BoogieTime wrote:OxAndFox wrote:BoogieTime wrote:
His D was bad tonight... his game might be better suited off the bench but he has a lot of gravity on o still
It's just going to continue though, it's like fitting the same sized square into a circle. DDR doesn't fit winning basketball. Period.
His scoring can be gaudy, yes absolutely. He just threw this game tonight for the Kings. Absolutely threw it. Just to score as much as he possibly can.
I was surprised Lavine even got to 16 shots because it felt like he was being really hesitant. But maybe it was the fact his last 3 or 4 shots simply were have to heaves almost.
I think there are a couple of you guys who are, focused on defense.. If your point of view is pulling your hair out over his primarily offensive game because he doesn't play D, I understand.. but the guy is a microwave.. He has offensive gravity and has been ok in the clutch. but on the bench I think you could see it thrive more in the coming years.. There is less D and organization off the bench playing with and against bench players.
Forget about the D. Let's not focus on the D. Just don't move away from who he is. It was potentially the most unprofessional display I have ever seen.
So up until the final 3 minutes of the 2nd quarter he was 1/7 for the quarter, not the game, for the quarter. The rest of the team for the term was 7/15. The Kings went into the locker room at the half with a 10-point lead in spite of Deebo's performance. Then, because he hit his last few he doubled down on it. I fell for it too, it was great, he was hitting jumpers etc, it was great, but what does 24 minutes of just icing your teammates do? Yep. You guessed it, turns a really nice offensive flow in the first quarter, combined with effort on the defensive end, into 4 players looking like a dear in headlights and starting to have lapses on the defensive end. Does this type of play from the Kings keep sounding familiar?
Is it everyone else's fault yet again, or poor old Deebo's fault?
All the fake passing doesn't fool me, getting fake caught up all the time, he's the problem. It will absolutely work some of the time, and during those times he is a walking bucket, but he shouldn't be anywhere near a team, or maybe I should put it as he shouldn't be taking more than 12-14 shots per game on a team that is serious. TBH a bench role won't solve it, it's his style and flow of game. He will also still want to be a closer, which, if we're being honest, he just isn't THAT good at it. It's part of his basketball terrorism in that he just LOVES a close game in the 4th to keep improving the image.
The damn "Microwave" (let's keep that analogy) as you call it broke the restaurant. Enough already. He is a restaurant killer. Any restaurant relying on a microwave isn't winning a Michelin star. He ain't no head chef, he is low end sous chef, if that when he is on and realistically is suited as a kitchen hand.
The dude straight up stole that win from the Kings. Wasn't the refs. Wasn't anyone else. After going 1/4 in the first he was 1/7 in the 2nd until that late run. 2/11 and despite that the Kings were leading relatively comfortably.
He went 9/18 in the 2nd half and actually shot the 3 very well for him along the way, but that is basketball terrorist type stuff. He sabotaged his teammates from having any type of success as we all had to sit back and witness yet another Deebo Rucker Park special.
He had more shots than 3 of the 5 starters combined FFS. And while they only combined for 36 points, that trio, Keegan, Keon, JV, played some damn great defence. Sorry my bad, I mentioned D.
I'm actually not sure what it's going to take for people to see Deebo for what he is. Just an absolute offence chemistry killer.