[Game] 54/82: Kings @ Pelicans 12 FEB 2025, 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET
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The Kings seem disjointed to me right now; there’s little flow to their offense. Not enough passing, too much one on one. They should have beat this team by 20+. I think they need a good point guard to settle things down (and several good practices).
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
he hasn’t up to this point. Bring it on if he does, we have to be able to beat teams with or without their best players.
NewArena
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Not a lot of teams beating them by 20 + points with a healthy Zion on the floor, i can assure you.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
his athleticism and shooting touch is most definitely not being maximized yet. Kings do a lot of read and react but I’m hoping they can figure out how to get him some cleaner looks from 3 for him and to figure out some cutting off Domas.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
I wonder if CJ has had a game (before tonight) that he has failed to make a 3 against us? No injury shortened games
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
Would be pitiful for them if he doesn't play this one, considering that they have more than a week off for the All Star break
coolhandluke
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CJ's shooting reverting from just plain mean to the mean is a welcome sight.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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LIGHT DEM BEANS!!!
QWERTYLICIOUS
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As they say in life, a win is a win....
At the end of the day, it don't matter how you win. As long as you win.
Rob-The-Great
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Murray will be hard to sign for anything less than what michael porter got.
I honestly don't know what to do Keegan
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
These last few games are a great representation of what minutes distribution can look like with this team. Less minutes for the starters is great. Laravia and Jonas really have helped with that.
coolhandluke
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Keegan is now projecting in Trey Murphy range rather than MPJ range.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
what?! Regressed in almost every way? That sounds like something someone would say if they don’t watch games and just check box scores.
Kings fan wanted to run HB out of town because he was the 5th option and now they want to run Keegan out of town for the same reason? Kings replaced a 10 point a game player with a 22 point a game hall of famer this offseason. What exactly did fans think was going to happen when we did that? We scored 119 points tonight, do you really think we needed another 18 from Keegan?
the team is not going to have five 18 point or better scorers in the starting 5. Not one team in the league has that. Crazy
megapoxy
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We kept Pelicans in 25% from 3, we shot 45 3s making 16 of them (35% is just ok)
We managed to avoid turnovers after the 1st quarter
We didn't foul a 3 point shot (for.. 3rd match in a row?)
We had Keon in the 1st half playing for... 15-16 minutes non stop? There were 2 Kings run and 1 Pels in that time
We had Domas with foul trouble early in the game and it didn't cost us cause J-Val is decent in both sides of the floor.
Since Keegan is mentioned above, he should have been the DPOG if not Keon. Murphy didn't kill us and he was coming from 9 matches with 20+ points or something like that. Pelicans had 70 points in the paint on the other hand with Sabonis letting them the last 5' of first half to avoid getting his 4th foul.
We managed to avoid turnovers after the 1st quarter
We didn't foul a 3 point shot (for.. 3rd match in a row?)
We had Keon in the 1st half playing for... 15-16 minutes non stop? There were 2 Kings run and 1 Pels in that time
We had Domas with foul trouble early in the game and it didn't cost us cause J-Val is decent in both sides of the floor.
Since Keegan is mentioned above, he should have been the DPOG if not Keon. Murphy didn't kill us and he was coming from 9 matches with 20+ points or something like that. Pelicans had 70 points in the paint on the other hand with Sabonis letting them the last 5' of first half to avoid getting his 4th foul.
Agreed, Keegan played good defensively and had a nice all around game ( 7 boards, 5 assists).Hard to score in double digits on 5 shots
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
I’m still holding drafting Ben McLemore (over CJ and Giannis) against the KINGS, too.
That said, none of the front office from those days (personnel decisions) are still working for the KINGS sans Vivek. So there is that.
Listen to Doug talk about Keegan in the press conference. He's going nowhere. Talked about all he did elsewhere and how he is doing what he is "assigned", only given 5 shots.
I hope that the team will see fit to re-insert him into the offense so he can find some consistency but this was a choice by our now fired coach. Blame Brown.
I hope that the team will see fit to re-insert him into the offense so he can find some consistency but this was a choice by our now fired coach. Blame Brown.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
To me It starts and ends with roster construction.
Option 1- Deebo
Option 2- Sabonis
Option 3 Lavine
Option 4 Monk
Option 5 Keegan
no offensive sets or play calls is going to change the fact that he is the 5th guy scoring wise.
He can be a 15-19 point a game guy in this league, maybe more if things really came together but I don’t anticipate that happening in the next couple years. If a Lavine or Deebo is traded I could see his role changing significantly but until then fans should expect 10-15 points most nights with rebounding and defense. Hes essentially playing the Aaron Gordon role for the team. And actually he is a good example, a number one or two option with Orlando to a number 4 or 5 on Denver.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Monk is out only PG
kingsfan101
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I think one (or maybe even both) will get traded. Both have contracts that end in 27 (unless extended). Deebo's contract is very reasonable for a player of his production, and should be tradeable if we so choose.
With our pick likely conveying to Atlanta, and us potentially losing LaRavia, trade will be our best bet to upgrade/balance out the roster. Monte has always gone the route of acquiring the best talent he could, and try to balance out the roster. Given the need to find minutes for Keon/Carter, shots for Keegan, and more help on the wings, trading one of these guys makes most sense. I think Deebo will garner interest around the league. Someone had posted about Mavs potentially being interested in him, and that makes ample sense to me. Let's see.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
How many games early in the season were we missing our main guys and Keegan didn’t step up calling him a 15-19ppg is fantasy at this point
Srzly
G-League
He’s averaging 12 now as the 5th option…
Padrino
All-Star
The only category of consequence that Keegan has regressed in is 3-point shooting. His rebounding and defense have become exceptional qualities necessary to make the Kings a better team. I mean, they've loaded the starting unit with 20 PPG scorers, so of course Keegan's share of shots with the starters was going to decrease. The starting lineup is no longer designed with a need for Keegan to be a scorer. But when he and Keon share the floor, it's defensive havoc.
Srzly
G-League
We are absolutely at our best when Keon and Keegan are on the floor together.
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