Kings training camp 2025 open thread

[dude12]

Then you should come back in a year's time and see what has transpired. No point wasting mental or emotional effort here.

It seems most folks, fans and experts alike, have written off the Kings before the season has even started. I think people are totally misreading Doug Christie's will to win.

I’ll believe that if he brings one of these vets off the bench so we can get more defense on the floor.

 

[SacTownKid]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976740977303077019

You could tell in college Devin Carter is strong as heck.

 

[Kingster]

I truly, sincerely would love to be proven wrong in my estimation of Doug Christie. But he's long been a company man, and I just don't see him possessing the courage as a first-time NBA head coach to p*ss off his big money vets (and potentially the front office) by benching them in favor of his younger, heartier, more defensively-capable talents. Carter is rarely going to see the court without injury elevation. The same is probably true of Nique, though he might be lucky enough to get a bit of regular run because the Kings just don't have much length.

Part of me is honestly hoping that the whole thing goes south so hard and so fast that the front office starts working to dump some combination of vets for future draft compensation ASAP. At least then we'd get to see a bit more of what the Kings have in the Keegan/Keon/Carter/Nique bunch. It frustrates me to no end that, if the roster were to remain unchanged, we're still not going to know exactly what Keegan could be to this team offensively, because he's consistently sacrificed in the offense for the sake of elevating vets who are nowhere near the Kings long-term plans (if indeed, a long-term plan ever actually materializes).

I think your hope has a high likelihood of coming to fruition. This team doesn't have the toughness or the belief to withstand a losing streak, imo. I think it could get very political and nasty very soon. If most fans don't believe in this team, I think it's a fairly safe assumption most of the players don't believe either, which doesn't bode well for this season.