The Official We're Talking Playoffs Thread

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

A cursory glance at @carmichaeldave's Twitter seems to indicate that his attitude towards Twitter is, "You know when I'm joking on Twitter by the fact that I'm posting it on Twitter."

 

[Telemachus]

Which I would say that the Kings have sustained a good record without Gay so our team wasn't necessarily in the s****er when he was out (unlike when Gasol was out with the Grizzlies). Of course one can argue that we would have won even more games with Gay, but that's a risky bet to make.

I know, I know... I took the comment seriously again. Just a curious joke to make on twitter, but to each their own!

You could also point out that when he took over in Memphis, the team's core was already intact and knew all the offensive and defensive schemes.

Dave was just putting out an interesting factoid to create conversation. His follow up tweets indicated that he would be surprised if the Kings won 50 games.

 

[parker]

You could also point out that when he took over in Memphis, the team's core was already intact and knew all the offensive and defensive schemes.

Dave was just putting out an interesting factoid to create conversation. His follow up tweets indicated that he would be surprised if the Kings won 50 games.

Winning 50 games. Yeah, not going to happen. However, I don't think he would be surprised if their second half of the season is better than the first half, especially given the schedule.

 

[lwc]

@carmichaeldave , can you clear thus up?

 

[Larry89]

Winning 50 games. Yeah, not going to happen. However, I don't think he would be surprised if their second half of the season is better than the first half, especially given the schedule.

The month of January for us is one of the most brutal schedules I've ever seen for any team

 

[upinsmoke]

The month of January for us is one of the most brutal schedules I've ever seen for any team

We're going to see what this team is truly made of.

 

[Larry89]

I would be ecstatic if we somehow played .500 or close this month

 

[LPKingsFan]

Normally people don't have to follow everything they say with "I am dead serious." What an annoying and inefficient world that would be...

If you're going to say something on the internet and not throw a "wink" or a "JK" in there, it's mostly going to be taken as a serious statement. Nothing in his original tweet made it seem like he was trying to be funny. I think you're the one that may be misinterpreting it as a joke.

@carmichaeldave , can you clear thus up?

Here you go:

Carmichael DaveVerified account‏@CarmichaelDave
Carmichael Dave Retweeted Carmichael Dave

Seriously. It's amazing to me the amount of people that think I think this is what the Kings will do. It's just an interesting stat people.

https://twitter.com/CarmichaelDave/status/816754850226544641

 

[jcwkings]

The month of January for us is one of the most brutal schedules I've ever seen for any team

In a way that is a good thing. Team is at a crossroads, we need to see if this team has it in them to make a run for 8th or if we should accelerate moves. January will test this team.

 

[kupman]

If we go 26-22 the rest of the way to end the season at .500, I will be very impressed and encouraged by this team.

Btw, the schedule usually does look brutal when you are not very good.

 

[Glenn]

I thought this would be the most appropriate thread to post this in-

Carmichael Dave tweet:

"In his 1st year as the coach in Memphis, Dave Joerger was 15-19 thru 34 games.

In his 1st year w/ Kings he is 15-19.

Griz finished 50-32"

Call off the season. We already know how we will finish. If the other teams want to play, That's OK.

 

[twslam07]

Here you go:

Carmichael DaveVerified account‏@CarmichaelDave
Carmichael Dave Retweeted Carmichael Dave

Seriously. It's amazing to me the amount of people that think I think this is what the Kings will do. It's just an interesting stat people.

https://twitter.com/CarmichaelDave/status/816754850226544641

Thanks!

I don't really think it's interesting as it really has little relevance to our situation (but I guess it's in the eye of the beholder). Completely different scenarios we just so happen to have the same record at the same point in the season

 

[Chupacabra]

This is the first time ive been excited about the Kings after December in 10 years.

 

[qxt916]

Sorry to say but the Kings are not going to the playoffs this year. Portland is better at every position except center and Plumlee is no scrub. They'll finish at least 5 games ahead of us. Does anyone really think a team with Garrett Temple as their second best player can actually make the playoffs?

 

[gunks]

Sorry to say but the Kings are not going to the playoffs this year. Portland is better at every position except center and Plumlee is no scrub. They'll finish at least 5 games ahead of us. Does anyone really think a team with Garrett Temple as their second best player can actually make the playoffs?

Troll much?

....

Temple is our 3rd best player!

 

[lwc]

Still one game up but the home loss to the Heat hurts.

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

If we go 26-22 the rest of the way to end the season at .500, I will be very impressed and encouraged by this team.

Btw, the schedule usually does look brutal when you are not very good.

Word, when we lose to teams like an undermanned Heat team at home last night, we just aren't giving ourselves a chance.

 

[k_dubb90]

CAnt believe I'm rooting for the lakers tonight. But we need Portland to take this L

 

[Telemachus]

Well, both Denver and New Orleans lost tonight, and Portland is down by 11 with 3 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This game is hell: I need Portland to lose, but I'm psychologically incapable of rooting for the gd lakers.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

That was a bad result for us but, you know what? I can't bring myself to be but so upset about it.

 

[lwc]

I can't believe we're still in the 8th spot in January. This shows you how hard it has been to be a Kings fan knowing that I'm surprised about that.

 

[ockingsfan]

Crap, I just checked the schedule and we have no more games against Portland.

Portland won the season series 2-1 against the Kings, which mean they have the tie breaker if we wind up tied with the Blazers for #8.

Something tells me that last loss to the injury plagued Blazers are going to screw us in the end.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Pistons down by three to the Blazers in OT. Detroit blew a 4 point lead with 47 seconds left.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Now leading by three with 24 seconds. Please hold on!

Edit: I guess they feel like leaving McCollum open fron three every time they have a three-point lead.

 

[dude12]

This Pistons Blazers game at the end is damn good. KCP just hit a 3 to go up 1 with 9 seconds left

 

[kingsboi]

how many more losses until the team is back in the top 10 lottery selection?

 

[dude12]

Pistons win

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

how many more losses until the team is back in the top 10 lottery selection?

That depends... are the other teams going to stop losing, too?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Pistons clutched it out and we are still tied for 8th. Up next on our schedule, Detroit.