Ack.

by Ziller on May 3, 2006 5:34 AM PDT in News Comment 12 comments

It's hard to blame anyone for that loss. Bonzi continued to play out of his gourd. Artest was unstoppable in the last six minutes or so. Bibby hit a big shot. Martin stayed in front of Parker. Miller played serviceable defense on Duncan most of the night.

Let's see... who can I blame? Adelman coached rather well - he called some well-timed time-outs for a change, and went with the lineup that was best performing. Hart didn't destroy the team when he came in as Bibby (Mike Bibby!) had foul trouble (!!). Kenny Thomas was pretty much a Hack-a-Duncan guy, and Shareef had some nice shots and some horrid turnovers.

Hmm. Who to blame, who to blame? How about President Bush? He's from Texas, right? So was Lyndon B. Johnson - let's blame him, too. In fact, I blame the entire state (republic?) of Texas for that Texas. Screw you, Texas! Screw you! (Except Lance Armstrong. And Sandy the Squirrel. Y'alls are OK by me.)

Chalk it up to the defending world champ holding court in a must-win. It sucks, but it's life in the NBA.

Let's hope the execution can be stayed until Sunday, at the earliest.

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Hey now!!

Lets just say screw you Texas in all areas just surrounding San Antonio and New Braunfels Texas. (Ha a Texas joke... you don't know where New Braunfels is do you... I don't think so, but if in the area go to the snake farm....live cobra feedings... good stuff). Anyways I'm a King's fan who lives in Houston and this Texas pride thing even had penetrated me (I think its from the water), Bush still sucks though... Reggie Bush woulda been awesome. Don't Mess with Texas!! But GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Kings!!!

by Mityt on May 3, 2006 6:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well...

Kings fans are also exempt, of course. So you're OK, buddy.

by Ziller on May 3, 2006 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bonzi Wells.... Free Agent Extraordinaire

I too have mixed feelings over Bonzi's superb playoff explosion. Every rebound he grabs and point he scores raises that price tag a little bit more. He has stated he wants that last big contract and someone is going to give it to him. If he feels some loyalty in this affair then he might (MIGHT!!!) resign for the MLE but I am skeptical that that will be the case. We may be able to work a sign and trade but I fear he is as good as gone. This is alright in the sense that we have K-Mart but we are not a championship team without him (as constructed...are we with him??) I reiterate my previous posts regarding what to do with this team. Bonzi resigns then you keep it together for a full season with Adelman holding the reigns. Bonzi goes, then blow it up... trade Artest for <insert superstar here> and give RA the boot.

by Mityt on May 3, 2006 8:27 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Criticisms...

I'm not interested in blaming any one player, but Miller's defense was absolutely atrocious. What happened to the Mike Bibby we saw in 2002? Bibby is shooting 34% and has made several bad turnovers and defensive plays at the end of games. Again - I'm not blaming either of those guys for the loss. You've pulled off a minor miracle if you beat the champs on their home floor in a swing game. But Bibby and (especially) Miller just haven't brought it in this series.

by Carl on May 3, 2006 8:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well...we sure coulda used some 'd'....

at the hole the last few possessions.I think if there's anything to blame, it's that there was a laspe in mental concentration not stopping the Spur's drive to the hole at the end. I sure would have liked to see somebody block some shots there even if they did foul out. & it's a mystery as to why Bibbylicous just isn't shooting like he used too, is it because in 2002 when we had D.C.( who could run the point)Mike could catch the ball as the 2-guard & get more shots off?hmmmm...

by Rhondda Nunes on May 3, 2006 1:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Im taking a guess and saying the league wants

Dallas to win the Finals this year.

Amidst all these one game suspensions, Dirk Nowitzki gets a $15,000 fine. Whatever. It's B.S.

What do you guys think?

by evanmeagan on May 3, 2006 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

we played a good game

we just came up short the last few mins and no one needs to get blamed for this but here are my comments

mike in foul trouble killed us
we should look for another back up pg because the team is very disorganized when mike is out
kmart or cisco better learn how to handle the ball and break a full court trap

i have a question, who defends tim better? brad, reef or kenny? because tim really torched us at the end of the game

i don't really think we should try to shut tim down
i think that we should try to shut down manu because good things happen for the spurs when manu is playing well

by kingme on May 3, 2006 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree about manu...his dribble penetration...

killed us; that's where we needed Cisko kid instead of Mike in foul trouble at the end.

he has the most D.C. possible tall p.g talent, but he needs more focus as he dribbles up court. he gets intercepted a lot, K-Mart too. They both need to knock that off.

I like 'Reef defnsively on Timmy, but we need him so much in our offense to have him get into foul trouble even if he his coming off the bench, I dunno, even if Brad is having a good offensive game I haven't really noticed that he has an effect in the King's defense.

I think the league is in love with Dirkie. Maybe it's a reward for the Chuckster(sir Charles) calling them week & soft until they got the Little General in.

by Rhondda Nunes on May 3, 2006 11:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why not SAR on Timmie

Besides game 2, I haven't seen SAR do a damn thing. Overall I've been very dissapointed with Shareef because he hasn't followed up on his great performance. Is it his fault...I dunno. Perhpas they haven't called his number or maybe he hasn't been as aggressive but the Kings need to attack TD and make him play defense and get him in foul trouble. We cannot win if TD is unstoppable like game 5. So put SAR on Timmie and if he accumulates foouls so be it. Unless he decides to contribute on offense then what does it matter if he has 4-5 fouls. Most here at SR seem to think Manu is the key but I do not. If TD can score whenever he wants then every time the score is close he just flips it in for the easy deuce. At least Manu has to make a jump shot or drive to the rim, TD can just post up, turn and shoot cause nobody can block a shot in a purple uniform. That being said I think we double TD a tad bit more but play straight up 60-65% of the time but we gotta make somebody else beat us. And another thing, you want to double off of Mr. Longoria but for crying out load can somebody put a hand in his face for a 15-footer. We want him to take that shot but a 12-year-old can make it so you gotta put some pressure on him without overcommitting and letting him get to the rack. Well there's my "expert" opinion.

by Mityt on May 4, 2006 8:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Reef/TD

"...the Kings need to attack TD and make him play defense and get him in foul trouble."

And that is why Reef is so important. I think RA pulled him Tuesday due to the fouls AND a couple bad turnovers. But Reef is the only King that can get TD into foul trouble. We need more Reef.

by Ziller on May 4, 2006 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you get the impression

That Adelman keeps Shareef on a shorter leash than most other players? A few mistakes and he's riding the pine for a while.

I've noticed Adelman doing this in the past with certain players - maybe he just doesn't like the way they contribute to his "system" and is looking for an excuse to remove them from the equation.

Good thing for Bibby and Miller he doesn't have the same policy across the board. :)

by otis29 on May 4, 2006 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs