LightTheBeam wrote:OxAndFox wrote:KF10 wrote:Don’t like Kuzma. He is an upgrade over Barnes for sure but he doesn’t raise the ceiling of this team. I have concerns about him when he went to Washington. He wants to be an influencer instead of a winning basketball player. I wouldn’t touch him unless we can get him without sacrificing the #13.
Ingram is a serious upgrade and would raise this team’s ceiling. But his health issues is a big concern.
And if you guys heard that interview from Javale McGee a couple of days ago, it pretty much confirms my concerns that this team is mentally weak and lacks competitive fire.
Adding Ingram, who has a bland, nonchalant emote personality, isn’t something that will help this team’s problem. It just keeps things more or less the same.
Both players are flawed as hell. But if you want to swing for the fences, Ingram is your guy. I just hope he plays more on a consistent basis and shows some emotion every once in a while.
We already have a lot of players on the roster who are “laid-back” “lead by example” types. We need more dawgs and enforcers on this team.
Spot on IMO.
The McGee interview was damning. Brown has tried and tried to get Fox and Sabonis to be leaders. They're fine in that they lead by example, but what this team needs is a vocal leader that will keep everyone on track. As you say, more Dawgs!
I don't see anyone out there that can truly fix that and is a legitimate target of the Kings.
They're all pretty much the same. Kuzma, Grant, Ingram. They're offensively gifted players that might just tune the likes of Sabonis and Fox out. I don't think Ingram would do that, so he is the guy that I would also take a chance on.
not based in much but my beliefs lol.
Ingram has always had that I'm high look like he rather be elsewhere. Blessed with a lot of skills but doesn't seem to get any better.
On the other hand, Kuzma has done more with less talent, and has worked to where he is.
I've been a vocal anti trading 13 for Kuzma. But I'd rather have Kuzma. I think he fills more needs and vocally I think he's more of a leader than Ingram. I remember young Kuzma barking at Hield that he had to guard him because Bogdan was BBQ Chicken. He rebounds better, drives better, plays tougher.
I don't want either, but Ive never been an Ingram guy
I have the same thoughts on how Ingram always looks.
That is the thing that gives me pause and a lot of people point to his lack of true desire.
Good points on Kuzma, I just don't think he has it in him either. He is a poor shooter that clearly doesn't care about winning. He's more about looks than anything else. That really turns me off him.
Then you hear how the Locked On Wizards guy talks about him and you go, are we talking about the same Kuzma here?
I did have to laugh though when he said, in a positive way, Kuzma knew the Wizards were going to rebuild, but he was okay with that and wanted to be the #1 option during the rebuild.
