Road back to Glory

Realistically this team has over performed thus far into the season. Keep in mind we won a whole 17 games last year. While the past month has been hard to watch, its important that these young guys learn how to win. Losing close games in the long run will help during clutch situations. Its hard but come on ppl don’t stop watching now! Keep going to games and show this team your support!

Ok, but why would chicago do this?

1 your like a dream come true
2 just wanan be with you
3 girl its plain to see that your the only one for me and…
4 repeat steps one through 3
5 make you fall in love with me

If ever i belive my work is done sooo i start back at one

And you throw this perfectly reasonable set of suggestions out there.

I’m not sure giving up on Brockman starting is merited right now, though soon it probably will be. Defensively, the team has set a good tone to start the last two games, which all of the current starters deserve some credit for. I do think its very interesting to see the nosedive Brockman’s numbers have taken. It just goes to show its a hell of a lot easier to come in from the bench playing poor offensive players and get numbers than it is to be the starting center with those responsibilities trying to do the same.

Kevin is more lost than I ever remember him being right now. He’ll start getting his points as soon as his jumpshot starts going in and he gets some confidence. Let’s hope the friendly home court and fans help him out Tuesday.

I don’t think any of us have enough information to make decisions about the big man coaches. There’s no reason to think Webber and Vlade would be better coaches, even if they were better players than Shareef and Truck. If you look closely, you can find improvement in Shock and Hawes, not as much as we hoped, but its there.

Trades are coming, if GP can find takers for K9EC & Noc especially; the season is just starting to warm up, I believe we have about 3 weeks until the deadline.

I think he’s listened to the trade rumors and the critics who say he’s only a shooter, a ball-hog, etc.

I think he put so much emphasis on him trying to fit in with the team, and with Tyreke in particular, that he decided to not shoot as much, and that, combined with the natural time it takes to come back from an injury, have made him completely lose confidence in his shot.

He needs to shoot the ball. He needs to be a one-two punch with Evans, and above all, he needs to stop reading StR, the Sac Bee, ESPN, and whoever else has been spouting off about his not being able to coexist with Tyreke Evans.

Play the game the way you’ve always played it, Kevin. You’ll be fine.

I agree with your fox trot versus flamenco metaphor and Kevin being the subject of blame.

I would suggest that perhaps beneath the still waters, murky water runs deep. All is not right in the team chemistry department and Kevin Martin has been made the scapegoat of it all. No wonder Kevin is all messed. He is trying to do the best he can, but his play (IMHO) has suffered from all the blame, finger pointing, etc. which has been launched his way.

I do not know what the problem is or problems are, but I hope that Coach PW and his assistants can get a handle on it soon and come up with some better solutions.

As to point won, The only reason to start Brockman at Center is if you need him there to win, which hasn’t happened, or you don’t think Spencer will be there next year. The theory that Spencer isn’t playing because of his defensive effort, is total bunk. Tyerek and Martin blow their defensive assignments all the time and JT & Spencer are supposed to make some super star defensive play to stop the ball while guarding their own man. If Jon is going to be the starting center then by all means give him playing time, but he isn’t. So, obviously PW doesn’t believe Spencer needs any PT to develop because he won’t be the starting Center next year.

One point on PW, he had all preseason the evaluate players, and he choose May to start at Center and he started Desmond Mason. In resent games he’s brought Ime off the bench before Donte, even though he used Donte to guard some of the best players in the NBA earlier during the Holidays. And, he had him play against SG’s, SF’s, & PF’s, so there’s no position that Ime can defend better than Donte, and Donte is the better offensive player. I believe that PW is under pressure to improve the defense, and that he’s spending too much time searching for a player to bail him out, instead of letting his best players play and learn how to play team defense together. Maybe the fact that the last few coaches haven’t made it half way thru their second year, has him making bad choices.

PT 2: None of the players that subbed for Martin while he was hurt had to shot more than 10 shots a game for the Kings to win. Martin has gone thru slumps before, and doesn’t need to put up 20 shots a game to get out of it. 10 good shots will be enough, and in the meantime there is nothing wrong with him working on his defense and working on getting easy shots for others. After all those are the weaknesses of his game.

No. 3: JT is not a center, at least not yet. He has very poor low post skills and no left had at all. His jumper looks good but he isn’t consistent, and it’s going to take time. He’s fairly good at creating his own dribble and driving to the rim, but he’s a poor finisher. He isn’t getting the number of put backs, tip-ins and dunks as last year, because he must vacate the paint to make room for Tyreke to drive. The addition of Tyreke has take away the best part of JT’s offense from last year, and the rest of his offense isn’t fully developed yet. When he plays at his natural position PF, he looks better, and eventually his shot will come. It’s not the coaching.

Spencer is our most efficient big offensively, inside 10 feet. His problem is that he’s not patient with his shot, and defensively he is either to quick to leave his feet (for blocks & rebounds), or he screens out his man too long and never trys to rebound. These are issues that are fixed by experience and consistent playing time, and right now he isn’t getting enough of either. If we had another future starting center, I might understand him not getting 40 mpg, but we don’t. If things don’t change, this will be another wasted year for Spence and I’d rather see him traded at the deadline.

No. 4: No, I don’t think we are going to make any significant trades this year. K9’s EC is just as valuable this summer, than it is in Feb. So, unless someone comes calling and offers a major talent, for his expiring contract and some or our young talent, I thing GP waits for the draft and the FA market next summer. I would not exchange K9’s EC for more salary just to move Noc. I don’t think GP does anything major until he decides where Martin fits on the team.