[Game] Kings @ Knicks, 2/25/21 4:30pm PST 7:30pm EST

[SLAB]

Wow, you called that! 2 (!) made field goals!

Move over LeBron!

 

[PurpleHaze]

Thoroughly Humiliated! Someone should not be on the plane to Detroit!

 

[Tetsujin]

Move over LeBron!

Cory “Canadian MJ” Joseph

 

[iowamcnabb]

Thibodeau letting HB know that he will be seeing him soon

 

[New Era]

We aren't this bad. We have 3 really nice young players in Fox, Hali, and Bagley. Holmes, Buddy, and Barnes can play (well, not so much Buddy these days).

It's not normal to win 7 of 8 and then just lose 9 straight. Something is broken.

I suspect it's Luke.

 

[Tetsujin]

Thibodeau letting HB know that he will be seeing him soon

Knox, Ntilikina, and a first or two for Barnes please

 

[SwipaTical]

2 weeks ago I said I was confident we wouldn't see a 2-9 skid again. Kings said I'll do you one better hold my beer.

 

[SacTownKid]

when was the last time we lost 9 or more straight games? Kenny Natt?

And with a roster this talented and stuffed with veterans too. Holy cow. The incompetence is on you full on Monte. If your owner is sandbagging you and letting his bud Joe call the shots you best pull a quick resignation ploy otherwise you're career as an NBA GM is going to be a quick one.

 

[mac]

25 points in 16 minutes for Quickley. bravo whoever is defending him

That would largely be Fox lol. I'll say it again, Fox is one of those guys who plays some pesky defense at times and makes you think he's a good defender (and on-ball he's generally ok), but overall he is not a good defender at all especially off the ball. Not a bad one, just not good.

 

[SacTownKid]

We aren't this bad. We have 3 really nice young players in Fox, Hali, and Bagley. Holmes, Buddy, and Barnes can play (well, not so much Buddy these days).

It's not normal to win 7 of 8 and then just lose 9 straight. Something is broken.

I suspect it's Luke.

It always was. The issue is do the brain trust guys like what they see because this is an intended result, or are they so incompetent that they don't realize that a changeover now might not turn it around. They've let it sink too far. I mean, losing streaks are one thing but I can't recall these kinds of routine blowouts during streaks allowed to go for this long.

 

[SacTownKid]

That would largely be Fox lol

H-e-l-p defense. There is a reason shooters keep going off. Rose was getting him on pnr early but that was just good offense. This atrocious help defense is the culprit.

 

[mac]

Well, Kings got me back into the groove of rooting for losses in order to get the coach fired that has been such an integral part of my life for the past 10 years, so props to them for that. Hey, maybe next season they'll have me rooting for wins for more than a week!

 

[Tetsujin]

When the edibles wear off

https://twitter.com/x/status/1365132544371527684

 

[SacTownKid]

Thoroughly Humiliated! Someone should not be on the plane to Detroit!View attachment 10456

If I were him I would have wanted the hot potato about about 20 games ago. Not now, hahaha. They just keep letting this mess pile higher and higher. It's almost not fair to him at this point.

 

[King-Da-Yah]

Knox, Ntilikina, and a first or two for Barnes please

Iowa approves of this trade! As do I, and I’m an HB fanboy, lol

 

[mac]

When the edibles wear off at the buzzer

https://twitter.com/x/status/1365132544371527684

Kings fans are not happy with the outcome of Luke's coaching stint with the Kings

 

[kingsboi]

That would largely be Fox lol. I'll say it again, Fox is one of those guys who plays some pesky defense at times and makes you think he's a good defender (and on-ball he's generally ok), but overall he is not a good defender at all especially off the ball. Not a bad one, just not good.

part of being a good off ball defender is the help you receive

 

[mac]

part of being a good off ball defender is the help you receive

Eh yeah in some situations, but very often he just loses his man out of inattention and gives up wide open 3s. Kinda like what we used to see lots of from Buddy where his man would just cut back door while his head was turned.

 

[sactowndog]

We aren't this bad. We have 3 really nice young players in Fox, Hali, and Bagley. Holmes, Buddy, and Barnes can play (well, not so much Buddy these days).

It's not normal to win 7 of 8 and then just lose 9 straight. Something is broken.

I suspect it's Luke.

Bags can’t play defense. He is part of the problem as is Buddy’s defense.

 

[mac]

Bags can’t play defense. He is part of the problem as is Buddy’s defense.

Honestly I think Buddy's offense has been the far bigger problem this year than his defense.

 

[SacTownKid]

When the edibles wear off

https://twitter.com/x/status/1365132544371527684

Lukes trending hahaha. So poetic too, Gentry subtly walks on by cleaning up his mess. Well, get your work boots on Alvin, you just might need them.

 

[Tetsujin]

Lukes trending hahaha. So poetic too, Gentry subtly walks on by cleaning up his mess. Well, get your work boots on Alvin, you just might need them.

The plus side of the Kings being this bad at defense is that notoriously bad defensive coach Alvin Gentry couldn’t possibly make them any worse

 

[King-Da-Yah]

2 weeks ago I said I was confident we wouldn't see a 2-9 skid again. Kings said I'll do you one better hold my beer.

I remember seeing that and thinking.....oh crap lol

 

[SwipaTical]

Eh yeah in some situations, but very often he just loses his man out of inattention and gives up wide open 3s. Kinda like what we used to see lots of from Buddy where his man would just cut back door while his head was turned.

Cant be so bad if hes giving up 41% on fgs against him . Best on the kings and tops in the league.

 

[sactowndog]

It always was. The issue is do the brain trust guys like what they see because this is an intended result, or are they so incompetent that they don't realize that a changeover now might not turn it around. They've let it sink too far. I mean, losing streaks are one thing but I can't recall these kinds of routine blowouts during streaks allowed to go for this long.

or.

They are happy to tank to prove to Vivek that they should be allowed to trade some players.

Walton isn’t their guy and smartly they aren’t going to bring in their guy when no practice time is available. Better to let them suck this year and prove to themselves they aren’t that good and need to focus on defense. Get a good draft pick and if Boston is dumb enough to fire Stevens hire him.

 

[SacTownKid]

or.

They are happy to tank to prove to Vivek that they should be allowed to trade some players.

Walton isn’t their guy and smartly they aren’t going to bring in their guy when no practice time is available. Better to let them suck this year and prove to themselves they aren’t that good and need to focus on defense. Get a good draft pick and if Boston is dumb enough to fire Stevens hire him.

They can't let the world burn in the process. The better route as a GM in current times to shine the turd, not eat it. And from day 1 history said Walton should never have been a consideration.

 

[sactowndog]

Honestly I think Buddy's offense has been the far bigger problem this year than his defense.

depends. The Kings defense is so bad that darn near the entire team is in the bottom 20 players in the league for defensive rating who have played more than 20 games. But Bagley and Buddy are driving the tank.

Robinson was the worse in the league which explains why he got released.
Bagley is 3rd
CoJo is 4th
Whiteside is 5th
Hield is 7th
Fox is 10th
Barnes 13th
Haliburton 16th

 

[sactowndog]

They can't let the world burn in the process. The better route as a GM in current times to shine the turd, not eat it. And from day 1 history said Walton should never have been a consideration.

let them suck and make it painful. Perhaps some players like Buddy might then be open to learning.

 

[ppine]

The kings offense is fine.
They gave up 74 points in the first half.
How many games are they going to win if this continues?
Their defense is terrible.
Good stats by Sacdog.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

That would largely be Fox lol. I'll say it again, Fox is one of those guys who plays some pesky defense at times and makes you think he's a good defender (and on-ball he's generally ok), but overall he is not a good defender at all especially off the ball. Not a bad one, just not good.

Man thank you. I've seen him trail his player so many dam times. And what happened to the come from behind blocks? There gone now