<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">LAS VEGAS - Five days into his NBA career, Kings rookie Francisco Garc?a already has learned hundreds of new lessons, all with one consistent theme: He's not in Louisville anymore. So far, the swingman has shown all the potential that led to his selection as the Kings' first-round pick, from his tight defense to natural passing ability to his never-quit motor on the floor. But summer league is a crash course - at times a humbling one. Garc?a has struggled with his shot, all while studying the Kings' intricate system in every free moment. The good news? It's early, and he won't stop until he figures it out. Garc?a: My agent always asks me if it has hit me yet. And I keep telling him it hasn't. I just keep doing the same stuff I used to do when I wasn't an NBA player. My mom told me, "I know you're not going to change. Just keep doing what you're doing." I get up in the morning, get some breakfast, talk to my family, then just relax and talk to my friends. I don't try to do a lot of stuff. I like to relax. I really like to relax. I got here at 1 a.m. (Wednesday), and I was just wondering how I was going to play because I haven't really practiced with the team, and we had a game the next day. So I was kind of worried about how we were going to play together. We had practice that morning, a shootaround, but we didn't really run the offense. We run like 10 sets of offense, and I was thinking in my head, Man, that's a lot of sets for me to learn in a couple days. But I went to my room and started thinking about it - how I was going to do, how I was going to run it, what things I was going to do. But then when I got in the game, I realized that's not how you have to do it. You have to go out and play like you always do, play my game. At the beginning of the game, I was playing kind of passive, just letting things come to me, and that's not how I usually play. I come out there and do my best. If I'm open, shoot it. If I'm not, drive it and create for other people. That's just my game, but I wasn't doing that in the beginning. I was feeling kind of uncomfortable. The coaches have been telling me, "The offense is going to come to you. Don't worry about it." I'm still a little frustrated that I don't really know a couple sets. I usually know the offense - where to go, where to cut, and now it's a new learning experience for me. It's kind of hard. I just keep thinking about it, keep telling myself what plays I need to run, where I need to go, just keep doing what I'm doing.</div> Source
Garcia is a great player. Like he said, he just needs to play his game and not worry about the offense. It will all come to him in time, He just needs more experience at the pro level.
Hopefully Garcia will be able to pick up the system before the start of the season. I have no doubt that he will end up being one of the better rookies in the NBA this year.
Im assuming the Kings are trying fit Garcia into Christies old role.They didnt exactly do this with Mobley because his game didnt fit the part.Im sure Garcia will pick up on the offensive scheme soon enough.His size along with his shooting and passing ability is going to make him deadly in the Kings offense.
