[Game] Kings @ Mavs, Sunday May 2nd, 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern
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Honestly, for them he might be worth far more. They are obviously looking specifically for a pnr partner for Luka. Holmes isn't as offensively talented as Collins but his defense and ability to play center while eventually making less than Collins would be my first choice if I were them. In fact, looking at the stats Holmes is one of the best pnr bigs in the NBA. He's up around the 85th percentile.
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/roll-man/?sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1&CF=POSS*GE*3
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https://www.nba.com/stats/players/roll-man/?sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1&CF=POSS*GE*3
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Well, I’m expecting atleast 4-4 to close out the season, but pretty much all of the games are winnable. Jazz may be sitting everybody last game too....so, yeah.
We are unfortunately not at OKC level. They know when to properly sink to the occasion and won’t be blowing any games vs. us.
While we blow our draft position. I hope Marvin really strings together quite a few games like tonight.
We are unfortunately not at OKC level. They know when to properly sink to the occasion and won’t be blowing any games vs. us.
While we blow our draft position. I hope Marvin really strings together quite a few games like tonight.
Honestly, for them he might be worth far more. They are obviously looking specifically for a pnr partner for Luka. Holmes isn't as offensively talented as Collins but his defense and ability to play center while eventually making less than Collins would be my first choice if I were them. In fact, looking at the stats Holmes is one of the best pnr bigs in the NBA. He's up around the 85th percentile.
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/roll-man/?sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1&CF=POSS*GE*3LAYER_NAME*E*&SeasonType=Regular Season
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/roll-man/?sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1&CF=POSS*GE*3
LAYER_NAME*E*&SeasonType=Regular Season
Like clockwork. Kings are virtually eliminated from a 10 team playoff field (!!) and now it's safe to go on a "feel good" winning streak and secure that all important #10 spot in the lottery. We've got to keep this treadmill going fam! No playoffs and no shot at an elite prospect just like 9 out of 10 Kings seasons is how we manage to stay irrelevant indefinitely. Cheaping out on the head coaching spot is just the icing on the cake.
Here's a bit of a silver lining though -- watching the Kings at the end of the season kindof makes the last 12 months feel like they never even happened. Or was that the last 12 years?
Here's a bit of a silver lining though -- watching the Kings at the end of the season kindof makes the last 12 months feel like they never even happened. Or was that the last 12 years?
OKC seems to be managing just fine! Tell your players they'll get a nice fat bonus for laying down or something. Tell Luke that ownership will buy him a Lambo if he stops playing the vets 40 minutes a night. Honestly, I don't know what we can do. It's just that watching this team trip all over themselves in the last 3 weeks and ruin a perfectly decent tank which was months in the making is even worse than slogging through those 9 game losing streaks in February and April because it virtually guarantees next season won't be any better.
Right? It’s not like we’re playing fox Barnes buddy holmes and Mo 40+ mins a game. Fox Barnes are out. Holmes was out for awhile. We giving ty, metu, Jones and the new guys more mins. We even see jj and guy get minutes. You can’t make the players tank. You can sit your starters but that’s basically what we did with the injuries. It just so happens these bench guys are playing hard and are squeezing out some wins
Honestly, for them he might be worth far more. They are obviously looking specifically for a pnr partner for Luka. Holmes isn't as offensively talented as Collins but his defense and ability to play center while eventually making less than Collins would be my first choice if I were them. In fact, looking at the stats Holmes is one of the best pnr bigs in the NBA. He's up around the 85th percentile.
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/roll-man/?sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1&CF=POSS*GE*3LAYER_NAME*E*&SeasonType=Regular Season
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/roll-man/?sort=PERCENTILE&dir=1&CF=POSS*GE*3
LAYER_NAME*E*&SeasonType=Regular Season
Don’t spend 2nd round draft picks at this stage for players like Wright and Harkless??
I think Davis was okay value but notice the team with who many consider the smartest basketball ops guy in the NBA is close to securing our 7 spot. Apparently Ujiri thought in that draft position sending out Davis for a 2nd was a good idea. If you had to bet your life on it with whom would you cast your lot, McNair or Masai Ujiri?
McNair's moves made sense for a team you “knew” was a playoff team. For a non-play-off team McNair's moves were a guarantee of the 9-10 pick.
I think Davis was okay value but notice the team with who many consider the smartest basketball ops guy in the NBA is close to securing our 7 spot. Apparently Ujiri thought in that draft position sending out Davis for a 2nd was a good idea. If you had to bet your life on it with whom would you cast your lot, McNair or Masai Ujiri?
McNair's moves made sense for a team you “knew” was a playoff team. For a non-play-off team McNair's moves were a guarantee of the 9-10 pick.
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I think that Walton thinks he still has a chance of coaching this team next season. Personally, I think those chances were at 0% before the season started. He has shown that his coaching does more to hinder the team's chances of winning than the other way around. I just hope he makes the right choice when he hires a new coach.
