Sunday, September 29, 2013

Preview: Sacramento Kings

Kings will improves  significantly but i doulbt they will  get to the playoffs
1.Last season Kings could stand toe to toe with  teams like Clippers, Nuggets, Lakers. they lost  alot of games, because  players often takes early shots instead of  distributing the ball to get open looks.A good coach can easily fix this problem
2.Demarcus Cousins is moody,  when  kings were winning games, Cousins will play very good  basketball. However after  a lost, Cousins will  be disinterested and didn't give his best in the next game.  If the franchise player continue to be like this, it's hard for the team to go to playoff

Preview: Houston Rockets

1. Can  Howard  be a leader?  Last season James Harden did his best matador impersonation. Omer Asik failed to rein Harden in and as consequence, lost his starting job. Howard has to persuade/ force Harden to play defense.
2.Besides drawing fouls, can Harden relies  on other thing to score. Last season, the majority of his points came from the charity stripes.Because in  playoff he will be guarded other stars and  his effectiveness will be reduced. Put Kevin Durant on him,  and it will be over,
3. Does Omer Asik  have a chip in his shoulder? If it does, watch out Dwight
4..I think  not having Omer Asik trained with Olajuwon is Rockets fron office's biggest blunder
a.His offense wont be as developed as  it would had he trained with Olajuwon
b.It was an opportunity to secure  omer asik's loyalty, because it would have been a good compensation.Moreover if asik had a post move, he wouldn't  have to worry about his next contract
c. Asik won't be good enough to be traded for star pf like Lamarcus Aldridge .

season preview: Chicago Bulls

1. Addition  of JJ Reddick and  Tony Snell will relieve the  pressure off Derrick Rose.  The presence  of other weapons  will prove to be most usefull against presence. Pacers play very physical defense abd last year they injured Carmello Anthony. . If Rose forces  he could get injured again.
2.How to adress Joakim Noah' injury risk. Bulls can borrow a page from Rocket's play book. Last year omer asik can took rest in blow out games.  So This year Bulls  should build substansial lead  so that Joakim  joakim's presence on court won't be neccessary. By adding  shooters in the wings, Bulls indirectly address joakim noah's minutes problems