Post-Game Thread: Bobcats at Kings

but ball movement and spacing went out the window in the 3rd. Sergio seems to help in this area if he doesn’t become too turnover prone.

he can be ridiculous with his decision-making occasionally.

But at the same time he seems to ignite something when he comes on the floor. He brings a fresh and different take on the game than Tyreke and Beno – and his quickness and energy are what we seem to need when our offense slumps.

Bottom line: Put him in the game when we begin in slag – but if he starts acting stupid, yank him.

And his turnorver adjusted for 48 min is less than Steve Nash, and only slightly worse the Deron William, Dwyane Wade, and Tony Parker.

JT looked completely lost… His numbers are more of a reflection of his minutes than anything.

With Beno’s big contract Petrie sells him because his stats will never be better then now. He had extra shots while KMart was out, so his PPG is high and his FG and 3pt percentages are also outstanding, but declining. If you take out the Warriors game where he killed it, he’s starting to look like the Beno of last year theses last 10 to 15 games. Theres no doubt that he’s a better scorer then Sergio, but I like the fact that Sergio has the ability to make others better, and plays a style that gets everyone involved. It’s Infectious! …… He’s also slightly better then Beno at Defense.Slightly

He creates a different pace. Udrih is a good player just not different enough. Sergio ups the tempo and creates energy. Yes, he makes mistakes but he also does many good things out there.

should start for now I think

That sounds about right. I’ll take Greene by a tail.

is that he hurt it in a fall in Utah, and it tightened up on him tonight.

First quarter was really clicking and then the game just slowed down in the second. Offense just stopped moving. Third quarter was like watching the Kings playing like they were in quicksand and the other team walked on water. Lethargic is the word I would describe. Then the fourth with Sergio in immediately picked up the pace and changed the whole game. Best basketball I have seen the Kings play in too long. Martin was great as well with breakouts and such. Entirely different ball game.

JT’s line is deceptive… From the stands he looked like the same lost, over matched guy he has been most of the season. Missed two critical free throws down the stretch and was swatted away at another critical point during the tail end of the comeback. I don’t know if JT could even get off the bench on a playoff team with the way he is playing. He is really painful to watch these past few games.

What I am saying is, right now, this team isn’t fighting for a playoff spot. Or anything other than besting last years record. Why not tinker with lineups a little more? Try Kevin off the bench, try JT at center, where I think he may end up eventually anyway. I have no boy love for JT, just think he plays harder than Hawes. JT does foul too much, no question. It just seems that he gets a lot of touch fouls that the majority of the league doesn’t.

I think Hawes will eventually figure it out, just not as a starter. And to these eyes, he doesn’t appear to want to compete, spends too much time complaining to the officials, and way to much time drifting at the 3 point line. Might be a case of just really not liking his game at this stage. Hard to say.

Which means I don’t agree with putting 5 scorers on the court and assuming they’ll win because of superior firepower (despite all the Suns’ success, who only had one guy before, Marion, playing D).

Sure, maybe the starting frontcourt may score 10points less but the frontcourt as a whole should score the same amount of points, given the same PT (your contention is Hawes becomes a sub and plays limited minutes against subs, rendering him less effective). I mean, if Hawes the starter scores 15pts in 25mins, shouldn’t Hawes the sub score around 15pts in those same 25mins? Maybe even more, considering he’s going up against subs.

I don’t think Manu Ginobili and Ben Gordon scored less points because they were 6th men. In fact, they may have been more efficient because of that.

The way I see it, we should have 2 great scorers, at least 1 inside threat who is also a rebounder, a good rebounder/defender and a 3 point shooter every time out. KMart and Reke are your scorers, Greene is the 3point man, Brockman is your rebound/inside defender guy and JT is your inside threat and rebounder. When Hawes comes in, he either takes the place of JT as the inside threat or of Brockman as rebounder.

I think Hawes can also be better utilized when the offense can go through him. Like when Beno/Sergio comes in for Reke/Martin. Sergio is always looking to pass so Hawes can get his touches (as opposed to waiting for drop passes from Reke or Martin) and Beno likes working from midrange, so Hawes and JT have the shaded area to themselves.

Our bench now comes out as this.
Beno – good scorer
Omri – good scorer/rebounder
Udoka – defenseman/3point shooter/rebounder
Noce – defenseman/3point shooter/rebounder
Hawes – inside threat & rebounder
Armstrong – rebounder
May – inside threat/ rebounder
K9- rebounder/defender
Sergio – PG!

The lineup becomes a bit irregular, because we have more guys who can fulfill more roles but at a less efficient rate (none of them are as good rebounders as Brock or JT or as good scorers as Reke or KMart) but of course, we don’t field them all at the same time.

Omri/Udoka/Noce for Donte’s role, Beno for Reke/KMart, K9/Armstrong/May for Brock, Sergio as facilitator will make KMart/JT the main scorers with Hawes the inside threat.

Basically, I espouse to the idea that most championship-caliber teams don’t have 5 scorers as their starting 5. Jordan/Pippen/Harper/Rodman/Longley had 2 guys for rebounds and defense, Rondo/Allen/Pierce/Garnett/Perkins had Rondo to run the offense and Perkins for D and rebounding, Kobe/Fisher/Ariza/Gasol/Bynum had Ariza as the defensive stopper and Bynum for rebounding…