My hope is that the Kings will send a copy of the game to league officials for review. As to how many fouls are called on each team, what matters most is on who were the fouls called. In our case, the calls were affecting Cousins, and he's only our best player. Also, most of the calls on the 76'ers were pretty legit calls. It appeared that their game plan was to just be as aggressive as possible and not worry about the calls. And they got a way with a lot of stuff. IT got mugged several times, and Jimmer was all but beheaded on that one play, but no call. Some of our legal picks were called fouls, and only one in my opinion was questionable, and that was the one Cousins got called for, and it easily could have been a non call, considering some of the picks they were getting away with. I don't complain about officiating much, but that was just terrible. And I'm not implying that we would have won the game if different, but it would have helped.
[Grades] Grades v. Sixers & Refs 1/2/2014
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I thought the analysis of Jimmer was pretty dang awful myself. He was a + 3 while on the floor for 5 minutes in the first half and while his man did attack the rim he wasn't all that successful doing it. He also made plays after IT came back in that don't show up in the box score. He had a really good box out that allowed some one else that chance to get a rebound and play really good D. He got absolutely hammered on one of his 3 point attempts when he ball faked and the guy landed on him and he got hit on the arm while he was shooting the time before.
Jimmer wasn't absolutely perfect but He and Cousins were the only 2 player to finish with a positive +/-. Cousins was +7 and Jimmer +9.
Jimmer wasn't absolutely perfect but He and Cousins were the only 2 player to finish with a positive +/-. Cousins was +7 and Jimmer +9.
First of all, I'm not acting about anything, and yes, the league does care if brought to their attention. That's how you get technical's reversed, which has already happened with Cousins this year. Referees are brought onto the carpet, and penalized for bad games. If nothing else, perhaps it will temper their calls the next time they ref the Kings.
It is odd that Jimmer and IT get the same grade and no one thinks it is weird. There is no basketball reason as to why that would be. Jimmer outplayed IT and outplayed him pretty easily both on offense and defense. Jimmer shot better, defended better and the team was much better with Jimmer on the floor.
My theory holds up....
My theory holds up....
There is no basketball reason for grades. They are subjective. The subjective reasons for both Jimmer and IT's grades were listed in full paragraphs of detail.
I agree that Jimmer shot better. I don't think he outplayed IT. He had a miserable time bringing the ball up the floor and in all of his minutes he managed to set up one teammate for a shot. One.
I disagree. Jimmer played horrific defense in the second quarter, allowing Wroten to get anywhere he wanted. He did make a few nice stops and played solid D for the first half of the fourth. For the second half of the fourth, he was mostly uninvolved on defense. Thomas' defense was much better than alleged in the game thread - I watched it very closely.
By +/-, perhaps. But outside of his short hot streak, Jimmer didn't actually help the team.
I'm not sure what your specific theory is, but if it involves me being biased, it's a poor theory and should be re-thought.
I agree that Jimmer shot better. I don't think he outplayed IT. He had a miserable time bringing the ball up the floor and in all of his minutes he managed to set up one teammate for a shot. One.
I disagree. Jimmer played horrific defense in the second quarter, allowing Wroten to get anywhere he wanted. He did make a few nice stops and played solid D for the first half of the fourth. For the second half of the fourth, he was mostly uninvolved on defense. Thomas' defense was much better than alleged in the game thread - I watched it very closely.
By +/-, perhaps. But outside of his short hot streak, Jimmer didn't actually help the team.
I'm not sure what your specific theory is, but if it involves me being biased, it's a poor theory and should be re-thought.
So how many shots is that and how many baskets? 6 shots, 3 makes including an offensive rebound. That just isn't that bad of defense. It is giving up 50% shooting but the the Sixers shot 47% for the entire game. It isn't like it was so, so terrible that he shouldn't have been on the floor. The amount of shoots doesn't matter. What Matter is that he only shot 50% including an offensive rebound. That isn't good but it isn't the worst defense ever and was by far his worst stretch in his 17 minutes.
You seriously have your panties in a knot over Capt saying Jimmer's defense qualifies as bad due to giving up 3-6 shooting and an ORB in only 5 mins? It was bad. Who really cares to what extent of "bad" it was? I can't believe some of you Jimmer fans are in such an all out defense mode you feel the need to make this big of a deal over 5 mins of ball.
BTW, don't create strawmen. Capt didn't say he was "so, so terrible he shouldn't have been on the floor" or that it was "the worst defense ever". These strawmen exaggerations are popular by the Jimmer fanboy club but serve little to no purpose in the context of an actual conversation.
BTW, don't create strawmen. Capt didn't say he was "so, so terrible he shouldn't have been on the floor" or that it was "the worst defense ever". These strawmen exaggerations are popular by the Jimmer fanboy club but serve little to no purpose in the context of an actual conversation.
I disagree. i think the league will care, because the Kings are a focus right now with the new ownership, new arena on the horizon, the incredible feat of keeping the team, AND the obvious development of DFC as a dominant force in the game. Add in Chris Granger's presence in our ranks, and you've got at least enough pull to warrant the league paying attention.