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Kings still looking into Suns
By Joseph Cronin and Ken Gimblin January 19, 2005 |
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SACRAMENTO - The Phoenix Suns just finished losing four straight on the road. Maybe this is a sign of the Suns being spent for the season, but don't count on it. It seems like the Suns are a real deal in the NBA Pacific Division. The Kings are going to jell quite a bit more before March. New acquisition Cuttino Mobley is a good shooter - he can give you the three when you need it -and now everybody has to guard all five of the Kings players. Sacramento will likely go into the playoffs at nine or 10 men in the rotation and if they're all healthy, there's a chance hope springs eternal. Mobley will add an offensive part to the Kings at guard that's going to make him a lot tougher. Coaches' Corner: Head coach Rick Adleman is the guy who knows what he has and when he realizes what he has, the first thing he does is to take it and try to make it better. Mobley may have been the best player available, but he may not be available for next year unless he has a good half of this season. The fact Mobley was available has really more to do with his signing of a contract than anything else. At the beginning of this year, Mobley was looking around and insisted he wants to be rich. Some of them make it and some don't. If Mobley is happy here - and he will be - this is a good team. It's mostly lets try to play the best basketball we can. The players seem to be a much happier group. By the time the playoffs come around, this could be a somewhat different team only because there's so many ways to develop. Coach Adleman has to put Mobley into the offense and he's got to learn to play the team defense that the Kings do actually pretty well, not the best defensive team in the league. Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin cover the Sacramento Kings and write features on the ball club. Join both of them for Sportstalk on KVVN 1430 San Jose and KLIB 1110 Sacramento. |
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