Boogie & Rudy's Excellent Adventure
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Let's say when we become a contender we surround cousins with one more shot creator to go along with Boogie/Gay. My question is what separates cousins and marc gosal on defense is it just effort? They are the same size but Boogie is quicker and better at taking charges I know one thing is his pick and roll defense is atrocious so how is it fixed.
For some reason ESPN has Boogie with 7 steals...people on Reddit were saying it was a particular swipe that Cousins started but Rose came away with with. (I didn't see the game.)
http://scores.espn.go.com/extra/fiba/boxscore?gameId=400575480
Oh well, either way, good work by our guys.
http://scores.espn.go.com/extra/fiba/boxscore?gameId=400575480
Oh well, either way, good work by our guys.
Cousins is big but Marc Gasol is a giant. Look at the difference in size next time he and Cousins are standing next to each other on the court. Don't go off of any statistics you find online, just trust your own eye judgment when the USA plays Spain. Gasol will look massive in comparison.
Cousins can be a lot like Gasol defensively if he just stays home on his man. Less swiping at the ball and reacting to pump fakes. Just stay home with arms up and force the opponent to have to shoot over the top of you. He'll get a few more blocks this way and the change of natural trajectory to get it over his reach will cause more misses from close range.
Cousins can be a lot like Gasol defensively if he just stays home on his man. Less swiping at the ball and reacting to pump fakes. Just stay home with arms up and force the opponent to have to shoot over the top of you. He'll get a few more blocks this way and the change of natural trajectory to get it over his reach will cause more misses from close range.
I'm loving this. Let Boogie and Rudy get used to playing with winners and they're gonna demand that our Kings play to the full extent of their abilities. I see good things. 
I really like how the chemistry of our team is shaping up. Me-first guys just don't even get a look from us, and they've been pretty much removed from the roster. I'm still shocked at how quickly and completely IT was let go. Apparently we just never even spoke to him in free agency. I love it!
6 steals for Cousins? I gotta hand it to the big fella, he has good instincts when it comes to tipping the ball, sometimes he gets his hand caught in the cookie jar but I like the fact that he makes a effort rather than just reach in the back court as we all witnessed during his first couple of years.
I'm loving this. Let Boogie and Rudy get used to playing with winners and they're gonna demand that our Kings play to the full extent of their abilities. I see good things.
This is a well consrcted team.
Very well put. Don't underestimate the amount of pride they bring to the Kings team by their successes with Team USA. It will help a great deal with the teammates. Although there are still guys who think that coming to Sacto is like being sent to hell, those days are limited.
Very well put. Don't underestimate the amount of pride they bring to the Kings team by their successes with Team USA. It will help a great deal with the teammates. Although there are still guys who think that coming to Sacto is like being sent to hell, those days are limited.
Amazing what cousins can do without nba officials whistling him for every reach in, isn't it? It seemed like every time someone tried to back him down he took the ball, and with 7 steals in just 12 mins, that's almost literally true.
Davis plus boogie on the front line seems the way to go long term for team USA, but it's hard to knock faried when he's shooting 78% or whatever it is.
I think we'd all like to see boogie/AD together. It's basically a dream pairing of big men. Davis isn't quite there as an all around defender (he'll be a yearly DPOY candidate soon enough) but he's the ultimate rim protector to go with cousins. By 2016 those two will be terrifying.
Davis plus boogie on the front line seems the way to go long term for team USA, but it's hard to knock faried when he's shooting 78% or whatever it is.
I think we'd all like to see boogie/AD together. It's basically a dream pairing of big men. Davis isn't quite there as an all around defender (he'll be a yearly DPOY candidate soon enough) but he's the ultimate rim protector to go with cousins. By 2016 those two will be terrifying.
Brazil just smoked our margin of victory mark against Finland, at the expense of Egypt.
Speaking of Finland, New Zealand's mild "upset" over Finland really puts Ukraine in a bad spot. If I understand the tiebreakers correctly, that means that Ukraine has to beat the United States in order to advance to the knockout round.
Speaking of Finland, New Zealand's mild "upset" over Finland really puts Ukraine in a bad spot. If I understand the tiebreakers correctly, that means that Ukraine has to beat the United States in order to advance to the knockout round.
Box:
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworld...ed-States-of-America#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Yeah, Boogie was a little tired, you could see he had heavy legs. He's always been a player where fatigue shows pretty obviously. Wasn't bad. Some physical play in there and a few nice passes. But missed some bunnies in there and on the interior there were several times when he should have gone up and challenged a shot where he did not. Could have been fatgue/gathering his legs, but all tournament long it looks like he has mad eth choice to take away the alley oop cutter behind him rather than help on the driving guy. I'm guessing that's scheme, but the other centers do not seem to have had to make such a stark choice. Did have the biggest +/- on the team along with Faried.
And Rudy...was struggling.
http://www.fiba.com/basketballworld...ed-States-of-America#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Yeah, Boogie was a little tired, you could see he had heavy legs. He's always been a player where fatigue shows pretty obviously. Wasn't bad. Some physical play in there and a few nice passes. But missed some bunnies in there and on the interior there were several times when he should have gone up and challenged a shot where he did not. Could have been fatgue/gathering his legs, but all tournament long it looks like he has mad eth choice to take away the alley oop cutter behind him rather than help on the driving guy. I'm guessing that's scheme, but the other centers do not seem to have had to make such a stark choice. Did have the biggest +/- on the team along with Faried.
And Rudy...was struggling.
Two notes:
1. Yes, Boogie was tired, but still put up decent numbers and more importantly, did NOT foul. A good sign of growth.
2. The Czar of the Telestrator is coaching Ukraine? When/how did that happen?
"You not say Ukraine is weak. You maybe say Ukraine play boring, slow paced offense".
On a serious (and non-Seinfeld referencing note) this has to be a tough time for the Ukrainian team and for Fratello as coach given what is going on at home. Definitely hard to have complete focus on a basketball game for a lot of players I'm sure.
1. Yes, Boogie was tired, but still put up decent numbers and more importantly, did NOT foul. A good sign of growth.
2. The Czar of the Telestrator is coaching Ukraine? When/how did that happen?
"You not say Ukraine is weak. You maybe say Ukraine play boring, slow paced offense".
On a serious (and non-Seinfeld referencing note) this has to be a tough time for the Ukrainian team and for Fratello as coach given what is going on at home. Definitely hard to have complete focus on a basketball game for a lot of players I'm sure.