Can not do the thread for the Jazz game
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Kings FINALLY played someone bad enough to help us stop the early season 6 game losing streak. In a game that resembled high school basketball Kings managed to prevail and improve to 4-7 on the season and 2-5 at home even though November is by far the easiest month schedule wise. With tougher schedule coming up Kings can have their season run away from them. Right now it looks like another high draft pick and it shouldn't be.
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What the hell is going on ? I missed few games and I can't figure out who is playing and why. We have no consistency in anything other than playing bad and losing. Lineups change like traffic lights, players have no clue what to expect - especially the young ones. Players like Garcia, Head and such with all due respect, will not be a part of any bright future that Kings are supposed to have. Why are they playing and losing I don't understand.
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Seeing Donte Green for the first time in the season I at least understand why he wasn't playing. the dude looks FAT. If you want to come to the camp overweight you better be Vlade Divac and have something else to offer other than athleticism. That is very unprofessional behavior for a young man that is trying to make it in this league.
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Kings shot selection is much worse than the lack of ball movement. Other than Beno Udrih, almost everyone else takes bad shots pretty much all the time. Also Landy takes decent shots. Garcia, Head, Dalambert, Evans, Casspi - just bad going to awful. Coaching staff is to blame too. What the hell are they doing in practice, in training camp in the meetings ? As a team, we can't make playoffs and have winning season. No one is asking for it. All we want is to be better than last season which was promising. Well, we aren't. We are way worse.
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This new "policy" where defense will get you playing time is bogus and won't work. The team defense is awful regardless who is on the floor. Luther Head can't guard anyone either. Landry doesn't defend. Even Tyreke isn't working too hard on that end of the floor. You have to find the best mix overall. you have to pick 9 - 10 guys and set rotations and go with it for 10-15 games and reevaluate. Kings are trying everything to win instantly. It isn't going to happen.
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Coaching stuff is supposed to teach and "educate" young players about business of basketball. We aren't seeing any of that. Even Wolves seem to be doing better job. I don't see a pilot in the Kings plane. We don't have enough talent to win most of the nights but we have enough talent to play more exciting brand of basketball. What we play is boring. I fell asleep the other night. Last night I had to take an afternoon nap so i can stay awake to watch this garbage of basketball that we are playing.
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Sophomore seasons are always more difficult. Nothing is different in Tyreke's case. He is still trying to figure out effective adjustments that the opponents implemented in their game plans. He also need help from his teammates. He isn't getting much. He also doesn't seem to be completely healthy. His numbers are worse but that is not necessarily a bad thing. It might take some pressure off of him. He isn't good enough yet to carry a team by himself most of the nights. His jumper still sucks and there aren't any lanes because no one else is making any shots either.
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Close game between two decent NBDL teams and Kings prevailed because they got few more critical rebounds. The game itself was poorly played. we stopped Lopez who killed us few weeks ago but there was Humphries to pick up the slack. Harris wasn't as effective as in the previous meeting. Playing like this - we won't win many more games.
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AWARD TIME
TDM - Chris " god" Humphries
LW-VC - Devin " almost triple double" Harris
JHA - Cisco ' bad shot" Garcia
MIKKI - Samuel "should just stay in his own half" Dalambert
SAR- Q " social security" Ross
RA&1 - Jordan "dumbo" Farmer
Jax/Walk - Travis "fortunately missed some" Outlaw
WTF moment of the game - Cousins makes a good defensive play and then just watches Lopes put in the second effort and dunk the ball easily
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Hornets are hot at the moment. They are very confident with a young coach who plays defense first and controled offense looking for low scoring games as they don't really run with the ball. They are much better rebounding the ball, better defensively and athletically. CP3 seems healthy. Kings need to play like a team for 48 minutes. They need to push the ball rebound well.
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match ups
Landry vs West - both undersized. It will be interesting
Okafor vs Dalambert - whos offense is ugglier ?
Battle of benches - their bench has been productive. We need to match that
Pedja vs SAR - Methuselah award - if he gets to play.
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Evans - make a layup will you ?
Beno - decent
Omri - let him play coach
Landry - should have a good game
Dalambert - just pass the ball
Cousins - play to the whistle
Cisco - go away
Head - why
JT - confused
rest - mateen
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Hornets 10-1 are a complete surprise for me. I still don't understand why they are this good. I didn't watch them much but what I watched it wasn't that impressive. Belinelli will get the TDM. LW-VC will go to Ariza. Kings will win this one.
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Kings FINALLY played someone bad enough to help us stop the early season 6 game losing streak. In a game that resembled high school basketball Kings managed to prevail and improve to 4-7 on the season and 2-5 at home even though November is by far the easiest month schedule wise. With tougher schedule coming up Kings can have their season run away from them. Right now it looks like another high draft pick and it shouldn't be.
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What the hell is going on ? I missed few games and I can't figure out who is playing and why. We have no consistency in anything other than playing bad and losing. Lineups change like traffic lights, players have no clue what to expect - especially the young ones. Players like Garcia, Head and such with all due respect, will not be a part of any bright future that Kings are supposed to have. Why are they playing and losing I don't understand.
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Seeing Donte Green for the first time in the season I at least understand why he wasn't playing. the dude looks FAT. If you want to come to the camp overweight you better be Vlade Divac and have something else to offer other than athleticism. That is very unprofessional behavior for a young man that is trying to make it in this league.
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Kings shot selection is much worse than the lack of ball movement. Other than Beno Udrih, almost everyone else takes bad shots pretty much all the time. Also Landy takes decent shots. Garcia, Head, Dalambert, Evans, Casspi - just bad going to awful. Coaching staff is to blame too. What the hell are they doing in practice, in training camp in the meetings ? As a team, we can't make playoffs and have winning season. No one is asking for it. All we want is to be better than last season which was promising. Well, we aren't. We are way worse.
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This new "policy" where defense will get you playing time is bogus and won't work. The team defense is awful regardless who is on the floor. Luther Head can't guard anyone either. Landry doesn't defend. Even Tyreke isn't working too hard on that end of the floor. You have to find the best mix overall. you have to pick 9 - 10 guys and set rotations and go with it for 10-15 games and reevaluate. Kings are trying everything to win instantly. It isn't going to happen.
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Coaching stuff is supposed to teach and "educate" young players about business of basketball. We aren't seeing any of that. Even Wolves seem to be doing better job. I don't see a pilot in the Kings plane. We don't have enough talent to win most of the nights but we have enough talent to play more exciting brand of basketball. What we play is boring. I fell asleep the other night. Last night I had to take an afternoon nap so i can stay awake to watch this garbage of basketball that we are playing.
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Sophomore seasons are always more difficult. Nothing is different in Tyreke's case. He is still trying to figure out effective adjustments that the opponents implemented in their game plans. He also need help from his teammates. He isn't getting much. He also doesn't seem to be completely healthy. His numbers are worse but that is not necessarily a bad thing. It might take some pressure off of him. He isn't good enough yet to carry a team by himself most of the nights. His jumper still sucks and there aren't any lanes because no one else is making any shots either.
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Close game between two decent NBDL teams and Kings prevailed because they got few more critical rebounds. The game itself was poorly played. we stopped Lopez who killed us few weeks ago but there was Humphries to pick up the slack. Harris wasn't as effective as in the previous meeting. Playing like this - we won't win many more games.
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AWARD TIME
TDM - Chris " god" Humphries
LW-VC - Devin " almost triple double" Harris
JHA - Cisco ' bad shot" Garcia
MIKKI - Samuel "should just stay in his own half" Dalambert
SAR- Q " social security" Ross
RA&1 - Jordan "dumbo" Farmer
Jax/Walk - Travis "fortunately missed some" Outlaw
WTF moment of the game - Cousins makes a good defensive play and then just watches Lopes put in the second effort and dunk the ball easily
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Hornets are hot at the moment. They are very confident with a young coach who plays defense first and controled offense looking for low scoring games as they don't really run with the ball. They are much better rebounding the ball, better defensively and athletically. CP3 seems healthy. Kings need to play like a team for 48 minutes. They need to push the ball rebound well.
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match ups
Landry vs West - both undersized. It will be interesting
Okafor vs Dalambert - whos offense is ugglier ?
Battle of benches - their bench has been productive. We need to match that
Pedja vs SAR - Methuselah award - if he gets to play.
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Evans - make a layup will you ?
Beno - decent
Omri - let him play coach
Landry - should have a good game
Dalambert - just pass the ball
Cousins - play to the whistle
Cisco - go away
Head - why
JT - confused
rest - mateen
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Hornets 10-1 are a complete surprise for me. I still don't understand why they are this good. I didn't watch them much but what I watched it wasn't that impressive. Belinelli will get the TDM. LW-VC will go to Ariza. Kings will win this one.
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