Christie’s Kings

[ockingsfan]

Pretty soon we are going to start rooting for Lins for draft position.

If we are going to try to Lin and keep our 1st round pick, we are going to need to get behind Phoenix and out of the play-in. If we drop out of the play-in and into #11 in the West standings, then we would sit at #12 for draft (pre-lottery).

Our 1st round pick is top 12 protected, so we would also need #13 or #14 to not jump up to the top 4. Of course there is also that small chance we jump up to the top 4, if we miss the playoffs.

 

[Kingster]

Even the Kings' announcers are talking about the "politics" of rotations - "keeping players happy." From my experience when there is such a dynamic in play it's usually bad for team motivation and performance. If players think they are just puppets orchestrated by management's ulterior motives or by the agendas of particular players rather than a coach devoted to the sole goal of winning, they will quickly retreat in their own particular agendas at the cost of team morale and winning. Also, if players get any whiff that massive personnel changes could be in the offing, then it's goodbye, baby - management will have its agenda and they will have theirs, and neither the twain shall meet.

 

[Chupacabra]

I want to keep Christie as the head coach. If the correct moves aren't made to shore up the roster's deficiencies by the next trade deadline then I would like to see a complete rebuild from scratch. Given our talent level and current holes (no large wing players, no starting pg) I sense that we risk the classic middling/low end team disease that plagued so many Kings teams in the past. If we can't get it to work by this time next year I really hope we go all in on as many top 1st round picks as we can possibly get and go from there.