[Game] Kings vs. Celtics (Vegas Summer League Championship) Tuesday August 17th, 6PM PT (9PM ET) ESPN

[SacTownKid]

Our head coach got fired and replaced by the coach of the summer league team.

And in all seriousness, Bobby is going to turn some heads after this. He's already been busting his hump to make his way up the ladder so the Kings better not let him slip away like other assistants that eventually bailed. Bobby might be HC material now, not later.

 

[dude12]

King sure looked better than Nesmith
Pritchard just got stuffed
Carson Edwards tried to hold his own

Davion is going to get his minutes but Swag and King can be contributors this year but I don’t see where the minutes will come unfortunately

 

[PurpleHaze]

Kings are the only multiple time Vegas Summer League champion

storied

Budding summer league dynasty!

 

[SacTownKid]

King sure looked better than Nesmith
Pritchard just got stuffed
Carson Edwards tried to hold his own

Davion is going to get his minutes but Swag and King can be contributors this year but I don’t see where the minutes will come unfortunately

King might have a shot considering the team is short on legit wins. Ramsey they can let continue to develop. There's plenty of time for him. If things go south then he's an excellent hope/development piece next year should things fail miserably and tank time commences.

 

[iowamcnabb]

King sure looked better than Nesmith
Pritchard just got stuffed
Carson Edwards tried to hold his own

Davion is going to get his minutes but Swag and King can be contributors this year but I don’t see where the minutes will come unfortunately

I doubt Swag plays any minutes this year. I’d say let him develop under BJax for a full season In the Gleague and then pull him up either at the end of the year or next season. King might not see many minutes either but he has a better chance of cracking the rotation. I’m tempering my expections for him but wouldn’t it be great if his skill set translates and he becomes a part of the core?

 

[SacTownKid]

I doubt Swag plays any minutes this year. I’d say let him develop under BJax for a full season In the Gleague and then pull him up either at the end of the year or next season. King might not see many minutes either but he has a better chance of cracking the ball rotation. I’m tempering my expections for him but wouldn’t it be great if his skill set translates and he becomes a part of the core?

King can't expect to be what he was late last year and this SL though obviously. The good news is he was kind of considered a 3 and D prospect coming out of Oregon so it could easily come together for him. The main issue is the Kings main issue, SIZE. He's long and tall but still 190 pounds soaking wet. He's already called himself a big guard. Something you heard about the other Kings wing Harkless who has also always kind of been a big SG defensively.

 

[EIM86]

There is a strong chance Davion is going to spend all night in the gym rather than celebrating the W.

he’s already taking shots lol

 

[EIM86]

And in all seriousness, Bobby is going to turn some heads after this. He's already been busting his hump to make his way up the ladder so the Kings better not let him slip away like other assistants that eventually bailed. Bobby might be HC material now, not later.

im oretty sure he wants to finish what happened In ‘02 in Sac

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1427824338191802376

 

[The_Jamal]

King might have a shot considering the team is short on legit wins. Ramsey they can let continue to develop. There's plenty of time for him. If things go south then he's an excellent hope/development piece next year should things fail miserably and tank time commences.

Yeah I think the next step for Ramsey is let him control the G-League offense and see how he handles #1 USG and if this driving ability can convert to a larger sample of games. He legit looked like he unlocked that finishing ability over the last 4 games. Gear him up for a key spot for the 22-23 season.

Kings is too good to keep on the G-League team and the Kings need a guy with his skill-set right now. And while he won't get to be "Summer League KD", the Kings bench really did lack go-to scoring ability for a majority of last year. And we know he'll provide spacing and good defensive pressure with his long frame.

If you add King to the wing core, you're all of a sudden not as worried about the depth at that slot. Barnes-Harkless-King should be very capable of handling a lot of those 3/4 minutes.

Fox || Mitchell
Hali || TD
Buddy || King
Barnes || Harkless || Metu || Bagley
Holmes || Len || Bagley

Is the rotation I'd run. Unfortunately, I think King and Metu stay buried behind the vets with Walton at the helm.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1427834189408129027

 

[The_Jamal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1427789427699593218

Pretty interesting indeed.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Kudos to Pritchard for not forcing things and playing hero ball. He did a decent job setting up his teammates

 

[mac]

Yeah I think the next step for Ramsey is let him control the G-League offense and see how he handles #1 USG and if this driving ability can convert to a larger sample of games. He legit looked like he unlocked that finishing ability over the last 4 games. Gear him up for a key spot for the 22-23 season.

Kings is too good to keep on the G-League team and the Kings need a guy with his skill-set right now. And while he won't get to be "Summer League KD", the Kings bench really did lack go-to scoring ability for a majority of last year. And we know he'll provide spacing and good defensive pressure with his long frame.

If you add King to the wing core, you're all of a sudden not as worried about the depth at that slot. Barnes-Harkless-King should be very capable of handling a lot of those 3/4 minutes.

Fox || Mitchell
Hali || TD
Buddy || King
Barnes || Harkless || Metu || Bagley
Holmes || Len || Bagley

Is the rotation I'd run. Unfortunately, I think King and Metu stay buried behind the vets with Walton at the helm.

I love how you low-key have Bagley as our 12th man

 

[Reyes134]

im oretty sure he wants to finish what happened In ‘02 in Sac

Hell yeah. Bobby J and DC had a game plan and did well preparing for this game. I would love to see them together at Golden1 and send Walton to Reno/Stockton

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1427847983421296645

 

[EIM86]

Hell yeah. Bobby J and DC had a game plan and did well preparing for this game. I would love to see them together at Golden1 and send Walton to Reno/Stockton

walton will never be a head coach after this job. He’s terrible

 

[LoungeLizard]

i got +7 and under 173.5 parlay

$$$$$$$$

 

[EIM86]

$$$$$$$$

i was getting worried towards the end cause they were giving us a layup clinic and we couldn’t miss a shot

 

[sactowndog]

Lol Davion not happy about the mvp.

I don’t think Davion cares. Dude is motivated by competition. It’s why he sucked against Dallas. Did you hear him talk all about his teammates? Glory is not what motivates him.

 

[ppine]

Tonight we saw something cool. A team playing with the image of Bobby and Doug C.
The SL team is like the anti-Kings.
They play defense, they rebound, they get steals and they run the floor.
Do that and a lot of games can be won with only average shooting.
Tremendous energy, good team defense and sharing the ball.
I hope the Kings were watching.

 

[ppine]

Pritchard disappeared. That was one of the best things about this game.
Mitchell has great confidence. He has leadership potential.
Why wouldn't he have confidence, he wins everywhere he goes.

 

[sactowndog]

King sure looked better than Nesmith
Pritchard just got stuffed
Carson Edwards tried to hold his own

Davion is going to get his minutes but Swag and King can be contributors this year but I don’t see where the minutes will come unfortunately

king if he plays defense at 6’ 7” with a 7’ wingspan will get minutes. We desperately need length on the wing. He could immediately slide into that 3 and D role. I expect he will be Doug’s personal project.

Swag should get minutes but currently at 6’ 3” with a 6’ 6” wingspan he will struggle to get time over Haliburton or Davis.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

I thought Boston’s coach was George Hill

For a spell, I did too.

 

[Section 101]

I don’t think Davion cares. Dude is motivated by competition. It’s why he sucked against Dallas. Did you hear him talk all about his teammates? Glory is not what motivates him.

Did you see his face when they called him up to speak after King just got the MVP?

 

[HndsmCelt]

Hell yeah. Bobby J and DC had a game plan and did well preparing for this game. I would love to see them together at Golden1 and send Walton to Reno/Stockton

I think once Walton's fired from Sacramento he's done coaching. Sadly we'll probably be hearing him in the booth somewhere.

 

[NiNetNiNe]

It's not like Pritchard is some bum, used in the loosest of ways because anyone at this level is far better than the average player. He played a lot for the Celtics his rookie year. He averaged 19 minutes and 8 points a game while shooting 41% from 3. Mitchell, with some occasional help, shut him down hard.

 

[elshagon]

King will get some playing time once Buddy is traded.

 

[sactowndog]

Did you see his face when they called him up to speak after King just got the MVP?

yeah I read it as he was happy for the team and didn’t want to be singled out.