Wednesday Links & Notes

by Ziller on Oct 10, 2007 8:41 AM PDT in Links Comment 4 comments

Kevin Durant: "That was a good welcome to the league. Kevin Martin's going to be an All-Star this year and Ron Artest is the best defensive player in the league. It's only going to help me out, though."
Kevin Pelton of SuperSonics.com and many other basketball websites reminds me of a moment I'd forgotten from last night: "If you're looking for another sign this is merely a preseason game, know this: P.J. Carlesimo just called a timeout with Mike Bibby guarding Kevin Durant."
The boxscore. Justin Williams was practically invisible, save a pretty egregious over-the-back off a John Salmons missed free throw. But he kept up his typical rebounding rate, with three boards in seven minutes.
Mark Kreidler, writing for ESPN.com, took a lot more out of the game than even we did.
We Rite Good makes us feel a bit better about possible microfracture for Spencer Hawes by reminding everyone how bad ACL tears used to be. I hope we don't have to find out first hand. But it's a little settling, I think. (Via TrueHoop.)
The vaunted Deadspin commenters on Brad Miller's cornrows. (Is it weird I now get excited when a Kings topic appears on Deadspin? That feeling used to be reserved for Pardon the Interruption.)
Kevin Broom on the disparity between coaches in the NFL and NBA with regards to embracing advanced metrics and charting.
That game thread last night was fantastic. To 89 more!

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Re: Wednesday Links & Notes

Justin Williams was only given 7.75 minutes of floor time. His three rebounds gave him the highest rebound/minute of all Kings. But still he should have had at least one basket. Am I the only one who saw Justin being ignored by his team on the offensive end? How about the last play of the third quarter where Douby ignored a cutting Williams and instead circled back at the top of the key as time expired? I hope Reggie fixes this.

by KingsFan on Oct 10, 2007 11:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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I dunno, I think Justin's going to have to score most of his points in garbage mode around the basket. I'm not sure he has the skills necessary to be a real part of the offense yet.

Which likely explains his limited minutes last night.

by otis29 on Oct 10, 2007 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs