That up and down play style is what I am hoping for. Fox, WCS, Skal etc, seem tailor made to flourish in that style of offense. The best way to increase fast break opportunities is to excel on the defensive end. I am looking to Fox and WCS both to be especially vigilant on the defensive end to facilitate fast breaks. Hopefully.
Yeah, I agree.. Hopefully this is a breakout year for Willie. He's blessed with very unique athleticism, and if he can figure out how to use it properly he can a very good player. Very athletic players like Willie who came to the game late, tend to play a little too fast and it affects everything they try to do. My knock on him is that he seems to go from trying to do too much at times, to being a spectator at other times. We need to get a consistent effort from him every game, and at a pace where he's under control.
After Cousins was traded, I think that was the first time in either college, or in the NBA that Willie was the main man in the post. At Kentucky he was always paired with someone that was thought to be better than him. Noel, Randle, and then Towns. Then he came to the Kings and he played behind Cousins. It seemed to me that he relished his role after Cousins left, and that he started to figure things out. You think differently on the court when your not looking over at the scorers table to see if Cousins is sitting there. Hopefully this is his year. The Kings need it to be.