[Game] 37/82 Kings vs. Heat 06 JAN 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[Joshyjosh31]

and people still think the Kings lost the trade

I mean haliburton did having a good month of elite play

 

[Capt. Factorial]

If we allow for interim coaches, doesn't that make (uh oh!) Luke Walton the greatest ever?

I don't remember what his record was, but his "non-interim" record killed it for sure. Doug is at .833 right now, which is sick. Won't last, but sick.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Doug has a decision to make when Fox gets back for sure. Carter's ready to take all those minutes and then some.

There’s no decision to be made Huerter doesn’t play that’s it **** his trade value the team trading for him is trading to match salaries anyways

 

[Sluggah]

Yo, I can’t be looking at giant delicious cheesy lasagna all night. People got resolutions they need to pretend they’ll stick to.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Captain Hook was really good for Miami tonight outside of the missed free throws. Trip dub. That’s a bench piece I’d like to have

 

[hrdboild]

I don't remember what his record was, but his "non-interim" record killed it for sure. Doug is at .833 right now, which is sick. Won't last, but sick.

Luke 'freaking' Walton coached the Warriors to a 39-4 record while Kerr was out in what became the 72 win season.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Is it Eric "Kaboom" Reid? I can't tolerate him LOL

He's terrible. They finally replaced the equally-terrible Tony Fiorentino with John Crotty, who is also terrible, just in a different way.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

DC is going to have to pick between Huerter and Carter at this point. I vote the stat stuffing rook who locks it down on D. If not he's getting max 8 mpg.

If we're able to move Huerter for a 4/5 and also get a long term backup pure center we can do so much small and big lineups with killer defenders in the middle. Will be crazy. I don't even think we need a unicorn at that spot now.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

DC is going to have to pick between Huerter and Carter at this point. I vote the stat stuffing rook who locks it down on D. If not he's getting max 8 mpg.

If we're able to move Huerter for a 4/5 and also get a long term backup pure center we can do so much small and big lineups with killer defenders in the middle. Will be crazy. I don't even think we need a unicorn at that spot now.

 

[kingsboi]

Yeah, and Atlanta did the same a few seasons ago

correct. teams get hot and make runs all the time in sports, it happens, doesn't make them contenders if they don't consistently deliver.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Luke 'freaking' Walton coached the Warriors to a 39-4 record while Kerr was out in what became the 72 win season.

That is better than .833. Too bad for him that those wins go to Kerr's credit and Luke went on to have six out of six losing seasons before going back to being an assistant.

 

[Double-K]

Luke 'freaking' Walton coached the Warriors to a 39-4 record while Kerr was out in what became the 72 win season.

Says more about Kerr...

but I digress.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Luke 'freaking' Walton coached the Warriors to a 39-4 record while Kerr was out in what became the 72 win season.

That was not an interim head coaching gig - Kerr gets credit for every game of that stretch.

These wins go on Doug's official record. The only real difference here is the contract terms.

 

[NewArena]

Oh nah this is just dirty lmao

https://twitter.com/x/status/1876496725760004101

 

[Tetsujin]

DeMar DeRozan on their recent trip to see the beam on the roof of G1C: "I've never seen a bat sign or anything, but that's probably the closest I've seen to one."

"It's big to be able to do something like that [for the city]. For me, I think it just put things in perspective."

— Brenden Nunes (@BrendenNunesNBA) January 7, 2025

 

[Double-K]

Oh nah this is just dirty lmao

https://twitter.com/x/status/1876496725760004101

I was smiling as soon as Jarquez saw fit to take it on his own against Ellis. Maybe their scouting report didn't say Keon Ellis = Elite defender?

 

[TaxMan]

His own ego. Nothing more. Mike Brown is a decent, but extremely limited Coach.

Is the lasagna now officially in your signature or are you pasting this into every post now? Hahaha

 

[hrdboild]

That is better than .833. Too bad for him that those wins go to Kerr's credit and Luke went on to have six out of six losing seasons before going back to being an assistant.

I hated Luke Walton as a player and as a coach -- but the record is what it is. And it's the biggest reason why we got stuck with him as our coach for 3 years. If Kerr gets the credit for that 39-4 record his assistant coached his squad to in his absence (better than the 33-6 record Kerr himself compiled that year when he was able to coach), what does that say about Mike Brown?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Yeah, and Atlanta did the same a few seasons ago

You guys understand that there's a difference between contenders and perennial contenders, right? If you make the conference finals, you were a contender for that year; if you don't follow up on that success, that doesn't negate the fact that you were a contender that year. To paraphrase Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, a "run," as @kingsboi called it, happens to qualify.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Sacramento Kings made the WCF one whopping time it's nice to know we were never contenders from 2000-2004, I really thought we had one stolen from us in there.

 

[kingsboi]

You guys understand that there's a difference between contenders and perennial contenders, right? If you make the conference finals, you were a contender for that year; if you don't follow up on that success, that doesn't negate the fact that you were a contender that year. To paraphrase Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, a "run," as @kingsboi called it, happens to qualify.

contenders to lose to the perennial contenders

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Sacramento Kings made the WCF one whopping time it's nice to know we were never contenders from 2000-2004, I really thought we had one stolen from us in there.

Charles Barkley's Phoenix Suns: famously never contenders.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

contenders to lose to the perennial contenders

The truth of this statement does not refute mine.

 

[kingsboi]

The truth of this statement does not refute mine.

not looking for a refute, reality is here

 

[Double-K]

Some people take this as comedy, some as life motto. Sad as it is.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

not looking for a refute, reality is here

You got it, big homie!

 

[kingsboi]

You got it, big homie!

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Is the lasagna now officially in your signature or are you pasting this into every post now? Hahaha

It's my signature, made permanent by request of @Capt. Factorial. I tried to miniaturize the lasagna, which was a silly idea to begin with. Nobody ever wants less lasagna.

 

[Tetsujin]

What does Keon Ellis mean to you? pic.twitter.com/RbTB4v2U6H

— Skyler (KFR) (@SacFilmRoom) January 7, 2025

 

[captain bill]

Doug Christie was born to be a Coach.

Born to be the DPOG on a world champion Kings team, now forced to live the rest of his life rectifying that injustice

 

[captain bill]

pic.twitter.com/69w7YX3CS6

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 7, 2025