The Regression of Carl Landry

From Chris Sheridan at SI.com

over 1 year ago TrojanCBB 18 comments 0 recs |

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Yikes!

6. The regression of Carl Landry
A year ago, Landry was one of my favorite players in the league — a spark plug off Houston’s bench who could score at the rim and from mid-range, and was not afraid to bang inside.

That player has mostly vanished this season in Sacramento, and not just because his minutes are down as part of a Kings frontcourt full of (theoretical) untapped potential. His shot attempts at the rim have dropped by half from last season, but he’s still taking the about same number of long twos despite his drop in minutes.

And his rebounding … oh my, his rebounding. Landry is the only player listed at 6-foot-8 or taller who has logged at least 200 minutes this season and grabbed fewer than 10 percent of available defense rebounds, according to Basketball-Reference. He is making Rashard Lewis and Hedo Turkoglu look like Dwight Howard, and he’s doing it on a team that ranks worse than the league average in overall defensive rebounding.

This makes me sad. Let’s move on.

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by TrojanCBB on Dec 13, 2010 12:52 PM PST reply actions

and by Chris Sheridan I mean Zach Lowe.

whoops.

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by TrojanCBB on Dec 13, 2010 12:53 PM PST reply actions

That Landry/Martin trade is looking worse and worse every day...

Ironically, we’re now looking for a SG who can either defend or hit the 3.

by CloudyEyes on Dec 13, 2010 1:06 PM PST reply actions

And as much as I love Speed

He can only do one of those 2

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by edm7 on Dec 13, 2010 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

I hated the trade then & I still hate it

That said let’s call it what it was, a salary dump. So if you call it a salary dump you can also call it a success.

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by allbenji's on Dec 13, 2010 1:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

it was more a changing of the guard and handing over the keys to tyreke

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by TrojanCBB on Dec 13, 2010 3:06 PM PST up reply actions

well, thats assuming martin had the keys

I just don’t think a team can be super competitive with a guy like martin and without a lot of good defenders without him. I mean, its not like the rockets are rolling either

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by Ellimist on Dec 13, 2010 5:23 PM PST up reply actions

And the Rockets have better defenders too.

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by pookeyguru on Dec 13, 2010 5:47 PM PST up reply actions

Same here

That was an idiotic trade then, and worse now with 20/20 hindsight with the drafting of Cousins/Whitside and the acquisition of Dalembert via trade over the summer.

C: Cousins, Dalembert, Whitside
PF: Thompson, Jackson
SF: Greene, Casspi
SG: Martin, Garcia, Head
PG: Evans, Beno, Jeter

That’s a much better roster than what we have now. At least we have a legit 20 ppg scorer on that roster and somebody that can hit the 3. I don’t think there was enough time given to K$ with Reke.

by Smills9133 on Dec 13, 2010 7:12 PM PST up reply actions

Really I don't even hate it because I still want Martin

I just think we could have gotten more for him & if not then it wouldn’t have been a bad thing to keep him around until we get more for him. I mean it’s not like we got any better after the trade. They would have eventually meshed on the court.

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by allbenji's on Dec 13, 2010 7:36 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

I dont think PW liked Martin

nor Martin liked PW. Something had to change.

by MichaelMack on Dec 13, 2010 7:57 PM PST up reply actions

I don't think PW liked Martin's defense

Besides developing the rookies, Westphal was tasked to improve the rebounding and defense. Hard to do when you don’t have defensive players, and Martin was one of the worst.

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by HighTops on Dec 14, 2010 11:00 AM PST up reply actions

So add one of the worst rebounding power forwards in the league?

He’s also a bad defender. So how does this trade improve defense & rebounding?

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by allbenji's on Dec 14, 2010 2:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Excellent point

by MichaelMack on Dec 14, 2010 5:13 PM PST up reply actions

Hindsight is always 20-20

and worse now with 20/20 hindsight with the drafting of Cousins/Whitside and the acquisition of Dalembert via trade over the summer.

We had almost zero frontcourt scoring when the trade was made, and it gave us a reliable scorer down low last season while slashing the payroll. And Kmart clearly didn’t want to be here anymore. But the addition of the all the new bodies and JT’s improved play have created a logjam up front that many predicted would be a problem, and it is.

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by NewEraKings on Dec 15, 2010 7:40 AM PST up reply actions

I agree completely

The Martin trade was one the moves the Kings made these past few years that has truly pissed me off. It seemed as though the organization got caught up in the Tyreke hype and forgot they had an efficient 20 ppg plus scorer. Not to mention a true professional.

Another reason I think of this trade as an epic failure was the extremely short amount of time the two had a chance to play together. Some of that frustration is targeted at Paul Westphal. Is he not an experienced enough coach to make a backcourt with the likes of Tyreke and Kevin work? We were lottery bound before the trade so why not give it more time?

Sorry for the rant I know I need to get over this. I look at K-Mart’s boxscore everyday cause I KNEW he was going to be an integral part the Rockets scoring and therefore my fantasy league teams. Speaking of which, has there ever been a coach that was a bigger detriment to fantasy owners the PW?

by gtrman1973 on Dec 14, 2010 8:48 AM PST up reply actions