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    [Game] Kings @ Raptors - 3/20/2024 - 4:30PM PST/7:30PM EST

    Will be interesting to see how the rotation shakes out when Lyles, Sasha, and Kevin return, as there are legitimately 12 guys who were in the rotation the last time they were healthy - the nine guys playing now, plus the fact that Lyles, Sasha, and Kevin were all rotation guys when they got hurt...
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    Keon Ellis

    Yes- that extra ballhandler, playmaker is a huge boost to the offense.
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    Keon Ellis

    Me too
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    Keon Ellis

    He is basically our version of Thybulle or Caruso, but with a higher ceiling. And we didn't have to trade a bunch of assets in the offseason or the deadline to get him. It is ALMOST like our front office knows what it is doing...
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    The 2024 Playoff Chase Thread

    And that is with them outscoring us like 142-8 in that one 4th quarter in Phoenix.
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    [Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies - 3/18/2024 - 7PM PST/10PM EST

    JJJ was a big miss. I mean we could have drafted literally anyone at #2 and it would have been better, but JJJ is such a great compliment to Domas. Jury will be out on GG for awhile. All he has shown so far is that he is a chucker who can get hot on occasion.
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    [Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies - 3/18/2024 - 7PM PST/10PM EST

    The Kings have also traditionally struggled on the third Monday of the month, especially when the moon is in a waning phase and the halftime entertainment isn't a magician. May as well not watch tonight. I always love these posts that identify random, non-basketball related reasons to predict...
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    The 2024 Playoff Chase Thread

    I am a fan of starting Keon over Huerter, but I think there is a risk that you lose Kevin entirely, and that can't be understated. You often hear the "it isn't who starts, its who finishes" mantra, but the truth is that Kevin wouldn't be starting (Keon) or finishing (Monk). He would basically...
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    [Game] Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers - 3/13/2024 7:00PM PST/10:00PM EST (ESPN)

    If Huerter and Keegan are both out, yikes... I am guessing Mike would start Fox, Keon, Duarte, Barnes, and Sabonis, and then come with Monk, Kessler, Davion, and Len off the bench. Maybe some run for Colby as well. The only other guys who would even be able to suit up are Javale, Ford...
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    [Game] Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers - 3/13/2024 7:00PM PST/10:00PM EST (ESPN)

    Really hoping Keegan can play tonight. There are not a lot of guys on this roster with the right build to guard Lebron. The guys on this roster who can even matchup with him size wise are probably Keegan, Barnes, Lyles, and Sasha, and three of those guys probably aren't playing. I am NOT...
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    [Game] Kings vs San Antonio Spurs, 3/7/2024, 7:00p PT/10:00p ET

    The Fox-Monk-Keon-Lyles-Len lineup is outscoring the Spurs 21-9 in 6 minutes. Went from down 24-23 to up 44-33. I really love this lineup as a bench lineup anchored by Fox.
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    Bleacher Report Mikal Bridges Trade Idea

    Bridges is miscast as a #1 option right now. But as a #2 option, allowing Keegan to stay as a #3 option, and allowing Domas to continue as a facilitator? Yes please!! In fact Bridges fits like a glove. He has shown that he can get his own offense if needed (which this team needs, especially...
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    [Game] Kings @ Los Angeles Lakers, 3/6/2024, 7:30p PT/10:30p ET

    True. A common denominator in some of these good bench lineups is Lyles at the 4 next to Domas or Len. I love the Len and Lyles minutes. I was a big advocate of Lyles at 5, especially to get Sasha minutes, but it is obvious that Lyles at the 4 is better for us than him at the 5 (with some...
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    [Game] Kings @ Los Angeles Lakers, 3/6/2024, 7:30p PT/10:30p ET

    Seems like Mike found something with the three guard lineup with Keon playing the three. Basically what he has been looking for with the Duarte minutes. That Fox-Monk-Keon-Lyles-Len lineup played some great minutes in both halves. We also saw similar version of...
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    [Game] Kings vs. Chicago Bulls, 3/4/2024, 7:00p PT/10:00p ET

    I love this team and am usually a big defender of them, but tonight was shameful. The worms should be out. This team absolutely deserves criticism at this point. Too many turnovers, too many guys not wanting to shoot, too many blow buys on defense. It wasn’t a lack of hustle. We scrapped a...
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    [Game] Kings @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 3/1/2024, 5:00p PT/8:00p ET

    But literally everything is impacted. It isn't how much OG or Allen would have played. It is the fact that we wouldn't have drafted Justin Jackson. We wouldn't have drafted Giles. Toronto would have drafted someone else. Cleveland would have drafted someone else. Other teams would have...
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    [Game] Kings @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 3/1/2024, 5:00p PT/8:00p ET

    Again, I am not disagreeing with you...
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    [Game] Kings @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 3/1/2024, 5:00p PT/8:00p ET

    That's not my point. I am not saying "we wouldn't have taken player x if we had player y." Your example is a good reason of why that argument doesn't work. Just because you have two young point guards doesn't mean your franchise won't draft a third. My point is more fundamental. The...
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    [Game] Kings @ Minnesota Timberwolves, 3/1/2024, 5:00p PT/8:00p ET

    But it doesn't work that way. As just one example, the Kings would have most certainly not been in a position to draft Jaren Jackson had they previously drafted OG and Allen. We would have been better than picking #2 in that draft. That is the problem with these "could have, would have...
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    2024 NBA All-Star Weekend

    Okay- I will bite with a suggestion. Increase roster sizes to 14 East and 14 West. Then split them up in to 4 teams, 7 players each. Then combine those 4 teams with the 4 teams already in the Rising Stars tourney (3 teams of NBA players and 1 G League team), for an 8 team tournament. 4 of...