Moderators: KF10, City of Trees, codydaze
City of Trees wrote:Kessler Edwards has taken advantage of his minutes. I didn't realize he's now the youngest player on the squad. Kings could really benefit to develop and mold him.
BoogieTime wrote:The assets of this team are
1a/1b - Sabonis/Brown
.......
3. Fox
Finally we have a coach that gets the most out of the talent, after years of the opposite (scrub coaches not matching the teams talent on paper). With Brown I think we will be competitive even if we have to start with a new roster. He is A+
codydaze wrote:We have a real path to 50 wins this season if we keep playing the way we are.
We have three games against San Antonio, Boston and Denver. Ideally we grab two wins here even though the Boston and Denver games are going to be tough.
We have four games total against Utah and Portland. We need to grab three wins here.
If we handle business and get those five wins, we only need to grab two more in the remaining games against Phoenix, Golden State, Minnesota, Dallas and New Orleans.
OGSactownballer wrote:
50 would be really nice and make a big statement to the league.
But realistic factor here is that 48/49/50 this year with the dogfight that has been the West is basically 55+ in any normal season. It looks like there will not even be a 60 game winner in the East and yet the quality of the teams drops of markedly after spot five.
Brown.... (how has it not been obvious Metu sucks and Holmes has no facets anymore)
BoogieTime wrote:Len heading to the playoffs as the backup center after not being given a look all year?
KF10 wrote:BoogieTime wrote:Len heading to the playoffs as the backup center after not being given a look all year?
Metu is insanely inconsistently. And on average, he is not good. I'm not bothered about his minutes being cut.
Holmes dropped off big time since he receives zero minutes here. It's too bad because he was rock solid a year or 2 years ago. I guess he doesn't fit with Brown's system?
Len is a big body that can provide decent minute when Sabonis is on the bench. Yeah, I'm surprised it took almost all season to recognize this.
Also, Kessler >>> KZ Okpala.
KF10 wrote:
Metu is insanely inconsistently. And on average, he is not good. I'm not bothered about his minutes being cut.
Holmes dropped off big time since he receives zero minutes here. It's too bad because he was rock solid a year or 2 years ago. I guess he doesn't fit with Brown's system?
Len is a big body that can provide decent minute when Sabonis is on the bench. Yeah, I'm surprised it took almost all season to recognize this.
Also, Kessler >>> KZ Okpala.
LightTheBeam wrote:KF10 wrote:
Metu is insanely inconsistently. And on average, he is not good. I'm not bothered about his minutes being cut.
Holmes dropped off big time since he receives zero minutes here. It's too bad because he was rock solid a year or 2 years ago. I guess he doesn't fit with Brown's system?
Len is a big body that can provide decent minute when Sabonis is on the bench. Yeah, I'm surprised it took almost all season to recognize this.
Also, Kessler >>> KZ Okpala.
I'm still team Metu over Len. Len is a butterfinger who is never ready for the ball, doesn't stretch the floor, and isn't mobile enough to keep up with the team. Obviously none are great options, and I get why Mike has turned to Len, but hopefully we can replace that spot cheaply this off-season.
Backup centers always have flaws, so really tough to find a guy who can do more than 1 thing at a decent level. Guess it really just depends what we are looking for from the position. Biyombo would be nice for shot blocking, Yurtseven is a young physical option who moves well. But seeing that they still didn't cut Queta this deadline, I'm wondering if they still think he will be able to fill that role next year.
codydaze wrote:LightTheBeam wrote:KF10 wrote:
Metu is insanely inconsistently. And on average, he is not good. I'm not bothered about his minutes being cut.
Holmes dropped off big time since he receives zero minutes here. It's too bad because he was rock solid a year or 2 years ago. I guess he doesn't fit with Brown's system?
Len is a big body that can provide decent minute when Sabonis is on the bench. Yeah, I'm surprised it took almost all season to recognize this.
Also, Kessler >>> KZ Okpala.
I'm still team Metu over Len. Len is a butterfinger who is never ready for the ball, doesn't stretch the floor, and isn't mobile enough to keep up with the team. Obviously none are great options, and I get why Mike has turned to Len, but hopefully we can replace that spot cheaply this off-season.
Backup centers always have flaws, so really tough to find a guy who can do more than 1 thing at a decent level. Guess it really just depends what we are looking for from the position. Biyombo would be nice for shot blocking, Yurtseven is a young physical option who moves well. But seeing that they still didn't cut Queta this deadline, I'm wondering if they still think he will be able to fill that role next year.
I agree here. I understand why he might play more against a guy like Gobert but if we match up with GS round one then Metu should be getting those minutes.
My summer pipe dream is signing Naz Reid to start at the 4 and bring back HB into a bench role. Bring Vezkenov over and you have a bench unit of Davion/Monk/HB/Vezenkov/Lyles.
LightTheBeam wrote:codydaze wrote:LightTheBeam wrote:
I'm still team Metu over Len. Len is a butterfinger who is never ready for the ball, doesn't stretch the floor, and isn't mobile enough to keep up with the team. Obviously none are great options, and I get why Mike has turned to Len, but hopefully we can replace that spot cheaply this off-season.
Backup centers always have flaws, so really tough to find a guy who can do more than 1 thing at a decent level. Guess it really just depends what we are looking for from the position. Biyombo would be nice for shot blocking, Yurtseven is a young physical option who moves well. But seeing that they still didn't cut Queta this deadline, I'm wondering if they still think he will be able to fill that role next year.
I agree here. I understand why he might play more against a guy like Gobert but if we match up with GS round one then Metu should be getting those minutes.
My summer pipe dream is signing Naz Reid to start at the 4 and bring back HB into a bench role. Bring Vezkenov over and you have a bench unit of Davion/Monk/HB/Vezenkov/Lyles.
I'm thinking unless we play Minnesota in round 1, none of the backup centers should play any real minutes. Rotation has to get cut down, and Edwards gives us much more than any of those guys. 9 deep would be my call.
Against GS you are matching up with Draymond/Looney
Against Clippers Lyles can guard Plumlee, who may get cut out of the rotation for Covington/Batum anyways
OKC doesn't have a center on the roster
LA is either going with Gabriel or cutting him out the rotation and using Rui/Vandy as backup centers
Pelicans use Nance as the backup center
Sabonis ---- Lyles
Barnes ----- Edwards/Murray
Murray ------ Edwards/Huerter
Huerter ----- Monk
Fox ----- Mitchell
Very rare to go 10 deep in the playoffs anyways.
Naz Reid has really grown on me. And that would be stealing from Minnesota who has a bright future. Definitely be on board with that. I have a few other targets in mind, but if this allows us to also keep HB that is a big win.
OxAndFox wrote:LightTheBeam wrote:codydaze wrote:
I agree here. I understand why he might play more against a guy like Gobert but if we match up with GS round one then Metu should be getting those minutes.
My summer pipe dream is signing Naz Reid to start at the 4 and bring back HB into a bench role. Bring Vezkenov over and you have a bench unit of Davion/Monk/HB/Vezenkov/Lyles.
I'm thinking unless we play Minnesota in round 1, none of the backup centers should play any real minutes. Rotation has to get cut down, and Edwards gives us much more than any of those guys. 9 deep would be my call.
Against GS you are matching up with Draymond/Looney
Against Clippers Lyles can guard Plumlee, who may get cut out of the rotation for Covington/Batum anyways
OKC doesn't have a center on the roster
LA is either going with Gabriel or cutting him out the rotation and using Rui/Vandy as backup centers
Pelicans use Nance as the backup center
Sabonis ---- Lyles
Barnes ----- Edwards/Murray
Murray ------ Edwards/Huerter
Huerter ----- Monk
Fox ----- Mitchell
Very rare to go 10 deep in the playoffs anyways.
Naz Reid has really grown on me. And that would be stealing from Minnesota who has a bright future. Definitely be on board with that. I have a few other targets in mind, but if this allows us to also keep HB that is a big win.
Spot on. The rotation has to get cut down in the POs and Lyles can handle the back up minutes. Will pull the other 5 outside and allow Fox wide open driving lanes.
I wonder if GS is the round 1 match up whether they go with Curry/DDV/Klay/Kuminga/Dray as the starters and bring Looney off the bench?
For me Edwards has definitely played himself into some minutes. Could be situational if someone gets hot.
Fox/Davion/Huerter/Monk/Keegan/Barnes/Edwards/Sabonis/Lyles. That's still 9 guys. Edwards with 6-8 minutes and Lyles with around 18-20.
Braggins wrote:Is there any chance Jay Triano gets consideration for a head coaching job somewhere. I know hes a bit older and had a head coaching stint back in the day that didn't go well, but what he did for Charlotte and Sacramento offensively the last two seasons is pretty interesting. Maybe he leveled up later in his career similar to Mike Brown?
codydaze wrote:Braggins wrote:Is there any chance Jay Triano gets consideration for a head coaching job somewhere. I know hes a bit older and had a head coaching stint back in the day that didn't go well, but what he did for Charlotte and Sacramento offensively the last two seasons is pretty interesting. Maybe he leveled up later in his career similar to Mike Brown?
Not sure about Jay Triano but I've seen buzz about Jordi Fernandez getting some consideration for head coaching gigs.
BoogieTime wrote:Part of this franchise’s curse is being in the west
Unfairly been in the conference that has had the better record for 20 of 24 seasons (or something?)
Think of those Cousins/Gay teams that could’ve squeaked into the latter seeds if they were in the east
The west was once again better this year.
I’m skeptical of Wemby’s body, but of course the top pick and 3 of top 4 have to be in the west
San Antonio was quite literally the only western team without a young core or solid team while there are 4-5 east teams going nowhere
Not happy about that, but found myself missing the suspense of a kings lottery. Hopefully that won’t be here any time soon again
OxAndFox wrote:BoogieTime wrote:Part of this franchise’s curse is being in the west
Unfairly been in the conference that has had the better record for 20 of 24 seasons (or something?)
Think of those Cousins/Gay teams that could’ve squeaked into the latter seeds if they were in the east
The west was once again better this year.
I’m skeptical of Wemby’s body, but of course the top pick and 3 of top 4 have to be in the west
San Antonio was quite literally the only western team without a young core or solid team while there are 4-5 east teams going nowhere
Not happy about that, but found myself missing the suspense of a kings lottery. Hopefully that won’t be here any time soon again
Don't worry about Wemby's body. He is built different. Have you ever seen anyone do this?
