Looked like Tangelo wasn't focused at all.
Once Franc put token backcourt pressure on Russell, who responded by dribbling the ball off his foot. He retrieved the ball and hurried to get across midcourt in time. Passed to another Net, got the ball back right away and quickly jacked a 3 that barely grazed the rim. Did I mention when he picked up his dribble near midcourt, turned and passed the ball to the ref?
Tangelo failed to score much because he picked up a few careless fouls that sent him to the bench. His own lackluster D prevented him form scoring.
Franc's effort on D is usually better than the results.
Also, that was a game where Franc should have gotten lots of minutes, but his own unnecessary fouls limited his minutes.
As for Tim, I try not to be too negative while he's slumping. Not a player, contract, nor game I like -- but I've probably made that clear enough over the years. Glad to see the Knix are finally willing to move him. Probably won't happen, since he's overpaid, his defense is poor, he's erratic even when not slumping, and the SG position has firmed up leaguewide the past few years. At least after months of subpar play, he's probably due for a hot streak soon.
Knox (like Trier and Mitch) is a rook. I'll accept inconsistency and admire the flashes. The NBA schedule is a huge travel-and-play grind against Men. Overall, I'd like to see Knox's motor rev higher and he needs to clue in on D. We do have a team with huge playing time flux and no quality PG play, which doesn't help any rooks. While I like Knox, he's probably earning around a C grade so far this season. (maybe something like 1Q = B+ and D's for the other 3 quarters)
Concerning that Franc's numbers across the board are almost identical to last year. Actually they're marginally down in every category.
If Knox repeats his rook year in his second season, I'll start getting worried about him too.
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