Fire Walton

[Tetsujin]

Wait he's getting on the flight?

They've got to at least let him get back to the arena long enough to clear off his desk.

 

[SLAB]

let's play a prediction game. How many more games does Walton last?

149

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Either tell Walton to get with the 3 guard program, or get a new coach. Either one is good with me.

This team isn't built to run full-sized lineups for even half the game, let alone all of it.

Although I'm convinced they're a better team when Alex Len plays

 

[SLAB]

The love everyone else has for Alex Len is the same love I had for Hassan Whiteside. Lol (who’s killing it on a good team with a good coach btw)

 

[Tetsujin]

Although I'm convinced they're a better team, when Alex Len plays

But that's probably when the Kings should be running their smaller lineups to be honest.

Len is our best drop defender and sets great screens on offense. He can help smooth some of the inherent holes that come with playing small that Thompson and our collection of random power forwards can't.

 

[The Effort Police]

Although I'm convinced they're a better team when Alex Len plays

There's still room for Len.

The real issue is the classic 4 spot.

Dying position.

 

[Tetsujin]

There's still room for Len.

The real issue is the classic 4 spot.

Dying position.

I don't think anyone's told Luke Walton this.

 

[SLAB]

There's still room for Len.

The real issue is the classic 4 spot.

Dying position.

Good thing we drafted one #2 in the draft just a few short years ago!!!

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

But that's probably when the Kings should be running their smaller lineups to be honest.

Len is our best drop defender and sets great screens on offense. He can help smooth some of the inherent holes that come with playing small that Thompson and our collection of random power forwards can.

I can't think of any reason that Tristan Thompson is playing more than Len, if winning is really the goal. Maybe they want to try to include Thompson in a trade?

 

[TaxMan]

let's play a prediction game. How many more games does Walton last?

He’s only lost one in a row! We at LEAST need to get one of our 9 gamers cooking. I look forward to another 4 game losing streak, followed by another leak from the front office that he’s on the hot seat, and then we get the nice rally round the coach moment again.

 

[Tetsujin]

He’s only lost one in a row! We at LEAST need to get one of our 9 gamers cooking. I look forward to another 4 game losing streak, followed by another leak from the front office that he’s on the hot seat, and then we get the nice rally round the coach moment again.

We're only another couple of losses from Luke realizing that this team is unguardable while the middle pick-and-roll and that leading to us not sucking for a few games before Luke forgets and runs his bad offense again!

 

[The Effort Police]

I still maintain that the roster isn't completely broken.

It's not. They're actually only about one key issue away from being truly competitive.

It's just that... man that issue is huge. I mean holy **** is it a big issue.

Barnes is literally the only quality forward on the roster. That's it. Nobody.

 

[TaxMan]

We're only another couple of losses from Luke realizing that this team is unguardable while the middle pick-and-roll and that leading to us not sucking for a few games before Luke forgets and runs his bad offense again!

Just need to really study that film. Guys need to take pride and follow my crap schemes.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

There's still room for Len.

The real issue is the classic 4 spot.

Dying position.

It could work if Metu was a consistent shooter, but he's not there yet. His missed shots aren't close most of the time

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I still maintain that the roster isn't completely broken.

It's not. They're actually only about one key issue away from being truly competitive.

It's just that... man that issue is huge. I mean holy **** is it a big issue.

Barnes is literally the only quality forward on the roster. That's it. Nobody.

Along with a better coach running things. They're going nowhere with Walton

 

[SacTownKid]

I still maintain that the roster isn't completely broken.

It's not. They're actually only about one key issue away from being truly competitive.

It's just that... man that issue is huge. I mean holy **** is it a big issue.

Barnes is literally the only quality forward on the roster. That's it. Nobody.

I agree. The main roster problem is they keep trying to fill the most major position in the NBA right now, the wing, with names like Glenn Robinson the third, and Maurice Harkless. I'm not sure you can do that even with the names of Irving, LeBron, Durant, Kawhi, and Harden filling out the rest of your roster sheet at this point. He skimped at the exact position you can't skimp at.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Just need to really study that film. Guys need to take pride and follow my crap schemes.

I don't get the impression that Walton really cares that much. I think he knows it's only a matter of time

 

[SCKingsfan]

How lost does a team have to look before Walton gets fired? They should have been running double teams at Edwards way earlier in the 4th quarter, just like they do against Buddy (and pay when they don't). Any coach worth his salt would have picked up on that. The guys has no redeeming coaching skills outside of decent inbound plays after time outs.

 

[Tetsujin]

How lost does a team have to look before Walton gets fired? They should have been running double teams at Edwards way earlier in the 4th quarter, just like they do with Buddy. Any coach worth his salt would have picked up on that. The guys has no redeeming coaching skills outside of decent plays out of time outs.

They probably could have at least tried sticking Davion on Edwards first lol. Davion spent most of his night standing in a corner guarding Taurean Prince for some reason

 

[mac]

Good thing we drafted one #2 in the draft just a few short years ago!!!

In all fairness to the philosophy, Vlade believed he could play the 3.

 

[Livinthedream]

Good thing we drafted one #2 in the draft just a few short years ago!!!

They've still had a couple years to address it. Instead they've drafted back to back point guards. While both draftees are good, the appropriate thing to do is decide which of the guards you want to move forward with, and trade the third wheel to fill a hole.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I agree. The main roster problem is they keep trying to fill the most major position in the NBA right now, the wing, with names like Glenn Robinson the third, and Maurice Harkless. I'm not sure you can do that even with the names of Irving, LeBron, Durant, Kawhi, and Harden filling out the rest of your roster sheet at this point. He skimped at the exact position you can't skimp at.

Not once drafting a 3 wing. That hurts.

 

[Tetsujin]

Not once drafting a 3 wing. That hurts.

We did draft a wing. Unfortunately, that wing appears to be Monte's only draft miss thus far (Robert Woodard).

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

They've still had a couple years to address it. Instead they've drafted back to back point guards. While both draftees are good, the appropriate thing to do is decide which of the guards you want to move forward with, and trade the third wheel to fill a hole.

Both of the Bridges are much more valuable players than Marvin Bagley. That's where we are

 

[Capt. Factorial]

We did draft a wing. Unfortunately, that wing appears to be Monte's only draft miss thus far (Robert Woodard).

I don't think Woodard was ever a wing. He's a traditional 4, all the way.

 

[The Effort Police]

I agree. The main roster problem is they keep trying to fill the most major position in the NBA right now, the wing, with names like Glenn Robinson the third, and Maurice Harkless. I'm not sure you can do that even with the names of Irving, LeBron, Durant, Kawhi, and Harden filling out the rest of your roster sheet at this point. He skimped at the exact position you can't skimp at.

I think they need to look for under the radar targets. I wanted Miles Bridges last year but lol good luck with that now. Guys like Covington or Gallinari I feel if those teams continue their respective slides.

Or draft one. I'm kinda eating crow on Mitchell now, but please for the love of god, get a forward.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

We did draft a wing. Unfortunately, that wing appears to be Monte's only draft miss thus far (Robert Woodard).

Would have been nice to at least see the guy play in some NBA games last season.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

In all fairness to the philosophy, Vlade believed he could play the 3.

The Vlad father told us that Bagley was a better player than Doncic. He also drafted Papa-G

 

[Tetsujin]

I don't think Woodard was ever a wing. He's a traditional 4, all the way.

when he came into the league, I thought he was more of a 3/4 (super valuable role in the league) wing-forward but you're right that he's pretty much just a small 4 now.

 

[The Effort Police]

Both of the Bridges are much more valuable players than Marvin Bagley. That's where we are

Both Bridges are valuable archetypes in today's NBA. One's an extremely valuable core role player and the other looks like a borderline all-star. I would've traded Bagley for either of them after his second year and been pleased with myself. I would've also traded Bagley and #12 in 2020 for #2 which was derided here, but I digress.