[Game] Kings vs. Pelicans, 11/03/21 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern

[TaxMan]

Nice game. Stomped on an inferior team in the fourth. Our guards finally came to life, although I think the gods may not ever allow all four to play well together as Buddy was not good tonight.

 

[Woot!]

Nice game. Stomped on an inferior team in the fourth. Our guards finally came to life, although I think the gods may not ever allow all four to play well together as Buddy was not good tonight.

Don't expect all four (much less all 5, w/Davis) to ALL play well most nights. Will def take 3/4.

 

[joemama]

Can we please give L. King or Metu some of Moe's minutes?
3 points 1/4 FG and 5 reb doesn't make sense to play 32 minutes and start him.

 

[Tetsujin]

Can we please give L. King or Metu some of Moe's minutes?
3 points 1/4 FG and 5 reb doesn't make sense to play 32 minutes and start him.

The dude was SCRAPPING on D though. Not sure that means he should be getting starter minutes but he's not been a net negative for us at least.

 

[joemama]

Noel Harris @NorCalNoel916
Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and had just eight field-goal attempts. Talk about efficiency.

 

[Woot!]

That was the 2nd of a 5-games-in-7-days stretch.

The 5th of those game is the 2nd of a B2B against Phoenix.

Luke MUST do better managing minutes if the Kings are to have a chance.

 

[joemama]

Rod Boone @rodboone
Final: Warriors 114, #Hornets 92 Miles Bridges 32 points, 9 rebounds Gordon Hayward 23 points, 10 rebounds Up next: at Sacramento on Friday

 

[kingsfan101]

Can we please give L. King or Metu some of Moe's minutes?
3 points 1/4 FG and 5 reb doesn't make sense to play 32 minutes and start him.

Hope Walton at least tries to get them minutes some time (and Bagley, as I mentioned in another thread). As Woot pointed out, core guys are playing very heavy minutes. At least see what the other guys are giving you for some of Moe's minutes. Hopefully, the upcoming schedule, along with some home cooking, allows for a bit more experimentation.

 

[NewArena]

Gosh I would love to flip Fox for a legit wing and run a Mitchell/Hali 1-2 with buddy off the bench.

You’d regret this in 2-3 weeks or whenever Fox finds his form, trust me.

 

[Tetsujin]

You’d regret this in 2-3 weeks or whenever Fox finds his form, trust me.

I mean, if we somehow convinced the Bucks to trade us Giannis for Fox, I wouldn't be opposed to a deal.

 

[NewArena]

Luke really amazes me

 

[NewArena]

I mean, if we somehow convinced the Bucks to trade us Giannis for Fox, I wouldn't be opposed to a deal.

I think even Fox would be willing to drive himself to the Airport for that one

 

[NewArena]

Tony New Orleans more like it

This made me laugh out loud

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Rod Boone @rodboone
Final: Warriors 114, #Hornets 92 Miles Bridges 32 points, 9 rebounds Gordon Hayward 23 points, 10 rebounds Up next: at Sacramento on Friday

Mitchell versus Ball?

 

[NewArena]

And where does the queue form?

Gosh you guys are on FIRE tonight with the punchlines. Turn the sprinkler syst- eh, nvm.

 

[mac]

Noel Harris @NorCalNoel916
Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and had just eight field-goal attempts. Talk about efficiency.

Not to nitpick, but I never really understood why some people refer to scoring more on less field goal attempts as efficiency, when the bulk of free throws are going to come from getting fouled while attempting a shot. Efficiency should be measured by FG% or EFG% or something closer to those stats than just shot attempts. If player X scores 20 points on 10/10 layups, why should he be considered less efficient than player Y who scores 20 points on 1 layup and 18 FTs that he drew attempting 9 layups? Or let's say in this case, if Barnes happened to be 1-8 FG, but took 10 more attempts and got fouled on them leading to 20 free throws, would we still say that was efficient?

 

[MizzouKing]

Our first complete defensive game, on the second night of a back-to-back, and without that we would have lost to a very hungry team ready to rise. Our conditioning has come a long ways, and I think losing Big Rich just pissed them off. Great game!

 

[Tetsujin]

Not to nitpick, but I never really understood why some people refer to scoring more on less field goal attempts as efficiency, when the bulk of free throws are going to come from getting fouled while attempting a shot. Efficiency should be measured by FG% or EFG% or something closer to those stats than just shot attempts. If player X scores 20 points on 10/10 layups, why should he be considered less efficient than player Y who scores 20 points on 1 layup and 18 FTs that he drew attempting 9 layups? Or let's say in this case, if Barnes happened to be 1-8 FG, but took 10 more attempts and got fouled on them leading to 20 free throws, would we still say that was efficient?

To be fair, Harrison's TS% has been ridiculous all season too so he's pretty much efficient by all measures.

 

[NewArena]

Can we please give L. King or Metu some of Moe's minutes?
3 points 1/4 FG and 5 reb doesn't make sense to play 32 minutes and start him.

The one time Luke has been consistent with an opening lineup or rotation, and i kinda want him to switch it up as well. Idk, hopefully when we do trade Bagley, we get a mobile big with some length that can actually defend a bit. That may be asking for too much and i don’t know if one exists, but that’s what i want for this team. Holmes can’t be the only “big” out there or the only one that can rebound in the opening lineup IMO

 

[NewArena]

Mitchell versus Ball?

I’m really excited to be in the building for this one! My first game of the new season.

 

[joemama]

Not to nitpick, but I never really understood why some people refer to scoring more on less field goal attempts as efficiency, when the bulk of free throws are going to come from getting fouled while attempting a shot. Efficiency should be measured by FG% or EFG% or something closer to those stats than just shot attempts. If player X scores 20 points on 10/10 layups, why should he be considered less efficient than player Y who scores 20 points on 1 layup and 18 FTs that he drew attempting 9 layups? Or let's say in this case, if Barnes happened to be 1-8 FG, but took 10 more attempts and got fouled on them leading to 20 free throws, would we still say that was efficient?

I get what you're saying but Barnes was very efficient today 62% FG and 66% 3 PT. He hit two big (consecutive) 3s today and has been our most consistent player this season.

 

[Kingster]

Fun, fun game. Looked like a hard-working team that likes to play with each other. I had to slap myself 10x in the first half because I liked Hield's play so much. He really looked like the 6th man energizer bunny out there with his defense and his, yes, ballhandling.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not to nitpick, but I never really understood why some people refer to scoring more on less field goal attempts as efficiency, when the bulk of free throws are going to come from getting fouled while attempting a shot. Efficiency should be measured by FG% or EFG% or something closer to those stats than just shot attempts. If player X scores 20 points on 10/10 layups, why should he be considered less efficient than player Y who scores 20 points on 1 layup and 18 FTs that he drew attempting 9 layups? Or let's say in this case, if Barnes happened to be 1-8 FG, but took 10 more attempts and got fouled on them leading to 20 free throws, would we still say that was efficient?

Considering that Barnes' eFG% for this game was 87.5, and his TS% was 92.7 you picked an interesting time to bring this up.

 

[ESP47]

Not to nitpick, but I never really understood why some people refer to scoring more on less field goal attempts as efficiency, when the bulk of free throws are going to come from getting fouled while attempting a shot. Efficiency should be measured by FG% or EFG% or something closer to those stats than just shot attempts. If player X scores 20 points on 10/10 layups, why should he be considered less efficient than player Y who scores 20 points on 1 layup and 18 FTs that he drew attempting 9 layups? Or let's say in this case, if Barnes happened to be 1-8 FG, but took 10 more attempts and got fouled on them leading to 20 free throws, would we still say that was efficient?

You're not wrong but way more often than not, Barnes' type of stat line is going to be more efficient than the one with more field goals and less free throws. Usually good free throw shooters won't shoot 20% from the line but they do have plenty of nights where they'll shoot a low percentage from the field.

It's why Harden's TS% is always high, despite his FG percentages looking average.

 

[NewArena]

Portland lost to the Cavs tonight. Yikes! Good news for us though. Every game matters in this difficult conference

 

[jcassio]

I just wanted to give some love to Alex Len. He got the better of his matchup with Jonas the Jerk, and I found that every bit as satisfying as the win itself. Well, almost.

 

[SLAB]

I mean, if we somehow convinced the Bucks to trade us Giannis for Fox, I wouldn't be opposed to a deal.

TATUM

 

[NewArena]

I gotta take back what i said about Holmes being the only rebounder though. Huge shout out to Harrison Barnes! Also, looks like Haliburton was pretty great tonight? I gotta watch on my DVR

 

[NewArena]

TATUM

I wouldn’t say no, but, Boston fans seem very frustrated with the guy. If Luke isn’t the coach, then i say yes with little hesitation.

 

[Tetsujin]

Portland lost to the Cavs tonight. Yikes! Good news for us though. Every game matters in this difficult conference

Cavs are surprisingly good. Mobley looks like a star and future DPOY guy.