They are taking this well over on reddit.
[Game] 66/82: Kings vs. Pacers 10 MAR 2026, 7pm PT/10pm ET
- Thread starter Mr. S£im Citrus
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sactowndog
Hall of Famer
What is a clown show is Carter’s play tonight.
As your “lead guard” not running the team but trying to “take over” the game, scoring 24 points, and showing zero awareness or actual point guard skills ….. I’m pretty sure he just booked his ticket out of town.
sactowndog
Hall of Famer
Chicago and Dallas
That Spanish Inquisition will get you every time!
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
You wanna know what is wild about the statement I've bolded? The fact that there are actual human beings out there who would disagree with you.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Chicago literally went winless for the entire month of February and got absolutely demolished on the inside by Max.
The Dallas win came on the back of Devin, Clifford, and Max all playing really strong 30+ minute nights.
Tanking for a young star is one thing but it’s ultimately meaningless if you don’t also develop the guys to go around him.
HndsmCelt
Hall of Famer
Yeah, I knew it when I said it, but their opinions are really kind of irrelevant to me.
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
Are y'all ready to do this all over again in (less than) 24 hours? And if your answer is "yes", are you sure? 
ShastaKingsFan
Hall of Famer
Who would have ever thought that you need a good defensive 5, in order to make a long post season run
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
We own the Hornets’ second round pick this year so us beating them tomorrow actually helps our draft position in a matter of speaking.Are y'all ready to do this all over again in (less than) 24 hours? And if your answer is "yes", are you sure?
sactowndog
Hall of Famer
Carter isn’t developing. He is not an NBA 2 in a real game.
Nothing he did tonight showed skills as a point guard or a willingness to put the team over himself. He scored 24 points in 16 minutes in a game the other team wanted him to score. All Carter did tonight is create a highlight reel for the Euro teams which will be his next stop.
It doesn’t appear Carter has a future in Sac regardless. We will likely get our PG of the future with a 5 through 7 pick.
BuddyBuckets
Bench
Im honestly shocked how many are happy to see the Kings get a meaningless march win even if it hurts their draft positioning.
Fans blow my mind sometimes. Lets get the 8th pick, but at least we finished with 21 wins! I know how vivek keeps getting away with this now.
Fans blow my mind sometimes. Lets get the 8th pick, but at least we finished with 21 wins! I know how vivek keeps getting away with this now.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Because some of us realize there is a lot more season to go. And even more than that, some of us realize this might not be a draft where you can count on 1 pick turning the franchise around. One or two of these young guys busting out is almost MANDATORY. Otherwise I'll put the odds down of Perry lasting through much of this "rebuild" being pretty low.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
But many of his other games did. This is why it's puzzling that he's getting pushed out for players like Markelle Fultz or Killian Hayes. They wanted a PG, and until he started getting his minutes screwed with he was near the tops in quite a few of the passing categories on the team.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
I’ve always held that the main reason Hinkie’s process never really worked out in Philly is because he got so focused on losing as many games as possible to tank that he never bothered developing/finding solid auxiliary/supporting cast guys to put around his big stars (which proved unfortunate when Ben Simmons wound up being a facilitator type who kind of needs strong guys to pass the ball to). Getting a star at the top of the draft is great but you can’t really just bank on winning the lottery unless you’re the Spurs and a generational big man is available.
The chance at a top pick remains the same in the Kings’ current position, they just have a chance of falling to 6, which isn’t really that huge a deal this season when there are like five really really strong prospects slotted to be available at that slot.
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Caccia
Starter
Can you honestly say, looking at Carter, Clifford, Hayes, Plowden, and Raynaud after the game, that it was meaningless to them?
I could explain once again why winning is important for young players, but it would not change your mind, or the minds of most of the fans here, so why bother?
Joshyjosh31
Starter
How did Carter score 24 in 16 minutes sheesh
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Yeah, if the Kings drop to 4 I'll start panicking, not now. Certainly not on the backs of the young guys either. These are the same people that think the number 1 pick suits up as a big 'ol number 1 in a jersey and dominates. Nope. There could be a Bron at the end of the day but it's no guaranteed.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
The man had a stretch where he hit like three step back threes in a row.
Better question is why does DC continue to not play him until games are out of hand?
sactowndog
Hall of Famer
Because the other team wanted him to and did not have NBA defenders.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
You named one person that might be in our rotation next year and beyond. How does the dumbass FO see Indiana sit Nembhard/Siakam and still play westbrick and derozan
Also if the raiders play Max Crosby in the last two meaningless games that weren’t meaningless to him since he’s been crying about it they wouldn’t have the first pick and the best coach in the coaching cycle. Lesson is lose your meaningless games and tank
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Fair point
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Not for nothing but Doug’s “switch everything” defense actually made sense/looked viable when it was being run by three 6’6” wing-guards with plus wing spans, Devin Carter, and Max Raynaud than it has when being run by two 38-year-olds sandbagging it on D unless the game is close and Drew Eubanks.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Ben Sheppard and Aaron Nesmith literally were big minutes guys for the Pacers’ final run last season.
fansinceday1
Starter
What blows my mind is Vivek can sit courtside game after game and no one boos him. No one starts a sell the team chant. Nothing. Maybe Sacramento fans are too soft. In all my years as a 49er fan Jed York has been ravaged by the fans. He’s been thoroughly embarassed on national television. As an A’s fan we had plenty of signs in the stadium, boycotted games, etc. is Vivek untouchable here in sac, no matter how bad he screws this up?