Modeling Kevin Martin

I think Kevin has somewhat more of that inclination to take over games than Peja though. Peja truly is someone that converts chances created for him at a great rate, but doesn’t create his own opportunities. Kevin would be tremendous is anyone else on the team could actually get him some open shots consistently, but also has better ability to create on his own.

I think Peja is a great comp, but to me he sets the low end of expectations. I don’t expect Kevin to be quite as good as the guys I compared him to, though of course I hope, but I do expect he’s going to be better than Peja, based on his work to date.

There’s silence because the only one talking about the Rockets here is YOU; hell not even Rockets talk, it’s all Ron Artest talk that you spit out. If you are gone, this stays a Sacramento Kings blog which is, I think, what StR is (I could be wrong though).

And please don’t mistake not liking the Rockets with not liking YOUR constant love for Ron Artest, who’s in another team last time I checked. And just so you feel better, no one is an Artest hater here… we just realize that he is not, nor he would be, a good fit in this rebuilding team. The guy is a great player but he doesn’t do good with losing, and that’s where this team is. Please do us a favor and just stop with all this crap. You’ve proven to bring really good stuff to the table when you are not talking about Artest haters and all that. One last point on that, I think you qualify as a Kevin Martin hater so look at your own posts and realize what hating really is.

Now, onto some smart talk. I agree that Houston is headed in the right direction, and I think we gotta give a lot of credit to Darril Morey (?) and Rick Adelman. It’s too bad that they have to deal with injuries to their big playersyear in and year out, they would be championship contenders if they didn’t have the injury bug hitting them every year. I’m not sure about following the model because they have two stars, and that’s hard to get, but I Iike the idea of getting those hustle payers that know their roles and stick to that to help the team.

… hope the Kings use them as a role model for advancing …

The window for the Rockets is nearly closed. Most of their top players are beyond their peak(27-28 years old) and breaking down. They are over the cap and will be over the tax threshold even if they can resign Ron without giving him a raise.

If getting a number 1 pick and then floundering around in mediocrity for 5 years not making it out of the 1st round of the playoffs, then finally getting past the 1st round as their nucleus is 29-30 years old leaving a max 2-3 year window to do anything before their injury plagued stars completely break down is your idea of the ideal model that you want the Kings to emulate, then I don’t know what to say.

But if they try to rely on Ron-Ron as a team leader, they aren’t getting where they ultimately want to go.

Hell, I have a lot of respect for the Rockets – they’ve taken the Lakers to 7 in spite of Ron-Ron’s subpar play on both ends of the court. I’ve seen nothing from Artest in this series that we weren’t already used to in Sacramento – poor shooting, and especially poor shot selection – subpar man defense and minimal rebounding.

Scola, Battier and Brooks are leading that team right now, and Adelman’s done a great job of minimizing Artest’s negative impact on the floor.