Crowned Hoops: Notes from Kings Practice Nov. 9

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thanks for the coverage

And PW comment about zone defense I think clears up the Donte issue for me. Its seems to be more about making Beno less of a liability on defense. If I understand correctly, the logic is that JT can guard 3’s better than Beno can defend anyone. PW is picking his poison.

Umm... I thought we were officially referring to Voison as the Chick Replacing Amick at the Paper? or CRAP, for short.

by sac_faithful on Nov 9, 2010 5:33 PM PST reply actions

This made me laugh:

f I understand correctly, the logic is that JT can guard 3’s better than Beno can defend anyone.

Not sure that I’m buying what he’s selling however.

by lead_pipe on Nov 9, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions

That's some good block-quoting right there

*facepalm

by lead_pipe on Nov 9, 2010 8:07 PM PST up reply actions

I think what PW is saying is...

JT as a 3 in the zone is better defensively, than having Beno as a 1 in man-to-man.

by masawi44 on Nov 9, 2010 8:13 PM PST up reply actions

yup

Umm... I thought we were officially referring to Voison as the Chick Replacing Amick at the Paper? or CRAP, for short.

by sac_faithful on Nov 10, 2010 5:40 AM PST up reply actions

But, how does that help the team, in the future.

This has been one of my biggest complaints about PW. He’s always looking for the quick fix. Either play a defense player like Mason or Ime, and now changing the entire defensive stategy to compensate for one players weakness. So, do we have to have 12 great players before we can play man defense?

I thought that since this is a team sport, that the coach’s job was to come up with defensive schemes that hide our weaknesses and take advantage of our strengths. Not turn an NBA time into a college team that plays Zone because the players are too inexperienced to learn anything else quickly enough.

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by HighTops on Nov 10, 2010 7:26 AM PST up reply actions

It helps the team because JT is one of his better players

And he’s getting his better players on the floor in lieu of his weaker players.

What do you have against the zone exactly anyways? It is no longer illegal to play a zone in the NBA, so why shouldn’t he use it if it’s effective for a certain group of players?

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby

by otis29 on Nov 10, 2010 8:55 AM PST up reply actions