[Game] 77/82: Kings @ Raptors 01 APR 2026, 5pm PT/8pm ET

[Tetsujin]

Happy with this win because I know seeing Deebo and Russ beat the Raptors is making Drake furious

 

[LoungeLizard]

To be fair, they are missing their two best iso players.

Yeah, Ingram usually murders us.

 

[Caccia]

It's nice to see Achiuwa and DeRozan talking to the Toronto folks after the game, especially when they played so well. The Toronto fans love DeMar.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Raptors suck. How are (were) they the 6th seed?

Embiid missed 39 games and Paul George missed 45.

 

[Tetsujin]

We have one shot to start turning this franchise around and we’re still running out demar to close games out. It’s embarrassing. How did we not trade him for something?

The Kings were practically giving the Raptors every chance to win the game. Sometimes the other team has to take the reigns

 

[Caccia]

We have one shot to start turning this franchise around and we’re still running out demar to close games out. It’s embarrassing. How did we not trade him for something?

No one wanted him and his contract. Same with every other Sacramento veteran. The thing is, if you lose and lose and lose, everybody else in the league thinks all your players are lousy.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

What is this post-game interview? I was told by AppleCare...

 

[MizzouKing]

It's crazy to watch a basketball game knowing that the best thing for a team in the long run is to lose, but not wanting them to, anyway.

Yeah, I found myself very torn. The tank is the smart thing, but they worked too hard to not see it through to the end with integrity. I just hope the basketball gods are watching and nodding in approval.

 

[jiimbob]

Back to back for Toronto also didn’t help.

I’m starting to believe Kings need to find a way to resign Precious.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

@MizzouKing, @QWERTYLICIOUS and @Telemachus already wrong.

 

[Telemachus]

@MizzouKing, @QWERTYLICIOUS and @Telemachus already wrong.

I certainly didn't expect them to win this game. This was an important game for Toronto and they looked like they couldn't care less.

 

[SLAB]

The best part of all of this is Precious playing his way to us giving him the entire MLE. I love this team!

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Just gonna give it to Sluggah and Spike.

 

[BuddyBuckets]

Back to derozan wins! Ya baby! Ready to pass the jazz

 

[Kingz19]

Funny how every game all of a sudden becomes winnable as soon as you need to lose every game

 

[Elektrik]

We can’t even tank properly. This team can’t do anything right.

 

[sactowndog]

The best part of all of this is Precious playing his way to us giving him the entire MLE. I love this team!

We are sure to overpay so it’s another contract we have to pay to dump.

 

[Spike]

@MizzouKing, @QWERTYLICIOUS and @Telemachus already wrong.

I'm still right.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

We are the dumbest organization at this point I fully expect that we fall down to 5th but miraculously we win the #1 pick and Bagley it.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

@MizzouKing, @QWERTYLICIOUS and @Telemachus already wrong.

And I am perfectly fine with admitting that I was wrong...No shame coming from me at all!!!

 

[NewArena]

Lmao of course Precious became a healthy version of Anthony Davis tonight

 

[gunks]

We are the dumbest organization at this point I fully expect that we fall down to 5th but miraculously we win the #1 pick and Bagley it.

Yeah I think I'm so zen about it because I'm sure we'll **** it up no matter what.

We get top 3? We'll draft a bust
We actually draft a superstar? Vivek Viveks them out of town after their first extension.

Obviously I'd prefer to get sucked into being optimistic again if we do come out of the '26 draft with a future great or I wouldn't still be here, but let's just say I'm a bit less emotionally invested than I used to be.

 

[fansinceday1]

Watched this game and just turned it off shaking my head. Really felt nothing. Them my wife turned on the Netflix special on the death of the Montreal Expos and toward the end when the mayor of Washington DC was welcoming the team to DC and expo fans were already just dejected and depressed, it brought back everything that happened with the kings. At the last game in Montreal, the fans were crying. The players were crying. The announcers were crying. Brought back how i use to feel about the kings. I wish the kings were good. I wish I could feel the way I use to feel about this team.

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

Never would've guessed that two of my most hated ex-Kings players would've ended up being Vlade Divac and Doug Christie

 

[fansinceday1]

If Jerry Reynolds’s is saying that he’s worried about passing Utah……….wow. Jerry knows what’s up. This team is doing so much damage to their future. They are gonna get more wins, that’s almost a guarantee. Whats that gonna do to their chances at drafting a difference maker. I feel really bad for you hard core fans.

 

[iowamcnabb]

No you don’t.

 

[Tetsujin]

No you don’t.

Yeah but isn’t trolling fun?

 

[NewArena]

hmm has anyone else lost the ability to like or engage with posts on here aside from quoting?

 

[jiimbob]

hmm has anyone else lost the ability to like or engage with posts on here aside from quoting?

It seems we all have.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

I don't. I reserve the right to declare a player not qualified for the list for reasons already stated, or any other reason I can think of. That's what "as determined by @Mr. S£im Citrus" means.

I added, and subsequently removed, 8 different players from the probationary listing in 2023-24, only one of which hit the "double-single" automatic removal threshold, simply because they failed to impress me in the time they were on the list. I've done it twice this season, and the only reason why I didn't do it last season is because I forgot to include Poeltl in December.

Of course that's fine. The thread is your project, to do with as you please.

What do you get out of adding those objective criteria at all if it ultimately is just your own judgement of what is impressive?