Tetsujin
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Guy’s gotta try to be extra positive to drown out his incredibly bad pre-draft Keegan Murray take (not even a rotation player!)
[Game] Kings vs. Bulls 12/04/2022 3pm Pacific 6pm Eastern
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I guess the draft was a few days before I left for my work conference and then 2 weeks in Europe where I did not watch youtube that whole time - so I just remember all his crying about how he wasn't catered to on draft night and Keegs being an underwhelming pick. I think we traded for Huerter the day I flew out to England.
eta: oh I'm way wrong. that was probably Monk. We signed Huerter the day I ended my quarantine. Either way, I was completely off line outside of news and check ins on this board during summer league for another 10-12 days.
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captain bill
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I was looking at the schedule over the next 10 games and based on this year’s records alone the only elite teams are the Bucks and Cavs. Which is obviously a brutal 2-game road swing. But even the top teams coming up are around .500 and I believe only Milwaukee and Cleveland have better records than us
I still think we can't throw out last year's records entirely until January.
This Chicago team we played today was a good team even though they've been completely written off for dead by "those that know".
kingsfan101
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Is that really possible? I mean, we all seem to think there is a "hangtime", but what I studied in high school physics was that a body will go up, come to a stop, and then fall back. True, the speed at the top is 0, so for a small interval, from reaching close to the top to coming down, there is a "hangtime". You probably mean that. However, that would suggest he is releasing close to the highest point, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I do agree that fatigue might be more of an issue there, since all the force is then coming from the upper body.
Thoughts?
Also, it really seems like every team outside of Detroit, Orlando, Spurs and Hornets are actually pretty reasonably good. Even the Lakers are on a 3-game winning streak.
the 13 seed OKC Thunder are "only" 6 games out of 1st place PHX Suns. That seems kind of nutty to me as we head through the first week of December.
But it IS 8 straight home wins against teams not from Arizona.
Please try to understand advanced stats.
Went to the game tonight sitting fairly low. Fox and Domas definitely don’t get the same whistles as other star players.
Monk’s dunk was unbelievable
KZ and Keegan are providing additional tough D. Slowed Derozan quite a bit in the 1st half.
If the Bulls had Mike Brown as their coach, they would be better. Their length and defensive potential are great. They are missing a PG though and play quite a bit of iso ball after minimal ball movement
The crowd is loud and fired up……good time to go to games
Monk’s dunk was unbelievable
KZ and Keegan are providing additional tough D. Slowed Derozan quite a bit in the 1st half.
If the Bulls had Mike Brown as their coach, they would be better. Their length and defensive potential are great. They are missing a PG though and play quite a bit of iso ball after minimal ball movement
The crowd is loud and fired up……good time to go to games
ShastaKingsFan
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He's a really good deep shooter, but just uses a lot of effort to do it....and to me it looks like he releases it less on the way up than other top shooters. May just be an illusion, but it gives the appearance of hanging and then releasing. I really notice it on his mid range shots even more so.
For all the pieces the Bulls have they just didn't seem that threatening on offence. It's like we are > than the sum of our parts but they are not.
Sac.Kings
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We have Domas and they don’t. They don’t have a guy that can even do 10% of what Domas does for the flow of an offense. Ball being injured is a huge blow to them as he is the one that keeps their offense moving. Without him they are an iso team with tough role players. Still good and can beat anyone on a given night, but predictable.
bball_nomad
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WTF, I bet everything I had on Kings win and I was not disappointed. The start of the season surprised me. Lately - all is cool. Road trip? Does this team is willing to go into somebody's else building and chalk up the L? Nope. As long as Kings have no bad injuries (Domas hurts others who try to injure him), I expect a W every time (though Bucks will be tough, like Boston).
captain bill
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So Rob Pelinka let both Alex Caruso and Malik Monk walk, each picking up contracts averaging $9mm per, getting nothing in return, and man still got a 4 year extension
Chicago has Vucevic though! for whom they will be sending Orlando their pick this year.
When you look at all the horrid franchise crippling trades around the NBA the last few years (more than a few of which involved big men) it's so strange everyone wants to focus on ours which was a straight up player swap.
Sac.Kings
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Vucevic is a good big man and I was actually hoping we would land him a few years back. Problem is he’s become close to an afterthought on their roster. He was a 20-10 or better player for a good stretch of his career. I do agree with you, media ripped us a new one because 1) we are the kings and have sucked for close to 2 decades and 2) no one had any reason to know anything about us (because of reason #1). They just immediately assumed we were the idiot franchise again and honestly can you really blame them? If I watched the same story on repeat for 15+ years I’d be more inclined to not believe than to believe.
PorchSurfin
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Was ar the game tonight sitting pretty close. Hammered Lavine pretty hard starting in the 3rd when he picked up his whining (I told him Zack Morris was definitely cooler). Culminated in me standing making a big "L" above the tunnel asking him how the L tasted and him shooting me daggers lol. Punk.
One thing I noticed. Sabonis wanted NOTHING to do with Vuc in the post. Was kind of disappointed with that which is why I feel his fg's were down tonight. But the encouraging thing is he still made a crazy good impact on the glass and with his passing and screens.
Monk is a stud. That move alone should get Monte GMOTY consideration and Monk 6MOTY consideration. Dude is just IT and having a blast being IT.
Huerter is hurting. His shot looks like he has no confidence in it. He needs to stay after practice and shoot to get his rhythm back.
Keegan is doing a lot of things that aren't showing up in the box. His defense has been tremendous. His situational awareness has been really good. And nice to see him hit some Shots.
I still think Fox has a hurt groin. He is still playing solid defense and doing other things to be a productive player tho. Hats off to him for being a tough SOB.
Kings still get no respect from the refs. Hopefully as they continue being a solid team that will change.
Oh, and Zach Lavine Isn't even as cool as AC Slater either. F that guy lol. I bet he wanted to fight me.
One thing I noticed. Sabonis wanted NOTHING to do with Vuc in the post. Was kind of disappointed with that which is why I feel his fg's were down tonight. But the encouraging thing is he still made a crazy good impact on the glass and with his passing and screens.
Monk is a stud. That move alone should get Monte GMOTY consideration and Monk 6MOTY consideration. Dude is just IT and having a blast being IT.
Huerter is hurting. His shot looks like he has no confidence in it. He needs to stay after practice and shoot to get his rhythm back.
Keegan is doing a lot of things that aren't showing up in the box. His defense has been tremendous. His situational awareness has been really good. And nice to see him hit some Shots.
I still think Fox has a hurt groin. He is still playing solid defense and doing other things to be a productive player tho. Hats off to him for being a tough SOB.
Kings still get no respect from the refs. Hopefully as they continue being a solid team that will change.
Oh, and Zach Lavine Isn't even as cool as AC Slater either. F that guy lol. I bet he wanted to fight me.
sactowndog
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That makes 2 games in a row this team won with defense. Hard to believe I am typing those words. And even more so Fox was a key player in that defense. So happy to see his defensive growth
PorchSurfin
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Chupacabra
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I don't think the coaching staff would allow the latter.
ShastaKingsFan
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He executed one of the best box outs off the ball, that I've seen in the last 10 years in the NBA. A sign of really well coached high IQ player
Kingz19
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I don’t think it was Sabonis wanting nothing to do with Vucevic. He has pretty good history against him offensively and Vuc isn’t exactly the stifle tower down there. Domas was just in a straight facilitator mode tonight. He was consistently drawing other defenders on drives again Vuc and he was looking for shooters and cutters all game.
iowamcnabb
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captain bill
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Vuc turned 32 at the beginning of the season and DeRozan is 33. They went all-in on a team that won 46 games and lost in the first round last year, and they have one first round pick over the next three years. They're clearly a second-tier team in the eastern conference at best.
To their credit, they're at least going to tread water as a +.500 team. We've gone all-in to tread water at 30 wins
Chupacabra
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Should be 15-3!
QWERTYLICIOUS
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#LightTheBeam
Not a game we would have won in the past. Coach Brown is doing a hell of a job getting the team to commit to defense. Sabonas was really good. I agree Fox is battling some kind of injury slowing him down. First bad game I've seen from Huerter. Some solid D by Davion down the stretch. Monk was terrific.
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