[Game] Kings at Nuggets - Sunday, Dec. 29 - 5PT/8ET

[KingsFanNSouth]

Fellas the wheels are officially coming off the bus. This is a mess. Complete fallout

 

[Showtime]

What the hell was Buddy THINKING?

That people need to trust his judgement more

 

[Reverend]

Fellas the wheels are officially coming off the bus. This is a mess. Complete fallout

Time to head over to Tankathon...

 

[bcobbus]

The Kings are kind of like the Baconnator at Wendy's. They look hella good at first in advertising. Then when you really get to see them it's kind of like, "ok well it's not what I thought, but F it, I'm hungry and it can't be that bad". Now we are halfway into digestion realizing we gonna crap our pants...

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Come on, man. You've got a prayer if you launch a three immediately. Fox has a good look at a three. But instead he drives, kicks to Barnes, who doesn't look to shoot either, then fumbles it out of bounds. I mean, if you're gonna do that just dribble out the clock.

 

[DesertFox]

Harrison Barnes needs to take a few days off.

 

[chief bromden]

Another close loss. Can't those count for a half win???

 

[Kings_of_California]

At what point - and this is me being serious - at what point does Walton get put on the hot seat? I'm not saying I want him gone, it's really early. But this horrendous losing streak is probably not sitting well with the front office. I'm guessing they don't even ponder a change though, right? To fire your coach this early after firing Joerger late last year, that's probably not a good look.

There's always the injury excuse to fall back on with Bags and Fox, but regardless this is some pretty bad basketball. This team needs to win a game badly. For the sake of everyone involved.

 

[dude12]

Barnes looks tired to me

 

[KingsFanNSouth]

We have a big stretch of winnable games coming up (not easy but winnable and not counting Cliippers). If we don't come away with a 4-1 record in the next 5 then this season is over

 

[KingKong]

What has happened to Harrison Barnes??? He looks like a shell of himself.

 

[dude12]

At what point - and this is me being serious - at what point does Walton get put on the hot seat? I'm not saying I want him gone, it's really early. But this horrendous losing streak is probably not sitting well with the front office. I'm guessing they don't even ponder a change though, right? To fire your coach this early after firing Joerger late last year, that's probably not a good look.

There's always the injury excuse to fall back on with Bags and Fox, but regardless this is some pretty bad basketball. This team needs to win a game badly. For the sake of everyone involved.

play with some pace Luke. He gets paid the big bucks to pull Sac out of this tailspin

 

[Kings_of_California]

We have a big stretch of winnable games coming up (not easy but winnable and not counting Cliippers). If we don't come away with a 4-1 record in the next 5 then this season is over

I like your optimism but this season is toast. We can't even beat the likes of the Hornets, Knicks etc... Hopefully we can really work on developing the youngsters for the rest of the season and drafting some talent at the end of the year, and signing FA's that fit the team.

 

[DesertFox]

Barnes looks tired to me

He's 12th in the league in minutes, when it's questionable if he's a top 12 SF. Plus they have Bogi and spent 25 million on a veteran backup SF.

 

[KingsFanNSouth]

I like your optimism but this season is toast. We can't even beat the likes of the Hornets, Knicks etc... Hopefully we can really work on developing the youngsters for the rest of the season and drafting some talent at the end of the year, and signing FA's that fit the team.

I am hanging on for the next 5. If we can beat Memphis, NOLA, GW, and Phoenix, then I have hope. If we split or lost most of those games then we are done IMHO

 

[SLAB]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1211491174856290304

 

[Kings_of_California]

Barnes seems like a super nice guy, and usually he plays with good effort, but you have to wonder if his new contract combined with how bad the team is playing has him kinda down and just coasting. Team needs motivation.

 

[KingsFanNSouth]

But with that being said, that I am in for the next 5, if this season tanks I think there needs to be a extreme makeover of the entire front office

 

[chief bromden]

Are we sure Walton knows how to coach a winning team?

 

[burekijogurt]

We looked ok I thought. Fought hard. We did not look like that team vs the Wolves. So to me this game is a positive. Harry looked mostly under control which means he looked good. All in all we looked...decent?

 

[KingsFanNSouth]

I think the teams biggest problem, among many problems, is we don't have a clear star player. Nobody who can take over a game or be a key scorer at the end of the game.

 

[Showtime]

What has happened to Harrison Barnes??? He looks like a shell of himself.

He's always been wildly inconsistent. I'm not sure what people were expecting.

 

[Kings_of_California]

Are we sure Walton knows how to coach a winning team?

I'd say it's not yet determined. It's a little too early.

But I also hope I don't hear all that GSW talk. You don't need to really coach HOF/All-star players. He didn't have much of anything to do with their success.

 

[sergmatt]

What has happened to Harrison Barnes??? He looks like a shell of himself.

And people wonder why Dallas literally have him away. He's just a guy that makes a lot of money but doesn't help you win.

 

[Showtime]

I think the teams biggest problem, among many problems, is we don't have a clear star player. Nobody who can take over a game or be a key scorer at the end of the game.

Well they sure as hell are paying Barnes and Buddy that kind of money.

 

[chief bromden]

We looked ok I thought. Fought hard. We did not look like that team vs the Wolves. So to me this game is a positive. Harry looked mostly under control which means he looked good. All in all we looked...decent?

Yeah I liked what I saw tonight overall. These close losses are mounting on the players psyche, you can see it. Hopefully they taste a win soon they can remind themselves that basketball is fun

 

[KingsFanNSouth]

Well they sure as hell are paying Barnes and Buddy that kind of money.

Yeah that is what is killing us. We don't have a Lillard, etc. Unless Buddy becomes that soon, or Barnes, or Fox. We are in trouble again

 

[Showtime]

Yeah that is what is killing us. We don't have a Lillard, etc. Unless Buddy becomes that soon, or Barnes, or Fox. We are in trouble again

If he attacks the rim like he did today he could be, but he's always had issues defensively and making the heady play.

 

[Kings_of_California]

I'll agree that the team fought hard. They've fought down to the last minute seemingly every game. But I'm jaded. I can't keep being satisfied as a Kings fan with just "the team fought hard". How many dang times in my life am I gonna note that the team played hard?. We need to win. All of these losses, and history of losing is just...miserable. I just want to win .

 

[ockingsfan]

At what point - and this is me being serious - at what point does Walton get put on the hot seat? I'm not saying I want him gone, it's really early. But this horrendous losing streak is probably not sitting well with the front office. I'm guessing they don't even ponder a change though, right? To fire your coach this early after firing Joerger late last year, that's probably not a good look.

There's always the injury excuse to fall back on with Bags and Fox, but regardless this is some pretty bad basketball. This team needs to win a game badly. For the sake of everyone involved.

The Kings won't fire Walton this early in his tenure. He's dealing with the team that he was handed.

Vlade will be the fall guy for this debacle, as he should be. A couple more losses in a row, and I can see the ax falling on Vlade by the All-Star Break.