[Game] Kings vs. Blazers, 1/13/21 7pm PST, 10pm EST

[Tetsujin]

Lol CoJo what the hell were you doing on that last play?

 

[SacTownKid]

At what point do you stop taking out Buddy and Whiteside on defensive sequences like that and put Cojo and GR3 in instead? I mean, seriously, haha.

 

[iowamcnabb]

The culmination of George Karl’s 4 out system

Cj takes three, dame takes three, dame drives to the lane and complains of contact. Rinse and repeat.

 

[Tetsujin]

At what point do you stop taking out Buddy and Whiteside on defensive sequences like that and put Cojo and GR3 in instead? I mean, seriously, haha.

At this point the gap between CoJo and Kyle Guy on defense is probably miniscule at best.

 

[SacTownKid]

Cj takes three, dame takes three, dame drives to the lane and complains of contact. Rinse and repeat.

And welcome to the current NBA. Either join in or get left behind. I really hope at some point the rules shift the other way again because there's going to be a LOT of players getting exposed at that point.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1349568613129322504

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1349566965132640256

 

[SacTownKid]

In the 2nd half you just have to hope the Blazers cool off. The Kings kind of already did so as long as Walton doesn't leave Holmes and Bagley on an island offensively and let the Blazers zone take away all lanes for Fox then this can end in a W.

 

[Tetsujin]

CJ dropped 15 in the 2nd

 

[See_Hanks]

They need to build the team around Haliburton. Next year I foresee him averaging 20-25ppg and 6-10 assists while shooting at a very high percentage. In a year after that he could be putting up Trae Young type numbers. I keep asking myself if Fox and Haliburton could play in the same back court. I don't want it to be a Harden/Westbrook/Durant issue (Fox/Hield/Haliburton) where they are phenomenal talent but overlap in "talent areas" they should not be overlapping in, making the team not as strong as they are individually.

If any of them got to go it's Buddy. It's also pretty dang astounding to me why we aren't playing the league leader in rebounds not much if at all. Minute per minute he's playing better than the two we are tossing out there at C.

 

[Iced Espresso]

TY for seeing the press Barnes.

 

[Woot!]

Tyrese is 25/48 from 3 on the year - 52%.

RIDICK.

 

[Tetsujin]

They need to build the team around Haliburton. Next year I foresee him averaging 20-25ppg and 6-10 assists while shooting at a very high percentage. In a year after that he could be putting up Trae Young type numbers. I keep asking myself if Fox and Haliburton could play in the same back court. I don't want it to be a Harden/Westbrook/Durant issue where they are phenomenal talent but overlap in "talent areas" they should not be overlapping in, making the team not as strong as they are individually.

Me reading this take:

 

[SacTownKid]

You can't make that soft charge call at the start of the 3rd like that. haha.

 

[Iced Espresso]

I couldn't tell by the replay, but full speed looked like a no call to me.

 

[Tetsujin]

You can't make that soft charge call at the start of the 3rd like that. haha.

Nurk made more contact on Dame than Buddy did

 

[OffTheWallJamal]

I'm following box score, did Walton challenge the Buddy foul?

 

[Tetsujin]

I'm following box score, did Walton challenge the Buddy foul?

He did

 

[Iced Espresso]

I'm following box score, did Walton challenge the Buddy foul?

Yep.

Looked like he was unsure but trusted Buddy.

 

[Spike]

I couldn't tell by the replay, but full speed looked like a no call to me.

Didn't look like Dame was set. But good luck getting that call.

 

[dude12]

Lillard begging for calls

 

[SLAB]

Lillard flopping all over the place.

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Bags draws the charge this time!

 

[Tetsujin]

Dame flopping like prime Vlade out there

 

[Tetsujin]

Lol Dame is a hot mess on defense to start the half

 

[Capt. Factorial]

The refs have suddenly turned on the Blazers

 

[dude12]

Blazers getting called for fouls like the Kings get called for fouls

 

[Kingz19]

More like the Flopland Fail Fakers

 

[Spike]

How has Nurkic not fouled out yet? That's like his 8th.

 

[Iced Espresso]

I'm loving the annoyed CJ and Dame mugs.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Buddy with nice defense again