Tetsujin
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Psst, we also rested our starters in the second half.
[Game] Kings @ Trailblazers - Wednesday, April 10 - 7:30PT/10:30ET
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Psst, we also rested our starters in the second half.
Ozymandias
All-Star
How are u guys upset, our starters were beating them brutally and we called off the dogs.. thats what happens.. It's not some tactical error, it is completely negligible..
John Galt
Starter
The culture is rotten. There are guys in that locker room who dgaf. That is coach's fault.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
To be fair, They rested their starters the entire game.
Chupacabra
Starter
The good in it is that they probably won't blow a bunch of games next year. This has been a recurring theme this year that will be a point of focus during...TDOS...
sactowndog
All-Star
BS. Joeger played his starters heavy minutes last year when it was in our interest to lose. And he got Bogdan hurt. He pulls the starters this year when the team needed the win to get a bad taste out of our mouth.
Fire Joeger today!!
PurpleHaze
All-Star
Miserable, pathetic loss. But good season -not great. Mainly too many defensive breakdowns, bad efforts, ending season sour taste in lot of Kings fans collective mouths.
John Galt
Starter
Those years when people were saying they should tank, but some of us believed that winning habits mattered. that culture mattered.
It is a grim joke. It doesn't matter - and these jokers mailed it in the last two weeks.
Mjfuller53
Prospect
It would have been nice, but I guess Dave Joeger didn't give a crap about 40 wins.
Tizzy Flip
Starter
You do understand they sat all of their starters and had a 6 man rotation, right? They also played last night too. They played these dudes 40+ mins, more time than they played all year combined... and we still couldn’t beat them
FoxRocketFan
G-League
What the hell happened?
As a rockets fan I'm shocked. And disappointed.
As a fan of the king's this season I'm just confused.
I didn't watch the game but yeah wth???
As a rockets fan I'm shocked. And disappointed.
As a fan of the king's this season I'm just confused.
I didn't watch the game but yeah wth???
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
It should be noted that as good as Simons and Skal may wind up being, both dudes were incredibly hot tonight. Simons had 37 points on 21 shots while only taking 6 FTs which is next level efficiency for a guard and probably ly unsustainable on a night where he spent most of the second half being guarded by Frank Mason.
Ozymandias
All-Star
I really wanted the Kings to trade the 2nd rd pick up for Anfernee Simons btw. I bet I can dig up some posts of that 
Good game. Good season y'all.
Good game. Good season y'all.
Hoovtrain
All-Star
I do find it ironic he actively did not tank last year when it was in their best interest to and then just throws in the towel, on more than one occasion, this year.
NME
Starter
Why should we expect it get better when they did the same over and over again without learning a damned thing?
The Effort Police
Starter
With actually naming names (*coughWCScough*) who would you say are the guys who DGAF?
I know Fox, Buddy, Bagley, and Giles always care, not sure about who beyond that.
SomebodyDoSomethin
Bench
You guys are absolutely ridiculous as always. We played our damn 3rd stringers second half, if starters we're being utilized, we win easily.
Our starting lineup of young potential stars is what is exciting about this franchise. Let's not get our panties in a bunch over meaningless game.
Next season will be the same revolving door of whining when we lose and saying we are a potential dynasty after every win. You look stupid asf.
Our starting lineup of young potential stars is what is exciting about this franchise. Let's not get our panties in a bunch over meaningless game.
Next season will be the same revolving door of whining when we lose and saying we are a potential dynasty after every win. You look stupid asf.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
I would understand if our starters were the ones responsible but at one point we ran a Swan/Troy Williams/BJ Johnson/Frank Mason/Yogi lineup which isn't going to win many games.
Chupacabra
Starter
I agree that this whole thing is bs, but if the blazers players from tonight didn't play all year then doesn't that make them "fresh"?
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Grant was steaming p*ssed. I agree somewhat though, it's really not as bad as it looked. The only thing I can see as real tactical issues with what went down are that if he was going to go with the bench guys late then riding the starters so heavy in the first half and playing the game like it was two separate games put those bench guys in an unfair situation considering he hasn't worked them in the last few games at all. They came in mostly cold against a fired up team that is already warmed up. The two others are the obvious lack of what should be this teams play style in the half court in pick and roll not being used against the zone, and playing the two PG lineup. They hammered the little guys on that route.
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ockingsfan
Starter
I'm sorry, but Joeger quit on the team.
He could have put the starters back in and give them a feel good 40 win season to go into the off season. He sat on his A%$ and just didn't care.
Joeger wasn't coaching to win and there was no excuse for that. He did not need to rest his starters for the playoffs, this was the last game of the freaking year.
Joeger put the worse offensive squad out there on the floor and I think it may cost him his job. Last year with ping pong balls on the line, Joeger put all his starters out there to win the freaking last game of the year. That caused us to slip down into a tie for lottery balls.
This year with a 40 win season on the line, he sits his best player for no good reason.
Absolutley Pathetic!
He could have put the starters back in and give them a feel good 40 win season to go into the off season. He sat on his A%$ and just didn't care.
Joeger wasn't coaching to win and there was no excuse for that. He did not need to rest his starters for the playoffs, this was the last game of the freaking year.
Joeger put the worse offensive squad out there on the floor and I think it may cost him his job. Last year with ping pong balls on the line, Joeger put all his starters out there to win the freaking last game of the year. That caused us to slip down into a tie for lottery balls.
This year with a 40 win season on the line, he sits his best player for no good reason.
Absolutley Pathetic!
Tizzy Flip
Starter
That’s an absurd argument. And what if they played their starters?
SomebodyDoSomethin
Bench
Same reaction from me fam, what the hell are they smoking crying over a game where our third stringers played and one of our players scored his first ever NBA baskets.
Chupacabra
Starter
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Namecalling for calling out the BS?
Na... We don’t look stupid.
PS; The Blazers player their third stringers all game long.
Kings_of_California
Starter
I'm seeing a lot of "good season".
Yea, maybe. Maybe not. 2nd half isn't something to just brush off. I was and might still be on the "good season" stance but this has been an absolutely putrid team for a few months now that has changed my mind a bit.
I'm probably being dramatic right now since I'm angry, but if this team was playing like its current true identity early on, we would have had another terrible season.
The youngsters progressed so that's nice.
Yea, maybe. Maybe not. 2nd half isn't something to just brush off. I was and might still be on the "good season" stance but this has been an absolutely putrid team for a few months now that has changed my mind a bit.
I'm probably being dramatic right now since I'm angry, but if this team was playing like its current true identity early on, we would have had another terrible season.
The youngsters progressed so that's nice.
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