[Game] Kings vs. Raptors, 1/8/2021 7pm PST, 10pm EST
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This game tells me Luke is a problem. Why would you keep playing Bjelica, he's garbage turning over the ball and just have no impact on defense. You should put the rosters out there according to how it match up with the other team. When your players make mistake time and time again, you DON'T continue playing them and hope that everything resolve by itself. The reason they make mistake or don't play well is because he's going against the quicker longer lengthy guy that gives him problem.
Kings should never lose to a team that basically unrecognizable from the Championship squad. Guys like Boucher and others should not have a great game. I know Boucher...he was once with the Warriors and was let go...he ain't good. But Kings certainly make him look good. Don't give me excuses like ohhh they still have the Championship DNA or they still have that drive to success...that's bs.....this team is unrecognizable beside VanVleet and Siakam. This is a bad loss.
Kings should never lose to a team that basically unrecognizable from the Championship squad. Guys like Boucher and others should not have a great game. I know Boucher...he was once with the Warriors and was let go...he ain't good. But Kings certainly make him look good. Don't give me excuses like ohhh they still have the Championship DNA or they still have that drive to success...that's bs.....this team is unrecognizable beside VanVleet and Siakam. This is a bad loss.
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You know what the problem with Bagley is? He spent too much time in the studio making music instead of at the gym lifting weight and bulking up. Look at his size and muscle....he got push around easily under the basket...it is no wonder he can't defend. Even letting small guy like Eric Gordon drive inside and push him away and score...i was like wtf....no way.
So, I haven’t reviewed the game yet. But I kept tabs online.
How KINGS is it that at one point in Q4 they were shooting over 60% for the game and well over 40% from three YET were down close to 20 points?! To a team that was 1-6 coming in, no less. Coming off TWO losses to a Rockets team that still only has 3 wins total.
Unbelievable.
Only my team does crap like that.
How KINGS is it that at one point in Q4 they were shooting over 60% for the game and well over 40% from three YET were down close to 20 points?! To a team that was 1-6 coming in, no less. Coming off TWO losses to a Rockets team that still only has 3 wins total.
Unbelievable.
Only my team does crap like that.
This team is missing an elite, physical perimeter defender. Fox and Hali are good defenders, but neither are physical. Get us a Lu Dort type and the playoffs are certain. Or tank. Please don’t treadmill.
Kings are top ten in offense in the first half and bottom ten in the second half of games. The book is out on the Kings. Get physical in the 2H. Need to match that physicality when the other team turns it on. Yet, again, another reason to dump CoJo, who should be playing that role (or to start playing Woodard).
Kings are top ten in offense in the first half and bottom ten in the second half of games. The book is out on the Kings. Get physical in the 2H. Need to match that physicality when the other team turns it on. Yet, again, another reason to dump CoJo, who should be playing that role (or to start playing Woodard).
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Add Lu Dort to the Otto Porter/Andrew Wiggins/Alan Crabbe/Yi Jianlian Memorial Kingsfans.com random crushes hall of fame.
Should be noted that statistically, he's actual one of OKC's worst defenders on the season.
Plus they're a young rebuilding team in the same conference as us so I'm not sure why Presti would randomly trade him to us unless we vastly overpay.
Should be noted that statistically, he's actual one of OKC's worst defenders on the season.
Plus they're a young rebuilding team in the same conference as us so I'm not sure why Presti would randomly trade him to us unless we vastly overpay.
No team in the NBA is going to win many games giving up 144 points. The Raptors set a record last night for the most points ever scored in a game by their franchise. They shot 53% from 3 and they made plenty of layups. Van Vleet gets 34. The Kings were outrebounded 43-26.
Can the Raptors do that again in their next game? Probably not but the Kings ran no one off the line last night. The inside defense was weak except for Mr. Holmes. I also wonder why we did not see Whiteside. It was the kind of game where the Kings needed to try something to slow down the Raptors. This was really sad. It was a coaching fail.
Can the Raptors do that again in their next game? Probably not but the Kings ran no one off the line last night. The inside defense was weak except for Mr. Holmes. I also wonder why we did not see Whiteside. It was the kind of game where the Kings needed to try something to slow down the Raptors. This was really sad. It was a coaching fail.
That’s because he’s often guarding the opposing team’s best player.
I’d trade Buddy for him in heartbeat. Would likely require something like Buddy + 3 seconds for Dort + Horford.
Look at last night’s game. The raps had Powell on Fox. Powell is a power guard with a strong base and good feet. Fox didn’t hit any threes last night and really only had one clear win off the dribble against Powell. Dort is Powell on steroids defensively. Hell, I’d trade Buddy plus two seconds for Powell right now. Kings are missing that physical, make your life miserable power guard. Cojo was supposed to play that role, but he never was that (too short) and his defensive play has fallen off a cliff lately.
I’d trade Buddy for him in heartbeat. Would likely require something like Buddy + 3 seconds for Dort + Horford.
Look at last night’s game. The raps had Powell on Fox. Powell is a power guard with a strong base and good feet. Fox didn’t hit any threes last night and really only had one clear win off the dribble against Powell. Dort is Powell on steroids defensively. Hell, I’d trade Buddy plus two seconds for Powell right now. Kings are missing that physical, make your life miserable power guard. Cojo was supposed to play that role, but he never was that (too short) and his defensive play has fallen off a cliff lately.
That is a horrible trade for all the teams involved. Your opinion of Buddy has already long been noted but we’d be taking on an albatross of a contract for the privilege of taking a guy who probably projects out to be a 7th/8th man at best on a team that isn’t actively trying to position itself for a chance at Cade Cunningham.
The thing about Dort is that he is currently shooting unsustainable numbers from the perimeter for him and offensively has just as many issues handling the ball as CoJo and Buddy do. Combine that with the fact that he’s undersized for an offguard and even further undersized against wings and I don’t think he’ll really actually fix all that many issues that this team has defensively. Essentially you’d be trading one of the top shooters in the league for Patrick Beverly but worse at offense.
Norm Powell has also largely looked awful this season when not playing the Kings.
The thing about Dort is that he is currently shooting unsustainable numbers from the perimeter for him and offensively has just as many issues handling the ball as CoJo and Buddy do. Combine that with the fact that he’s undersized for an offguard and even further undersized against wings and I don’t think he’ll really actually fix all that many issues that this team has defensively. Essentially you’d be trading one of the top shooters in the league for Patrick Beverly but worse at offense.
Norm Powell has also largely looked awful this season when not playing the Kings.
I mean, he can but it's not ideal. It's the same issue the Rockets faced with PJ Tucker at center. Sure, he can man up a guy in the post for three or four possessions but the bigger guys are just going to play over his head like Ingram did in their matchups this season. Dort looks like he'll be a solid on the ball defensive role player guy in his career, which is nice to have but not if he's your go-to small forward. This is actually a similar problem we're seeing with CoJo in our three guard lineups as he usually gets stuck on wing and outsized regardless of good defensive effort or positioning. If we're going to trade Buddy for a dude to guard wings, I'd rather he be an actual wing and not a short guard we're forcing to defend out of position.
On the issue of Dort's offense, Dort currently has a 1 to 1 assist to turnover ratio and he struggles to create for others or himself whenever teams actually bother guarding him on that end of the court. As a spot up shooter, he'll probably end up settling back down around the .350 range, which is what Buddy is shooting now despite being in the midst of a horrific shooting slump.
I realize Buddy is like enemy number one for you and Dort is apparently your new player crush so this is like a wet dream for you but selling super low on Buddy and taking on three seasons of Horford's max contract for a fourth guard is how bad teams stay bad.
On the issue of Dort's offense, Dort currently has a 1 to 1 assist to turnover ratio and he struggles to create for others or himself whenever teams actually bother guarding him on that end of the court. As a spot up shooter, he'll probably end up settling back down around the .350 range, which is what Buddy is shooting now despite being in the midst of a horrific shooting slump.
I realize Buddy is like enemy number one for you and Dort is apparently your new player crush so this is like a wet dream for you but selling super low on Buddy and taking on three seasons of Horford's max contract for a fourth guard is how bad teams stay bad.