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Perhaps this will give Kings fans more encouragement to start the season. Given the number of teams Schröder has played on, I strongly suspect he can fit in just about anywhere.

Dennis Schröder is named EuroBasket MVP.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a championship player on the Kings! Germany defeated Türkiye, 88-83 to win the EuroBasket crown. It looks like Schröder had six of Germany's last seven points. They were down by three through most of the fourth quarter. Şengün had 28 points for Türkiye...

Not I!

Germany beat Slovenia and Luka Dončić yesterday, 99-91. Schröder had 20 points and 7 assists. Dončić had 39 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Good grief.

Good thought, but there is only one available roster slot. Here is an article with three possibilities, one of whom is a known power forward, Precious Achiuwa. At only 25 years old, he is probably a better defender than Drew Eubanks...

Cam Thomas took the qualifying offer. Josh Giddey is getting a four-year contract worth $100 million. Jonathan Kuminga is still standing at the door, out in the cold.

Hard to believe, but there has been no real news or roster improvement in two months, not since Dennis Schröder signed his contract on July 7. Lots of smoke, but all mirrors. Meanwhile, PJ Washington signed a $90 million contract extension with the Mavs. Monte McNair sat on his hands when PJ...

Germany advanced to the quarterfinals of Eurobasket, beating Portugal and Neemias Queta. They had a one-point lead going into the fourth quarter, but then outscored the Portuguese 33-7. Schröder had 16 points and 3 assists.

If I am reading the table correctly, the most important indicator falls in the last column. Players are listed in order of minutes played. Among rotation players, Sabonis leads the pack with a 5.6 offensive differential; Ellis with 5.1; Carter, 3.9; Monk 3.7. Zach LaVine, surprisingly, rates...

Those stats are hard to find for free, especially stats for defense. Care to post any? A site called "Inpredictable" gives on-off "win probability" numbers. The top five players in on-off differential on the Kings last season were Sabonis (6.61); DeRozan (6.17); Monk (5.16); Carter (3.08)...

According to StatMuse, his defensive rating was 112 in 2021-22, when he played primarily for Boston. Since then, it has not been lower than 116.6. But then, three of the past four years, he has been traded mid-season, not very helpful for sustained production. The one season he stayed put...

Where Carter fits in this is tricky. After going through a full training camp this year, the coaches may put him in the regular rotation. After all, the team needs defenders, and he was scoring virtually at will in the Rico Hines pickup games. The past 2 2/3 seasons, Coach Brown kept one of...

If that is the case, why is everyone, including NBA analysts, obsessing about the Kings' five shooting guards?

Carter looks like he might be worth more than "a protected second-round draft pick." Eubanks' defense is as bad as advertised.