What are you talking about? The team played great. They weren't digging a hole. They were going stride for stride with the champs.
Hield doesn't deserve a long leash. He deserves to be yanked by a short choke chain until he gets a freaking clue. Instead of being peeved at Walton for not treating poor ol' Buddy right, I'm amazed that Walton has had the patience that he's had with him this year. To put up with with his brainless turnovers, absolutely stupid play for months, makes Walton look like Job in my book. I have great respect teachers who teach slow learners. The guy has bad hands (how many fumble-bumbles has he had this year?), he throws one-handed (ain't I cool) passes to wherever and whenever instead of simple two handed chest passes, and he has the brains of a turnip. When he had the game where he was rolling the ball up the floor and instead of picking it up after the half court line he nearly fumble-bumbled the ball out of bounds, that was simultaneously priceless and wince-worthy. The epitome of Buddy Hield. And all of the foregoing doesn't even cover his below average defense or his "I am great", 'show me the money,' "nobody wants to be on the Kings anyway, and "I love Philly" public relations fiascos that we've seen this past season. I did notice that he recently voluntarily shut his trap with the press, a good move considering the "me first" stuff that would come out of his mouth otherwise.
You're right, mac. Trade him. All the signs are there that he wants to be traded. So be nice and accommodate him. Win-win-win: Buddy gets what he wants, you get to smugly say that's what you get when comes back like like Tony Delk and scores 53 on the Kings, and I get what I want - Buddy Hield on another team. I never did miss Delk (or Marcus Thornton). And I wouldn't miss Buddy one freaking bit (See WCS), although I confess I might wistfully remember how he made me laugh during some games - all for the wrong reasons, of course. Hopefully, when Vlade and Walton make their decision at the end of the year Vlade can get another player like Bazemore out of the deal and this team will be better for it.