From one sports blog to another, those of us who follow the Kings for painfully masochistic reasons seek your knowledge on an issue you know very well: George Karl.

I'm here because something's rotten in the Kingdom, and the fans, players, TV analysts, beat writers who are Lakers fans, and Karl himself all know what it is: the defense. The Kings are an absolutely atrocious defensive team, and I say that as a season ticket holder and someone who generally just gives a damn about playing decent ball. We've been jerked around enough just in the past two weeks to know that there's no telling when Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde will take the court.

However, there are so many issues at play with the Kings' defense, it's virtually impossible to actually tell what the major factor is in the breakdown (although several theories abound). Do we have bad defensive players? Do we have decent to good defensive players who are simply lazy? If they are lazy, is it because the coaches don't hold them accountable? Do the players not understand Karl's scheme? Do they understand it but are naturally poor defenders incapable of executing it? Perhaps Karl's scheme is broken? I don't know, and that's why I'm here.

I want to ask you about Karl's defensive schemes. At the very least, we know they're very switch happy and rely a lot on fighting around screens. For whatever reason, our guards won't fight around screens and the switches make zero sense. I saw with my own two eyes Anthony Davis posting up at the top of the key last night against Darren Collison. I've seen Collison get switched on Dirk Nowitzki, I've seen Rondo get switched onto Blake Griffin in the paint, and I've seen enough wide open threes to last a lifetime.

Here's what I'm asking, Stiffs: based on knowing Karl's system as well as any team and fanbase out there, do the Kings have a systemic issue, a personnel issue, or both? Based on the eye test, I'm inclined to say both because we lack defense at several positions, and that lack of defense is further compounded by head-scratching, hair-pulling switch assignments. I know Karl's defense in Denver was never truly elite, but it was always around the middle of the pack. I don't know if some of the issues my team faces are the same as any your teams faced. What's your take, Stiffs?

PS - Thanks for beating the Warriors.