Comments on: Preview and Chat: The Sacramento Kings

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:16:05 +0000

103 and 107,
Lamar is already bringing up the ball every time he is in the game… so nothing will change.

By: tsuwm

tsuwm — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:26:53 +0000

you’ve still got to have someone that can bring the ball up against pressure. so, who is that in your lineup? Golden State stripped Lamar twice the other night before he was relieved of this duty.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:03:08 +0000

Saying that the Kobe/Artest/Odom/Gasol/Bynum lineup can’t work because Kobe’s ballhandling has been suspect lately implies that Fisher/Brown/Farmar/Sasha are handling the ball extensively in the current lineup.

It’s a lineup that may merit consideration in the playoffs, due to a slower game pace. The real problem though is exploiting the matchup we create which wouldn’t mean Kobe taking a PG into the paint, but would involve Artest attacking JR Smith, Anthony Parker, Jason Terry, Vince Carter, etc. Does Artest have an advantage there? Yes. Do I want to watch Artest as the scoring prong of the triangle? No.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:23:00 +0000

91. Ammo played about 2 1/2 minutes in the first half and was part of Sacramento’s three-pronged attack (along with Jordan and Shannon) in the 2nd quarter when the Kings went from down eleven to go up by three. The three Sacramento secret weapons forced up a slew of bad shots, let their men penetrate, didn’t close out on any shooters, and continuously tried to force one-on-three or two-on-four fast breaks.

Unfortunately for the Kings, Phil kept Jordan and Ammo on the bench for the entire second half, and gave Sasha a lot of minutes (Sasha played well).

By: Darius

Darius — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:16:16 +0000

Game wrap is up.

http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2010/03/16/lakerskings-winning-on-the-inside/

By: tsuwm

tsuwm — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:22:10 +0000

Aaron, our “best five players” being KB, Bynum, Gasol, Artest, and LO (one assumes).
I don’t think that works for any extended minutes. turnover city, what with Kobe’s current ball-handling problems. (as I mentioned earlier, LO gets stripped by quick guards that pressure the ball.)

By: ken

ken — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:53 +0000

This proves 3 thing tonight to me.

In spite of bad shooting and defense, Fisher is are only point guard.

also its time for sasha to get Brown and Farmer minutes.

He is ready.

Kobe’s legs are tired, hence the missed free throws and airballs and blocks.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:40 +0000

Shannon was much better in the 4th quarter when he played within the framework of the triangle offense. He and Jordan need to be saved from themselves.

And Phil? Why are you giving Ammo any burn at all? He is horrible at team defense, terrible at closing out on shooters, and slow getting back in transition. Maybe this is Phil’s way of getting Sasha to play better. Get Sasha so steamed up from having to watch Ammo get first burn and totally stink up the arena, that he enters the game in the fourth quarter and plays extremely well. He was always around the ball on defense. I think he needs to see more time at PG as well, as long as Jordy’s wrist or hand is still hurting.

By: james

james — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:54 +0000

im more and more convinced that farmar and brown shouldnt play together, if were ever gonna get to rest our starters then its our next 2 games, minnesota who just let the suns score 150 and the wizards who have lost 9 in a row

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:57:07 +0000

With the way Lamar, Bynum, and Gasol are playing and take into account that Lamar is shooting very well from the outside recently we need to start discussing a lineup consisting of our best 5 players. We saw how well Kobe defended one of the quicker and explosive PG’s in the NBA last night in Monta Ellis. We even saw Lamar lock down Corey Maggette at SF. Its a criminal that Phil hasn’t seen what this lineup can do even once this season. Its a shame either Gasol, Odom, or Bynum have to sit out the last 5 minutes of the game. And its just pathetic we have to watch one ingredient of our “PG poop club sandwich” (thats a Bill Simmons original) close out games. Why lord? Whyyyyyy?