[Game] Kings v. Timberwolves, 7 APR 2016, 22:00 ET/19:00 PT

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

The usual suspects appear to be otherwise occupied, so feel free to use this thread for discussion of tonight's game.

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Probable starters:

Timberwolves
F Gorgui Dieng
F Andrew Wiggins
C Karl-Anthony Towns
G Zach Lavine
G Ricky Rubio

Kings
F Willie Cauley-Stein
F Rudy Gay
C Kosta Koufos
G Darren Collison
G Seth Curry

Tonight's officials: Derek Richardson, Kevin Scott, Sean Wright

Availability: TV - CSN-CA, Radio - 1140 AM KHTK

 

[theclash4u5]

Isn't Bill Kennedy one of the refs tonight?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

If he is, then there is a discrepancy on NBA.com.

 

[Bricklayer]

Yeah, unfortunately, or fortunately given the general disgruntled state of Kings fans, there appears to only be 1 game left this season, and its not this one. Vlade continues the cruel game of pulling legs off the spider to see how long before it can't walk. Think he's got it figured this time. Might be necessary too with Houston rolling over down the stretch, making that final game vs. them a potential tank fest of epic proportions. Duje Dukan may lead us in scoring that night.

 

[jcwkings]

Resting Cousins and Rondo is a slap in the face to home fans. I would petition for refunds. I'm all for keeping the pick but you never cheat your own paying fans.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Well, we're still in the game. #ThatsSomething.

 

[jcwkings]

I'm ready for Buddy Hield to replace Ben.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

At this point, I think most people are.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Your turn in the box, Moreland.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Gotta love the way we can turn a one-point lead into a nine-point deficit, in no time flat. #KANGZ

 

[jcwkings]

We can probably say something similar in every Kings draft over this decade from hell but we chose Nik Stauskas over Zach Lavine one year after drafting Ben over CJ Mccollum. Those would sadly be considered mild mistakes compared to other drafts...

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

According to G-Man, Minnesota is bottom three in the league in three-pointers. Is anyone surprised that they're killing it tonight?

 

[jcwkings]

According to G-Man, Minnesota is bottom three in the league in three-pointers. Is anyone surprised that they're killing it tonight?

Lavine is their only decent shooter and he is streaky. If he becomes more consistent from out there he is going to be hell to guard. He kind of reminds me of a more finesse version of Westbrook, could be a great defender too.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Cousins is going to **** around and get T'd up on his day off!

 

[Sluggah]

Ben says 'pizza' weirdly.

 

[Showtime]

Karl is resting stars on a lottery team in some of the last games in STA. I was thinking of going tonight since I won't be able to get tickets for the last game, and man this would be a slap in the face. Is there anything this franchise can do right?

 

[Bricklayer]

Karl is resting stars on a lottery team in some of the last games in STA. I was thinking of going tonight since I won't be able to get tickets for the last game, and man this would be a slap in the face. Is there anything this franchise can do right?

They're doing a fair job of tanking.

BTW, this isn't Karl. Not in his self-interest. For him, winning is the thing, for his legacy, for his job retention (haha). This comes from higher up the food chain. Organizational shall we say.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I hope that Morgan Ragan and Deuce Mason are still getting residuals off these radio spots.

 

[Bricklayer]

Our guys better be careful, they are about two made shots away from finding out how the Vladfather rolls when he comes storming out of the tunnel with a two by four and takes it to their knees.

 

[jcwkings]

Rudy came to tank

 

[jcwkings]

Is it just me or is Darren really bad at lob passes?

 

[kingsboi]

Rudy plays for Minnesota tonight

 

[jcwkings]

Way too much James Anderson tonight.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Way too much James Anderson

 

[gilly420]

Petition for refund please.

Luckily I was able to catch up with a good buddy at the game. Tonight was D League-ish all the way around. Hopefully we can win Saturday guilt free without losing the pick. This season has been a cruel joke, we are bottoming out as we leave the old barn.

 

[Bricklayer]

Hopefully we can win Saturday guilt free without losing the pick. .

We can in fact. That may have been the point of tonight. Orlando at least has untanked long enough to reach 33 wins, so since we're still at 31 we've got one more clean one in us before there's danger.

Be nice after that for at least 1 team to get to 34 to give us some breathing room for when a quitting Houston team either sits Harden or only plays him half a game on the final night after they have already collapsed out of the playoffs. That's entirely possible though, as all three of Den/Orl/ especially Mil (vs. the Sixers) play on Sunday, and then Mil/Orl play each other on Monday. So if Mil beats the Sixers they go to 33 and Orlando has 33, then they meet, and somebody is at 34. So we could win one of the last two and still be ok.

 

[Section 101]

Resting Cousins and Rondo is a slap in the face to home fans. I would petition for refunds. I'm all for keeping the pick but you never cheat your own paying fans.

I think it was more not risking another T and Cuz missing the last home game.

 

[Iced Espresso]

Ben says 'pizza' weirdly.

Something tells me WCS will be the Pizza Guy next year.

 

[KingMilz]

I think in the next few off season's Quincy should do everything he can to become a 3 man than can fill in at the 4, with his size and explosiveness and new found shooting touch (near 44% from 3 on a limited sample size) he would be better off playing as a good sized 3 than a undersized 4. If he could fix up his ball handling (mainly in the open court) a bit he could potentially be a 3 and D type guy. Players like DeMare Carroll (became a legit 3/D at like 28/29 and Quincy right now is 25) and Lance Thomas were similar types (not saying he will be better than either) in that there ball handling/shooting sucked now they are at a level where they are two of the better 3 and D guys in the NBA. He made a couple nice 3 man moves today if he wants to maximise whatever potential he has he should do this rather than trying to play as a big imo maybe eventually become Sac-Towns PJ Tucker.

As far as the game WCS had nice moments and I really hope this is the last year I see Rudy Gay in a Kings jersey same goes for Mclemore and Anderson the ball handling and decision making of these 3 is as horrific as it gets. I also think tonight clearly showed Seth is a back up and a decent one but no where near starting type material.

 

[LPKingsFan]

Something tells me WCS will be the Pizza Guy next year.

Hopefully not! Because Pizza Guys don't tend to stick around...