[Game] 65/82: Kings vs. Bulls 08 MAR 2026, 6pm PT/9pm ET

[NewArena]

Ok, Max Raynaud! Looks like he had another good one

 

[NewArena]

Man, I really dig Max. Active and great finesse down low. Fun watching him move around.

I’m really confident every time he puts something up

 

[NewArena]

How’d Rob Dillingham look? Lol

 

[NewArena]

A couple posts from the Bulls board on RealGM:

HomoSapien wrote: Sigh, Raynaud. We drafted the wrong Frenchman.

I remember you posted about him right before the draft. AK should've made a trade to get him.

Also, I wouldve been ok with keeping our pick and selecting Zikarsky. Who knows if he'll turn into anything, but at least there's a possibility.

 

[MizzouKing]

Maybe should have picked Super Mario Bros. instead of Galaga, but loved them both. Joust was cool. Liked the old Star Wars game too even though I wasn't that good at it. Moon Patrol. Tron and Disks of Tron.

LOVED Joust (especially the Mac version) and Star Wars!

 

[KingsFanSince85]

I have the old Pac Man cocktail table from the Freeport AJ Bumps in my garage. I need to see if I can get it refreshed. It works but definitely has some weird quirks. Also not sure if I have the key for the coin slot and I think when we took it home at some point we flipped the dip switches to give five lives and maybe a few other adjustments in addition to unlimited play.

Not sure who you directed this comment toward, but I have a 48-in-1 board in a JAMMA Streetfighter cabinet, which has all versions of Pac Man on it. You gotta turn on the dip switch for turbo speed if it has it.

LITE DA BEAM!

 

[MizzouKing]

To Kayte's point, I would totally pay patreon dollars for a game with a live Malik feed...

 

[Caccia]

Light the Beam… so nice to see a fun game

Well played, too.

 

[The_Jamal]

Man, I really dig Max. Active and great finesse down low. Fun watching him move around.

He looks like he should go to the "Dragan Bender" school of skinny 7'0's that get pushed around, but he does play with a mean streak and has a great mentality. That's going to allow him to stick around, assuming he continues to work on his body and get stronger.

But for sure, it's rare to see a dude his size be as fluid and move like he does. If he can put on some weight, while keeping the mobility, we certainly got something

 

[MizzouKing]

Man, I really dig Max. Active and great finesse down low. Fun watching him move around.

I feel like Max has the physical gifts, but he also seems to have abnormally high cognitive skills. It seems that whenever he runs into a limit (like being skinny by NBA standards) he has the brainpower to figure out a workaround. Give this guy an offseason for strength and conditioning and he may be truly scary. Definitely the steal of the draft.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Not sure who you directed this comment toward, but I have a 48-in-1 board in a JAMMA Streetfighter cabinet, which has all versions of Pac Man on it. You gotta turn on the dip switch for turbo speed if it has it.

LITE DA BEAM!

General comment from the poll. I am not sure if there is a turbo speed setting. My dad used to have the manual he did not pass it on.

 

[Caccia]

Malik is no Luka, but the point remains: you have to start and play your best players the most minutes in order to win.

If he's not going to start, having him score 30 points in 31 minutes, with five assists and four rebounds, is a fair substitute.

 

[kingdivac]

Still at least a 1-game win cushion....for bottom 3.......

 

[ESP47]

Carter comes in and puts up triple double type numbers for 6min and then is promptly yanked to never return again.

 

[Caccia]

Carter comes in and puts up triple double type numbers for 6min and then is promptly yanked to never return again.

Puzzling, to be sure.

 

[The_Jamal]

Carter comes in and puts up triple double type numbers for 6min and then is promptly yanked to never return again.

That's cool and all, but he gets in the way of our 37 year old franchise player, so it's on him to adapt

-Doug Christie, probably

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

That's cool and all, but he gets in the way of our 37 year old franchise player, so it's on him to adapt

-Doug Christie, probably

"I don't want to see Devin. I want to see Russell..."

-Vivek Yeshwant Ranadivé, likely

 

[The_Jamal]

Reality is though, even though Russ runs into one of these games every once in awhile, he's a major reason we're the worst team in the league. Not really his fault; he's been thrust into a #1 option role that he's just not suited for anymore. And we're just not going to lose every game.

As I said after the 4-game win streak; this team sucks and it's going to continue to suck. Until they somehow disprove the data of the last 64 games, I'm going to continue to see them as that worst team in the league

 

[sactowndog]

Reality is though, even though Russ runs into one of these games every once in awhile, he's a major reason we're the worst team in the league. Not really his fault; he's been thrust into a #1 option role that he's just not suited for anymore. And we're just not going to lose every game.

As I said after the 4-game win streak; this team sucks and it's going to continue to suck. Until they somehow disprove the data of the last 64 games, I'm going to continue to see them as that worst team in the league

They are the worst team in the league but we will not finish with the worst record or the top seed because other teams work the system.

 

[The_Jamal]

They are the worst team in the league but we will not finish with the worst record or the top seed because other teams work the system.

Ok, compare and contrast Indy's minute distribution and ours last night.

I agree that Doug has completely reverted back to the vets the last few games. It's bad for development, but it's not bad for us losing games. These guys have proven that.

But when Dev was getting 30+ MPG and we had a priority placed on the young guys; that's what we should focusing on.

Even still, our starting LU that got a majority of minutes was:

37 year old FA PG picked up 3 days before the season
2-way contract
Vet min contact picked up 3 weeks into the season
42 overall pick
23 overall pick

Again, players will never throw games. They'll always try to win. So unless you're suggesting we tell these guys to intentionally throw games, it's pretty damn difficult to be putting out less talent than we already are.