Thoughts on 08-09 season

cbs134679 · Post #1 » by **cbs134679** » Mon Jul 7, 2008 8:32 am

Who do you pick out of our second year guys brooks ,landry ,and scola to comeback better this upcoming season and why?

And which one of these guys (donte,dorsey ,novak,woods,francis) you think will crack the rotation and suprise us this season and why?

luhbron · Post #2 » by **luhbron** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 1:03 am

I think we should trade Brooks for Artest or another proven scorer/defender if the opportunity ever arises again.
I think drafting Greene means the end of Novak and we should finally explore trading partners for him.
I think Scola will improve by 4 pts per game but rebound the same.
I think we will be disappointed in Landry. Not because he isn't a great player but because he impressed us way too much at the beginning of last season. Its hard to see him being greater than that for a full season.
Dorsey will crack the rotation and Woods will be cut.
I have no expectations for Francis. Anything he brings is just a bonus to me.

jove9 · Post #3 » by **jove9** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 1:27 am

For lunch today I had a bowl of Assam Laksa, a Malaysian soup.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3282/laksaqu8.jpg

It was pretty good.

(Prediction threads are more or less useless)

...though not as useless as a picture if the forum won't let you paste it because it can't figure out the dimensions.

luhbron · Post #4 » by **luhbron** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 1:35 am

that soup looks nasty.

jove9 · Post #5 » by **jove9** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 1:37 am

What, you don't like fish soup in a tamarind base with rice noodles, cucumbers, onions, mint, and pineapple?

What's wrong with you?!?

Guy986 · Post #6 » by **Guy986** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 2:10 am

That soup looks HOT!!!!

BlueLancerEvo · Post #7 » by **BlueLancerEvo** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 7:35 am

personally i'd like to see how brooks does as a starter. He shoots better than rafer and with this lineup opposing teams would pay for doubling..
brooks/tmac/battier/scola/yao .
then bring rafer off the bench to run the break while yao is out of the game.
rafer/tmac/battier/landry/scola
...
dorsey gets the remaining big man minutes if they have a small PF/C, otherwise mutombo for 5 minutes.. i wouldnt mind seeing dorsey next to yao when they have a scoring PF/C, i think he'd get lots of weakside blocks..
i really dont think donte greene would be ready yet this year.. he should just focus on learning from tmac how to distribute the ball..
novak might get a couple spot minutes, i dont think francis will be able to contribute much, woods and harris will probably be waived.

brooks/rafer/jackson
tmac/head/francis
battier/greene/novak
scola/landry/hayes/
yao/mutombo/dorsey

jackson/francis/2nd for mike miller is thx.

Ballings7 · Post #8 » by **Ballings7** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 9:10 am

That soup looks good, sounds pretty nutritious as well

I predict the Kings won't trade Ron for Brooks... already having Beno, Douby, Singletary, Garcia (regular partial minutes) in focus at PG.

jove9 · Post #9 » by **jove9** » Tue Jul 8, 2008 2:50 pm

BlueLancerEvo wrote:personally i'd like to see how brooks does as a starter. He shoots better than rafer and with this lineup opposing teams would pay for doubling..
brooks/tmac/battier/scola/yao .
then bring rafer off the bench to run the break while yao is out of the game.
rafer/tmac/battier/landry/scola
...

jackson/francis/2nd for mike miller is thx.

Brooks did a horrible job as a PG last year. Why? He doesn't know how to run a team (yet). He's also too short and too skinny to be of any use defensively. He's better suited right now as a spark off the bench.

Mike Miller was traded to Minnesota on draft night. He can't be traded again for a while.