Zyphen said:
Look at it this way:
Spurs repeat. We'll finish somewhere between 10th and 20th among the losers.
Yes, I'd rather be 2nd and say we at least had a chance. But it's somehow comforting to detract from the top 5 losers when you know you won't finish that high.
to me, its not very comforting when your team has, on paper, one of the best starting fives in the league. these guys need to pull their heads outta their asses, and soon. its not necessarily a matter of "gelling" (who the f thought up the term 'gel' anyways? its a dumbass term), its a matter of effort. i watched the kings blow a chance at winning in the fourth and ON THE ROAD against denver. all they had to do was play halfway decent, and they would have had a shot at the game. it was like they gave up. i hate seeing that ****. at least give an effort. the kings bench has been incredibly dissapointing as well. our "flexible pieces" aren't bringing it at all. adelman's not playing them because they don't deserve to be played. thomas and williamson have looked pathetic, and skinner has looked lost for the most part thru 5 games. bench players on a team that lends heavy minutes to it's starters do not have the luxury of "getting into a groove." they're on the court for a very limited time, and they need to produce
something.
jason hart has been largely dissapointing thus far, and i expect that to change, but he needs to prove he belongs on the court. martin and garcia are young, developing players, so i expect them to struggle, but i also expect some hustle from two young guys who, like jason hart, are trying to prove that they belong on the court and in the nba. if garcia is so far ahead of martin in his game, as many on this board have claimed, then i wanna see it. if martin has worked on his game and improved considerably in the offseason, then i wanna see it. i'm a realist, and i understand that it honestly is gonna take a while for this kings team to 'gel' the way we want them to, but, in the mean time, i don't think a little effort and hustle is too much to ask of guys making a helluva lot more money than any of us can even fathom.