[Game] 48/82: Kings @ Knicks 27 JAN 2026, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET

[Tetsujin]

Cardwell is an INSANE defender.

 

[Sluggah]

Okay DeRozan

 

[HndsmCelt]

I like this lineup

 

[Tetsujin]

Really? No one needs an elite iso scoring wing who also happens to be one of the clutchest players in league history? No one?

 

[iowamcnabb]

 

[sactowndog]

I’m good if DeRozen gets a strained tongue and can’t return for the 3rd quarter

 

[KainLear]

Really? No one needs an elite iso scoring wing who also happens to be one of the clutchest players in league history? No one?

It's the transitional era. They compensated the players the right way and then clamped up teams with weirdly constructed aprons.

It's why Dallas rid of Doncic other than the "on-court" reasons I reckoned, and likely why the Kings had the whole saga struggling to commit to paying Fox... teams don't want to commit to any long-term debt.

 

[KainLear]

I’m good if DeRozen gets a strained tongue and can’t return for the 3rd quarter

You are welcome to go give the man a strained tongue, ahem...

 

[KainLear]

Kind of scary just how little effort it takes to force KAT out of a possession.

funny scary... not "scary" scary...

 

[Tetsujin]

Russ fouled him but I feel like getting hit with an elbow to the face might take precident lol

 

[Tetsujin]

I guess elbowing someone is totally fine now?

 

[KainLear]

Imagine if Russ goes down and out cold. You think the refs would still see it that way?

Are we letting the refs decide the degree of head-injury severity from replay?

 

[Sluggah]

I guess elbowing someone is totally fine now?

Kings players actually can’t be elbowed. Historical fact. Something about the space-time continuum I think.

 

[Sluggah]

That’s getting overturned

 

[Sluggah]

I was wrong.

 

[Tetsujin]

Mike Brown still the King of bad challenges haha

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Well, at least that's over.

 

[KainLear]

Mike Brown still the King of bad challenges haha

I mean, he got insider knowledge. It's usually a plus to challenge against the Kings.

 

[KainLear]

What's KAT's +/- going to be in this game I wonder...

 

[gunks]

Deebo so good, totally worth a 1st rounder rival GMs!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Digging Cardwell out there. Everyone else, not so much.

 

[Tetsujin]

Kings were doing too good so Russ decided to take over as a good Tank Commander must

 

[Caccia]

Jalen Brunson is really frustrated with the officiating. I would have expected him to get a much more favorable whistle.

 

[Tetsujin]

Russ has 9 points on 14 shots and a 3:5 assist to turnover ratio lol

 

[KainLear]

The Mike-Brown Knicks are so much worse than Thibs'...

 

[gunks]

Russ has 9 points on 14 shots and a 3:5 assist to turnover ratio lol

Perry playing 4d chess signing one of most durable tank commanders in the game to hold down the fort when Zach is out

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Cardwell with his 5th double-digit rebound game of the season. He's averaging 8.9 rebounds per game in 2026.

 

[KainLear]

They should go fully on P&R with Max now. Knicks is at the foul limit. Let him go dance with Russ and Dennis.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This lineup is a Keegan Murray away from the lineup I want to see the rest of the season, after the trade deadline.

 

[KainLear]

This lineup is a Keegan Murray away from the lineup I want to see the rest of the season, after the trade deadline.

You got Nique or Keon running point? I assume you'd take Uncle Dennis out for Keeg?