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Colby at least looked kinda good in his minutes? Haha 

I appreciate this post but nobody is trying to get under anyone's skin. The_jamal has been posting multiple times when Herter has a decent game calling people out. So he/she should have to accept it the other way, correct?My advice would be don't take the bait...
Generally it's best if someone is trying to get under your skin and get a reaction out of you to just not let it bother you. Stick to making basketball arguments and not statements about other poster's character and I don't think you'll have any issue with the mods. One of us will step in when/if we think it's appropriate and warn people but it probably will be handled with a private message not out in public. We don't want to tell people they're wrong for having an opinion we don't necessarily agree with -- as long as it's about basketball and not something off topic or just deliberately spiteful.
This team has never done well coming off an extended break and yet all the schedule makers give us is compact schedules and long breaks it seems. Like no every other night with an occasional two. And I think this is because they prioritize TV teams and we‘re afterthoughts but no idea if I can prove this.
The Pels are in such disarray now and yet we play them only in Feb 2025 and that too 3 times in 6 days. Timing is everything.
The_jamal-ypu defended Heurter as he was. You did NOT state he was played incorrectly. That is my molehill and I will die on that. You just made your presence known when he had a good game. You NEVER said he should come off the bench.
I'll double check your claim no doubt
The Pels scare me. Just like the Suns the season before last. Injuries yes, yet not far enough behind to not make it back up. The scary thing is if and when one or two of those teams down there get a run going. Then if the Kings don't start knocking off some wins now, it's going to be another by the skin of their teeth dog fight for play in positioning.
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As I said, my stance has been clear from the summer. I stick to my convictions. Do you?
To whom are you responding?
What about just trying to make a schedule that doesn’t seem ridiculously unbalanced right from the jump. I know it’s partially because the league wants to have at least one game on every single day, but maybe there are ways to accomplish that in a more equitable manner.You know how the early 2000's Kings became a national TV team? They won 55 games and a playoff series.... and then 61 games the next season.
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As I said, my stance has been clear from the summer. I stick to my convictions. Do you?
The Pels scare me. Just like the Suns the season before last. Injuries yes, yet not far enough behind to not make it back up. The scary thing is if and when one or two of those teams down there get a run going. Then if the Kings don't start knocking off some wins now, it's going to be another by the skin of their teeth dog fight for play in positioning.
What about just trying to make a schedule that doesn’t seem ridiculously unbalanced right from the jump. I know it’s partially because the league wants to have at least one game on every single day, but maybe there are ways to accomplish that in a more equitable manner.
After saying you just don't see any reason for starting Huerter over Keon,....you have since said that you can understand why Brown went with Huerter.
Maybe that's where some of the confusion has been for some?
It’s just kind of wild there are 173 days in the regular season. The league could make it so a team played a game every other day and never back to back in that window. And still have an all star break.That would be common sense, but we know the league plays favorites. So I just never expect it, until we become a main attraction again. It happened before, it can happen again
The Pels have been a bad matchup for us. I think they might trade Ingram by the trade deadline (Feb 7, 2025) and we play them only from Feb 9 onwards. It looks like it will be a dogfight in the West again.The Pels scare me. Just like the Suns the season before last. Injuries yes, yet not far enough behind to not make it back up. The scary thing is if and when one or two of those teams down there get a run going. Then if the Kings don't start knocking off some wins now, it's going to be another by the skin of their teeth dog fight for play in positioning.
I mean the case for Huerter is incredibly easy; dude who's been an elite NBA shooter his whole career and shown incredibly chemistry with Fox and Domas in his first 2 years. And he fully has Brown's trust, which does matter quite a bit to NBA coaches.
So yeah, I understand why Brown went Huerter. Doesn't mean I agree. And I especially don't agree if Huerter isn't 38%+ from 3.
That's fair......but the truth then, is that you do see reasons for it? Not a big deal. Just saying
I don’t think the Pels have time to catch up. They are 9 games under .500 with 65 games left. If they go 40-25 the rest of the way which is super unlikely they only have 44 wins. Not impossible but they would need really need to get going fast to make something like that happen
Well I'm not a weirdo like some of you and believe Huerter is worth more than a bag of potato chips. Just because I think Huerter is good DOESN'T MEAN I don't think Keon is a much better fit as a starter and possibly a better player at this point.
Like I said. Capable of having 2 thoughts at the same time. Crazy, I know.
The other problem is the Warriors and Rockets. We didn't figure they would be this good
I appreciate this post but nobody is trying to get under anyone's skin. The_jamal has been posting multiple times when Herter has a decent game calling people out. So he/she should have to accept it the other way, correct?
If their talent fits then it's possible 40-25 is on the low end of their potential during that stretch. I would think it's another year where you have to be 50 wins or more to get into 6th, but 7-10 might be wide open. Regardless, they could potentially be a spoiler team and if the Kings are fighting for positioning facing them 3 times in that meat of the deadline season could hurt.
This team has never done well coming off an extended break and yet all the schedule makers give us is compact schedules and long breaks it seems. Like no every other night with an occasional two. And I think this is because they prioritize TV teams and we‘re afterthoughts but no idea if I can prove this.
you have to wonder if they are going to sustain that but both of those teams highlight how important depth is. Take the Rockets starting 5 vs Kings
Fox > Fred
Kev < Green
Deebo > Brooks
Keegan > Smith Jr
Sabonis > Sengun.
we have easily the best player and are better than them at 4 of the 5 starting positions but they are 12-5 and we are 8-8.
We are going to need defensive stoppers, energy guys, great shooters from the rest of the cast. A trade or two is going to be needed and we are going to need to find a way to get Carter into the rotation when he returns. Until then we have to figure out how to play better earlier in games and stop digging holes we spend all game trying to climb out of
I don't believe that's quite correct.
Signed,
The east coast
What team has regular 8:00 starts?
Any team starting at 5pm in the Pacific time zone, 6pm in the Mountain time zone or 7pm in the Central time zone? Those would all be 8pm starts on the East Coast. Our home games typically start even later.
I think people questioning Qwerty were assuming he was talking local start times which aren't a thing to my knowledge except maybe with that weird start time gimmick they pulled the day before election day.
Yeah, outside of the blue-moon national TV game or a holiday schedule, games starting at 8pm local time isn't really a thing that happens.
I wasn't talking about a single team, per se, but in general, you can be a fan living on the East Coast, and see a game that begins at 8p. I wasn't specifically talking about a Kings game in Sacramento starting as late as 8p.8 PM starts??? Ugh
you have to wonder if they are going to sustain that but both of those teams highlight how important depth is. Take the Rockets starting 5 vs Kings
Fox > Fred
Kev < Green
Deebo > Brooks
Keegan > Smith Jr
Sabonis > Sengun.
we have easily the best player and are better than them at 4 of the 5 starting positions but they are 12-5 and we are 8-8.
We are going to need defensive stoppers, energy guys, great shooters from the rest of the cast. A trade or two is going to be needed and we are going to need to find a way to get Carter into the rotation when he returns. Until then we have to figure out how to play better earlier in games and stop digging holes we spend all game trying to climb out of