Kings @ Pelicans - Oct 17, 2015

teerfour+40LG · Post #1 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:57 pm

Half of the Pelicans' normal roster will be missing, so we should win this easily. Watch us not, though.

Kings2013 · Post #2 » by **Kings2013** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:10 pm

Ben being given the starting nod on a night most coaches like setting their rotation for the season (last preseason game). He's still young and has upside, but we need to see him being solid now

teerfour+40LG · Post #3 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:15 pm

Aaaaand this game is not on league pass.

Kings2013 · Post #4 » by **Kings2013** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:19 pm

Terrible, disconcerting start... Are the Pelicans better this year like most pundirs believe?

Davis is annoying..

Kings2013 · Post #5 » by **Kings2013** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:25 pm

Is WCS getting taken by AD out there hard?

Kings2013 · Post #6 » by **Kings2013** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:29 pm

and the Gamecast is off.. not the confidence needed heading into the season

teerfour+40LG · Post #7 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:54 pm

Carmichael Dave is apparently streaming the game from his seat.

https://twitter.com/CarmichaelDave

teerfour+40LG · Post #8 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:43 am

Koufos is really good.

SacSanity · Post #9 » by **SacSanity** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:29 am

Where are you guys watching the game? Link?

Kings2013 · Post #10 » by **Kings2013** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:58 am

Ben 3-9 and had the worst -/+.. I really don't want a third season of this

There is apparently a lot of talk of how Cuz is being utilized under Karl, that may or may not give credence to some of this stuff this past summer. Hopefully this comes together

Rudy looks like an all star

The bench is outright one of the best in the league, will win us a lot of games

Overall 5-1 is good for preseason, but a lot of kinks to work out for that starting unit

Post #11 » by **City of Trees** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:39 am

Kings2013 wrote:There is apparently a lot of talk of how Cuz is being utilized under Karl, that may or may not give credence to some of this stuff this past summer.

Care to elaborate

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Kings2013 · Post #12 » by **Kings2013** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:55 am

City of Trees wrote:
Kings2013 wrote:There is apparently a lot of talk of how Cuz is being utilized under Karl, that may or may not give credence to some of this stuff this past summer.

Care to elaborate

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Yeah, when I read another unspecified forum they are talking about how Cuz is being utilized on the perimeter too much. Shooting threes, and he has shot a sub optimal percentage all throughout the preseason. They are concerned that Karl, who may not be accustomed to post bigs, may or may not know how to handle him. Some on that forum complain that the offense is run too much through Rondo and not Cousins.

It's preseason though, hopefully all of that is sorted out. Cousins I thought played well under Karl late last season

Post #13 » by **City of Trees** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:14 am

I know Grant has been sharing on his radio show that Cousins is money from 3 in practice. I'd much rather see him do what he does best but I get in order to develop in-game range you gotta put up the shots. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

As for the ball in Rondo's hands too much I counter with this stat from the one televised game: Rondo 10 assists and 0 turnovers, Cousins 1 assist and 4 turnovers. As good as Cuz is he still remains a turnover machine. The offense should run thru Cousins often but limiting Turnovers is valued.

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Geoff35 · Post #14 » by **Geoff35** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:51 am

Haven't posted in a long time, as I've taken to twitter more now... but I think its important that everyone see this happened if they havent already, haha.. Shut the internet down for awhile and had kings fans in a craze.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ts8X2f9kgU

SacSanity · Post #15 » by **SacSanity** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:45 pm

Geoff35 wrote:Haven't posted in a long time, as I've taken to twitter more now... but I think its important that everyone see this happened if they havent already, haha.. Shut the internet down for awhile and had kings fans in a craze.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ts8X2f9kgU

Monster! AD cant D up Cuz!

OscarH · Post #16 » by **OscarH** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:17 pm

After the game Karl said they have not installed much of the post O yet, something to note when talking about Cousins useage.

http://www.nba.com/kings/video/teams/kings/2015/10/18/1445139561805-Coach-Karl-Reaction---10.17.mov-63803 quote at 3:30 in

teerfour+40LG · Post #17 » by **teerfour+40LG** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 3:56 am

OscarH wrote:After the game Karl said they have not installed much of the post O yet, something to note when talking about Cousins useage.

http://www.nba.com/kings/video/teams/kings/2015/10/18/1445139561805-Coach-Karl-Reaction---10.17.mov-63803 quote at 3:30 in

Hopefully that settles down the guys that are freaking out.

Kings2013 · Post #18 » by **Kings2013** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:34 am

Yeah, the article just posted by Jason Jones on the sacbee website makes me feel good. Karl understands that Cuz/Gay need better offense and still haven't put a lot of stuff in..

Really a good preseason overall, except Ben. He's just been a source of frustration since coming in the league, but you can't be strong everywhere I guess. Hopefully with the offense coming into form and his teammates finding him better gives him that better confidence. Karl will need to do a good job on that

SacKingZZZ · Post #19 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:56 am

Hasn't installed much post O yet? Uh, hey coach the season starts in like just over a week. :lol:

benchmobbin02 · Post #20 » by **benchmobbin02** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:25 am

SacKingZZZ wrote:Hasn't installed much post O yet? Uh, hey coach the season starts in like just over a week.

He has spent camp installing the main team offense and defense and learning personal and how to use them together. As a smart coach he knows that DMC and Rudy have above avg skills so they can get theirs without focused effort in the playbook. They are the two guys he trust to go ISO if need be and be successful outside of the system. Pretty easy to see.