Quick Poll - Donté Greene

by section214 on Oct 30, 2010 12:21 PM PDT in Commentary

Poll

If Donté Greene becomes "obsolete," it will be primarily due to:

The play of Francisco Garcia

134 votes

The play of Omri Casspi

137 votes

The play of Donté Greene

341 votes

The playin' of Paul Westphal

102 votes

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by want2win on Oct 30, 2010 12:25 PM PDT reply actions

I put this up

because I think that it will be interesting to see what happens as the Kings get to full strength. If Francisco Garcia is going to play anything close to how he has for the first two games, he becomes the spark off the bench that was to be Omri Casspi, unless Garcia himself becomes the starting 3. Either way, the role of starting 3 and bench spark plug will be filled, leaving only the occasional defensive specialist role, which could leave Greene perhaps even battling Antoine Wright for that opportunity.

This is awfully early to try to draw a determination, but it is certainly not too early to begin wondering how this will eventually play out.

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by section214 on Oct 30, 2010 12:27 PM PDT reply actions

unless Garcia himself becomes the starting 3.

That seems like a viable option, at this point. Not one I would oppose to, either.

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by RikSmits on Oct 30, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I think he is too valuable as a back-up 2/3.

Garcia has specifically said that he is a natural two who can play the three. He is also the thrid cog in the backcourt with Head picking up the scaps. I just don;t see Westphal weakening his backcourt rotation when he has 3 or 4 other options at the small.

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by jjham15 on Oct 30, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions

After going 2-13 from 3pt range in the first half Garcia was the natural choice at the 3

because he had already hit some 3’s. While Donte with 1-4 and Omri with 0-6, haven’t been hitting the outside shot. But, any coach will tell you that you have to let your shooters shot when there in a slump. So, I expect Omri and Donte to see more time at the 3.

I don’t believe that Omri won the starting job based on his or Donte’s performance in the Minny game. And, after PW stated repeatedly that he likes Omri off the bench, I don’t have a good idea why Donte got so little time. But, as Zen pointed out below, Donte played well in his short appearance.

So, at this point I have no faith in what PW says and no idea what he’s thinking. All we have heard is how big we’ve gotten, and yet he goes small at the end of the game. And, we’re not getting the ball in deep to our bigs. What I do know is that Omri hasn’t been the defensive stopper that PW said he wanted the 3 to be.

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by HighTops on Oct 30, 2010 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Donte was one of the few players at the end of the half

that helped to make the come back.

It’s just Westphal testing things as always.

by ZenBaller on Oct 30, 2010 12:33 PM PDT reply actions

Btw

Since we already have a Donte Greene poll, you should make the same one for Thompson because of Jackon’s play :p

by ZenBaller on Oct 30, 2010 12:33 PM PDT reply actions

A JT poll could definitely be on the horizon, especially if Jackson continues to progress

But my bet is that JT will continue to see minutes due to fouls and/or injuries up front. If Casspi gets half the minutes at SF, and the other half are gobbled up by Garcia and perhaps even Carl Landry (in some instances), you will only see Donté cheerleading from the end of the bench.

Again, this is small-sample-size-conjecture, but if Donté is going to claim serious minutes for himself, he better get to it, or we’ll soon be looking at Spencer Hawes, v2.0.

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by section214 on Oct 30, 2010 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Agree on Donte and JT, and very frustrated.

Perhaps these guys are not going to ever get it. JT, in my mind, is at the point where he has to get it and get better or he well always just be an average to decent bench player. Donte, perhaps, has a bit more time, but bummed to see these two be so underwhelming.

by amonk81 on Oct 30, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions