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Oh boy, the one year I tune out the lottery since our drought began and we get some good luck. Sadly, this will be the first draft that I miss in Brooklyn too. I'm sure we'll have a few more Kings fans than normal this year (there's usually only about 6-8 total, no joke), so expect some great...

So pretty much, he's taking on Mike Bratz's role in addition to what he was already doing. For Peja, sounds like he's stretched pretty thin across responsibilities and equally, we're back to a thin front office. Also question his expertise in scouting, player development programs and overall...

Great win if this is a "go" - particularly for Kings fans in the area. Will give more fans access to preview the team's 2018 pick(s), Harry Giles (if he's ready) and hopefully some improvement out of our 2017 draftees (Fox/Jackson, should they participate). As with other summer leagues, you...

Could not have said it better myself. Ailene's writing was not to my taste, and most folk's around here. I feel that she missed opportunities to really go in-depth with all the dysfuction within the Kings franchise, and instead gloss the surface/hit the beats, and insist on an awkward trademark...

Terrible loss for the Kings fan base. And as noted in the "Kings $" thread, it's important that we keep an eye on smoke signals that indicate a money problem. Sacramento is a small market with little corporate base, and that's a common denominator this team - as a business - must fight...

Randle is quite an interesting player who markedly improved his ability to finish under the basket this year, but you need to compensate for his weaknesses with your roster. Let's take a look at how he compares with his peers: He's a great passer for a big man, with an AST % of 15.8% this year...

For some reason, reporting from The Bee acts more like of an extension of the Kings PR department, with equal parts of lazy journalism. This article shows a bit of both: - saying things would be better because of stability, but overlooking the fact that Mike Bratz abruptly left and not digging...

It's too early to give up on Fox, but he's on notice to come back markedly improved next year in both strength/weight, shot selection, shooting %, getting into the paint vs. settling for jumpers, increased Assist %, lower turnover % and rebounding. Yeah... he's got quite a lot to work on, and...

I wouldn't max Parker due to consistent health issues and the fact that he has some big holes in his game even when he's been healthy. His shooting is solid, albeit he's taking less shots at the rim this season and only finishing them at a poor 59% rate, putting him in the bottom 14% of players...

OK - I'm iffy on Willie. I think he's an asset, but he's more useful on a playoff team as a fringe starter, and not worth anything more than a 3 year mid-level contract (ie $8-10m per year). Here's the current state: he's an athletic plus defender and good passer for a big who takes care of the...

Doing some quick analysis on Wendell Carter, and his turnover rate really popped out: - 2.1 Turnovers on 8.7FGA and 2.1 APG - a 16% turnover rate, which is very high for any big I haven't watched enough of his game... any reason why Carter turns over the ball at such a high rate? Is it a lack...

As a fan, this is something definitely worth watching, as financing truly dictates what we can do as a team. Unfortunately I've found there's very little coverage of Kings ownership & financing issues (only an ESPN in-depth piece and former employees talking bad about Matina K over Twitter), but...

Sidebar re: Fox's shot selection and areas for improvement. have been monitoring Fox's stats on cleaningtheglass.com (worth the sub price IMO), and a couple of interesting stats pop out: - he's only taking 1/3 of his shots at the rim, whereas in college this was about 55% - these shots have been...

Right now, I'd argue that both Jackson and Hezonja aren't NBA rotation players (with the caveat around Hezonja's recent signs of life, which still haven't resulted in good efficiency nor winning basketball), but I'd argue that Hezonja isn't worth the effort looking at the stats alone: - His...

Bogdanovic is a great pickup, IMO, and one of our best signings (and bets) in recent history. Statistically, he's proven to be a very accurate scorer, shooting with accuracy at every area of the court, ranking in the top-third of wings except for at the rim, where he's in the 50th percentile...

Jason Jones speculated that they could be giving the former #5 pick a good look this offseason, thanks to his boost in productivity and (figurative) upside. Link: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-blog/article203194834.html I'm not very high on him for a number of...

This trade deadline is a combination of Maloofian money saving and Vlade's incompetence. We gave away Hill for cash and the ghost of Iman Shumpert (reminds me of a 2008-12 Maloof special - are we in financial trouble again or is Matina forcing moves?). We drafted a guy with the 13 who was a...

Fox is performing as I expected going into the draft: Pros: a speedy, athletic combo guard with a great motor and seemingly good intangibles. Cons: limited jumpshot, decent-but-not-great passer (<2.5 A/TO ratio), skinny frame will cause finishing/defensive/rebounding/health issues until he...

Given the history of turmoil within the Kings organization, I truly wonder what's lead to this firing and what this means moving forward. This was done pretty quietly, and there's been no follow up from the press on what caused this and how they're moving forward... which leads me to believe...

He's shown some interesting flashes on offense and defense, but is still very raw, a step slow and will always seem to have some athletic limitations, not matter how much weight he loses and muscle he adds. There's bits I've seen here and there, from screen setting to a jumpshot/hookshot, to...