[Game] Kings vs. Pelicans, 5 April 2022, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[iowamcnabb]

All these record breaking rookie performances but then you remember we have had about 8 good rookies in the last 20 years haha

 

[KainLear]

All these record breaking rookie performances but then you remember we have had about 8 good rookies in the last 20 years haha

Somewhere out there, Quincy Douby suddenly sneezed continuously for no reason.

 

[captain bill]

Barnes just bricked Davion passing Hali’s assist record but we should still get there

 

[Tetsujin]

Heroic performance by Jeremy Lamb.

 

[SacTownKid]

All these record breaking rookie performances but then you remember we have had about 8 good rookies in the last 20 years haha

haha so true. And so sad.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Pick only one:

A: Davion goes for 20-20
B: The Pelicans win the game

 

[KainLear]

Pick only one:

A: Davion goes for 20-20
B: The Pelicans win the game

 

[Tetsujin]

The Kings would probably be within a possession or tied were it not for Jeremy Lamb doing something bad every time he touches the ball down the stretch.

The tank thanks him.

 

[Tetsujin]

Pick only one:

A: Davion goes for 20-20
B: The Pelicans win the game

A.

 

[Sluggah]

Pick only one:

A: Davion goes for 20-20
B: The Pelicans win the game

20-20 looks too nice to pass up.

 

[Tetsujin]

Dame getting bodied by Juancho.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Looking like it's going to be B.

 

[SLAB]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511555863005204486

Rondo had 17 assists with the Kings 9 times?!

 

[KainLear]

Is Mark Jones quitting?

 

[iowamcnabb]

Is Davion really setting guys up or are they just hitting shots? Box score shooting splits don’t look out of the ordinary.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Is Mark Jones quitting?

Not that I'm aware of. Kind of sounded like an end-of-season goodbye and maybe not a forever goodbye. I think his daughter has a few more years of college in NorCal so he may well stick around a few more.

 

[SacTownKid]

Is Davion really setting guys up or are they just hitting shots? Box score shooting splits don’t look out of the ordinary.

I think it's pretty easy to see. Modern basketball is pretty easy to rack up the assists. Although he's done a good job.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I'm lowkey embarrassed by how old I was before I realized that the Oscar Robertson Triple-Double award was just the organization honoring Big O by naming their team Community Service award after him. I used to think it was a league-wide award, and I remember going, "Man, isn't it cool that someone on the Kings wins this every year!"

Then, the next season, I got put on to game, and I felt like a jackass.

 

[Krunker]

Davion setting guys up nicely, although nobody could deliver to get him #18

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Does Kayte have plans after the game? Not that I'm complaining.

 

[kingsboi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511555863005204486

Rondo wasn't even a King for very long and he had 9 games with all those dimes? mighty impressive

 

[kingsboi]

All these record breaking rookie performances but then you remember we have had about 8 good rookies in the last 20 years haha

and how many of them signed their second contract with the team?

 

[gunks]

All these record breaking rookie performances but then you remember we have had about 8 good rookies in the last 20 years haha

8?

I got... Reke, Cuz, IT, Hali.

Davion was pretty iffy for most of the year, so I'm being a stickler. Fox was a garbo rookie.

I feel like I'm snubbing somebody, but definitely couldn't think of 8 good rookies with a gun to my head haha.

 

[The_Jamal]

and how many of them signed their second contract with the team?

Kevin Martin
Francisco Garcia
Boogie Cousins
Jason Thompson
De'Aaron Fox
Buddy Hield sort of?

So yeah, there you go. In 20 years, Kings have had 5 rookies make it to the 2nd contract with the team.

 

[kingsboi]

Kevin Martin
Francisco Garcia
Boogie Cousins
Jason Thompson
De'Aaron Fox
Buddy Hield sort of?

So yeah, there you go. In 20 years, Kings have had 5 rookies make it to the 2nd contract with the team.

yikes. I had no idea it was that few. hopefully Monte is around for a while and this franchise gets much needed stability once a head coach is found.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511555863005204486

Rondo had 17 assists with the Kings 9 times?!

Well, considering that Rondo wasn’t ever much of a shooter/scorer and wasn’t really ever super interested in doing so, it kind of makes sense.

What’s crazy to me is that J-Will only did it once.

 

[EIM86]

Kevin Martin
Francisco Garcia
Boogie Cousins
Jason Thompson
De'Aaron Fox
Buddy Hield sort of?

So yeah, there you go. In 20 years, Kings have had 5 rookies make it to the 2nd contract with the team.

makes sense why we’ve been terrible

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Kevin Martin
Francisco Garcia
Boogie Cousins
Jason Thompson
De'Aaron Fox
Buddy Hield sort of?

So yeah, there you go. In 20 years, Kings have had 5 rookies make it to the 2nd contract with the team.

To which we can compare the astute-drafting Spurs, for whom over the last 20 years the following players have made it to their second contract:
Tony Parker
Tiago Splitter
Kawhi Leonard
Dejounte Murray
Derrick White
Manu Ginobili sort of (was drafted more than 20 years ago but came over less than 20 years ago)

So two of the players on there (and the sort-of) are better than the Kings' players (not like Cousins and Fox are slouches) but the count is the same. 5 (+1) have made it to the second contract.

 

[sactowndog]

8?

I got... Reke, Cuz, IT, Hali.

Davion was pretty iffy for most of the year, so I'm being a stickler. Fox was a garbo rookie.

I feel like I'm snubbing somebody, but definitely couldn't think of 8 good rookies with a gun to my head haha.

Bogi was all rookie

 

[The_Jamal]

makes sense why we’ve been terrible

Really is. And the guys even worth a 2nd contract (IT,Reke,Bogi) we let walk with no return due to incredibly poor planning from the FO or just plain stupidity. You could argue those 3 are all in the top 6 of rookie contract hits (Kevin Martin somewhere in there and Boogie/Fox 1 and 2), and we just let them go without a plan.

Thankfully, the early returns on Monte have been excellent in terms of bunking this trend. Hali at 12 got you a top 25 player in a trade (hopefully long-term) and Davion looks well on his way to being a starting quality player. Found Jones and Metu off the street and both look like NBA players. Bought extremely low on a quality rotation/starter in DDV. No idea if Trey Lyles is just a flash in the pan on his career best streak with us, but he's been excellent and still just 26.

Small steps, but this is how you start to build a team out of the dumps. Making winning transactions and finding NBA talent for very little cost investment.