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al242
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| Mini Mamba wrote: | | watchME wrote: | | shaq agrees with me; kyle should be starting. Its laughable that he is not. |
Who does he start over? KCP? |
I have no idea what KCP brings to our team that Josh Hart doesn’t provide....at a better rate |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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We gonna have to watch him get worked all season at center?
Force player into system or place players in position to succeed?
See greg popovich |
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ringfinger
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Who can we package Kuz up with to get a big? (Or Ingram). |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| al242 wrote: | | Mini Mamba wrote: | | watchME wrote: | | shaq agrees with me; kyle should be starting. Its laughable that he is not. |
Who does he start over? KCP? |
I have no idea what KCP brings to our team that Josh Hart doesn’t provide....at a better rate |
KCP can be good when you set him up for shots (preferably threes). The Lakers' offense just did not do that tonight. |
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SocalDevin
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I wish he'd learn how to read while driving.. He reminds me of Clarkson when he drives. It's almost like he thinks he'll get shot if he passes in those situations. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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I can’t tell if the people here that constantly call him Clarkson every time he has a bad game are either stupid or racist because they are light skin...or both. 
There is nothing about them that are similar. Freaking lazy hot takes these days.
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SocalDevin
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Megaton wrote: | I can’t tell if the people here that constantly call him Clarkson every time he has a bad game are either stupid or racist because they are light skin...or both.
There is nothing about them that are similar. Freaking lazy hot takes these days. |
I'm light skinned.. and yes he absolutely does remind me of Clarkson when he drives. He needs to learn how to start reading what's going on and not be so determined to score.
I do nothing but defend Kuz, but the way he conducts himself on the offensive end needs to change. He needs to start playing with more intelligence and patience.
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levon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| CLARKSON CLARKSON CLARKSON |
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The Juggernaut
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Pelinka needs to get off his ass and get a real back up Center. Playing Kuz at the 5 is killing his game on both ends. He's much better suited at the 4 and 3 spot. |
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SocalDevin
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| The Juggernaut wrote: | | Pelinka needs to get off his ass and get a real back up Center. Playing Kuz at the 5 is killing his game on both ends. He's much better suited at the 4 and 3 spot. |
Yep.. couldn't agree more. |
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Staccatos
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| STOP PLAYING KUZMA AT CENTER! (especially against teams that have a big front court) |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Center folk, all will be fine once the Moe is back. |
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VicXLakers
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Kuz will come in handy at center at times...it's up to Luke to put him in successful situation.
Kuz is working hard and I think he will figure it out and be more of a Draymond type center |
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Capt.Skyhook
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| PLaying Kuz at center weakens the rotation. Now Lance gets minutes at the 3 that should be Kuz's. Kuz is a 3/4. That's it. |
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Gatekeeper
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kikanga
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| Capt.Skyhook wrote: | | PLaying Kuz at center weakens the rotation. Now Lance gets minutes at the 3 that should be Kuz's. Kuz is a 3/4. That's it. |
Who's our backup 5 then? I'm a Zu fan. But he didn't look good in preseason.
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Staccatos
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| kikanga wrote: | | Capt.Skyhook wrote: | | PLaying Kuz at center weakens the rotation. Now Lance gets minutes at the 3 that should be Kuz's. Kuz is a 3/4. That's it. |
Who's our backup 5 then? I'm a Zu fan. But he didn't look good in preseason. |
I'm in favor of playing Kurt Rambis at backup center over what we currently have. |
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blackmamba08
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I think he need to be moved from C spot. Its just not for him. He is scorer and bad defensive player. IMO Zubac need to get the minutes and Beasley should keep the chair hot for LBJ when he is on the break. We need big body there and Zubac is at least big guy. |
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Capt.Skyhook
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| kikanga wrote: | | Capt.Skyhook wrote: | | PLaying Kuz at center weakens the rotation. Now Lance gets minutes at the 3 that should be Kuz's. Kuz is a 3/4. That's it. |
Who's our backup 5 then? I'm a Zu fan. But he didn't look good in preseason. |
I'd actually suck it up and play Zu until Wagner is healthy. Then I'd give him a chance. Kuz's game is not being maximized playing this far out of position.
Luke played Zu last year when Nance was traded and he had some decent moments. He's a natural center. Kuz is not even close to one. Kuz at center is a failed experiment. |
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ringfinger
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The only thing Kuz is doing that is reminiscient of Clarkson, is how he is being played out of the position in which he was so successful previously. |
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ZenMaster4President
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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It's not that hard. You task one of the no-name clowns on our coaching stuff to look up the next opponent.
The algorithm goes like this:
1. see if they have a large, back-to-basket Center a-la Nurkic
2. see if they have a large, rebounding backup a-la Plumlee
3. if the answer to either is "yes", don't play Kuz at C against either
I mean, Nurkic is 2 times Kuz size and they have a bunch of mobile PF tweeners -- Turner/Aminu that crash the glass.
Playing Zu would be much better...
Freaking Puke experimenting for 20 games with stupid ideas, like Randle of the bench (which is going to hunt as this season, because I truly believe that's why Randle isn't here today). |
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RichD
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| This team is a dumpster fire. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| VicXLakers wrote: | Kuz will come in handy at center at times...it's up to Luke to put him in successful situation.
Kuz is working hard and I think he will figure it out and be more of a Draymond type center |
The problem with that is that it isn't even remotely, within the same galaxy of what he excels at.
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ShowtimeReturns
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| blackmamba08 wrote: | | I think he need to be moved from C spot. Its just not for him. He is scorer and bad defensive player. IMO Zubac need to get the minutes and Beasley should keep the chair hot for LBJ when he is on the break. We need big body there and Zubac is at least big guy. |
Some of us were saying that from the time they started this Its not going to work Kuzma is not a center He was getting smashed again and it was predictable Small ball contributed heavily in the loss tonight Even Beasley is a better option at center than Kuzma |
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