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haha, Celts scored 24 points in 6 minutes. That is 2x the rate you hope for as an NBA team.

Real winning behavior there, Cousins.

46.........

12383213238213128th match which proves that Cousins can never be a superstar.I am really sorry.He could be the next "Shaq".I hope people will stop treat him like he is a star.He is not even close.

Boston is one of the hardest matchups.They defend pretty well.All of their players try their best in defence.Their offence is bad but that doesnt matter against us since even a good EL team like Fenerbahce or CSKA Moscow can easily score us 100+ in 48 minutes

If Karl had any balls he'd bench Cousins. Dude isn't even trying.

Ah, I remember when Isaiah used to block shots like that for us.

Good job Cousins for shooting everything and scoring after we had no hope of winning.But it doesnt matter he scored 31 right?He did not get enough help from his teammates.Sullinger played with 10-13 because of Karl.That has nothing to do with DMC

Boston shoots

56.0% 2
54.2% 3

Prethia wrote:Good job Cousins for shooting everything and scoring after we had no hope of winning.But it doesnt matter he scored 31 right?He did not get enough help from his teammates.Sullinger played with 10-13 because of Karl.That has nothing to do with DMC

What are you talking about? Cousins scored his last remaining points to bring the game the closest since forever. No hope? Sure..The Kings was right in it until Thomas killed the Kings with that dagger.

That being said, the Kings' defense was absolutely shocking.

KF10 wrote:

Prethia wrote:Good job Cousins for shooting everything and scoring after we had no hope of winning.But it doesnt matter he scored 31 right?He did not get enough help from his teammates.Sullinger played with 10-13 because of Karl.That has nothing to do with DMC

What are you talking about? Cousins scored his last remaining points to bring the game the closest since forever. No hope? Sure..The Kings was right in it until Thomas killed the Kings with that dagger.

That being said, the Kings' defense was absolutely shocking.

If you told me Bird's Celtics would score 46, and Larry would of had 20 in the quarter I could rationalize it.

But this was ridiculous.

blind prophet wrote:

KF10 wrote:

Prethia wrote:Good job Cousins for shooting everything and scoring after we had no hope of winning.But it doesnt matter he scored 31 right?He did not get enough help from his teammates.Sullinger played with 10-13 because of Karl.That has nothing to do with DMC

What are you talking about? Cousins scored his last remaining points to bring the game the closest since forever. No hope? Sure..The Kings was right in it until Thomas killed the Kings with that dagger.

That being said, the Kings' defense was absolutely shocking.

If you told me Bird's Celtics would score 46, and Larry would of had 20 in the quarter I could rationalize it.

But this was ridiculous.

Yeah, this is the common theme with the Kings. Dig yourself into a hole early and later try to come back from that said hole later in the game. This is hilariously irritating to say the least.

Vlade needs to make a move right now. Fire the coach, trade players away, do SOMETHING!

Should have handled your business by now Vlade. There was a brief spark of pride in the 3rd but this is on E.

KF10 wrote:

Prethia wrote:Good job Cousins for shooting everything and scoring after we had no hope of winning.But it doesnt matter he scored 31 right?He did not get enough help from his teammates.Sullinger played with 10-13 because of Karl.That has nothing to do with DMC

What are you talking about? Cousins scored his last remaining points to bring the game the closest since forever. No hope? Sure..The Kings was right in it until Thomas killed the Kings with that dagger.

That being said, the Kings' defense was absolutely shocking.

I'm not sure how much lack of effort, bad schemes, or whatever played in this game, but Rondo and Belinelli is just a plain disaster defensively. Holy cow.

as seen with this team lately,when they are focused on their mission they do a pretty good job.. the mission hasn't been winning games though, it's trying getting rid of the coach asap...

Id rather start collison and bring rondo off the bench. Collison will play miles better d than mr. Wrap around steal


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What I am seeing watching these games is rondos lack of any type of defense besides steals in passing lanes hurts the team way more than anything he brings on offense. I would not sign him to a long term deal. If this is the best rondo we can get I'll pass. His d is just God awful


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It's not too long ago that I said that re-signing Rondo is a must but after watching him for the past 40 or so games, the guy plays matador defense and couldn't be bothered to play defense other than gambling in the passing lanes. So, I don't think he is a must-sign for the Kings anymore. It's a shame because he was a pretty darn good on-ball defensive pest in his pre-injury form with the Celtics.

Cousins,Koufos,Belinelli and Mclemore are the worst defenders by far in this team.I dont blame Rondo for doing that kind of thing since he knows the rest of the team cannot defend anything.I want to see him with players who will actually try to play defence

Prethia wrote:Cousins,Koufos,Belinelli and Mclemore are the worst defenders by far in this team.I dont blame Rondo for doing that kind of thing since he knows the rest of the team cannot defend anything.I want to see him with players who will actually try to play defence

Rondo is the first line of defense. He is responsible for preventing dribble penetration and closing out shooters. If anything, Rondo is the biggest offender when it comes to not playing defense. He put his team in a bad spot when he fails on his defensive assignments.

Considering the fact that this is Rondo's contract year and is the only year that he can recoup his image, this is a bad look for him -- not trying on defense in most cases.