[Game] Kings @ Sixers - Tuesday, Dec. 19 - 4 PT

[SacTownKid]

Can I get the Kings starting backcourt Mason/Hield starting next game

Mason and Buddy would both say heck no to that! Totally different style of game when they go to the bench. Put Mason and Hield in there with the starters and they'll be swallowed up just like anybody else unlucky enough to get that spot.

 

[Tetsujin]

I know we won...but why did Mason get benched? wtf?

Because he's a foot shorter than the other team's PG.

 

[SacTownKid]

Serious answer? Lack of size and length. I know he's listed at 5'11, but a lot of KU fans have said he's closer to 5'8.. Smaller PGs don't have the greatest rap in the NBA. IT is #1. #2 is Nate Robinson who's a career journeyman and basically fell off the league at 30yearsold.

He's not a great athlete either and mostly uses his body under the rim to finish inside. There were also concerns from some in his ability to run a team but with the Kings they don't really run things through the PG spot so he fits really well at the moment. I still think he's similar to Bobby Jackson.

 

[NewArena]

Dreams are nice.

He was talking about Philly

 

[kingsboi]

Mason was having himself a nice game offensively and he got pulled for Temple to never return again. Malachi got a lot of burn, he was playing the Carter 4 position for a bit there before Carter was inserted in the game. Skal needs to go to the G-League and stay there for a while. Bring on Giles in January, hopefully.

 

[Starting Five]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

 

[dude12]

Post game, Joerger said he liked the group at the end because they were a group of switchables on defense and they group rebounded better......explains why Mason didn't go back in.

 

[Iced Espresso]

I was waiting for more ball handling to enter the game late, but was nice to see Joerger having confidence with Malachi especially. Good for him to get some minutes & have the coaches trust like that.

 

[Joshoua]

I don’t like this win at all or any win that comes in the road. And how is ZBo -5 in a win

 

[206Fan]

I don’t like this win at all or any win that comes in the road. And how is ZBo -5 in a win

starters dragged him into a hole. he was our best player tonight

 

[White_Chocolate]

Fox.....

Where oh where is that player from the first couple of weeks...

Just has no presence on the game..

No clue what to make of him or his future at this juncture

He is 19

 

[Blob]

George Hill was sick with a bout of trademeitis

 

[dude12]

Interesting lineup with Malachi out there and the bigger guards and switching defense. Ben Simmons is a load and those guys did a heck of a job on him.

 

[206Fan]

He is 19

I want to see more out of Fox. I've been disappointed with his performance and play. He's looking more like a project than a sure-thing.

 

[White_Chocolate]

I want to see more out of Fox. I've been disappointed with his performance and play. He's looking more like a project than a sure-thing.

He is 19.

 

[Iced Espresso]

We've played 6 more road games than home games.

With 2 more road games & 1 at home before a nice long home stand.

Makes me wonder a bit about the standings some.

Currently 5th worse for the draft.

 

[gunks]

I want to see more out of Fox. I've been disappointed with his performance and play. He's looking more like a project than a sure-thing.

I was thinking he'd be a project out of the gate. Mad scrawny, no shot, 19...

Definitely picked on potential.

Joerger's system and playing with Z-bo isn't doing the kid any favors though.

 

[parker]

We've played 6 more road games than home games.

With 2 more road games & 1 at home before a nice long home stand.

Makes me wonder a bit about the standings some.

Currently 5th worse for the draft.

There are 11 teams within 3 games of each other at the bottom of the standings. It's still too early to be tank watching.

 

[kingsboi]

Post game, Joerger said he liked the group at the end because they were a group of switchables on defense and they group rebounded better......explains why Mason didn't go back in.

Goes to show you how bad this team is at rebounding when you have three seven footers on your roster and a 6'11 player and none of them can rebound with any consistency

 

[kingsboi]

I was thinking he'd be a project out of the gate. Mad scrawny, no shot, 19...

Definitely picked on potential.

Joerger's system and playing with Z-bo isn't doing the kid any favors though.

Fox needs to watch some tape on Tony Parker

 

[Iced Espresso]

There are 11 teams within 3 games of each other at the bottom of the standings. It's still too early to be tank watching.

It's more of wondering about the road vs home differential.

 

[Tetsujin]

It's more of wondering about the road vs home differential.

Yep. The Kings have spent a lot of time on the road to start the year (and have only started playing better on the road recently) so it's not inconceivable that the win rate rises rather than falls. (Much to tank fans' chagrin)

 

[King Baller]

Kings played a great game. Were all you guys complaining watching?

 

[kingdivac]

Sixers reminded me tonight of the way the Kings lose....looking good earlier in the game but going through an awful dry patch on offense and not being able to recover. Kings deserve some credit for coming back from double-digits behind.

 

[parker]

None have star potential though, which is why I get so pouty about these Z-bo lead wins. We reeeeeaaly need to hit in the next draft.

Zbo obviously played well this game, but the main run was with Richardson, WCS, Heild and then Temple and I think Carter.

Is Zbo good enough to win games by himself while only playing 25ish minutes? If so, he needs to be on the All-Star team. The Kings are winning and losing (mostly losing) as a team with a mix of young and old guys.

Tonight, the only veterans who played more than 15 minutes were Zbo and Temple.

 

[The_Jamal]

I want to see more out of Fox. I've been disappointed with his performance and play. He's looking more like a project than a sure-thing.

After tonight, I'm totally convinced he's being totally misused. Let the kid get out in the open floor and push the pace. Put him with some athletes that can finish off PnR's. Ball movement.

 

[Larry89]

Buddy is becoming quite clutch

 

[The Effort Police]

Mason and Buddy would both say heck no to that! Totally different style of game when they go to the bench. Put Mason and Hield in there with the starters and they'll be swallowed up just like anybody else unlucky enough to get that spot.

I mean I'd like to see it so we can fully test that theory.

Now, Mason is more of a traditional PG so he'd probably be better at the role of "dump it to Zbo and go stand in the corner" than Fox, but I digress. WCS, Buddy, Bogdan, Fox. We've all seen them do significantly better going to the bench versus starting and the opposite vice versa. It's like a switch. We were seeing PnR Bogdan and cutting, dunking WCS for a while there off the bench. Bogdan has his worst night in several games immediately after being inserted back into the starting lineup and we're back to dumping it into WCS and having him create for himself.

Yeah, I don't buy the whole weaker second unit or that it's something these guys just up and decided to do, especially when the sets between the first and second units are different as night and day.

 

[parker]

Buddy is becoming quite clutch

Except when he is handling the ball at the end of games. Please Buddy, we love your shot but please pass the ball at the end of games. He has 3 turnovers in the last couple of minutes in the last two wins.

 

[The Effort Police]

I was thinking he'd be a project out of the gate. Mad scrawny, no shot, 19...

Definitely picked on potential.

Joerger's system and playing with Z-bo isn't doing the kid any favors though.

This is a weird situation because Z-bo is the team's obvious best player, while at the same time being such an ill fit and making no one around him better (though I attribute that more to the system that's designed with him in mind rather than Zbo himself).