[Game] (Preseason) Kings vs. Warriors 6:30pm Pacific, 9:30pm Eastern 10/15/2023 (ESPN)

[See_Hanks]

Stupid question but does this forum have a search feature? I cannot for the life of me find it.

 

[macadocious]

Duarte looks like dime store Klay.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

That was a blatant charge, he doesn't get to run us over just because he passed the ball

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Stupid question but does this forum have a search feature? I cannot for the life of me find it.

No, it does not. Your best bet is to use Google and restrict results to KF.com.

 

[The_Jamal]

Havent tuned in, but uhhh. Are my eyes deceiving me? Lyles at the back-up 5???

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Havent tuned in, but uhhh. Are my eyes deceiving me? Lyles at the back-up 5???

Yes, but McGee has a minor hand injury and isn't playing.

 

[206Fan]

Keegan is being too passive

 

[Kingz19]

Havent tuned in, but uhhh. Are my eyes deceiving me? Lyles at the back-up 5???

No JaVale and they are bringing Huerter off the bench at the 3. So they had to have Lyles and Sasha on the floor.

I thought the lineup looked pretty good

 

[The_Jamal]

No JaVale and they are bringing Huerter off the bench at the 3. So they had to have Lyles and Sasha on the floor.

I thought the lineup looked pretty good

I like the theory of that LU a lot. Monk-huerter-sasha-lyles. And have Fox head that unit with just drive and kicks over and over and over

 

[MizzouKing]

Huerter seems to be struggling this preseason.

 

[SacTownKid]

Keegan is being too passive

Yeah, he's got to start going to work here. We know Fox can dominate, we know Keegan can shoot out of DHO. The Kings need a 3rd big dog. He's it otherwise hopefully Barnes is a bottomless pit of hungry after all these years and won't turn it off.

 

[SacTownKid]

So far the only benefit over last season is at least the shot chart is more geared towards a legit 2 superstar combo right now. Fox and Domas. Rather than Fox and then a bunch of muck numerically.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Some good things in that first half. Even some good defense on occasion. Our spacing is pretty good but we need to out more pressure on the ball. Love Lyles at the 5, leave him there. Keegan a little better on the boards after that terrible effort in the first quarter. I bet Mike chewed him out. I don’t mind that he hasn’t forced anything but I’d like to see him get touches outside of what we’ve seen so far.

 

[The_Jamal]

Reports on Duarte with the starters?

 

[The_Jamal]

Also, really love seeing Domas with 15-8-5 with 1 TO vs Looney. Dispell any notion early that he "struggles" with him physically.

 

[SacTownKid]

Reports on Duarte with the starters?

Not bad. He's played pretty good one on one defense but the results are meh.

 

[SacTownKid]

Some good things in that first half. Even some good defense on occasion. Our spacing is pretty good but we need to out more pressure on the ball. Love Lyles at the 5, leave him there. Keegan a little better on the boards after that terrible effort in the first quarter. I bet Mike chewed him out. I don’t mind that he hasn’t forced anything but I’d like to see him get touches outside of what we’ve seen so far.

Keegan has also played some solid defense too. Sliding very well.

 

[sauce-26]

surprised with the kings love from wilbon on the telecast.

 

[MizzouKing]

Sasha is just a solid player. Knows where to be at all times

It’s frustrating watching Sasha get passed up over and over again while other guys on the secondary hunt their own shots. I want to see this guy go off!

 

[The_Jamal]

So far the only benefit over last season is at least the shot chart is more geared towards a legit 2 superstar combo right now. Fox and Domas. Rather than Fox and then a bunch of muck numerically.

Hmm, you talk about this a lot. I think one potential benefit of moving Huerter to the bench unit is you finally put enough offensive firepower on the floor where you probably don't need to stagger Fox and Domas as much we did last year. So maybe we're looking for ways to keep both on the floor together and stagger our other good offensive players in the 2nd unit?

Interesting to think about.

 

[coolhandluke]

Huerter looking rushed in a preseason game is not a good look.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

You would think a company named "CGI" would insist on better graphics on their virtual ads

 

[MizzouKing]

WTF, Huerter?!? How many great defensive stands have we seen that are all for naught when the ball clangs off the rim as soon as it gets to Huerter?? He’s a great guy and a sometimes great player, I think I still have some PTST from all those games watching Buddy cost us countless possessions as we waited for him to get hot again for another short streak.

 

[See_Hanks]

No, it does not. Your best bet is to use Google and restrict results to KF.com.

Thanks

Also, when they were talking about Keegan, he has confidence because he's STARTING on a high level playoff team. He has to know that this isn't the case for most teams out there. Usually the rookies start and get the minutes like he did when the team is terrible. Our team is not.

 

[The_Jamal]

Damn Huerter, you got to hit that with the beautiful ball movement to get you a wide open 3 in the corner.

 

[The_Jamal]

^^Same with Keegan there, damn guys

 

[Capt. Factorial]

We clearly used up all of our silly shooting in the first quarter

 

[sauce-26]

Has sabonis been hit in the head yet? Its not a true kings game until that happens

 

[Capt. Factorial]

We've only missed 14 threes in a row. Is that good?

 

[206Fan]

our team lives and dies by the 3. if we're not making 3s this year, I don't see us winning many games. this is why we can't be so reliant on our offense.. need to step up and start playing some defense