[Game] 30/82: Kings vs. Pistons 23 DEC 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[NewArena]

See? This is what I like about Nique. He is determined and just go for it and live with the consequences. I love Keegan but he can learn so much from him.

He seems to make progress quite often and then gets hurt

 

[NewArena]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2003700687293808711

the new Indiana! They're somehow worse than the Kings in some ways

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2003705072455229937

 

[ESP47]

Odd game. If they didn't show the score at all, I would have guessed that the Kings got outscored by 30+. They also looked like they got out rebounded by 10+. Yet somehow they wound up with the same amount of rebounds as the Pistons and even had 3 more offensive rebounds.

Seemed like they had to work twice as hard to score the ball as the Pistons did, yet they still wound up within 10 at the end.

 

[GWD]

Odd game. If they didn't show the score at all, I would have guessed that the Kings got outscored by 30+. They also looked like they got out rebounded by 10+. Yet somehow they wound up with the same amount of rebounds as the Pistons and even had 3 more offensive rebounds.

Seemed like they had to work twice as hard to score the ball as the Pistons did, yet they still wound up within 10 at the end.

This seems to be the "identity" that the Kings are trying to develop. This game was watchable mainly because the team was trying hard despite the opponent being talented. The youngsters are getting to play more and are invoking a "play hard" and "do your best" attitude. Even DeRozan seems to be responding to the energy at times on defense. Like what I see.

 

[MizzouKing]

the new Indiana! They're somehow worse than the Kings in some ways

If they want us to take that gimpy Haliburton off their hands, we could probably find it within us to help our brothers out...

 

[MizzouKing]

This seems to be the "identity" that the Kings are trying to develop. This game was watchable mainly because the team was trying hard despite the opponent being talented. The youngsters are getting to play more and are invoking a "play hard" and "do your best" attitude. Even DeRozan seems to be responding to the energy at times on defense. Like what I see.

Exactly! And I think this situation has spoken well to the true professional that DeMar is...he struggled with the scheme, difficult expectations from an inexperienced coach, and the weight of his own accomplishments but eventually put his ego aside to rise to new challenges and embrace a new reality (which he's succeeding nicely at).

 

[TheMobb]

Exactly! And I think this situation has spoken well to the true professional that DeMar is...he struggled with the scheme, difficult expectations from an inexperienced coach, and the weight of his own accomplishments but eventually put his ego aside to rise to new challenges and embrace a new reality (which he's succeeding nicely at).

For the month of December DeRozans putting up 20/4/4 on 55/36/87 splits. I could definitely see a team lacking a creator give up a late 1st or a few seconds for him at the deadline.

 

[Jdbraver137]

Exactly! And I think this situation has spoken well to the true professional that DeMar is...he struggled with the scheme, difficult expectations from an inexperienced coach, and the weight of his own accomplishments but eventually put his ego aside to rise to new challenges and embrace a new reality (which he's succeeding nicely at).

But in today’s NBA he should play the 2 and let Keegan play the 3.