[Game] Kings vs Nuggets 12/28/2022 7pm Pacific 10pm Eastern
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SLAB
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Having to watch Alex Len for any length of time would slip me back to apathy. Thank goodness Domas is back.
I would like to propose hiring Vlad back as a talent evaluator and draft whoever he doesn't like lol.
macadocious
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Is this good?
My threshold would probably be if the Kings are about 5 games under .500. Feels like it'd be very hard to make the play in being in such a hole.
So how do they adjust for "luck?"
iowamcnabb
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I don’t know how to feel about him being available but I guess you have to trust the medical staff
Hope he doesn't have to play 40+ minutes tonight for us to win.
PurpleHaze
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Domas is a tough dude, wants to play. He's not fragile physically and mentally Bagley!
macadocious
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Has something to do with playing 5 vs 8. ROPM i think.
SLAB
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For the rest of my life I will enjoy Bagels catching strays from this fanbase.
Bum.
Telemachus
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Caccia
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NBA coaches almost always err on the side of team success, to the detriment of player health. It's tough for an injured player because the physicians and trainers work for the team, not for the individual.
Is this really the right move, long-term, for the Kings?
iowamcnabb
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Imo the coach would not be at the top of that decision hierarchy. Since Domas is such a competitor I am sure he wants to play but upper team management and his agent are probably the ones driving this decision.
Domas is very hard to convince to miss games.
Dude doesn’t have the desire to watch on league pass and supposedly turns down free tickets, but has the time/energy/desire to post here. But only after losses. Clown show. And anyone who takes this guy seriously is a bigger clown show…
It's truly insane.
Krishna is a good buddy of mine, dude is a MIT grad in stats. Knows his stuff, been around several NBA franchises. If he posts something, I listen.
Just getting ahead of the narrative. If I know some on this board, these absences make this a must win game. A loss is a sign of the apocalypse. But a win doesn’t count because they are missing guys. Just want to make sure we are on the same page heading in so there are no surprises.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Go away, Vlade.
Similar to like FIP or xFIP or wOBA in baseball. You look to take the randomness out of the game and basically just account what their stats "should" be if all things equal. So like if someone hits a 100 MPH seed, but it's right at an outfielder for an out. Vs a weak dribbler off the bat that finds a hole in the defense for a hit. One counts for a hit, but obviously we expect the guy who hit the 100 MPH exit velo to be a better AB over the long-term.
So in basketball, I imagine things like an opponents FG%/3pt% when heavily contested, how well we shoot when wide open vs heavily contested. I imagine there's some ref things played in too like FTA in crunch time, etc.
He may just need a break from the team. All that losing through 16 years may have gotten to him in an unhealthy way. It's understandable.
Tetsujin
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Vlade had to stay an extra game to catch his old rival's son taking his old spot as the best passing big in franchise history
Tizzy Flip
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Alright… looks like no Gordon and Murray for the Nuggets
How you know that Mike Brown is still out...we are not in a timeout right now.
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