[Game] 24/82: Kings @ Pacers 08 DEC 2025, 4pm PT/7pm ET

It's Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day again! Which decade would you like to (re)visit?

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ShastaKingsFan said:
and randomly, I'm not high on Christie as a head coach even going forward next season. Regardless, just think his hands have been tied with how he currently uses this roster. Not to be confused with high expectations
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I'd say it's 50-50 for him being around next season, but he may have a bunch of youngins to coach in the 2nd half and if he does well with that bunch then maybe he gets a reprieve.
 
Beat whoever we beat last time. Lose to the Pacers. Thats about right for this ship.

When’s the lottery?
 
Kingster said:
I'd say it's 50-50 for him being around next season, but he may have a bunch of youngins to coach in the 2nd half and if he does well with that bunch then maybe he gets a reprieve.
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I anticipate a bunch of younglings and a second half schedule that's as easy as the first half was hard... as wins stack up it will turn into a feel good story of perseverance that reflects positively on the entire FO. Everybody loves a winner.
 
Malik Monk had a cold first half, shooting 0-5. The second half was even colder, as he never left the bench.

Maybe Doug Christie thinks that would be motivation. But maybe he is misreading his main man off the bench.
 
Caccia said:
Malik Monk had a cold first half, shooting 0-5. The second half was even colder, as he never left the bench.

Maybe Doug Christie thinks that would be motivation. But maybe he is misreading his main man off the bench.
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Nique and Keon took Malik’s minutes in the second half and they absolute deserved them. (Doug also practicing for when Malik gets flipped for Kuminga in a couple of months)
 
Jarace Walker also being a bust except for his minutes against the Kings was also par for course lol
 
Tetsujin said:
Jarace Walker also being a bust except for his minutes against the Kings was also par for course lol
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Walker is the type of player the Kings should have on the radar as a flyer if the Pacers don't see him as a long term fit IMO. You can see flashes of the potential offensively but the defense is there. I'm not sure if he can be had on the cheap but part of his up and downs offensively could be role with the Pacers. At worst he looks like he could be a Crowder type with better athleticism.
 
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
I'm having a hard enough time wrapping my head around the idea that any of you want to go back in time, but @HndsmCelt, you want to go back and live through the Great Depression? Really?
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My parents went through Great Depression and it was brutal. Mother worked literally for pennies; father was perpetually trying to stave off starving. Then came WWII. You had to be tough to get through that crap.
 
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The_Jamal said:
Yeah, he's kind of a hard guy to find a comp for. I agree with the mobility; 7'1 dudes just don't move like Max can very often. We're seeing it primarily in the PnR right now. He sets a hard screen, rolls extremely quick and has the creativity around the rim to usually convert
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I can't recall seeing a player so cognizant of the other players around him on the court that he can tip pass to them as frequently as he does. I want to see him in a mature offense with all the other players around him being able to move without the ball. With his anticipation we could see some very nice passes, both from the periphery and the interior. Clifford is also a high IQ player, a good passer and moves well with the ball. As he and Max get comfortable with each other, the chemistry between them could be special. Proviso: they have to have the right offense and the right coaching to maximize their potential.
 
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
I'm having a hard enough time wrapping my head around the idea that any of you want to go back in time, but @HndsmCelt, you want to go back and live through the Great Depression? Really?
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I get some might like the idea of going back to the 50's (or whatever) for nostalgia, but I'll take the current state of antibiotics, and vaccines, and air conditioning everywhere, and safer food, and women's/minority rights (such as they are), and cleaner air/water, and so on. The old days weren't always so great.
 
Warhawk said:
I get some might like the idea of going back to the 50's (or whatever) for nostalgia, but I'll take the current state of antibiotics, and vaccines, and air conditioning everywhere, and safer food, and women's/minority rights (such as they are), and cleaner air/water, and so on. The old days weren't always so great.
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I certainly have no desire to travel back to any particular time and stay there, but my primary motivation for traveling back to a specific era would be to witness that which I would have been unable to witness due to my age. I have no interest whatsoever in revisiting my youth, and I'm a big believer in appreciating the ephemerality of moments in time. It's why I don't take a lot of photographs. But I would love to have experienced Miles Davis touring Kind of Blue, so I'd definitely hit up the tail end of the 50s for a spell.
 
As someone with a toddler and a bit of work/ mortgage pressure I would happily holiday back to my university years for a week or two.
 
Padrino said:
I certainly have no desire to travel back to any particular time and stay there, but my primary motivation for traveling back to a specific era would be to witness that which I would have been unable to witness due to my age. I have no interest whatsoever in revisiting my youth, and I'm a big believer in appreciating the ephemerality of moments in time. It's why I don't take a lot of photographs. But I would love to have experienced Miles Davis touring Kind of Blue, so I'd definitely hit up the tail end of the 50s for a spell.
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I took it as very long-term visiting ("decades" interpretation), not a day or two or whatever. 🤷‍♂️

Sure, with the ability to pop in and out of time there are a lot of events I'd love to go back and see or isolated experiences/things to check out. Naval battles in the Roman Colosseum, the hanging gardens of Babylon, construction of the great pyramids, various master artists creating their works of art, experience Elvis performing in his heyday, whatever - it all sounds fantastic!

Heck, go way back with a spacesuit (if necessary) and check out what dinosaurs really looked like "in the flesh" - just don't become a dino nugget! 🤣 Hop and skip around to see what was really going on in the Middle East around 2,000 years ago. Go check out the grassy knoll on November 22, 1963. Check out Roswell in 1947. We could answer all the questions!
 
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Ugh. You can keep it! There's no part of my childhood that I want to do over, especially not when my childhood was. I wouldn't mind reliving my twenties with the wisdom I have at fifty, but that's as far back as I'm willing to go.

EDIT - I mean, I made a few **** ups in high school that I'd like a mulligan on, but I don't want to do the **** again! **** that noise.
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While I voted for the 1980s in the poll, because I was born in the 1980s, I probably should've gone with the 1990s based on my desire to go back to my childhood. With that being said, my desire to go back to my childhood is for a reason that might surprise you (although I can see how it may not)...And that is so I can go back and make different decisions in certain instances (such as which career path/degree to pursue). I guess the 2010s can also be included here so I can go back and make a different decision in 2014/2015/2016.
 
Kingster said:
My parents went through Great Depression and it was brutal. Mother worked literally for pennies; father was perpetually trying to stave off starving. Then came WWII. You had to be tough to get through that crap.
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no wonder those WW2 vets live into their 90s and some to a 100
 
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