First Preseason Game:TV

[KiNgSbOi]

or just look at the Colts.

[RIPskaterdude]

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[YC42Balla]

Cousins: 16 pts/16 rebounds in 28 mins
Evans: 26 pts/5 assists (only 1 TO) in 27 minutes

Wow, great performance by Cousins. that's truly amazing!! I don't care if this is pre season, summer league, D-league, regular season, post season.. that's impressive. (J.Wall also had a good rooking debut.. 21pts 9ast)

Don't forget about Thompson:

17 points
10 rebounds
4 assists
3 blocks
1 steal

8-13 FG

Nicceeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Thompson also had a great game... and I like that Evans Is hitting his 3's/mids and knocked down 26pts.. great overall performance from the whole team. I'm liking this team's improvement from last season.

Yes it's just one game, but a starting lineup of

PG-Evans
SG-Udrih
SF-Casspi
PF-Thompson
C-Cousins

will take the league by storm. This is going to be one hell of a year. Thank you Philadelphia, Minnesota, and New Jersey for passing on Mr. Cousins. With Landry and Dalembert off the bench for offense/defense, we're not being messed with down low.

I'm lovin' that line up!! Our team looks pretty good.. I can't wait to see how we preform during the regular season.

By the way... did any one here get NBA 2k11 yet?
what's up with udrih being rated a 66? when last season he was a 68.. and he came off a great season.

and also DeMarcus Cousins is rated a 70 while John Wall is a 81, Turner, Griffin are rated 76 while wes Johnson and Favors are both 73.

I know it's just a game, but seriously WTF?!

[SacKingZZZ]

I wouldn't sweat that stuff. I'm sure they'll release roster updates and those numbers will be adjusted accordingly.

Just saw some TV quality highlights on NBA-TV. WTF!?!? They film the game TV style and don't show it ANYWHERE!? I don't get that at all.

Anyway, JT, Cuz, and Evans all looked good. Can't wait to see Daly and Hassan get back and get some time to play.

[ADoaN17]

I dont like the new CSN King's scoreboard. Ugly.

[SacKingZZZ]

Is that what it's really going to be? Yeah, blocks too much of the screen. If they want to go that route put it at the very top ESPN style.

[ADoaN17]

Is that what it's really going to be? Yeah, blocks too much of the screen. If they want to go that route put it at the very top ESPN style.

Well the Kings one looks like they are trying to resemble ESPN's NBA scoreboard. The NFL scoreboard is the one on top.

[Vindicater]

Hey Guys

Timberwolves fan here who was tickled pink when the Wolves bypassed Cousins for Johnson and then felt justified by Cousins efforts in SL.

But I have to say after that game that by the end of the season I might just have to come and eat some crow.

Cousins looked great (Johnson by the way didn't look as great but did some nice things and coming back from a hamstring injury I was happy with where he was at).

Looking forward to the western conference finals in 3-4 years between the T-Wolves and the Kings!

[DaDragicShow]

Good game.

[pillwenney]

Under the right situation yes. I don't know what Westphals vision is, but I totally see that guy coming off the bench playing C, especially if he's going to get the kind of minutes he deserves. A player coming off the bench that can play multiple positions is inherently going to get those extra minutes by swapping spots. The reality is we still have way too many bodies because there's that Dalembert guy wanthing minutes too, so....

Uhh...why? We simply won't have any available minutes at center. Barring major changes, JT won't be playing many minutes at center this year just because those minutes will be almost entirely taken up by Cuz and Dalembert. And no, a player coming off the bench isn't necessarily going to be swapping positions. The other players will. Landry will be PF at all times. He'll always be playing with one of the other bigs, who will be center by default.

My main thing has been that we basically should have one of Landry/Cuz starting and one coming off the bench. It's just not that useful to have our three best scorers all jammed into one lineup. I believe a coach by the name of Popovich knows what I'm talking about.

Anyway, great start to the preseason. The boxscore was nice. The highlights got me giddy. I'll say this though. The guys saying that Tyreke has a jumper need to reeeeeaaalllly pump the breaks. We've still got months before we can declare that with confidence.

[countrybama24]

Yo, why didn't Hassan play? D-league?

[KingInExile]

Yo, why didn't Hassan play? D-league?

injury

[SacKingZZZ]

Uhh...why? We simply won't have any available minutes at center. Barring major changes, JT won't be playing many minutes at center this year just because those minutes will be almost entirely taken up by Cuz and Dalembert. And no, a player coming off the bench isn't necessarily going to be swapping positions. The other players will. Landry will be PF at all times. He'll always be playing with one of the other bigs, who will be center by default.

My main thing has been that we basically should have one of Landry/Cuz starting and one coming off the bench. It's just not that useful to have our three best scorers all jammed into one lineup. I believe a coach by the name of Popovich knows what I'm talking about.

Anyway, great start to the preseason. The boxscore was nice. The highlights got me giddy. I'll say this though. The guys saying that Tyreke has a jumper need to reeeeeaaalllly pump the breaks. We've still got months before we can declare that with confidence.

Because that's literally the only way he can get respectable minutes. Whoever comes of the bench with the team as currently constructed is going to have to play at least 2 spots in order to get anything close to respectable minutes. JT won't play much at C!? OK, how do you see the rotation working out minutes wise??? Go ahead and show me your rotation. The truth is, if one or both of Landry/Thompson want minutes close to what they played last year they're going to probably have to play SF too, while somebody like Donte or Casspi gets crunched in the process. Historically that's pretty much how it works in a 3 big man rotation. You have your PF and C, and typically the guy coming off the bench can play either spot allowing him to play with either starter.

In a perfect world you would say, "hey, JT gets 24 mpg, Landry gets 24 mpg, Daly gets 24 mpg, and Cousins gets 24 mpg." That NEVER works in the real world. The only way it can is if the team really, really buys in AND! (very important and) you're in the running for a championship by doing so. The other fantastic part of that is you can literally watch the stock of your players drop around the league. Platooning does not work when you have a team stocked full of talented players (especially young players), just look at how much of a mess Fratello made in Memphis a few years back.

[pillwenney]

Uhh...why? We simply won't have any available minutes at center. Barring major changes, JT won't be playing many minutes at center this year just because those minutes will be almost entirely taken up by Cuz and Dalembert. And no, a player coming off the bench isn't necessarily going to be swapping positions. The other players will. Landry will be PF at all times. He'll always be playing with one of the other bigs, who will be center by default.

My main thing has been that we basically should have one of Landry/Cuz starting and one coming off the bench. It's just not that useful to have our three best scorers all jammed into one lineup. I believe a coach by the name of Popovich knows what I'm talking about.

Anyway, great start to the preseason. The boxscore was nice. The highlights got me giddy. I'll say this though. The guys saying that Tyreke has a jumper need to reeeeeaaalllly pump the breaks. We've still got months before we can declare that with confidence.

Because that's literally the only way he can get respectable minutes. Whoever comes of the bench with the team as currently constructed is going to have to play at least 2 spots in order to get anything close to respectable minutes. JT won't play much at C!? OK, how do you see the rotation working out minutes wise??? Go ahead and show me your rotation. The truth is, if one or both of Landry/Thompson want minutes close to what they played last year they're going to probably have to play SF too, while somebody like Donte or Casspi gets crunched in the process. Historically that's pretty much how it works in a 3 big man rotation. You have your PF and C, and typically the guy coming off the bench can play either spot allowing him to play with either starter.

In a perfect world you would say, "hey, JT gets 24 mpg, Landry gets 24 mpg, Daly gets 24 mpg, and Cousins gets 24 mpg." That NEVER works in the real world. The only way it can is if the team really, really buys in AND! (very important and) you're in the running for a championship by doing so. The other fantastic part of that is you can literally watch the stock of your players drop around the league. Platooning does not work when you have a team stocked full of talented players (especially young players), just look at how much of a mess Fratello made in Memphis a few years back.

I don't disagree that there will be a minutes crunch (although I think 24 will be just around the right amount for Cousins and maybe Dalembert). I just think bringing Landry off the bench changes absolutely nothing in that regard. Like, nothing in any way at all.

And that's not necessarily how it works at all--bringing a multi-position big off the bench. It varies completely depending on your team. Somebody in a 3-man rotation has to be able to play two positions. But DMC will play both (basically more as a default when next to Dalembert) and JT can play both. Bring Landry in and whoever he is playing with is center by default. I don't see how that doesn't get through to you logically.

I have wanted a JT/Cousins starting front court from the beginning. So I would start them, and then depending on what the team needed (basically offense or defense) I'd bring in Dalembert or Landry (or possibly both). If I bring in Dalembert, JT/DMC is the PF, and if I bring in Landry, JT/DMC is the center.

Regardless, if we're going to start DMC, we are best off bringing our other strong offensive option off the bench.

[SacKingZZZ]

I don't disagree that there will be a minutes crunch (although I think 24 will be just around the right amount for Cousins and maybe Dalembert). I just think bringing Landry off the bench changes absolutely nothing in that regard. Like, nothing in any way at all.

And that's not necessarily how it works at all--bringing a multi-position big off the bench. It varies completely depending on your team. Somebody in a 3-man rotation has to be able to play two positions. But DMC will play both (basically more as a default when next to Dalembert) and JT can play both. Bring Landry in and whoever he is playing with is center by default. I don't see how that doesn't get through to you logically.

I have wanted a JT/Cousins starting front court from the beginning. So I would start them, and then depending on what the team needed (basically offense or defense) I'd bring in Dalembert or Landry (or possibly both). If I bring in Dalembert, JT/DMC is the PF, and if I bring in Landry, JT/DMC is the center.

Regardless, if we're going to start DMC, we are best off bringing our other strong offensive option off the bench.

That minutes crunch is the major problem here though, and why it's necessary to have a player off the bench that can play multiple positions (once again, the argument). In reality it still doesn't matter but it could ease some of the tension from game to game. If Daly and Cousins play 24 mpg a piece that means 24 remaining minutes for Landry/Thompson each, unless one or the other plays minutes at SF. Like I said, play them all 24 mpg, and watch it blow!

[YC42Balla]

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Looks like they played a Great game!!

[KF10]

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