Goon Squad Classic: Fun for the Fans

is an epic Kate Upton video.

Took my little cousin who has never seen basketball. She LOVED it! The game wasgreat, huge props to the boys for putting it on.

Main thoughts -
1. TYREKE! Guy was making threes and long shots like he was Stephan Curry. He still fades back WAY to much but he’s making them! Gorgious ark. And all that nonsence about him not being in shape.
2. Jimmer was great, he responded to the crowd well, and great to see him shoot. This game reinforced my worries about his deficencies (size and ability when it comes to guarding NBA players), but great to see him.
3. Donte was amazing. He should challange Salmons for the starting job if he can keep it up.
4. COUSINS! Great shape, great hops, great to see him smiling so much.
5. Whiteside looked FANTASTIC. Oh boy, if he can stay healthy he can be really good. He and JT, asuming JJ Hickson starts, could be dominant.

Finally and most importantly, the chemistry between all the Kings players was fantastic. Great to see them all clowning each other and having such fun. I know we’re all a bit concerned how they’ll fit together on the court, but th chemistry between them all even Jimmer and Thomas) was palapable. Great game tonight, HUGE props to Donte for putting it on.

teach me how to jimmer already..

Hassan looked amazing. Now if only the NBA were some sort of exhibition game, he’d be something. I liked what I saw out of Cousins and Tyreke (40 pounds overweight??? come on now…)

Also afterwards getting autographs was such a hassle, my friend and I waited outside by the bus and cars for the players to come out. First Carmichael Dave came out, I don’t know if he was offended that I didn’t want him to sign my basketball. The slowly but surely in different groups all of the players came out. Demarcus signed my basketball, I’m probably going to put it in a case. I also got the rest of the guys to autograph some things, except Wall.

It was strange how Wall showed up and just didn’t play… Maybe he just came to party.

And it was so much fun. I’m really glad I went and got to meet some awesome people. It was a fun game to watch (loved seeing Hassan and Jimmer and Isaiah) AND I somehow got one of the autographed shoes Donte was throwing into the crowd. (Picture I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/Christina_J1210/status/138469393750441985 ) Fun game, good people and an autographed, ginormous neon shoe. Win!

Wish I could have been there.

Thanks for the recap.

Now who got the video?

We left after the 3rd quarter because it kind of got boring after a while. It was entertaining and good to see where the guys are at. It was my first time seeing Jimmer, Isiah, Whiteside…etc. And all looked decent. Jimmer’s jump shot is as advertised and I’m excited to see him play along side Tyreke and Thorton. Tyreke and Cuz looked great. JT looks like he’s been putting in a lot of work this offseason as well.

Donte was Donte. For me, Donte’s highlight was him getting the crowd in front of him excited for an autographed shoe and proceeding to throw it to the other side where no one was expecting a shoe to be thrown hiting some unexpecting lady. Classic Donte.

It was IMPOSSIBLE to tell where anyone stood defensively. Which is understandable, they were just looking to have some fun for the fans. And I think they succeeded.

They kept saying “make some noise sacramento” even though we were in Davis. Which by the way, it should’ve been held at Sac State.

However, the complete and utter lack of defense got old. Even during All-Star games it becomes tiresome and this was bad defense even for an All-Star game.

I’m not sure what people saw when they said Tyreke looked like he was out of shape. He looked better than ever. His shot was much improved(still fades too much), he looked more explosive, and was clearly the star on the court.

I admit, I completely forgot how much of a freak Hassan Whiteside was. Hit jumping ability is insane. He also has been hitting the weight room

Is a freak of an athlete and can definitely jump out of the gym. Not to mention he looks like he’s put on some weight. I don’t have much concern with him in one-on-one defensive situations. But everything offensively, save for wide open monster dunks, is still very raw. And Demarcus’ attitude is still fairly poor in regards to the fact that every time Hassan touched the ball in the post, even if it resulted in him trying to break the backboard, Demarcus would shake his head and do the usual rolling of the eyes. Even for a charity game the dude gets frustrated with subpar players.

I wish I could have been there, or at least there was video.

Is there a box score?

Tyreke did look a bit bigger then last year, Jimmer was hitting about 50% on threes if my count came up correctly- JT vs Cousins and Reke vs Donte/Jimmer were nice little subplots. Some nice dunks going on, but good to hear the fans chant defense.

 Unfortunately wife couldn’t go so i was Lone Ranger in upper decks. You couldn’t quite hear the announcers that well and I was disappointing on how much of the swag went to lower levels..Honestly i wish they would do more giveaways in upper levels just once..Would have been nice. Didn’t get to meet up with anyone at game, except a cool family to the right of me, and 2 annoying video guys who kinda barged there way next to me in the middle of the first, who kept basically blocking my view..

Wish people from upper decks were bought down to middle decks to fill it in some as it looked almost completely empty..Its a Gen Admission so why not give the fans a bit and move em down…I didn’t see too many raffle tix given out for whatever the raffle was for.

Danc Comp in halftime was pretty funny. Jimmers got some moves and not just talking about BBall here. Overall great night and well worth the cost (Whatever you were able to afford). Would have liked to see also some GSC shirts for sale and not just the toss outs, as I wanted to get my hands on one of em.