[Game] 66/82: Kings vs. Pacers 10 MAR 2026, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Switching gears, it looks like half the poll respondents are big Alexander Graham Bell fans... Would have been more than half, if @QWERTYLICIOUS could read...

I've been posting in the super-secret mod forum the events that don't make the cut for the final poll: I'm kicking around the idea of adding that here, but I'm non-committal.

Is it really a "super-secret mod forum" if we all now know about it?

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Switching gears, it looks like half the poll respondents are big Alexander Graham Bell fans... Would have been more than half, if @QWERTYLICIOUS could read...

I've been posting in the super-secret mod forum the events that don't make the cut for the final poll: I'm kicking around the idea of adding that here, but I'm non-committal.

Yeah, for some strange reason, yesterday was not it for me.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Is it really a "super-secret mod forum" if we all now know about it?

When I was in the Navy, we stored Top Secret keying material in a safe. Everyone knew we had it, nobody but us had access to it. Guess what? Them knowing we had it didn't make it any less secret.

 

[BuddyBuckets]

People seemed to have not caught onto this fact all year. As annoying and disastrous to development Russ and DDR being the #1 and #2 option are, theyre the reason we are where we are in the standings. Not really their fault either; theyre being asked to carry the offensive load and just not capable of it anymore. All while being a true disaster on D.

Not sure I agree with Russ. But Demar absolutely. Demar and LaVine are the tank commanders.
Russ tries his ass off, and by my count has won us 4-5 games on his own.

 

[The_Jamal]

Not sure I agree with Russ. But Demar absolutely. Demar and LaVine are the tank commanders.
Russ tries his ass off, and by my count has won us 4-5 games on his own.

And lost us 30+ with his poor play.

Hes been really bad. Every stat on earth says so, along with the good old eye test. Again, not his fault, but we are essentially giving him "prime Russ" workload and he's just not capable of that on a game to game basis.

We should have be playing Carter for max minutes for like 3 months now. But the only "benefit" of us continuing to rely on Russ is he wracks up the losses

 

[fansinceday1]

Playing DeRozan and Westbrook had them down fourteen at the half; the Kings didn't make a comeback until they stopped playing.

Russ and DeRozan on the bench in the first half would have had them down by 24 at the half.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Russ and DeRozan on the bench in the first half would have had them down by 24 at the half.

That... does not seem consistent with the 2025-26 Sacramento Kings.

 

[fansinceday1]

When I was in the Navy, we stored Top Secret keying material in a safe. Everyone knew we had it, nobody but us had access to it. Guess what? Them knowing we had it didn't make it any less secret.

I always wondered what you guys did in the CIC. I was jealous about you guys being able to hang out in the nice air conditioned work space with your nice clean uni’s while it was hot as hell and DIRTY down in the engine room. I was one of the last BT’s before they were rolled into the EN rate.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I always wondered what you guys did in the CIC. I was jealous about you guys being able to hang out in the nice air conditioned work space with your nice clean uni’s while it was hot as hell and DIRTY down in the engine room. I was one of the last BT’s before they were rolled into the EN rate.

Main Comm.

My first ship was a sub tender; only BT's I ever saw, the whole time I was in.

 

[fansinceday1]

I was stationed on an LSD at 32nd street in San Diego. We use to share parts with the sub tender the Cape Cod.

 

[Caccia]

He's been really bad. Every stat on earth says so, along with the good old eye test. Again, not his fault, but we are essentially giving him "prime Russ" workload and he's just not capable of that on a game to game basis.

Nearly all the vets have been really bad this season, for whatever reason, with the exception of Malik Monk and Precious Achiuwa. Here are their stats for those who played at least 39 games:

+/- per 36 minutes
Eubanks -11.1
Ellis -10.1
DeRozan -9.2
LaVine -9.1
Schroeder -8.7
Westbook -8.5
Achiuwa -6.3
Monk -5.7

Net Rating
Keon Ellis -13.4
LaVine -12.6
Eubanks -12.4
DeRozan -12.3
Westbrook -11.7
Schroeder -11.1
Achiuwa -8.2
Monk -7.0

The team has not worked together all season, for reasons we all know. Hayes, Cardwell, and Clifford all have better +/- and net ratings than any of the players listed above. Carter has a better +/- than everyone except Monk, and a better net rating than any of the vets. Clifford and Raynaud, of course, are the only rookies to have played more than 40 games.