The Sacramento Kings and assistant GM Wes Wilcox have been fined for violating league rules

“Interacting with the scorers table” is code for Wes yelling “start the f*ck*ng clock!”

If inclined to think this way, this is as Kangz of play as a Kangz gets, including the shot clock operator who did not give us our home court advantage. The tip by Jones and bobble by Yurtseven led to re-orienting himself in shooting position. If he had a caught it clean off the jump he ‘s not in much of a position to score before the shot clock goes off. Instead he’s face up for the easy look.

I don’t think it is embarassing or negative reflection on Wes. He wants to win. Competitive emotions temporarily overrode his logic and reasoning. If you think the behavior or fine is embarassing why do you care? Negative outside perception? Who gives an eff!?

We should NOT care what others think. We cannot control what others think. Why do you think I am prolific as a commentator? I do not care what others think, I am only true to my own perceptions!

As aside how much better is Yurtseven than Marvin ?! I thought Marvin was on “redempton tour” and “relentless hustling”. LOL. Remember Thomas Robinson, former bust? T-Rob is better than Marvin.

Look how Jones has a vice grip on the ball. Look at the strong picks and decisive rolls to hoop. Look at the way Jones attacks. Contrast this to Marvin, you have one guy who wants it and wants to play among men as a man versus a guy who can take it or leave it and wants to finesse his way to something tangible.

I don’t even see Marvin as a lob threat anymore, what happened there?

There is a reason Jones is the primary picker and roller and Marvin is told to go stand in the corner. What does this say? The conclusion is obvious:

Stay out of the way, Marvin!

This begs the question, why is he even on the floor? For his deadly corner threes? LOL. His rebounds are mostly uncontested and his outet passes are indecisive and weak AF. He has not blocked a shot in forever.

Why was Marvin inexplicably promoted along with Buddy, alternatives available out or not?

Deuce Mason gets it , along with his sidekick Mo Reagan. Deuce was breaking down the last loss and what does he say first and foremost, parpahrasing:

Marvin’s defense is trash.
Buddy’s defense is trash.

It is the Interim who has elevated these two scrubs as integral components in the mix then bemoans and begrudges the persistent lapses? GTFO.

For those who don’t know what they are looking at, the Interim is no different than the man he suceeded. It is the same playbook, same misguided misplaced trust and confidence in fraudulent players.

The Old Man was effective head coach before the firing, making the firing inconsequential, unless you put stock in “new level of accountability”.

This reflects poorly on the GM, for making a cosmetic instead of a substantive change, who could and should have chosen DC or B-Jax.

Everyone repeat after me: Vivek was right (for wanting Doug)! Vivek was right!

Vivek wanted to roll the dice on candidate with energy hunger and novel thinking vs tenure and curmudgeonly grandfather figure with sub .500 record and valuing outside perception over the former attributes.

Let the pundits mock and ridicule for elevating a former player as we did with Vlade. It is an interim tag anyway, and they were already mocking and ridiculing you.

McGenius ain’t looking so ingenious on this one!

Vivek was right.

How this must gnaw in the craw of the peanut gallery, therefore I cannot resist but say it one more time!

The Old Man seems to have higher regard for Marvin than Fluke. Had not this experiment run its course? And he has more of a leash with Buddy, just as TD is breaking out of his slump and giving us exactly what we needed. This is surprising and disappointing because in his first few games as coach TD and Davion got more minutes than Buddy.

To the degree I was optimistic before the season began, even with our imbalanced roster in need of a major trade, it was based in anticipation Metu and TD and Davion would supplant Buddy and Marvin, take away most to all of their time. The coach would have NO choice but make this decision, even if he had a bias otherwise.

The biggest disappointments with exception of the first are rooted in this dynamic.

Disappointment #1: Fox came to camp heavy, top heavy and extra body fat, 205 lbs or thereabout when he needs to play at 190 lbs, where he looks to be at now. He looks great now physically. Easily the biggest disappointment, however, so preventable, though it was rectified quickly, so we can take solace in this, unlike NOP fans with their franchise player.

The play Fox made at end of last game, juking a man out of his shoes for an and-one, he could not make few months ago. The player we have seen lately is Superstar caliber, a midrange assasin. DeRozan is a midrange assasin too, 4th in NBA in scoring, ahead of Curry. And like DeRozan, Fox is a SG, I envision this as Fox best position offensively and defensively, though he’s a SG who does not need a PG to set him up.

Disappointment #2: TD could not buy a shot 6-8 weeks to start the season. Even for a streaky shooter, this was incredulous. He was uncomfortable and forcing perhaps to try to continue where he left off last season and emerge among our crowded guard corps.

Again it was so important for him to play as he did last year when he was at his best to push Buddy down and out of the rotation. Instead it became a “toss up” whom to play.

In 14 games in Oct and Dec, TD was a 21% from 3s (12-57). In 8 game in December he broke out of his slump with 62% TS%. He made 20-48 on his 3s, a decent sample size, in Dec for 42%. What does TD get for his turnaround, for discovering his shot and game, harassing defense included? He gets buried behind Buddy by the Interim.

How can you have the audacity to complain about defense lapses and value a non-defense player over a defender?!

TD’s ankle soreness is dubious. He is rightfully pissed he got demoted and decided well if you are not going to play me I may as well go onto the IR. It is bullshit and we see the sad conseqences and hopelessness as a result.

There is NO way the team should lose a game with Fox and Ty having the games they did vs MIA, and it is because of the holes you have providing empty minutes. I would move HB to 4, start Davion, activate Queta and play him over TT and Len and Marvin.

As Deuce said, unless this team is making their shots, they get beat by replacement squads. Fluke got fired for less!

Disappointment #3: A good sample size on 3s is 100 shots. If you shoot 100 3s, and you are not 33-35% or higher, your green light needs to be turned to a red or yellow.

There was reason for optimism for Metu as a stretch 4 when he was 35% on 3s in 36 games last year. But it was only on 37 tries (13-37). We needed the 100 shot sample. Now we have it and it is not pretty, 26% on 96 attempts this year including buzzer beater. Metu is 38 for 133 from deep for 28.5% over this and last year.

28.5% is unacceptable. Since Metu won the game vs DAL, which you would hope could catapult him to a new confidence and level of effeciency, hes 2-8 from 3s, back to 25%.

This is enough of a sample size to pump the brakes and say “no mas”, you can’t shoot from distance. If you shoot 40% from the field, that is 8 points per 10 shots. If you shoot 30% from 3s that is 9 points per 10 shots. So at 28.5% from deep, Metu is effectively shooting 40% eFGs from deep.

His 2 point FG% over two seasons is 54% FG%, 141 for 262 FGs. 40% eFG% from deep vs 54% eFG% from 2s. The course is clear. Stop shooting 3s. Does Holmes shoot from 3 ? Metu, and Marvin for that matter, need to have the same yellow to red light as Holmes.

There are couple of conclusions from this statistic dive. If Metu was able to make 35% from 3s, continuation from last season, he would have buried Marvin in the rotation since he is superior in all other aspects of the game. The coach would have had NO choice. Hence the disappointment Metu could not make these looks, most uncontested. Second, even with the struggles from deep, Metu has done enough to justify his spot ahead of Marvin, with his green light to yellow or red, which leads to final disappointment.

Disappointment #4: The Old Man blasphemously compared Buddy to Curry when trying to justify why you keep Buddy in the game when he is 1-8 FGs, why his prolonged cold spells to with the inept defense is tolerable, He laughably tried to defend his decision when Fox and Ty are getting you 20+ PPG and you have a Top 5 on-ball defender as complementary option.

TD is nursing an injury he could play through, if he was not undeservedly demoted. Davion comes off the bench after Buddy instead of before him, and there is little to NO chance we see a three guard lineup of Davion, Ty and Fox as starters, NO chance to put our best players on the floor to address the problems Ty and Fox have as point of attack defenders.

Instead of coaching up Metu, no more 3s unless the shot clock is about to hit zero, he decides Marvin is the better player. This is disappointment that parallels #1 because the season is capable of being saved, but the man in charge has NO clue how to go about it.

Metu and TD are far from world beaters but with the state of the West they do not need to be to get us the 6th and 8th seed. The chance of that happening with Marvin and Buddy in their present roles is zero, and anyone paying attention knows it, but the coach who needs a drink, a shot or two or three of whiskey, which makes for some lucid thinking the day after undoubtedly, and who is open to crowdsourcing strategy does not.

Wes Wilcox showing some passion is NOT embarassing. The Interim asking for advice from the masses and implying he is a booze hound is.