[KINGS] Comments that don't warrant their own thread (Redux)
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It's funny there are reports he will play tonight.
Pacers have been on a huge slide while he's been out and vs. the Lakers represents the more winnable game. I don't know how coach and player and team needs balance out here. Would Haliburton say he needs one more day just to get the Kings and have them possibly lose the winnable game? Will coach think that he can roll the dice that they can beat the Lakers without him and that saving Hali for the Kings gives them a shot two take two in a row?
Or maybe Haliburton is fully good to go and doesn't miss a game moving forward. Sure will be interesting to see and I can't say I'd envy the decision process here.
Frankly, if I were you guys, I'd be more worried about Theis.
Pimpis Zajoba
G-League
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"Came here to say this. I want a big green beam over TD Garden when we win the chip"
The beauty of the Kings was the timing. It was like playoff potential ? BEAM!"
"I wanna beam 1"
"Yeah, this is the answer. That beam is cool as hell'
"*beamwagon'
"What? The giant flaming pile of trash I’ve been lighting outside my trailer after every win isn’t enough for you?'
LIGHT. THE. TRASH.
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"Came here to say this. I want a big green beam over TD Garden when we win the chip"
The beauty of the Kings was the timing. It was like playoff potential ? BEAM!"
"I wanna beam 1"
"Yeah, this is the answer. That beam is cool as hell'
"*beamwagon'
"What? The giant flaming pile of trash I’ve been lighting outside my trailer after every win isn’t enough for you?'
LIGHT. THE. TRASH.
I was actually thinking this. Although his injury status is still a little unknown to me. We'd be his first game of the year, right? I thought they were both targeting Friday until I heard about Hali possibly playing tonight.
I was looking at their roster because one of their other bigs was giving us fits if I remember right, but I can't figure out who it was.
I did see they have a dude (currently in G-League) named Trevelin Queen which is utterly hilarious to me.
I just wanted to point out that this can be uttered and the person uttering it does not make themselves look like a lunatic now. This is weird.
Telemachus
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Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Got his game winning layup demolished by AD too
The more they lose the better OUR 2nd round pick is.
coolhandluke
Starter
Going for a layup against AD is a bad option on most days and he is not going to get a foul call even if he got manhandled inside.
fansinceday1
Starter
Well, fox is gonna miss his 2nd game, against the pelicans. AND the pelicans are on the 2nd game of a back to back. That does not bode well……
It sucks to lose Fox for this stretch of winnable games but no, he should do what is best for his family. Unless I missed it there has not been a formal birth announcement and I believe the baby's due date has been pushed up so he should be there for Recee. He is going to be on the road for much of that child's young life. Being there for the actual birth is important. What are you going to do push it back in if it happens mid-game? force a premature c-section so you can see it earlier?
NewArena
All-Star
I’m not even gonna bother watching honestly
ockingsfan
Starter
Well at least the Pelicans broke their 10 game losing streak tonight against the Lakers…. We have a fighting chance to win now
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
If only it wasn’t a back to back haha
Bosnian Diehard
Starter
With Kyrie getting traded to Dallas, ESPN should flex the Cavs-Pelicans Friday night game for Kings-Mavs.
So, what you're saying is that Davion Mitchell does, in fact, have an elite-level NBA skill?
SLAB
Hall of Famer
There’s 100% a headshot graph out there that shows that Marvin Bagley also has an elite skill.
Is it for double-jumping?
I feel like this is just the wrong audience for this message. There's very little that Davion could be doing better defensively. He's an ideal backup to Fox because he doesn't seem to care about shots or touches and he thanklessly takes on the toughest defensive matchup every time he's on the floor. And yet.... all I seem to hear about lately is that he's not scoring enough so we need to package him in a deal for a third star. It's been this way for 20 years. Whenever the team struggles, the fans point fingers at the guys who aren't scoring not the guys who aren't defending. If we can hold our position in the top half of the Western Conference long enough, the third star will come. Davion is a perfect fit as a role-playing rotation player for us precisely because we need to gradually mature away from the idea that we must score 120+ a night to win a game.
The biggest issue is trading a guy because he can't fill Fox's shoes and then being left without a guy who fills Davion's shoes.
I am sure Monte is working every angle so I am not going to get attached to him, but I see no universe where he is just a rando trade throw in.
I am sure Monte is working every angle so I am not going to get attached to him, but I see no universe where he is just a rando trade throw in.
Come on now, SLAB, you don't even believe that; you're just saying that to try and discredit this data, because you're salty about Şengün.
Bars.
Eh, to me it's not so much about Davion the player. I'm a big believer in Davion's defensive talent (how could you not be?) but the issue is just simply getting him on the floor. Fox is minimum 33 a night. Huerter is 30 a night. Monk should be 25+. All of a sudden, we're out of guard minutes. And those top 3 have really established themselves as long-term core pieces imo. Davion hasn't yet.
So the idea is you flip Davion, who is fairly well stuck in a 10-15 MPG role for a wing/Forward in the vein of Vandy who potentially could be your long-term solution at the 4 and still give you that tremendous defensive boost. But even moreso because he's not trapped behind 3 other players on the roster.
Twslam suggested flipping him+Holmes for Jrich and Collins. While I like both players, that's not a good enough package right now to trade him. If Davion goes out, it should be for a core rotation piece we can count on for for the next 3+ years.
