AK and Russian team

[billyshelby]

How do you properly utilize a small-ball 4 playing as a wing when his production and disposition changes with the weather, generally can't hit a shot, and has an okay but extremely loose dribble? In the second half of the '09-'10 season when he put together his best string of games since 2005, was that because he was finally being used properly? Just, all of a sudden, Jerry got it... and then he just forgot?

Really, what are his strengths, and how do they fit in to any kind of successful model of a team construct? Being the best jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none still means he's master of none. Especially when he can't stay healthy, and it's anyone's guess who he shows up as on a nightly basis.

Anyway, I'll start with his strengths: really smart, great vision, great passer. And then there's just a blank. Or rather, a TON of things he can do some nights and not others.

And again, last year he was actually worse (or equal-to at best) than in '06-'07. There just weren't any tears and trade demands.

The short answer is post him up. I can probably count the number of times AK posted up the last 5 years on 1 hand. Post up AK against 3's and you can run all sorts of stuff. Look what Atlanta does with Joe Johnson. They love to post him up, run stuff off the ball, and he uses his height and passing ability to make plays. I will never have any idea why AK was not posting 3's. Not as the core offense, but a wrinkle to exploit mismatches.

 

[MVP]

Another great game by AK and his Russia team is still unbeaten in Eurobasket after beating Greece 83-67. AK had 13pts, 8reb, 5ast,2stl. K.Koufos had nice game as well with 15pts,3reb, 1stl in just 18min.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Another great game by AK and his Russia team is still unbeaten in Eurobasket after beating Greece 83-67. AK had 13pts, 8reb, 5ast,2stl. K.Koufos had nice game as well with 15pts,3reb, 1stl in just 18min.

Illustrates perfectly why NOT re-upping AK was a great decision.

When Boom bitches outscores you....

How turrible is that competition? Boom Bitches sux!

 

[NUMBERICA]

The short answer is post him up. I can probably count the number of times AK posted up the last 5 years on 1 hand. Post up AK against 3's and you can run all sorts of stuff. Look what Atlanta does with Joe Johnson. They love to post him up, run stuff off the ball, and he uses his height and passing ability to make plays. I will never have any idea why AK was not posting 3's. Not as the core offense, but a wrinkle to exploit mismatches.

So what was it that caused him to put together a bunch of vintage consecutive games in early 2010? It was NOT because he was finally being used properly?

 

[JimLes]

So what was it that caused him to put together a bunch of vintage consecutive games in early 2010? It was NOT because he was finally being used properly?

Dumb luck, according to his detractors.

 

[write4u]

Thriller, I'm beginning to think you are the doufos. Did you watch the game? Kosta actually made some excellent plays. The guy has been improving. He was another guy that Jerry mishandled.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Thriller, I'm beginning to think you are the doufos. Did you watch the game? Kosta actually made some excellent plays. The guy has been improving. He was another guy that Jerry mishandled.

Really?

Want to put money on Kosta's improvement? $100 bucks says that Doufus doesn't average more than 7 points in the next NBA season.

 

[Jazzman_86]

remember last game of the season against the denver.

Kosta was a real force then

 

[MVP]

Really?

Want to put money on Kosta's improvement? $100 bucks says that Doufus doesn't average more than 7 points in the next NBA season.

careful there, next NBA season might be in two years only.... by that time Kosta might be averaging double double.

 

[sepanol]

One turkish fan tweeted a turkish commentator like, Hedo turkoglu should watch Kirilenko and learn how to play with intensity and how well to help his team.
And commentator answered, i think you should watch Kirilenko's last 5 years game in his team and see how he played with a %20 productivity.

Thats very true actually, a productive AK is one of the best SFs in the league, but if he gets frustrated and loses his wish to play, he makes his teammates and the spectators frustrated as well

 

[sepanol]

remember last game of the season against the denver.

Kosta was a real force then

I thought Kosta was a really good player, i dont know why he is so underrated, it is true that he couldnt improve himself in last 2 yrs as much as he should have, but still he is a young player and he can be a good role player in nba. If i was miami's manager, i would just try to get him and play in the starting 5. He can take advantage of the lack of defensive focus on him

 

[MVP]

One turkish fan tweeted a turkish commentator like, Hedo turkoglu should watch Kirilenko and learn how to play with intensity and how well to help his team.
And commentator answered, i think you should watch Kirilenko's last 5 years game in his team and see how he played with a %20 productivity.

Thats very true actually, a productive AK is one of the best SFs in the league, but if he gets frustrated and loses his wish to play, he makes his teammates and the spectators frustrated as well

Commentator is an idiot. How can AK play same in Utah when he is 4-5th option on offense and moved to perimeter and barely touches the ball? On Russia team he plays his natural position plus has ball in his hands a lot that equals much better success on both end of the floor compared to his play on the Jazz.