We just lost to the 28-12 Bucks on a logo three in OT and the Suns scored the winning points at the Free Throw line on a foul with 1.1 left on the clock. Yes these are painful losses but hardly cause for a "sky is falling" freak out. I still think there's an easy solution to our problem -- trade some spare parts for a defender or two and actually play our defenders in the fourth quarter. This only-scoring-all-the-time brinksmanship thing going on the NBA right now is not a viable winning strategy.
[Game] Kings @ Phoenix Suns, 1/16/2024,6:00 PST/9:00p EST
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He’s deferring to Monk too much to end the games and he seems too willing to be an observer. We need “Clutch Player of the Year” Fox back. He needs to impose his will at the end especially when a team is going on a 32-8 run to end the game. At that point, he needs to step up, take over, and say this isn’t happening on my watch. Too nonchalant.
The front office needs to step in and ask the coaching staff as well as the players, what it is they need to be better focused and poised. There’s no trade we can possibly make to remedy this lack of focus and fight, and that’s what really disheartens me the most. If we could point at one specific thing to make sense of this, I’d feel a little better. SMH
We’re 7th right now. And I’m not confident we’ll climb over any of those 6 above us and not confident we’re gonna fend off the Suns and Lakers. We have the 5th toughest schedule remaining too. We need Fox to start acting like a leader who holds himself and the team accountable for fixing the same mistakes it keeps making. Fox is a stud but we need him to play a bigger leadership role
Two straight collapsed in epic proportion. I blame Mike Brown somewhat for just letting the guys roll with it. He should have tell Sabonis to dominate inside...if Suns go small, it means Sabonis should be dominating inside. But no, they didn't go to Sabonis instead they're trying to do the pick n roll with Monk. Look, KD cannot guard Sabonis...Sabonis is much stronger. There are time even Gordon was guarding Sabonis and what did he do? Pass the ball out. Like really? He should be licking his chopsticks when a small guy is on him. I can't believe what I am seeing. On top of that Sabonis didn't run back to guard leaving Phoenix wide open for 3s. Sabonis IS the problem in this game and IS the big reason why Phoenix were able to come back. Mike Brown was trying to go small as well but it didn't work...he quickly sub in Sabonis. I wasn't comfortable without Sabonis either but man...like I said, if they're going small....it means you got to go to Sabonis and let him dominate, that's the key, the reason is they're switching everything.
How am I supposed to believe in this team anymore? How am I supposed to think they can win IN ANY GAME even if they're UP by 20? They may squander again. What's the point of watching? Just dumb basketball overall.
Fox should have never fouled KD at the end...and before that, they let KD shoot 2 pts to give them the lead. How pathetic. It's one thing to play hard, it's quite another to play dumb. This team play some of the dumbest basketball I ever seen. Brown should never play Barnes, he doesn't do anything great beside showing flash here and there....not very consistent. His defense is always soft.
How am I supposed to believe in this team anymore? How am I supposed to think they can win IN ANY GAME even if they're UP by 20? They may squander again. What's the point of watching? Just dumb basketball overall.
Fox should have never fouled KD at the end...and before that, they let KD shoot 2 pts to give them the lead. How pathetic. It's one thing to play hard, it's quite another to play dumb. This team play some of the dumbest basketball I ever seen. Brown should never play Barnes, he doesn't do anything great beside showing flash here and there....not very consistent. His defense is always soft.
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yes Fox is our best player but wouldn’t you want someone even better, like Haliburton who makes everybody around him better with crazy assist numbers? Oh wait, we had him once didn’t we?
Joking aside, Kings will not get any better or worse with trading for bench. Barnes and Huerter won’t bring any big difference makers either. Unless we make a blockbuster move we’ll probably be a no better than 6-8 seed team with first round exits in years to come. Only star players can bring superstars in a trade.
Joking aside, Kings will not get any better or worse with trading for bench. Barnes and Huerter won’t bring any big difference makers either. Unless we make a blockbuster move we’ll probably be a no better than 6-8 seed team with first round exits in years to come. Only star players can bring superstars in a trade.
There was a loss in Dallas toward the end of last year's regular season that comes to mind. Fox had a breakaway dunk and was jawing a bit at the Mavs before we unraveled and lost. If we're going to make it to the next level, we need our most clutch player to be focused from start to finish. You wanna be anything like Kobe and the other greats, you need to finish strong. We don't need our guys to be perfect, but, great stretches and moments aren't enough to become a great team. We're decent to pretty good right now, and in January we're just below mediocre. This feeling sucks so i pray we can get a few games in a row to restore some sort of good morale, cuz this sure as hell ain't it.
I feel like games like this one will happen from time to time. It's just the way the kings play. If they don't suddenly make their 3's and fox goes cold for a period of time.. it's basically game. Sabonis is great for what he does and is a triple double machine, but he isn't that guy u can go to and be like go get me a basket. We need more variation in our offense and defense needs to improve if nothing else.
This team doesn't need a blockbuster every season to get better and sure up certain issues. That's not how basketball works. The suns are worse than they were when it was CP3, Booker and parts. Big names don't mean squat if you plan on building a team strictly on paper. No way! Let's not let these inexplicable losses make us lose sight of reality.
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