[Game] 58/82: Kings @ Spurs 21 FEB 2026, 5pm PT/8pm ET

Your favorite thing that happened on this date in history?

  • Jennifer Love Hewitt born (1979)

    Votes: 9 32.1%

  • Washington Monument dedicated (1885)

    Votes: 4 14.3%

  • John Lewis born (1940)

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • The Jackson 5 makes their television debut on American Bandstand (1970)

    Votes: 5 17.9%

  • NASCAR is incorporated (1948)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Eimi Matsudo (Giulia) born (1994)

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • Globe Theater founded (1599)

    Votes: 5 17.9%

  • Carlos Edwin "Carlito" Colón Jr. born (1979)

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton hits Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 (1981)

    Votes: 2 7.1%

  • Damn it, Slim, you left off _______________!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    28
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Tetsujin said:
Can’t complain about the Kings resting the vets to tank! Suck it Adam Silver!
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I honestly think there's a huge spotlight right now on the bottom 5. Not a coincidence our 2 best active players (Keegan/DDR) get extended for huge minutes. Monk plays 27. We haven't extended the vets like this in almost a month.

Could also just be Doug feeling the heat of the losing streak. I don't care how "committed" the team says we are to him, it's hard to keep a coach around that's "leading" a 20+ game losing streak
 
QWERTYLICIOUS said:
Why be pissed about something that was never going to happen?
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Seriously. We probably could have gotten Vassel or Johnson or Sochan (lol) instead of the nothing burger we got though.

Castle was almost assuredly never ever on the table, even if Fox didn’t nuke the negotiating power.
 
The_Jamal said:
I honestly think there's a huge spotlight right now on the bottom 5. Not a coincidence our 2 best active players (Keegan/DDR) get extended for huge minutes. Monk plays 27. We haven't extended the vets like this in almost a month.

Could also just be Doug feeling the heat of the losing streak. I don't care how "committed" the team says we are to him, it's hard to keep a coach around that's "leading" a 20+ game losing streak
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Yeah, I think doug went to his vets thinking it gave him the best chance for a win.
 
SLAB said:
Seriously. We probably could have gotten Vassel or Johnson or Sochan (lol) instead of the nothing burger we got though.

Castle was almost assuredly never ever on the table, even if Fox didn’t nuke the negotiating power.
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Yeah, I agree that we probably could have gotten more. And that we should have gotten more.
But those who actually believed that the Spurs would've ever agreed to give us Stephon Castle were, and still are, living in a pipe dream.
 
Caccia said:
I guess not. He is shooting 17% from three. What kind of guard is that? You can find a dozen in the G League who are better shooters.
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Leading the G League is DJ Rodman, brother of Tiffany Rodman, and son of Dennis, at 60.7% on 38 attempts.

The Kings have an open roster spot and an open two-way slot.
 
BillyStrings said:
I have a disdain for the Spurs that doesn’t make sense even to me.
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I was still in Boston the year Duncan was coming into the league and wanted the Celtics to get him. I was actually pretty ok with the Spurs up until that point as Sean Elliott is probably my favorite college player of all time. But you know whatever, damn the luck. When Duncan retires and they have a few down years then get Wemby plus multiple lotto hits and Fox demands to go there and we basically are forced to give him up for worse than free, I will now hate that franchise until the day I die.
 
ShastaKingsFan said:
This organization doesn't set any sensible culture standard for playing time, so that isn't likely part of the reason
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I think pretty much all pro sports do to some degree

Not sure Keon situation, which you guys seem really intent on, totally negates it here. He was putting impact stats, but he's a fairly dimensional guard who was having a worse season here, who two coaches, including the second best coach of the Sacramento era didn't see fit to play for whatever reason. He may have returned more than Hunter if whatever was going on with him was such a mistake

As for Devin, we can't know what's going on behind the scenes for sure, only take what it looks like from the outside. I know many Kings fans want to hope the best for this player, but let's actually entertain the scenario that there is a logical reason for his role this year. Imagine the new administration comes in and gets a whiff of his behavior behind the scenes and immediately puts him on the trade block, Devin has the work ethic of someone shooting 17% from 3 with a steep climb down in G league shooting as well (and shooting can be somewhat attributed to repetitions), with diet whispers from his rookie season, what would you do with a player like that other than what we are seeing? Do you reward him with playing time? Do you hold out hope he gets the picture from lack of minutes? I dont know
 
The_Jamal said:
I honestly think there's a huge spotlight right now on the bottom 5. Not a coincidence our 2 best active players (Keegan/DDR) get extended for huge minutes. Monk plays 27. We haven't extended the vets like this in almost a month.

Could also just be Doug feeling the heat of the losing streak. I don't care how "committed" the team says we are to him, it's hard to keep a coach around that's "leading" a 20+ game losing streak
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Can Christie suffer a 28-game losing streak like the Rockets awhile ago? Sad thing is the trend is three #5 picks in the last 3 drafts for the worst team in the NBA each year. Luckily the draft is stronger.
 
KingsRUs said:
I think pretty much all pro sports do to some degree

Not sure Keon situation, which you guys seem really intent on, totally negates it here. He was putting impact stats, but he's a fairly dimensional guard who was having a worse season here, who two coaches, including the second best coach of the Sacramento era didn't see fit to play for whatever reason. He may have returned more than Hunter if whatever was going on with him was such a mistake

As for Devin, we can't know what's going on behind the scenes for sure, only take what it looks like from the outside. I know many Kings fans want to hope the best for this player, but let's actually entertain the scenario that there is a logical reason for his role this year. Imagine the new administration comes in and gets a whiff of his behavior behind the scenes and immediately puts him on the trade block, Devin has the work ethic of someone shooting 17% from 3 with a steep climb down in G league shooting as well (and shooting can be somewhat attributed to repetitions), with diet whispers from his rookie season, what would you do with a player like that other than what we are seeing? Do you reward him with playing time? Do you hold out hope he gets the picture from lack of minutes? I dont know
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"behavior behind the scenes". Are there actual discussions or soft reports about this by anyone with insider knowledge, or just an assumption that this must be happening?
 
ShastaKingsFan said:
"behavior behind the scenes". Are there actual discussions or soft reports about this by anyone with insider knowledge, or just an assumption that this must be happening?
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“Behavior behind the scenes” there just means the new administration learning about his behavior/traits, whatever they are
 
KingsRUs said:
“Behavior behind the scenes” there just means the new administration learning about his behavior/traits, whatever they are
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Are you assuming his behavior and work ethic must not be professional, because he hasn't produced up to his draft position yet?

If so, you could then assume that Murray's behavior hasn't been good since his first year, because his shooting numbers went well down.
 
ShastaKingsFan said:
Are you assuming his behavior and work ethic must not be professional, because he hasn't produced up to his draft position yet?

If so, you could then assume that Murray's behavior hasn't been good since his first year, because his shooting numbers went well down.
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No, you couldn't, because Murray's game has improved in every aspect over his rookie season, except for his shooting.

The premise is stupid on its face, anyway.
 
ShastaKingsFan said:
Are you assuming his behavior and work ethic must not be professional, because he hasn't produced up to his draft position yet?

If so, you could then assume that Murray's behavior hasn't been good since his first year, because his shooting numbers went well down.
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I’m just saying the FO had him on the market after his first year last summer (for Kuminga reportedly), which is early, and they may have took into account what they felt was his trajectory, based on work habits if true

That’s a lot of what you have to go one since there’s no year to year, yet
 
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^^^ but the entire thing is hypothetical (all the posts related), we don’t know for sure. We are assuming from our own angles from what’s available
 
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