SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Yep and Walton is definitely going to think the turn around for the franchise is in the hands Maurice Harkless. I mean, 1 out of 9 ain't bad right? Bye Ty, haha.
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Yep and Walton is definitely going to think the turn around for the franchise is in the hands Maurice Harkless. I mean, 1 out of 9 ain't bad right? Bye Ty, haha.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
And yet we’re somehow winning.
While he and Fox would probably fared better together than le genius Vlade decided they wouldn't, don't underestimate the ability of NBA to say screw these guys and make their lives difficult until they can move them to a preferred market.
I think he's incredibly annoying with all his whining and antics....but I think the main difference is Luka has won a lot more than DMC did, thus far in his career.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
And Cuz came in with a rep that was always going to haunt him. Luka came in as the new golden boy.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Harkless has been a welcome addition at the very least. With a competent coach, this team could be in a similar position to the Mavs in the standings if not a tad bit higher. Unfortunately that’s not the case.
King-Da-Yah
Starter
Swipa’s gonna swipe! Haha...no Lin but T-Davis is a keeper!
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Dude, I'm not a huge fan of Carlisle but I think easily, easily this team is swapped with Dallas if he were the coach of the Kings and yeah, I agree, maybe even a bit higher. Heck, maybe a lot higher. The Kings have way more depth and talent on paper than the Mavs do since Porzingis isn't giving them any impact.
Happily trade this year for the right coach and draft pick next. I don't know how Dallas gets dug out of the unicorn sized hole they dug themselves.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Kudos to the commentators for at least talking about the kings some.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
I was buying in on the Porzingis hype in the draft and he's letting his teams down. He's turned into a punycorn.
macadocious
Starter
Anyone still want ride the CoJo and a couple of crapty 2nds are better than Wright and TD wave?
The fact that Dallas seems like they are going nowhere with him fast washes it down easier but knowing its a superstar driven league and we could have had two under control together for 6+ years sucks.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Wright I'm not sure about. With the way the team has tanked again that extra money would have been nice. Davis was a good get but the question is what's the price to keep him on. I'm sure he's able to be signed back fairly cheap and 2nds are whatever. The Kings have some nice prospects from last year sitting on the backburner already and I'm sure still a barrel full of Vlades leftovers waiting to be sold for cash.
The Effort Police
Starter
Eh, We have the worst coach in the league, an owner delusional and desperate about low seed playoff spots, drafted a bust in that draft and are finishing in NBA limbo (6th-12th in the lottery) for the ninth straight year. I'm not feeling any sting lessening.
If the owner is really that delusional/desperate about making this playin there is no way Luke survived the first losing streak let alone the second. I think he was on board with letting this season play out however it will. The fact that he wasn't willing to go full process doesn't mean he hasn't seen the errs of his previous ways.
macadocious
Starter
you are conflating two things. Ownership got a cash call. Minority owners, either couldn’t or didn’t pony up the dough, Vivek covered the difference. Not sure if that reduced ownership %. Regardless, it was very clear Luke was coaching this season. I think it’s 60/40 he won’t coach next year.
Luke is pretty clearly the difference between 14th in the West and 10th, if ownership wanted it that bad he'd be gone. High millionaires and billionaires are killing it with their investment money in this pandemic. I don't believe Luke's salary is in the way of anything that would increase on court performance if that was the legit goal.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
it's too bad he couldn't convince Marvin to hit the deadlifts
macadocious
Starter
thats not how it works when your business models relies on service. They lost over 100mm on DOCO and the kings.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
You know they won’t, and you know they’re winning a bunch of meaningless games down the stretch while playoff teams test their stars and smart tanking teams rest their best players.
Ah the joys of being a Kings fan.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
unfortunately, you're right. It's what the Kings do, time and time again and such is the circle of life. Forever Irrelevant.
They would probably stand to make more money than the money to fire Walton by getting the playin game. All the money they talk about losing goes across multiple investments outside of basketball operations. I'm pretty sure we added payroll at the trade deadline did we not? We at least took on additional years of guaranteed money. I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of NBA accounting but I don't think basketball decisions are bound by the same COVID panic as the other investments might be. Particularly the retail and real estate ones.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Best examples are Draymond Green during the Warriors glory years, and Dennis Rodman with CHI and DET.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Top 5 offensive player, maybe. But he’s not a 2-way player. Very much like the Bearded Hag in that regard.
Neither are close to as impactful on the defensive end as say KD was for the Warriors during his stint there. Even Steph Curry plays better d most the time.
The way Swipa is playing offensively this season, he’s become a better 2-way player than #77.
