Which Dunderhead King Doesn't Know the Playbook?

I think his last name is Mifflin.

But that would explain the coach’s frustration with him.

Hopefully the rest of the team will comment so we’ll narrow it down more.

I’d put money on a Big (since every other big mentioned something, not D-Jack) or possibly a PG

I could have sworn we used the Mike Brown playbook of “Give the ball to the best player and have him drive the lane. If he doesn’t get fouled/a shot have him make a terrifying mid-air pass to either DMC or whomever’s beyond the arc” .

I could have sworn we used the Mike Brown playbook of “Give the ball to the best player and have him drive the lane. If he doesn’t get fouled/a shot have him make a terrifying mid-air pass to either DMC or whomever’s beyond the arc” .

Kriedler just mentioned in a Bee chat that Houston has inquired about getting Landry back.
Speculations?

Obviously plan A is not well executed either. If the original play breaks down—which it usually does for every NBA team—the counter must be executed quickly. We always come out and have to reset because the counter is poorly concieved, executed, etc.

Thus, it looks like Reke is hogging the ball when people aren’t in position after the first option breaks down. Compare the movement between successful plays and bad ones and you can tell.

We know you’re talking about the entire Kings team.

Which Kings DO know the plays?

I apologise for the inaccurate use of the plural.

I’ve been cracking up over all the theories. On a serious note, if I had only read the newspaper, I would assume they were, or at least might be, talking about Tyreke. But the thing is, Tyreke was the first one to bring this up. After the Bulls game, he said he was calling plays and guys didn’t know where to go on them. That’s what brought up the PW question last night that I assume led to today’s Bee article.

So if we rule out JT, Sammy, Head, Landry, and Beno, then focus on the fact that several of them keep referring to youth, and knowing that Stretch is in Reno and hasn’t even been playing for the Kings, that only rely leaves: Cuz, Greene, Casspi, and Jeter as possibilities.

PW can or can’t teach these players his playsets? Isn’t that the job of the coach. If he can’t is that on the players or the coach? Probably some of both, but seems like a coach should be able to teach plays.

Ziller stumbles in unshaven, disheveled and smelling of a mix of cinnamon and spoiled baby formula.

Maybe you should stop putting cinnamon in your baby’s formula? Or is that some crazy new holiday drink that I haven’t heard of yet?

Jason Thompson: “Maybe it’s not that they just forget it – maybe they don’t want to know it and they just want to do their own thing.”

To me, this just reeks of ’Reke.
I have to admit, Im a little worried that this team is going to self destruct on a level we have never witnessed here in Sac-town.

if he was he might think about working the roll with DMC a la Nash/Stoudamire … and getting a consistent midrage jumper, not that fallaway crap.

Reke’s rookie year set a bad precedent. He does think he’s supposed to do something to score on every play. Id be willing to wager if he went out, we’d still lose, but the games would be closer and more fun to watch because people might think they were going to catch a pass.

Hopefully, this is just a slump and he can adjust to new D and will start to choose wiser shots and get others involved. But there has to be a consistent outside shooter added. Seems like he doesn’t trust his teammates and they don’t trust him. If that’s your franchise equation, then the boobirds will be out nightly.

Everyone is to blame to a certain extent, maybe some more than others. Fingerpointing is not the answer here. At some point the ball stops moving and so do the players, so there can’t be plays if no one is moving to get them done. Tyreke sometimes gets out of control going 1-on-5, Beno has become stagnant moving the ball, Casspi and Donte move without the ball sometimes but watch on later possessions, all of the bigs go to the low post but run to the high post when they don’t get the ball, Head dribbles too much and doesn’t know what to with the ball sometimes, DMC tries to do too much and turns the ball over and is out of position sometimes. Even PW might be to blame for not riding his players a little more about running the plays, maybe he’s not calling the right plays in the right situations, or maybe the players just don’t agree with what he is calling. The blame can’t go to one player; this ones on the team.

Why? Couple of things.
1) Reke had a successful rookie season. During that season, he had to learn the playbook, right? And execute it well enough to go 20-5-5? Im going to go out on a limb here and assume that they are using the same playbook as last year (who the hell throws out a playbook after 1 year?). Since a majority of the comments pointed to a person unfamiliar with the plays, it can’t be Reke because Reke basically knows all the plays from last year. All he needs to learn are the new wrinkles to the old plays.

2) If they were referring to Reke, who already proved last year that he knew the plays and who would have to run those same plays in practice this year plus the new wrinkles, wouldn’t they all be saying what JT was saying? That so-and-so was ignoring the plays rather than so-and-so doesn’t know them? Shouldn’t their comments be something like “No one calls plays anymore”, “Why do we practice plays yet never do them in a game?” or even “I don’t know why people don’t just execute the play.”

So what actually worries me is JT’s comment. That one kinda points at Reke,

While I do believe that there may be a problem with some players not knowing the plays, I also think this may be more smoke than fire. I think frustration is talking here and some finger pointing is in order.

A: Coach W reply (on Nat. TV 2) : is he a a a augh tom cat who knows my one play?

Only Landry uses a pronoun that represents a single person. But, he could be referring to multiple “you’s.” Dalembert and Head use words like “us” and “we” which could indicate more than one King not knowing the plays. It also indicates an amount of professionalism due to being vets to use words referring to the group as a whole. JT says “they” because, let’s face it, he’s not the one forgetting plays. JT doesn’t have the ability not to work his ass off in anything and everything basketball related.

The reality is, it’s pretty easy to figure out. Only three guys have a usage percentage about 20%: Reke, DMC, Landry. I’m singling out these guys because they get enough minutes and enough usage that if they’re forgetting plays its really going to hurt the team.

Landry’s older, he’s a vet. He also works his ass off and is known to be fairly mature. If he were forgetting plays, he’d probably be the first to admit it. I’m going to have to rule him out.

That leaves Reke and Cousins, both of whom are probably the guilty parties. And I think this will continue to be an issue for them. They’re both young and both being presented as saviors of our franchise. Tyreke carried the entire burden of that last year. On top of that, I don’t think he was held accountable enough when he made mistakes. That’s not a good message to send. Tyreke hasn’t been handled as well as he should have, which is ridiculous. He doesn’t strike me as the Lebron-esque egomaniac that needs to be pampered. I’m also willing to buy the fact that his foot is bothering him more than is let on. Plantar fascitis is a nagging injury that will probably bother him all year.

Boogie, on the other hand, is a double edged sword. We love his brashness and his swagger. He’s young and dumb too. Combine all those qualities and you get a guy who thinks he’s better than he really is. Eventually, he’ll learn some humility (we hope). When (if?) that happens, he’ll probably be the best big man in the league for several years. Until then, there’s going to be growing pains which will include going off the playbook and trying to make things happen that aren’t there (i.e. trying a spin move and driving the lane like he’s a guard)