[Game] 49/82: Kings @ Timberwolves 03 FEB 2025, 5pm PT/8pm ET

[Vinny Basketballerino]

These next nine games are all very winnable:

 

[megapoxy]

Do we actually know if he will be joining us Wed?

I wonder what Portland will put on the court Thursday, they have a lot of pieces rumored to be consolation prizes. Might have an 8-9 man roster.

According to fantasy sites also "expected to be available on Wednesday"

 

[Caccia]

Too bad Monk had to play 41 minutes tonight. He basically just went out for short periods to get his wind back. And then he makes the game-saving defensive play at the end, not to mention four straight free throws in the last minute.

With LaVine incoming, his minutes, perhaps everyone's minutes, will go down.

 

[New Era]

Nice schedule for February while LaVine acclimates with the team

Wed, 2/5
vs ORL

Thu, 2/6
@ POR

Sat, 2/8
vs NO

Mon, 2/10
@ DAL

Wed, 2/12
@ NO

Thu, 2/13
@ NO

Fri, 2/21
vs GS

Mon, 2/24
vs. CHA

Wed, 2/26
@ UTAH

DELETE THIS IMMEDIATELY

 

[Gtronic]

Everyone played hard tonight. Great win!

 

[The_Jamal]

Too bad Monk had to play 41 minutes tonight. He basically just went out for short periods to get his wind back. And then he makes the game-saving defensive play at the end, not to mention four straight free throws in the last minute.

With LaVine incoming, his minutes, perhaps everyone's minutes, will go down.

In an ideal world, go get Jval:

Monk 34
LaVine 34
Keegan 34
DDR 34
Domas 34

That leaves 70 minutes to divy up on the bench.

28 to Keon
18 to Lyles
14 goes to Jval
10 to Carter

Obviously, you won't have perfectly 34 minutes a night for everyone game in and game out. But there's got to be some semblance of structure and consistency here with the rotation. And you can still be very starter heavy while keeping a consistent bench rotation in and out. 32 games left in the season, if you shave 3-4 MPG off all the starters the rest of the way, you're saving about 128 minutes a piece to hopefully be a little fresher come playoff time. Or at least not to be totally burnt come the last 10 games of the season when we're fighting for playoff position. I think that matters.

 

[Makaveli]

I got a song called Devin Carter isn’t ready. No lyrics yet just the title.

 

[megapoxy]

Kings at OKC ,37 rebs vs 70 for the Thunder
Today at MIN, 47 rebs vs 36 for the Wolves, that's quite the change.
Lyles had 8, Carter had 5 (in 8' of playing time)

 

[Makaveli]

If any team wants Carter in a trade instead of a first. I’m all in.

 

[NewArena]

It’s the 7 assists with the clutch shots that’s most impressive when it comes to DeRozan IMO. His ability to pass and make plays, really really helps with the loss of Fox.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

If any team wants Carter in a trade instead of a first. I’m all in.

A bit premature.

 

[TaxMan]

If any team wants Carter in a trade instead of a first. I’m all in.

I don’t want to overreact but I am worried. Not sure how he can ever consistently get his shot off to be more than a solid role player. I hope I’m wrong. I love his effort and motor be he throws a ton of junk up there.

 

[NewArena]

Just 10 made threes tonight, but i have a feeling that LaVine guy is going to add to the total on a nightly basis lol man i can’t wait

 

[The_Jamal]

I don’t want to overreact but I am worried. Not sure how he can ever consistently get his shot off to be more than a solid role player. I hope I’m wrong. I love his effort and motor be he throws a ton of junk up there.

I somewhat get it, but we have to remember his context here. He's a play for the start of next season. Guy hadn't played organized ball for 9 months, missed the off-season, missed Summer League, missed training camp, missed Preseason. Oh and his HC got fired and the star player got traded.

I don't know if you got a chance to watch his G-League games, but you saw the juice in those performances. He's just not in the rotation right now and it's hard to find any rhythm in like 3-6 MPG.

 

[SacTownKid]

I don’t want to overreact but I am worried. Not sure how he can ever consistently get his shot off to be more than a solid role player. I hope I’m wrong. I love his effort and motor be he throws a ton of junk up there.

There will be an adjustment. He's in a very tough situation and the same one Keon was in his first two years. One mistake and it's an immediate yank. The good news is even if he ends up a role guy, he's doing role guy things. The offense will come, 89th percentile guys in pick and roll in college tend to figure it out at some point. You have to take the whole picture in once the season is over. In Boston we saw the potential. Christie is desperately trying to win and he like any coach with a potential job on the line is going to trust his vets. Carter is also not getting a very kind whistle. He's paying his dues with the refs.

 

[sono]

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Wow, never been in Sacto. Hope one day.

 

[iowamcnabb]

What a special night. This is the second Kings game I’ve been to and the last one was the winning streak the year Cousins had the illness and the coach got fired. Keegan was awesome and so was Monk and Deebo. I thought Sabonis played awesome defense in the paint. Nerve racking win but super fun

 

[reptilexcq2]

At least defensively, this team of Monk, Lavine, DeRozen, Murray and Sabonis appear to be better than Fox, Huerter, Barnes, Murray and Sabonis. I cannot stand Huerter as a starter...my GOD, the inability to prevent driving...the fact that teams are hunting him down for one on one is always annoy me lol.

 

[BenchMob]

Sure nice to see IJ get some burn tonight, I thought he had some nice def plays on Ried. He has become my favorite benchmob guy, hope we see more of him!

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Tied for best record in the NBA since trading Fox

Aye we probably do have the best record since the new year in non fox games

 

[gunks]

Carter looked very rough tonight, but it's way way too early to write him off.

 

[megapoxy]

Just 10 made threes tonight, but i have a feeling that LaVine guy is going to add to the total on a nightly basis lol man i can’t wait

I think we started with 5/5 in the first 5 minutes, ended the quarter with 5/9, but at least we didn't shoot that many later on.

 

[Fantazija]

Considering the massive distraction, and how it ended, I'll take it honestly.

Kind of wish they didn't play Fox at all after the whole nonsense came out.Might have won Philly game

 

[SacTownKid]

I think we started with 5/5 in the first 5 minutes, ended the quarter with 5/9, but at least we didn't shoot that many later on.

Yeah, the game edged into being a lot more physical than the three fest it started out as.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Kind of wish they didn't play Fox at all after the whole nonsense came out.Might have won Philly game

I'm just glad it ended swiftly. We were hosed either way. Playing him hurt the team. Not playing him would have killed any leverage we had (which turned out to be none). Just glad its over and we got a solid win tonight heading into some winnable games.

 

[Makaveli]

Carter looked very rough tonight, but it's way way too early to write him off.

Tonight? He is atrocious on offense. Shoots 30% from the field.

 

[Fantazija]

Without Sabonis, Kings lose that game. Without Fox......any questions?

This is Sabonis's team.

He is probably a perfect guy to take on leadership duties considering how much he sacrifices his body every night. Teammates gotta love playing with him.It definitely seems like they are very close with Debo from some of the interactions during games

 

[NewArena]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886619281225605469

LMAO

 

[gunks]

Tonight? He is atrocious on offense. Shoots 30% from the field.

Still too early to give up on him.

Might be a good idea to send him back to the G league to get more reps if he continues to show nothing on offense though. We got beams to light!

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886640181706674600

Vibes are back