Poll revisited: How many wins?
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No. This whole thing about getting rid of our best players (whose contracts are huge bargains) because they dont have the ability to win is....bleh. There are many different factors to be accounted for and for which blame can be assigned to instead of the center that gives you 24&12 and the other guy who is top 5-6 at his position. If a correction does need to be made it wont and shouldnt involve Cousins or Gay.
To be honest, I think this revamped King's roster could still win a lot of games even without DMC.
The difference though if Cuz is in the game is that we would "dominate" a lot teams and win.
In short, I'll if same scenario happen like last year season when DMC was sick for a long period, we're still gonna be a close 8th seed.
If DMC gets to play 90% of our games, then it's more like 3-6 spot is the West.
Too much optimism? No! Not this time. Good things are about to come to this team.
The difference though if Cuz is in the game is that we would "dominate" a lot teams and win.
In short, I'll if same scenario happen like last year season when DMC was sick for a long period, we're still gonna be a close 8th seed.
If DMC gets to play 90% of our games, then it's more like 3-6 spot is the West.
Too much optimism? No! Not this time. Good things are about to come to this team.
This keys for me are that this team is:
1)Versatile (and deep). It can go big, it can go small, it can go everything inbetween. We're not talented and well constructed enough to force most teams to play our preferred way*, but we can matchup with pretty much anybody while having a good lineup out there. I mean, I remember times when out "go small" move was Travis Outlaw at the 4.
2)(Potentially) well coached. In his last Denver stint Karl crafted a top 5 offense with a team with minimal (by today's standards) amounts of shooting. Defense was good too, and one could argue that we have superior defensive personnel. It has to be seen whether Karl can replicate that kind of success at a slower pace.
Rondo has of course to be reasonably close to Celtics Rondo (i.e. gets to the line at a decent rate and hits his free throws), but this team has the talent and the depth to reach 50 wins. As a board, we were convinced that Cousins alone with less defense, less shooting and less playmaking to surround him was good enough to sustain .500 ball before the FO threw it all in a dump. The potential for disaster is there as always, since two major unknowns (Rondo and Karl) have to break right, but the ceiling is way higher than it's been in the last decade and some.
* Which is still a mistery at this point. It will either be extremely big (Gay-Cousins-Koufos) or extremely small (McLemore/Belinelli-Gay-Cousins).
1)Versatile (and deep). It can go big, it can go small, it can go everything inbetween. We're not talented and well constructed enough to force most teams to play our preferred way*, but we can matchup with pretty much anybody while having a good lineup out there. I mean, I remember times when out "go small" move was Travis Outlaw at the 4.
2)(Potentially) well coached. In his last Denver stint Karl crafted a top 5 offense with a team with minimal (by today's standards) amounts of shooting. Defense was good too, and one could argue that we have superior defensive personnel. It has to be seen whether Karl can replicate that kind of success at a slower pace.
Rondo has of course to be reasonably close to Celtics Rondo (i.e. gets to the line at a decent rate and hits his free throws), but this team has the talent and the depth to reach 50 wins. As a board, we were convinced that Cousins alone with less defense, less shooting and less playmaking to surround him was good enough to sustain .500 ball before the FO threw it all in a dump. The potential for disaster is there as always, since two major unknowns (Rondo and Karl) have to break right, but the ceiling is way higher than it's been in the last decade and some.
* Which is still a mistery at this point. It will either be extremely big (Gay-Cousins-Koufos) or extremely small (McLemore/Belinelli-Gay-Cousins).
I think Vlade has done a fantastic job. I think we can not give him enough credit. He has been able to bring players who can play to the Kings organization that was being heralded as the laughingstock of the league. He has plugged the holes that needed plugging and has bailed the water out of the bilge. Hopefully smooth sailing from here. 41-45
Both the starting unit and the bench have been improved, and we have jettisoned the deadweight from the roster. Say what you will but Vlade has made the right choices, avoided the pitfalls of bad contracts that hamstrung the team, and in general has been a good general manager. And it is obvious his charisma has drawn free agents to this team. Kufos and Belinelli would not have signed here without the VLADFATHER...
Oh and so far WCS is AS ADVERTISED. Surprised at how effective he is at the offensive end. He will bring much needed post defense.
Both the starting unit and the bench have been improved, and we have jettisoned the deadweight from the roster. Say what you will but Vlade has made the right choices, avoided the pitfalls of bad contracts that hamstrung the team, and in general has been a good general manager. And it is obvious his charisma has drawn free agents to this team. Kufos and Belinelli would not have signed here without the VLADFATHER...
Oh and so far WCS is AS ADVERTISED. Surprised at how effective he is at the offensive end. He will bring much needed post defense.
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