. -- Note BTW, Pau is not a superstar, but he would be the closest thing to the Webb situation -- age, position played, maybe he blossoms, who knows. In an ideal world we tank down to get a Top 10 pick, somehow trade for Pau, keep Kevin, sign a FA and go. But the Grizzlies are not helmed by Wes Unseld, they are helmed by Jerry West. Barring a miracle we are going to have to do this without that windfall.
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Oh no -- we can still make the playoffs. But you know what? At this point I am not at all sure how to feel if we make the playoffs. When you get down to it, of all the stupid, shallow, shortsighted things to do, that would be near the top of the list. Blunder on through, get exterminated like a bug in a Raid factory, blow our chance at a high draft pick stud, and kill the future along with the present. I think Kings management might be more than a little surprised to see attendance at a playoff game -- I have real doubts I would be buying those tickets. Another two, or at most, three, games at the end of the season, high percentage chance we lose each one, virtually no chance of advancing or mattering in the least, and all the while knowing that the whole futile exercise may have badly wounded our future prospects.
Barring some stupendous fix-all-the-team's-issues-at-once blockbuster trade, making the playoffs at this point is rapidly becoming icky. And that ick is going to make the next few months tough. How exactly do you feel after a regular season win if you suspect its damaging your future? How do you feel about a loss when maybe its actually helping you win next year? Very confusing. Furstration factor aside, I seriously think the best thing that could happen would be that we play 50 more Lakers games -- play well in competitive games (minus officiating), go to OT for a little extra excitement, and then lose every one. Well...we still have 3 more dates vs. the Lakers, so not EVERY one.
In any case, of the many elephants in the room, that ranks near the top. We need a superstud, and there's no good way to get one except through the draft. Not just any draft, THIS draft. Ron is not that guy. We passed on A.I.. Both KG (winning) and Pau (no more Fratello) seem happier and settling in. The key event of the '98 offseason was obviously landing Chris Webber. We got a superstar via trade. Not only that, a YOUNG one. That's so hard to reproduce. This time it appears we are going to have to go get our own in the draft.
P.S. -- Note BTW, Pau is not a superstar, but he would be the closest thing to the Webb situation -- age, position played, maybe he blossoms, who knows. In an ideal world we tank down to get a Top 10 pick, somehow trade for Pau, keep Kevin, sign a FA and go. But the Grizzlies are not helmed by Wes Unseld, they are helmed by Jerry West. Barring a miracle we are going to have to do this without that windfall.
Barring some stupendous fix-all-the-team's-issues-at-once blockbuster trade, making the playoffs at this point is rapidly becoming icky. And that ick is going to make the next few months tough. How exactly do you feel after a regular season win if you suspect its damaging your future? How do you feel about a loss when maybe its actually helping you win next year? Very confusing. Furstration factor aside, I seriously think the best thing that could happen would be that we play 50 more Lakers games -- play well in competitive games (minus officiating), go to OT for a little extra excitement, and then lose every one. Well...we still have 3 more dates vs. the Lakers, so not EVERY one.
In any case, of the many elephants in the room, that ranks near the top. We need a superstud, and there's no good way to get one except through the draft. Not just any draft, THIS draft. Ron is not that guy. We passed on A.I.. Both KG (winning) and Pau (no more Fratello) seem happier and settling in. The key event of the '98 offseason was obviously landing Chris Webber. We got a superstar via trade. Not only that, a YOUNG one. That's so hard to reproduce. This time it appears we are going to have to go get our own in the draft.
P.S. -- Note BTW, Pau is not a superstar, but he would be the closest thing to the Webb situation -- age, position played, maybe he blossoms, who knows. In an ideal world we tank down to get a Top 10 pick, somehow trade for Pau, keep Kevin, sign a FA and go. But the Grizzlies are not helmed by Wes Unseld, they are helmed by Jerry West. Barring a miracle we are going to have to do this without that windfall.
Yep, they're a mess, all right.........
Yes, this is a mess of a team. Jog & gun offense, and no defense. No ball movement. Selfish, stats-oriented players. Miller afraid to act like a center. That adds up to big problems, folks. This team is imploding right before our very eyes. Disgraceful........
Yes, this is a mess of a team. Jog & gun offense, and no defense. No ball movement. Selfish, stats-oriented players. Miller afraid to act like a center. That adds up to big problems, folks. This team is imploding right before our very eyes. Disgraceful........
