Kings Offense Back on Track

that I had to go back and actually look for a fault on this team. For the past month, the faults were obvious, and i’ve had to search for something positive to hang on to. Even hawes grabbed 11 boards in 27 minutes. I love it!!

       Martin looked last night, some more props to him. I just wished Donte could have kept his string of good games going. 0 rebounds in the minutes he played, no bueno.
        The next few days will prove interesting and does Petrie have any moves. As has been stated on here several times, a big man is needed. To me, this is just not a small piece of the puzzle, this is a very big piece of the puzzle. I hope this puzzle piece gets solved in the next few days, it has just kept us from winning several games.
         Good luck to the rookies in Dallas. I was wondering if any of their teammates are joining them in Dallas for support?

Thank god he has made some shots! Petrie won’t move him now but in the summer when the financial and free agent landscape clears up I think he will. I’ve bashed Kevin on this site partially out of frustration and also to ruffle some feathers, but I still feel in the long run, he just doesn’t fit in to what the team is building. He does provide the ability to stretch the floor and is another scoring threat to compliment Tyreke, but soon I feel Casspi is going to have that role, and with Dante growing ad well, I just see Kevin as the logical person to go. Casspi and Greene are younger and cheaper and Martin is an asset who is probably at the peak of his value. We can debate his toughness all we want . . . Maybe some of it was overblown by Grant, but I would hope even all of the Kevin supporters would admit his comments after the Phoenix game left him open to criticism and at times his body language does look defeated. Sometimes perception is reality.

As a Rashard Lewis type 4, then we need a low post stud inside and I think we can all agree we don’t have that yet.

I like having KM, Tyreke and Beno for the 3 guard rotation. Keep Casspi and Donte too, but we need more help at the 4&5. Why trade a key part of the offense when perhaps we can put together a trade that makes us better without giving up KM. Just because he is our most tradeable asset, doesn’t mean we should trade him! I know this sentiment is heard often on this site, but wanted to add my opinion!

I agree totally with TheFifth Mookie – the young core is untouchable and that’s the 6 guys under 24 that should be on the roster after June’s draft (Evans, Casspi, JT, Hawes, Greene and #1) – anyone else can/should be used to improve the core (including Martin).

that #1 likely won’t be Wall, but could be E Thomas, D Favors, Aldrich or D Cousins.

The easiest spot to fill on the floor is the 2 – Martin is solid O player, but nothing on D. Remember in the glory years the Kings won with Christie at the 2, playing great D and hitting 3’s. If the Kings can improve the 4/5 through trade or draft, and bring Hawes off the bench next year … they could win 45-50 games playing Cisco Garcia at the 2.