Welcome Zach LaVine!

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1887233427587670189

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1887247546051142041

lol gonna fit in perfectly

 

[Warhawk]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1887247546051142041

lol gonna fit in perfectly

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

This might have been posted in the thread already but I absolutely love this guy's attitude. And the fact that he already has a connection with both Doug and DeMar... I have a good feeling about this.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I wonder if whatever it takes to win includes coming off the bench?

 

[captain bill]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1888596661095764007

didn’t see this posted anywhere but lmao

 

[gunks]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1888596661095764007

didn’t see this posted anywhere but lmao

You know Malik is everyone's buddy by the sheer amount of **** talking he does. You can only get away with this if you're well liked haha

 

[ockingsfan]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1888596661095764007

didn’t see this posted anywhere but lmao

LaVine has got the Kings virus, like most other players that come to the Kings..... Career good 3 point shooter all of the sudden forgets how to shoot. Unbelievable that LaVine was 45% on 3 pointers and now all of the sudden can't remember to do the one thing the Kings brought him into town to do. Got to find a way to snap out of his rut and start hitting the long ball!

 

[krylia sovetov]

i'm afraid that he's slowly turning into an anchor contract

so another 2-3 years of setbacks

 

[iowamcnabb]

i'm afraid that he's slowly turning into an anchor contract

so another 2-3 years of setbacks

he just had 30 and 10 a game ago. Has had an all star level year prior to the trade. He’ll be fine

 

[dude12]

he just had 30 and 10 a game ago. Has had an all star level year prior to the trade. He’ll be fine

Yep, Lavine is a bucket. Weird how his shooting numbers have gone down though.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Yep, Lavine is a bucket. Weird how his shooting numbers have gone down though.

they need to get him cleaner looks. Seems like 3/4 of his shots are heavily contested.

 

[SacTownKid]

i'm afraid that he's slowly turning into an anchor contract

so another 2-3 years of setbacks

People are going overboard, this dude only has a few seasons left. An anchor contract that only lasts for that long doesn't kill a cap. It's the years not the $$$ that make anchor contracts along with the player falling out of your rotation.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Ya Lavine will be fine especially when he’s shooting 40% from three again the problem is having three other bad defenders playing along with him

 

[Turgenev]

Before he was a King, when we had all the 'Lavine to Sacramento' rumours I thought his contract and impact on winning were so poor Chicago would have to pay to get rid of him. In the end, they didn't 'pay' in that they got their own pick back, but they did have to take on a couple of bad contracts.

 

[Turgenev]

he just had 30 and 10 a game ago. Has had an all star level year prior to the trade. He’ll be fine

LaVine will have games where he puts up numbers but who cares!! We went from fighting for a top 10 defence to being pretty comfortably in the bottom 10 on that side of the ball in a flash.

 

[The_Jamal]

Ya Lavine will be fine especially when he’s shooting 40% from three again the problem is having three other bad defenders playing along with him

It's literally the same deal we had with Fox. Teams best lineups are with Keon+Keegan+3 offensive hub players. When we try to force 4 to play together, things get fairly messy, on both ends, tbh

 

[iowamcnabb]

LaVine will have games where he puts up numbers but who cares!! We went from fighting for a top 10 defence to being pretty comfortably in the bottom 10 on that side of the ball in a flash.

Lavine and Deebo were part of a top 5 defense a few years ago and they weren’t known as defenders then. The glory years kings had good defenses even though Vlade and Bibby were not good defenders. It’s a team thing, just like Doug said. This team is capable of being a top 15 defense and they need to figure out how to get back to that

 

[iowamcnabb]

Lavine is now up to 37 percent from 3 as a King.

 

[gunks]

Well, I feel better about the trade haha

I'll feel even better about it if Zach drops a 40 piece on a tough WC team, but it was great to see him enjoy himself out there while totally dismantling our opponent.

 

[Remi]

I want Zach and whole team to play more freely without ball stopping and ISO plays.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

I want Zach and whole team to play more freely without ball stopping and ISO plays.

We play freely untill the fourth than its iso post up time hopefully this changes that

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

I wouldn't trade back Levine for Fox straight up at this point.

 

[HndsmCelt]

I had to teach a class last night so watch the game late, oh my God Zach is the monster we thought he was!

 

[captain bill]

I had to teach a class last night so watch the game late, oh my God Zach is the monster we thought he was!

God Zach makes us unbeatable. Let’s hope we get him consistently down the stretch and not Smol Zach we’ve been seeing since his arrival

 

[captain bill]

Well, I feel better about the trade haha

I'll feel even better about it if Zach drops a 40 piece on a tough WC team, but it was great to see him enjoy himself out there while totally dismantling our opponent.

Clicking with the bigs has also been huge. Surprised to see he finished with only 2 dimes, but the find to Val rolling to the basket and his drive and dish to Domas underneath was impressive. Also had some nice hockey assists. But if he’s a flamethrower like last night that aspect won’t be as critical

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Impressive that he didn’t need an opposing player to pee him off to go off

 

[Joshyjosh31]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1894442567464620226

 

[jiimbob]

I wouldn't trade back Levine for Fox straight up at this point.

Same.
I know it’s early, but liking what I see from Markelle. Really hope his health holds up and continues to get a significant opportunity here. Also enjoy his and LaVine’s personality a lot more than Fox.

 

[sackings]

I wouldn't trade back Levine for Fox straight up at this point.

Same. Fox against the Pels tonight is 0-6 from 3pt while playing 29 minutes so far.