Kings schedule for final year at Sleep Train

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Placeholder...although Sean Cunningham has leaked a couple of tidbits:

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 1m1 minute ago
The final regular season Sacramento Kings game inside Sleep Train Arena will take place on April 9th vs. OKC Thunder, according to source

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 9m9 minutes ago
Hearing Michael Malone's 1st return to Sacramento as coach of the Denver Nuggets to face his former Kings team will be on Friday, Feb 19th

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 18h18 hours ago
Source says defending champion Warriors will 1st visit Sacramento Kings on Saturday Nov 7 - return of Jason Thompson and Curry vs Curry

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 19h19 hours ago
Sources say Kings will open 2015-16 season in Sacramento on Oct. 28 vs. Los Angeles Clippers. Schedule released tomorrow.
 
Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 2m2 minutes ago
Hearing Kings will play 9 of first 11 games & 6 straight at home to open the 2015-16 season in Sacramento.

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 6m6 minutes ago
Source: Kings HOME national TV games vs. Houston(espn) 11/6, Knicks (tnt)12/10, Lakers (tnt) on Jan. 7, Spurs (espn) on Feb. 24 - maybe more

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 10m10 minutes ago
Source: Kings PG Rajon Rondo will face Mavs for 1st time on 11/30 in Sac. His return to Dallas will be Tuesday, January 5th.
 
 
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Date Opponent Time
Oct. 28 Los Angeles 10:00
Oct. 30 Los Angeles 10:00
Oct. 31 at Los Angeles 10:30
Nov. 3 Memphis 10:00
Nov. 4 at Phoenix 9:00
Nov. 6 Houston 10:30
Nov. 7 Golden State 10:00
Nov. 9 San Antonio 10:00
Nov. 11 Detroit 10:00
Nov. 13 Brooklyn 10:00
Nov. 15 Toronto 9:00
Nov. 18 at Atlanta 8:00
Nov. 19 at Miami 7:30
Nov. 21 at Orlando 5:00
Nov. 23 at Charlotte 7:00
Nov. 25 at Milwaukee 8:00
Nov. 27 Minnesota 10:00
Nov. 28 at Golden State 10:30
Nov. 30 Dallas 10:00
Dec. 3 Boston 10:00
Dec. 5 at Houston 8:00

Date Opponent Time
Dec. 6 at Oklahoma City 7:00
Dec. 8 Utah 10:00
Dec. 10 New York 10:30
Dec. 15 Houston 10:00
Dec. 18 at Minnesota 8:00
Dec. 20 at Toronto 6:00
Dec. 21 at Washington 7:00
Dec. 23 at Indiana 7:00
Dec. 27 Portland 9:00
Dec. 28 at Golden State 10:30
Dec. 30 Philadelphia 10:00
Jan. 2 Phoenix 5:00
Jan. 4 at Oklahoma City 8:00
Jan. 5 at Dallas 8:30
Jan. 7 Los Angeles 10:30
Jan. 9 Golden State 10:00
Jan. 13 New Orleans 10:00
Jan. 14 at Utah 9:00
Jan. 16 at Los Angeles 10:30
Jan. 20 at Los Angeles 10:30
Jan. 21 Atlanta 10:00

Date Opponent Time
Jan. 23 Indiana 10:30
Jan. 25 Charlotte 10:00
Jan. 26 at Portland 10:00
Jan. 28 at New Orleans 8:00
Jan. 30 at Memphis 8:00
Feb. 1 Milwaukee 10:00
Feb. 3 Chicago 10:00
Feb. 5 at Brooklyn 7:30
Feb. 7 at Boston 1:00
Feb. 8 at Cleveland 7:00
Feb. 10 at Philadelphia 7:00
Feb. 19 Denver 10:00
Feb. 23 at Denver 9:00
Feb. 24 San Antonio 10:30
Feb. 26 Los Angeles 10:00
Feb. 29 Oklahoma City 10:00
Mar. 2 at Memphis 8:00
Mar. 3 at Dallas 8:30
Mar. 5 at San Antonio 8:30
Mar. 7 at New Orleans 8:00
Mar. 9 Cleveland 10:00

Date Opponent Time
Mar. 11 Orlando 10:00
Mar. 13 Utah 6:00
Mar. 15 at Los Angeles 10:30
Mar. 16 New Orleans 10:00
Mar. 18 at Detroit 7:30
Mar. 20 at New York 7:30
Mar. 21 at Chicago 8:00
Mar. 23 at Minnesota 8:00
Mar. 25 Phoenix 10:00
Mar. 27 Dallas 6:00
Mar. 28 at Portland 10:00
Mar. 30 Washington 10:00
Apr. 1 Miami 10:00
Apr. 2 at Denver 9:00
Apr. 5 Portland 10:00
Apr. 7 Minnesota 10:00
Apr. 9 Oklahoma City 10:30
Apr. 11 at Phoenix 10:00
Apr. 13 at Houston 8:00

All times are Eastern...
 
ESPN game is Feb 24th v Spurs

End of Jan into Feb looks like a soft spot in the schedule. A lot of home games to open, but against good teams.
 
So we get the southeast road trip over with early. Usually it's late in the year full of injuries and we lose games we should have won. The atl, Mia, orl, char early this year could be good.
 
At first glace, I like this schedule. I wish it started off a little easier for the combustible personalities to gel and get excited. However, it seems like a lot of the road games and 4-in-5's are against beatable teams. I saw that Bleacher Report or someone predicted us to have a 31-win season. These writers have no clue, lol. How can anyone look at this roster and think it is 2 games better than last year?
 
Going to be emotional saying goodbye to the old barn. ALOT of memories with the old man throughout the years.
 
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9 NBA TV games? they usually play a good amount of Kings games so I can't complain about those. I just hope they don't fall on their faces on ESPN & TNT...they have delivered on TNT the last couple of seasons though, albeit those were home games. Opening the season versus a LA team three straight times, odd...
 
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We could potentially start the season 2-6, which would not be a good thing. Clippers twice, Memphis, Houston, Warriors, Spurs. Only winnable games are vs Lakers and Suns. We start the season off with a tougher schedule again, although we get to be at home for most of them (not that we have been a great home team, but we player tougher at home).

On a positive note: Our schedule the last month become significantly easier to handle with only a handful of tough teams, so if we are making a playoff push, it will allow us to maybe sneak in... (bold=winnable, italicized=tougher, but still winnable). If literally everything falls into place from March-April, we could potentially go 15-4. Unlikely, but still encouraging.

Mar. 11 Orlando 10:00
Mar. 13 Utah 6:00
Mar. 15 at Los Angeles 10:30 (Lakers)
Mar. 16 New Orleans 10:00
Mar. 18 at Detroit 7:30
Mar. 20 at New York 7:30
Mar. 21 at Chicago 8:00
Mar. 23 at Minnesota 8:00
Mar. 25 Phoenix 10:00
Mar. 27 Dallas 6:00
Mar. 28 at Portland 10:00
Mar. 30 Washington 10:00
Apr. 1 Miami 10:00
Apr. 2 at Denver 9:00
Apr. 5 Portland 10:00
Apr. 7 Minnesota 10:00
Apr. 9 Oklahoma City 10:30
Apr. 11 at Phoenix 10:00
Apr. 13 at Houston 8:00
 
est.1999 said:
How do you know that? Lol it's because it's potentially his last season and the NBA is going to treat it as such. And they are also the lakers, they usually get the max anyways.
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I don't have a problem with it. As much as I hate the Lakers, I do recognize Kobe's place in history. At worst the #2 SG to ever lace them up behind Jordan. And frankly, I miss the old-timer attitude, the take no prisoners, step on your throat, I hate all of you way of doing business. Kobe's one of the last, while this soft as TP, social media addicted generation is supposed to carry the torch. Kobe deserves a fond farewell to the NBA and I hope he's healthy and can close out the season. I also hope we go 4-0 against them.

BTW, that's one reason I like Cuz so much. He's cut from the cloth of previous generations, guys who just don't give an F about making friends and ruffling feathers. Same as Westbrook. One of the biggest A-holes to ever step between the lines was Bird, but put his attitude in the modern NBA and folks couldn't handle it.
 
mdme said:
Clips will be 1 - 2 after October 31.
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I hate the Clippers, but they improved over the offseason. They have the talent to be a top seed in the West and we could potentially lose both (the pessimistic side of me says we will).
 
Sac.Kings said:
We could potentially start the season 2-6, which would not be a good thing. Clippers twice, Memphis, Houston, Warriors, Spurs. Only winnable games are vs Lakers and Suns. We start the season off with a tougher schedule again, although we get to be at home for most of them (not that we have been a great home team, but we player tougher at home).

On a positive note: Our schedule the last month become significantly easier to handle with only a handful of tough teams, so if we are making a playoff push, it will allow us to maybe sneak in... (bold=winnable, italicized=tougher, but still winnable). If literally everything falls into place from March-April, we could potentially go 15-4. Unlikely, but still encouraging.

Mar. 11 Orlando 10:00
Mar. 13 Utah 6:00
Mar. 15 at Los Angeles 10:30 (Lakers)
Mar. 16 New Orleans 10:00
Mar. 18 at Detroit 7:30
Mar. 20 at New York 7:30
Mar. 21 at Chicago 8:00
Mar. 23 at Minnesota 8:00
Mar. 25 Phoenix 10:00
Mar. 27 Dallas 6:00
Mar. 28 at Portland 10:00
Mar. 30 Washington 10:00
Apr. 1 Miami 10:00
Apr. 2 at Denver 9:00
Apr. 5 Portland 10:00
Apr. 7 Minnesota 10:00
Apr. 9 Oklahoma City 10:30
Apr. 11 at Phoenix 10:00
Apr. 13 at Houston 8:00
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Well the hopes are that we are a better team now. If you count every game vs a playoff team as a loss then what's the point? I'd like to think we could go .400+ against playoff teams. now last years team 2-6 was likely. This year 4-4 or maybe 5-3 or if we really want to get a good media frenzy going 8-0
 
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Well the hopes are that we are a better team now. If you count every game vs a playoff team as a loss then what's the point? I'd like to think we could go .400+ against playoff teams. now last years team 2-6 was likely. This year 4-4 or maybe 5-3 or if we really want to get a good media frenzy going 8-0
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I was just pointing out the easier ones, but to be frank, until I see what we look like on the court, I will not just hand out wins against contenders and playoff teams. If I have learned one thing over the years with this team, expect the unexpected and nothing is ever a sure thing.
 
Sac.Kings said:
We could potentially start the season 2-6, which would not be a good thing. Clippers twice, Memphis, Houston, Warriors, Spurs. Only winnable games are vs Lakers and Suns. We start the season off with a tougher schedule again, although we get to be at home for most of them (not that we have been a great home team, but we player tougher at home).
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2-6 seems like pessimism to the extreme. Is 2-6 a potential start? Yes. But I think it is highly unlikely. We are the clear favorite against the Lakers at home. If we are anywhere as good as we think we are, home games against Memphis, LAC, Houston, and a road game against Phoenix should be 50/50 affairs. A road game at LAC, and home games against Warriors and Spurs don't feel hopeless, but are probably closer to winnable underdog games. To go 2-6, you would basically have to go 1-3 in 50/50 games and lose all three winnable/underdog games. If we are going to win 1 out of every 7 home games against playoff teams and road games against .500 teams, we are in for a VERY LONG season.
This feels more like a 4-4, with a potential of 5-3 or 3-5. 2-6 just seems so unlikely unless we are really bad again.
 
Rain man said:
2-6 seems like pessimism to the extreme. Is 2-6 a potential start? Yes. But I think it is highly unlikely. We are the clear favorite against the Lakers at home. If we are anywhere as good as we think we are, home games against Memphis, LAC, Houston, and a road game against Phoenix should be 50/50 affairs. A road game at LAC, and home games against Warriors and Spurs don't feel hopeless, but are probably closer to winnable underdog games. To go 2-6, you would basically have to go 1-3 in 50/50 games and lose all three winnable/underdog games. If we are going to win 1 out of every 7 home games against playoff teams and road games against .500 teams, we are in for a VERY LONG season.
This feels more like a 4-4, with a potential of 5-3 or 3-5. 2-6 just seems so unlikely unless we are really bad again.
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I know we don't know each other personally, but suffice it to say that the bolded statement above is my belief towards most things in life. I am Mr. Murphy's law.
 
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