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make
the squad, or at least the IR. He's athletic
and defensive minded and did a good job keeping
Wallace in front of him. His shot was off
and on but he's a legit 2 guard on a squad
with only one on the roster now.
Christie
was Christie and he seemed to get his hands
(or at least his fingertips) on a ton of passes,
as well as stripping Watson pretty badly at
halfcourt. Most importantly for me, I watched
DC practice his pull up jumper in warmups,
which showed me he'd been working on the shot.
Also a new set play which the white team (starters,
Wallace, Fundy and Price) ran a few times
involved Vlade catching the ball in the right
block, and passing to Christie who faded off
a pick at the top of the key for a catch and
shoot midrange shot. DC buried the shot 3
times off this quick hitter.
CWebb
didn't play a whole lot and toward the end
of the game I noticed he was on the bench
with an ice pack or a sling over his shoulder.
Maybe somebody with better seats or who heard
something on 1140 can explain what was up
with that. He sat next to Hedo (wearing an
elbow sling) and Peja who was in street clothes.
Fundy
looked good. I might be a bit biased b/c I
really like the guy but he was active and
attacked the hoop (3 or 4 dunks) although
his bread and butter step back baseline j
didn't go for him tonight.
Wilks
displayed a nice little handle and decent
defense but he's just too small and too unskilled
on a team this good. On the other hand I liked
him better than Price who missed several assist
opportunities and shot the ball much more
often than he passed. I say no thanks. Eat
his contract and waive the guy.
As
much as I wanted to see something out of him,
Bennett was unimpressive. Braggs didn't show
me anything either.
Joseph
ran the floor slower than Jerome James carrying
the Kings era Oliver Miller on his back. But
he is huge. As I expected he didn't really
have any offensive moves and couldn't get
off the ground for rebounds. Not very aggressive
either.
But
Chenowith was, at least offensively. He didn't
display any of the outside touch that is his
calling card and I didn't see any real post
moves, but he did try to take the ball hard
to the hoop a couple times and was fouled,
once by his fellow Jayhawk alum Scot. However,
I don't think he knows what rebounding is,
which is too bad because that's the way a
guy like him could make this team.
Wallace
didn't look as good tonight as in Long Beach
but the level of competition is higher. He
did have some nice oops, and I'm sure we'll
all see him on sportscenter a few times this
year. I was really hoping to see him guard
Peja and/or Hido tonight. I think going against
Gerald and hopefully Jeffers can only help
our favorite Euros' games.
Bibby
was as advertised. He ran the team, hit open
shots and open teammates and drove to the
hoop when the openings were there.
Finally,
I don't care what anybody says, Mateen Cleaves
is the owner of the ugliest jumpshot in the
NBA. He did make one or two jumpers but the
fact that he still has that ugly shot put
form tells me that he hasn't spent the summer
working on his mechanics. Until he does he'll
never be a decent shooter. And as slow as
he is he'd better learn to shoot better or
he'll see less court time than Darrick Martin.
Birdman
I
for one was quite dissapointed with the amount
of fan interaction...
Last
year there were a few rookies and chris webber
out in the halls. This year you got a couple
of players working one of the consession stands
but you couldnt pose or get autographs. only
shoot pics from afar.
Last
year the players came out into the crowd at
halftime and took pics and signed things.
this year nothing.
Last
year the starters played more than 25% of
the scrimmage. It was nice to see the rookies
tearing it up but it would have been nice
to see chris and vlade more. bibby didnt do
much point guarding on offence, christie did
most of that. bibby looked good on defence.
Jabari
smith and wallace and jeffers were impressive.
Garth was big, real big. price had a couple
good outside shots but reminded me of derrick
martin, way better than nick though. Eric
didnt seem to do much.
Are
the kings starting to get didstanced from
the fans as they get more popular? i mean
if this was as the radio ad said "the
best chance to interact with the team"
and there really wasnt much interaction, what
do we have to look forward to later?
I
really wanted to get a chance to get webber
to sign my "shirt of many kings signatures"
(well except webber).
last year he was in the hall, but i didnt
have my shirt, which i have had for the last
2 seasons and after getting up early for every
kings signing is pretty impressive.
I
have everyone except webber and the new people...(no
jason unfortunately). one of these days i
will complete it..
but
not today.
The
game was really boring. and they knew it,
slamson was entertaining the crowd while the
ball was in play it was so bad. much worse
than last year. of course no jason or barry
to make it interesting. no peja or hedo. no
bobby.
vlade
looked good for the little time he did play,
powered around garth for a reverse which looked
tough to do if you saw what garth looked like.
at
least my seats are better...
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