Douby or Not Douby? that is the question

I agree- Douby is the past, not the future so why not give Brown a chance to lose this one at the buzzer. Bobby is a better ball handler, not quite the pure scorer of Douby but a better shooter and had got 3-4 from th field on the night. Douby is a streak shooter who has to be feeling pretty low right about now. When Martin and Garcia come back I don’t even see him being active for most games.

He needs something the Kings just don’t have readily available for him: A roster spot.

And ends up riding the pine on someone else’s bench…you will admit we were right…right??

I don’t like the “haters” word choice but I have definitely been a Douby detractor. I guess he is fine as a 11-12 guy on the bench but I personally believe that he has never been able to make the leap to NBA player status. Just because you are in the NBA doesn’t mean you are worthy- rookie contracts guarantee between 2 and 4 years for players while teams try and find out if the guy can play. My personal opinion is that Douby is a fringe NBA roster filler who would be better served playing in Europe of the developmental league. Sure, he does certain things well but I don’t see his skills ever commanding NBA minutes. QD has had a handful of very good games in his career but I believe that his game is predicated on him hitting low percentage shots (27’ three pointers), he lacks the ball handling skills to play the point, the size to play the two, and the conditioning to make it through training camp without getting hurt.

Let’s face it, Kevin Martin became an NBA regular by busting his ASS and improving every year, same can be said about Garcia and even Hawes at this point. I haven’t seen the growth required to stay in the league out of Douby. This week is a classic example, I don’t blame Douby for missing two crucial shots but I do blame him for not having his body ready for game service. Ankle injury or not, there are many ways to stay in shape to play 20 minutes of basketball, regardless of level of competition. When Martin and Garcia return from injury, I see a long and frustrating final season as a King filled with inactives and DNP-CD for Douby’s.

The minute he earns it on the court.

Doesn’t seem he’s willing to have an earnest discussion about all our real feelings. Too bad, ‘cause I’m really wondering how he feels about Theus’s lack of offensive identity, and its affect on Justa…, ahem Quincy Douby.

In his book Reynolds Remembers, Jerry saw Les cheering and hollering. Jerry couldn’t figure out why and he walked up to JIm," Why are you celebrating." Les answered," I’ve scored on every chair in every arena now."

Sometimes you have to just look at the results and call it what it is. This is Quincy’s third year, and it’s not like he hasn’t gotten a chance. If he were playing for Adelman or Don Nelson, most likely he’d have been encased in a glass box with the words “BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” on it. Theus has given Quincy a lot more PT than what he probably deserved, both this year and last year.

I’d ten times rather see Donte Greene in the lineup than Douby, because Greene still represents some potential future payoff. Douby does not.

and comes through. Really.

I don’t understand him saying he ran the treadmill so hard before the PHX game (because he thought he wouldn’t play?) that his legs were heavy by the end.

Its his JOB to be ready, to expect to be called on, especially if he looked down the feakin’ bench and saw how few 2 options the team has right now.

Get your freakin’ treadmill work in after the game, after you don’t get called on.

Opportunity comes to those who are ready to step up and grab it.

BE READY Q!

Maybe you don’t quite understand my dislike of your use of the the word. Hate is not a word I like to use in reference to NBA players, the term “hater”, to me, has way too many social and political undertones and I prefer to state the case of why I am not a fan of Quincy Douby without the use of it and I refuse to allow you to attach those words to my posts as if you know me. As for your rebuttal…Quincy Douby is on the same team as Bobby Brown, Jason Thompson, Kevin Martin, Francisco Garcia, Spencer Hawes, etc., all young players either drafted or in Browns case signed as an unrestricted free-agent by Geoff Petrie. All of these players have developed to a level that they are viable options on any given night under the Theus regime.

Secondly, I never stated that Douby was the reason the Kings lost, here is my quote:

I don’t blame Douby for missing two crucial shots but I do blame him for not having his body ready for game service. Ankle injury or not, there are many ways to stay in shape to play 20 minutes of basketball, regardless of level of competition.

In response to this you wrote:

Garcia & Martin is hurt too. So does that mean you’re going to blame them for the losses the kings have because their bodies are not in condition? The man went out there and played his hardest on a hurt ankle and you blame him for not having his body in condition.

And I will respond with no, Martin and Garcia are both hurt, they are not playing and can’t possibly be blamed for the two loses while Douby, cleared to play by the medical staff, came into the Phoenix game and in 19 minutes of play completely ran out of gas, causing him to miss open jump shots, including the game tying shot at the end of regulation at which point he had logged a mere 14 minutes of play. If anything, I believe that Theus showed too much faith in Douby and probably should have gone with either Bobby instead.

Again, I don’t hate Douby, I wish he would excel and help this team because I am a Kings fan first and foremost. I am a little tired of the Douby apologist, this guy was a first round pick who shot over 46% from the field as a college senior but has yet to crack 40% as a pro. Other players have come into the same system as Douby and become legitimate viable NBA options which he is not at this moment in time.

But not using the “reply” button is really irratiting.

If he was my best friend, I’d do the same. Peace.

I never said Douby doesn’t try, and I respect you standing up for him but as a player he needs to show progress asap. If you have his ear tell him good luck, we are pulling for him to be productive in whatever minutes he plays and that we hope he comes out firing and forces Theus to play him. The next two games will go a long way towards showing the coaching staff what, if anything they have in Douby as a contributor. I’m glad its you posting and not QD because the last thing he needs is to let the bloggers get him done. Hopefully he makes a good showing, helps the team win and gives either the Kings or another NBA GM something to think about come free agency.

I was saying that you not hitting the reply button is irritating.

I’m looking at a few more blowouts between now and Kevin’s return. Quincy probably has two more reasonable chances, afterwards he’ll have only fleeting moments to create fireworks… in other words, not much of a chance.

My fantasy basketball team is named QuincyDoubyForMVP. I wanna see the kid replace Monta Ellis as the definition of undersized two guard. But he’s got some long odds.

Sorry! Was surfing and should of posted this on Trade Proposal!

But the word is “moot” not “mute”.

and Douby is not a 7-8 man for them.

Miller
Thompson
Salmons
Martin
Beno

Garcia
Moore
Hawes
Jackson
Brown

I see Douby fighting it out for who is 11-12 between he and Sheldon Williams on a team 4 games under .500.

He got his first non extended garbage time mins tonight. The Kid will be okay. Quincy is going to have work very hard to just stay in this league.