So is Monk….

[nikefutbolero]

A choke artist? Two games where his misses both his free throws in crunch time.

 

[SLAB]

Dude’s in his head. He’s a pro. He’ll get over it. Hopefully these next three days off.

 

[The_Jamal]

Who are you? Actually? lol

These threads are downright laughable.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

No. The dude's just a human. And a professional athlete. Most athletes, at various points throughout their playing careers, go through a little funk. If everything goes as planned, Monk will eventually find his way out of this funk, and everything will go back to being normal.

 

[dude12]

This thread must be tongue in cheek right?

 

[ockingsfan]

Before these last few games I would had said Monk is our most clutch player, especially at the FT line.

I'm hoping he snaps out of it soon, we need his swag back.....

 

[captain bill]

No. Him and Fox are getting ridden into the ground due to our lack of depth.

 

[Tetsujin]

Who are you? Actually? lol

These threads are downright laughable.

Dude has a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell making a negative thread about every single guy on the roster one by one.

 

[megapoxy]

I remember last year when we were playing the Clippers perhaps in that epic matchup, Monk missed one of the 2 free throws in the end of regulation or overtime but hit the second one. After in the press conference that they asked him if he was afraid missing the 2nd one he replied that this never happens. So I guess it's a mental thing, perhaps it's his last year of the contract that affects him, perhaps the fact that this season the team has to carry the burden of becoming better than the previous season. He took the last shot and was later angry with the refs in Phoenix as well (though he is the one "protecting" Brown when he strongly protests as Brown often said), something seems to be bothering him lately. This is not a rant against him, we have all seen what he brings to the court most of the times, he is again one of league's best 6th men (I doubt he will win it though, not because of the recent decline) and I hope he comes out of it and somehow we find a way to extend him by the end of the season!

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Larry Bird missed two free throws in 1986 against a terrible Kings squad with under a minute to go in the fourth that would have sealed the game, but the Kings ended up winning sending the town into a frenzy.

I'll wait for more data on Monk.

 

[Woot!]

Monk has made PLENTY of free throws at crucial moments. Misses happen. And sometimes they get strung together.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Monk has made PLENTY of free throws at crucial moments. Misses happen. And sometimes they get strung together.

While the missed free throws by a career 85%+ shooter is certainly maddening, anybody that has followed MM’s career knows it has nothing to do with lack of confidence, choking or being scared.

The OP is displaying a lot of naivety and lack of knowledge with such an assertion. MM has been a big game, clutch player his entire career. And even during his short stint with the KINGS has many times shown to have ice water in his veins taking and making a ton of clutch shots. The shot he made in the waning moments against the Clippers last season during the KINGS historic 176-175 victory immediately comes to mind.

 

[nikefutbolero]

Just missed two more in crunch time

 

[sono]

Monk is one of the last players I would nitpick. He's the one who keeps the juice flowing from the bench even without scoring.