[Game] Kings @ Timberwolves - Monday, Feb. 25 - 5PT/8ET

[rosa u podne]

Plus is Bagley play and Brewer defense. Our guards should take notes from the old man defense and effort.

 

[White_Chocolate]

The thing that is driving me crazy about this team is no lead is safe...that speaks to the youth we have IMO.

After playing like a man possessed WCS got completely outclassed by KAT. Buddy is not looking himself.

I keep telling myself this is only the beginning, and this team is going to be scary good in the near future.

This is only the beginning

 

[New Era]

Because he was vying for first place with WCS in the worst player on the court Olympics?

Buddy was still scoring and rebounding the ball....and like others have said, he can get hot in a moments notice. Just having him in there creates spacing and opportunities for others too. It's a no brainer....no reason Brewer stays in there.

 

[NewArena]

Hey, it happens. We’ll be fine

 

[Heuge]

The plus minus say a lot about the rotations tonight.
Buddy -18
Brewer +9
Bogie +8

 

[Tetsujin]

The fact of the matter is that the Kings probably win this game if Buddy has like one less bad play and if Willie didn't come out of the gates with his head so far up his ass he could see his heart beating.

 

[New Era]

One of our franchise guys was sat for a 10 day contract guy in a tight game down the stretch. Think about that one for a bit.

 

[NME]

C'mon man.. This isn't a must win game. It's a game we should have had and would have been helpful to have, but nothing catastrophic about it.

It absolutely was a must win. It was the third easiest game we have all month. Now they have to steal an extra game they aren't supposed to win.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Man what a bad loss.

 

[White_Chocolate]

Buddy was still scoring and rebounding the ball....and like others have said, he can get hot in a moments notice. Just having him in there creates spacing and opportunities for others too. It's a no brainer....no reason Brewer stays in there.

Except for the fact he was causing havoc defensively. If anything take out Barnes or Bogie.

 

[Tizzy Flip]

C'mon man.. This isn't a must win game. It's a game we should have had and would have been helpful to have, but nothing catastrophic about it.

You serious? We can’t get to the playoffs if you can’t win games you’re not expected to. We win the games we’re favored we’ll be out by at least 2-3 games

 

[burekijogurt]

Buddy was still scoring and rebounding the ball....and like others have said, he can get hot in a moments notice. Just having him in there creates spacing and opportunities for others too. It's a no brainer....no reason Brewer stays in there.

agreed, I would have had Buddy out there.

 

[SacTownKid]

Barnes is just not acceptable in any way. We should be talking about 15/7/2 on decent %, yet we are talking about another disappointment of an addition so far

He shot four times this game. Four. He's struggling to find his way but a lot of that means they have to find him something within the offense too. So far I love the defense and the hustle he's bringing so if and when they work him in offensively I think Vlade again scored big.

 

[Heuge]

Tough loss. Tough team. Not the end of the world.
Joeger is the coach that brought us here. Let him coach.

 

[twslam07]

I feel like I have said it hundreds of times, but I'll say it again...

Bagley should be guarding the Cs if Giles or Bjelica is in the game with him.

 

[Tetsujin]

One of our franchise guys was sat for a 10 day contract guy in a tight game down the stretch. Think about that one for a bit.

Except Corey was probably our best player in the 4th quarter.

There are plenty of legitimate gripes to have with the game but "Why did we play Corey Brewer?" isn't one of them.

 

[steelevt]

Stupid doctors passing KAT on the concussion protocol

 

[Sac.1989]

Does it though?

There is a sense of two steps forward one step back. It's not the end of the world but man a win would have continued our progress. It really is an open race at this juncture

 

[Sac.Kings]

WCS and Bagley should not be playing together but unfortunately we have no other options.

 

[SacTownKid]

Buddy played like crap but it’s not like Bogarts performance justified such a symbolic snub in crunch time of our best overall and crunch time scorer when the team needed scoring.

Plus Buddy is known to change the narrative of his night in a minute.

Kings were down big the entire second half but somehow it feels like they should’ve won and completely blew it.

Coaching rule number 1: You're only as good as your best players.
Rule number 2: Don't ever forget that.
Rule number 3: Don't ever forget that either.

 

[jcwkings]

Would like to see the rotation shrink

WCS Giles
Bagley
Barnes Bjelica/Burks/Brewer
Hield Bogdanovic
Fox Ferrell

I do not like that starting lineup because especially with Barnes struggling with his shot, Buddy is the only good shooter, teams will pack the paint and Fox is gonna struggle to penetrate.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

It’s kinda sad to see what’s happened with Bogdan. Awful on defense, inconsistent and really inefficient on offense. Too many turnovers. He’s fell off quite a bit in a short amount of time.

 

[KingsFanatic]

Barnes is just not acceptable in any way. We should be talking about 15/7/2 on decent %, yet we are talking about another disappointment of an addition so far

Dude, how do you rate a player on only 7 games? That makes no sense.......Offenses take time to learn. Very few players can join a team and perform as if they've been on the team for an entire year.

 

[Heuge]

One of our franchise guys was sat for a 10 day contract guy in a tight game down the stretch. Think about that one for a bit.

Buddy -18

 

[reptilexcq2]

Kings' coach is unpredictable man. Why the hell you want to change the lineup when you have been playing so well the last three games against elite teams. This is the reason why the Kings bench can't get anything going because you screwed the chemistry and the guys that used to play together. No wonder they can't make shots or keep turning over the ball. This coach continue to define me. Sometimes he does thing or said things that is just unbelievable. How many guys did he play tonight? Hoping things work out? He now give Belicia and even Kosta minutes? What happened. Well, I tell you what happened....just as what I said above. He has screwed the lineup of the bench and so now he had to find a lineup that work. Well, the question is why did you change the lineup from the beginning? Bagley and Giles have been doing great off the bench.

At the end, I also don't understand why you want not play Buddy Hield. He's the best shooter on the entire team and he could have made a come back.

Unpredictable coach. I have said before and I will say it again...Dave Jaeger substitution is very suspicious and have cost the Kings a few games. This one is no difference.

 

[Tetsujin]

It’s kinda sad to see what’s happened with Bogdan. Awful on defense, inconsistent and really inefficient on offense. Too many turnovers. He’s fell off quite a bit in a short amount of time.

It's rare to see a guy go from being Manu Ginobli to Sacramento-era Marco Belinelli in one offseason but here we are.

 

[NewArena]

Unacceptable loss.

There’s no “well they got back in” silver lining. Completely undoes the OKC win and cripples the playoff chances.

I really think this is season altering.

Lol this definitely doesn’t undo a big win like that one. It’s not like we lost to the suns again

No shame in losing to this team on the road

 

[SLAB]

Also, if Giles doesn’t revert back to his early season form and commit 27 stupid fouls in approximately 7 minutes we win. We were better before he removed himself from the game.

 

[Tizzy Flip]

The plus minus say a lot about the rotations tonight.
Buddy -18
Brewer +9
Bogie +8

That’s more a function of Buddy on the floor the same time as Willie. Buddy didn’t have a good game but he also wasn’t guarding KAT

 

[rosa u podne]

agreed, I would have had Buddy out there.

Maybe, but not for Brewer, he was our best wing tonight, by far.