iowamcnabb
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I hope so but he played like crap when he came back from injury last season. It kinda looks to me that the injury zapped his vertical.
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I hope so but he played like crap when he came back from injury last season. It kinda looks to me that the injury zapped his vertical.
Nah, he's hurt. Supposedly hamstring strains are supposed to be evaluated after like a week or 2 and then you're supposed to strengthen it up. He came back after what? 4 days? Immediately playing 35 MPG? And as many have pointed out, he can't jump, at all. It's very noticeable
White_Chocolate
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Lin in my book. This season isn’t going to be good. Lose as many as possible. Also please move Domas before his value falls apart.
ShastaKingsFan
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Christie is already digging himself a hole, if he has any real interest as an assistant coach in the NBA after this little gig inevitably crashes and burns
Game 56.
Tetsujin
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I mean, even though we’re all calling him terrible he still ended the night with a 12/18 double-double
ShastaKingsFan
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and I think he's still the most difficult to move whenever he returns near 100%
Caccia
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On the replay, it looked like Hartenstein was holding Sabonis around the waist. No wonder Dort was able to steal the ball.
Can't put that word in my vocabulary four games into the season even if I know this team is hopeless.
White_Chocolate
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Empty calories. I’m ready to move on. Play the youngster when they get healthy. Trade the vets if possible.
iowamcnabb
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Well we are quickly finding all the ways to lose games. Second half collapse, supernova performance and now lose the game after being up the entire game.
SacTownKid
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There's playing like crap or being a step slow but he's basically shooting flatfooted one handers in the paint. Being how small he is relative to his counterparts he's going to have a rough go if he's relying on that.
ShastaKingsFan
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Yeah, it's not great considering the context we've had these first 4 games. 1-3 with a 1 point win on an offensive rebound. Losses to LA with no Bron/Luka and blow another lead to OKC sans Chet/J-Dub
This team just isn't serious. It's going to keep getting worse too, especially if Christie continues to learn all the wrong lessons about running his rotations.
SacTownKid
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They wanted Westbrook to get his shine in OKC, and they got the full Westbrook experience without question.
NewArena
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At least get Sabonis healthy before trade proposals come in. He’s way better than what he’s given the last two games and has proven consistency to get the benefit of doubt at this point, over the last 3 seasons here.
NewArena
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Eh, i wouldn’t put that on Westbrook. Lavine is a grown damn man and needs to assert himself like one. Same for Keegan Murray when he gets back
Russ is the true tank commander out there. There's hustle stuff that's still really good, but we've essentially made him the focal point of the offense and these are the predictable results
Hoovtrain
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Agree, love him, but he’s also their most valuable asset if they were looking to blow it up….which they need to do.
Tetsujin
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The fact that the man can still move like he can at his age in the league is amazing but yeah the elite downhill burst that made him a superstar is gone now but he still hasn’t seemed to fully have adjusted to that fact.
SacTownKid
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Westbrook has always been someone that will gobble up an offense down the stretch. This is why Denver started to pull away from him late in games last season. He did valuable things but again, to me this is all about upside. What's the point here?
Tetsujin
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Or you simply give him the year to really make sure that leg is feeling healthy before pairing him with a fresh juicy lotto pick next year (the Embiid experience but hopefully without his legs turning to spaghetti)
I would rather shut Sabonis down than trade him unless he wants out.
Tetsujin
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Yup. Much easier to pair a young stud with a secondary star if that guy is already on your roster.
SacTownKid
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This deadline will be interesting. Domas really isn't the type that you're going to have half the league beating your door down with great packages if they did decide to deal him unfortunately. However the Kings better not waste an entire year floating around purgatory level trying to wait for immense value should it come to that. These young guys need to be out there getting time and be allowed to make mistakes if this heads downhill. That's how they'll learn. That's how the Kings won't be starting from total ground zero without even an educated guess as to how to proceed in the aftermath.
SacTownKid
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One foot was already out the door. Whatever Perry sold him on will only go so far. The truth is it's going to be extremely difficult at this point to build around Domas. Keegan will now be getting paid more, who knows about Keon. They don't have a ton of assets to work with because they've played the middle of the road for so long. Not shining up youth and paying out money for vets to patch together a team around Fox. Seen it before, there's a teeny tiny window on that. Petrie was pretty good wheeling and dealing but he got lucky too. Better hope someone at a high talent level goes Artest in the stands lol.
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