[Game] Kings @ Cavaliers, 12/11/2021 5pm Pacific 8pm Eastern

[ShastaKingsFan]

The whole thing has always been janky. Almost from day 1 Vivek has had his minority owners attempt to push him out. There might be a reason for that. I'm not totally bought in though. I don't think Vivek is some puppet master pulling the strings on this garbage truck, but he doesn't seem to buy into salesmanship too easily.

Whatever he's doing, it does not create a winning culture for a pro sports team

 

[Entity]

It has nothing to do with Vivek or anybody. We just don’t have that star guy. We had one with cousins and had nothing around him. We got some #3 guys and maybe if you squint hard enough we got a #2

 

[captain bill]

Cavs fans should ask for a refund. The Kings mailed this one in.

I’d gladly pay to see a resurgent young Kings team dunk all over one of the sorriest squads in the NBA

 

[AaronPDX]

I have bad news: Luke Walton was NOT the problem.

 

[SLAB]

What a dazzling display of athleticism from the lucky fans.

 

[serbiangoat]

It has nothing to do with Vivek or anybody. We just don’t have that star guy. We had one with cousins and had nothing around him. We got some #3 guys and maybe if you squint hard enough we got a #2

umm Isaiah Thomas? Cousins was not a star please.

 

[luckytkp]

I have bad news: Luke Walton was NOT the problem.

More like Walton was not the only problem.

 

[SLAB]

umm Isaiah Thomas? Cousins was not a star please.

He absolutely was.

 

[The_Jamal]

Metuuuuuuuuu

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

More like Walton was not the only problem.

I'm not sure anyone would claim that Walton was part of the solution

 

[captain bill]

umm Isaiah Thomas? Cousins was not a star please.

Making the all star game 3x in the west on bad Kings teams says otherwise

 

[The Effort Police]

Really don't get why this isn't hard. Hire the basketball prez and let him establish the personal as he sees fit. If it goes wrong, he's on the hook. Until we finally get the organization all on the same page and under the same regime, these problems are going to continue.

If I recall correctly, the logistics and day-to-day management of Silicon Valley is run in a similar way to what he's been doing.

 

[The Effort Police]

I have bad news: Luke Walton was NOT the problem.

He was, but more like he should have been the first and biggest domino to fall.

Along with basically everything that had Vlade stink on it.

 

[SLAB]

All I need for this night to be complete is a monster alley-oop to Kevin Love.

 

[The Effort Police]

All I need for this night to be complete is a monster alley-oop to Kevin Love.

Better get Bagley out there if he isn't for that.

 

[serbiangoat]

Making the all star game 3x in the west on bad Kings teams says otherwise

That meant a lot to the Kings success that during his prime when he left and was replaced bythe corpse of Z-Bo the Kings nearly won the same amount of games. Real star [player there......

 

[The_Jamal]

Davion still out here playing. Been the primary assignment on Rubio and he's basically been the one guy who isn't teeing off on us.

 

[Sluggah]

Davion still out here playing. Been the primary assignment on Rubio and he's basically been the one guy who isn't teeing off on us.

If only we had a 6’5”, 6’8” and 6’10” Davion.

 

[SacTownKid]

I have bad news: Luke Walton was NOT the problem.

He wasn't THE problem but oh boy, he was a HUGE problem. Gentry even if winning doesn't result will likely not have your highest paid players looking mediocre on their best day. Walton in a rebuild would be the worst thing ever. Ask LA.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not that much the last 10 years or so the Kings have built around two slightly above average players Cousins/Fox who lead you to 11th seeds and surrounded them with average wings who disappear for long stretches' in Barnes/Gay and teams becomes much better as soon as they leave. It's the same mistake over and over. Paying max to guys like Cousins/Fox is suicide.

RE: Rudy Gay: the Kings didn't. The Spurs didn't either.

 

[HndsmCelt]

"I'm not dead yet"

 

[The_Jamal]

How is this 13? LOL

 

[SacTownKid]

He was, but more like he should have been the first and biggest domino to fall.

Along with basically everything that had Vlade stink on it.

You get rid of a GM, his guys go. Vivek doesn't learn. He literally let the same thing happen with Karl. He was PDA's pick, Vlade needed to let him go. There is no way to smoothly pull that bandaid off. Vivek just found out that waiting longer just makes it worse with the Walton situation.

 

[PurpleHaze]

Buddy shoots you out the game or shoots you back in the game. That is valuable despite all.

 

[SacTownKid]

Buddy shoots you out the game or shoots you back in the game. That is valuable despite all.

And above all, truth is truth. It doesn't matter what goes down otherwise, if Barnes AND Buddy are sucking, this team is going to have almost no chance.

 

[Sluggah]

Davion says nope.

 

[The_Jamal]

DUDE DAVION

FIRE ME UP

 

[SLAB]

Lol wtf 13 now?!

 

[kb02]

Gentry better not put Fox back in. Davion is beating.

 

[SacTownKid]

Cavs collapsing here?