Don't look now but Kings are two games out of dead last in the West (with the mighty Suns and Mavs hot on our heels!) where I projected them by end of month around the holidays when others were talking naively about the 8th seed. Disconcertingly this performance is with veteran squad. If floundering with youth at least there would be upward trajectory to hope (bet) on. You can do NO worse dead last playing old guys in win now mode. Well, unless you want to try to win now with old guys while simultaneously stripping the cupboard relatively bare of future assets through swap rights and unconditional picks.
This calls into question the judgement and trustworthiness of Joerger and Vlade, particularly with Boogie having the best season of his career. If this season is not an epic fail I don't know what is. Of course you can harp on terrible calls but what about one player going for 42 point and no one else sniffing double figures? What about everyone in the arena knowing last play was going to Boogie so the Bulls could send the kitchen sink? What about the underachievement up and down this roster that reflects pace, leadership, rotations, personality and personnel decisions by the coach and GM culpable for this inferior product?
Boogie is 10th in the NBA in Real Plus Minus at 5.5. Here's the company he's keeping:
This calls into question the judgement and trustworthiness of Joerger and Vlade, particularly with Boogie having the best season of his career. If this season is not an epic fail I don't know what is. Of course you can harp on terrible calls but what about one player going for 42 point and no one else sniffing double figures? What about everyone in the arena knowing last play was going to Boogie so the Bulls could send the kitchen sink? What about the underachievement up and down this roster that reflects pace, leadership, rotations, personality and personnel decisions by the coach and GM culpable for this inferior product?
Boogie is 10th in the NBA in Real Plus Minus at 5.5. Here's the company he's keeping:
- Affalo -4.47 (433 out of 438 players)
- Ben -4.30 (430 out of 438)
- Willie -2.52 (363 out of 438)
- Collison -2.38 (348 out 438)
- Barnes -2.27 (334 out of 438)
- Omri -1.68 (279 out of 438)
- Ty Lawson -1.06 (220 out 438)
- Temple +0.06 (134 out of 438)
- Koufos +1.13 (82 out of 438)
- Rudy +1.99 (49 out of 438)
- Boogie +5.50 (10 out of 438)