1. Nice game for Spencer and Bobby but I’d like to see that more than just once.

2. Eventually I’d like to see John, Kevin and Francisco to combine for 20 rebounds a game assuming the trio sees at least 28 minutes a game.

3. I’d like to see Brad (10) , Mikki (7), Spencer (7) , Jason (4) and Shelden (4) combine for 30-35 rebounds a game. Assuming Brad and Mikki play 30+ mins, Spencer plays 25 minutes and Jason and Shelden each get around 10.

3. Bobby Jackson get dealt at the deadline for a less valuable expiring deal and a draft pick like what Sam Presti did in the offseason with Kurt Thomas.

4. Shoot at least 80% from the free throw line.

5. We gotta be forcing turnovers if we’re going to overpowered inside.

6. Keep opponents under 45% shooting from the field and give up less three’s.

I thought this new Kings team was supposed to be a running, fast breaking team? I did not see that last night. I saw a lot of Brown at the top of the key passing to players who had nothing else to do but take a jumper. I did not see much pushing the ball up the floor. Is this what Theus was promising? Why is this any better than the Artest offense?

Still it’s good to see Spencer answering back, even though it was against a crappy team. Salmons too but he still needs to step up even more in my opinion. Green had a miserable game. Garcia looked like a rookie again.

Spencer Hawes-Looked good. His shot was falling from outside and that seemed to give the rest of his game a boost. I liked that he got a few buckets inside. He still needs to do more here. Same criticism as everyone else: he needs to get closer to the bucket. Also, he needs to act more decisively on the block. Three and four pump fakes gives the defense time to collapse (it worked against OKC last night but he’ll ge killed against better competition). Also, Shareef needs to teach him how to mix in a drop step every once in a while. It will help make the hook more effective, and it is a stronger move because you’re going towards that basket rather than falling away, which enables you to clean up if you miss your first shot.

Bobby Brown—Looked great. I was happily suprised. This enables us to deal with the Beno injury situation without completely falling apart, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he started to steal minutes if Beno keeps this “slight muscle pull” crap up.

JT—I liked that he was acive, but he really needs to develop some moves closer to the basket that he can count on. (And driving left and putting up a contested floater doesn’t count).

Donte Greene—Needs to learn how to score when his outside shot isn’t falling. He was one of the few bright spots against Portland, but he gave us precious little against OKC. He’s young and inconsistent. No big suprise there. Much like Spence, though, when the J isn’t falling, he needs to learn to move in closer to the hoop and get to the line.

Cisco—Stunk up the joint. The other bright spot from the Portland game didn’t fair well. Forced shots. Didn’t play within himself. Again when the jumper isn’t falling, he needs to contribute on D, with rebounding, and I didn’t see that much.

Sheldon—Loved the rebounding and defense. I think he has a place on the team. I wish he would go hard to the rim after an offensive board. Try to dunk it and make them foul you.

Everyone else—KMart still looks like he can play a little. Brad didn’t score, but the offense always seems to work so much better when he’s in the ballgame. Mikki didn’t leave much of an impression. BJax—see Mikki.

Spencer- It was great to see him have a good showing. It seemed like he payed attention to all the criticism that he got over the last couple of days. Good for him. But I’m not getting excited considering it was against Joe Smith and a considerable worse team. But good for him. He still has a long way to go. Now let’s see if he can keep it up…

Bobby Brown- I was suprised by how good he really was. He looked good. He had 4 turnovers, but he can learn from those hopefully. I makes things a lot easier with “injury-prone” Beno.

JT- Rushed way too many shots. He needs to slow down, like most rookies do. He had good energy though, and looks like he’ll be a decent rebounder. He was also decent on defense. Lot of potential with him.

Donte’- Was ineffective and fell back to earth with a thud. He also rushed way to many things and tried to do too much, which was evident when he ran into Shelden while Shelden was trying to get position.. He’s scary athletic, so he needs to stop relying on the outside shot so much. I think he’ll figure it out eventually, but he might be hot-cold for a lot of the games he plays.

Mikki- 2 rbs?!? Really?!? And he played how many minutes?!?

Cisco – Not his game. Clearly. He looked out of it the whole game.