[Game] Kings vs Raptors, 10/8/2025 7PM Pacific 10PM Eastern (Pre-Season)

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976146278615843112

So much of Nique’s passing looks remind me of rookie year Tyrese. That subtle look to the corner to get the dunker spot defender to just shade out the passing lane is something he loved to do with Richaun.

 

[sactowndog]

You’re only,off by five years

Damn. Paying so little attention I confused Eubanks and Cardwell.

 

[sactowndog]

See you all at Stockton this year. They might be the more interesting team.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Did he buy a mansion in Sac? I saw a picture of his Chicago mansion, he’s a 13 bathroom kinda guy it seems

oh no I'm just saying even if he actually loves it here I don't see him lasting the season.

 

[Tetsujin]

I do think one interesting thing abut the end of the game was Doug using Cardwell and Maxime together for the entirety of the quarter

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976151976066068740

 

[SacTownKid]

I do think one interesting thing abut the end of the game was Doug using Cardwell and Maxime together for the entirety of the quarter

Does seem to fit considering Max can shoot.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976152362558562393

 

[SacTownKid]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976151976066068740

What? No, they tried. If you can only defend 94 by turning one shoulder and giving up one side of the floor then you aren't a full court defender. Feet planted, toes towards the man with the ball. That's the test. Carter is the only easy pass.

 

[sactowndog]

I'm not sure I'm going to make it through this pre-season....ughhh.

Fixed it

 

[sactowndog]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976152362558562393

Doug’s gutless. We saw that last year and his entire radio career. Nothing has changed and nothing will.

 

[sactowndog]

Ellis has been out of sorts... Doesn't look good

Perhaps the contract is bothering him.

 

[coolhandluke]

I think a good amount of fans would be ok if things don’t work out this year and we end up losing. BUT, this version of losing is so annoying to watch. I would rarher watch the other team make 100 layups than make 60 percent of their threes. We can’t blame Mike Brown or Luke anymore. Admittedly some of it is luck but we are on the wrong side of that too often.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. If the Kings want defense they need to get and play defensive personnel. Defense is not just effort, it is a honed skill. Everyone and their grandma knows what to do but the Kings FO decides to play ostrich defense.

 

[hrdboild]

Keon lowkey has somehow been our worst player tonight

Do that Keon for Tari Eason trade that Bleacher Report suggested.

I thought Keon Ellis was the worst player on the floor for us on our Summer League squad for the one game I was at in Vegas a year ago and yet when the dust cleared on the NBA regular season he was still our best point of attack defender and he maintains a 42.9% career average on 501 three-point shots 3 years into his NBA career. That is not a player you trade. I just think he's a guy who only gets his pulse elevated for games that count.

 

[NewArena]

Whoa! Nique has some nifty passes in his repertoire. What a basketball mind he so clearly has

 

[NewArena]

Nique with 10 points, 9 assists, three boards and two steals in 24 minutes.

WOW. Yea, he's gonna be getting minutes this season, that's for sure.

 

[coolhandluke]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976151976066068740

This is just delusional. We don't have the personnel to defend 94 feet. You need long athletic personnel and a deep rotation to pull that off. We are a small and older team that's better off sticking to opponents like a gnat once they are past half court. Be pesky and play the percentages. There's no point in exhausting yourself playing 94 feet which opens up bigger holes in the defense. The first order of business for a coach is Know Your Personnel (KYP) and tailor your schemes for them instead of the other way around. This is unacceptable.

 

[SacTownKid]

This is just delusional. We don't have the personnel to defend 94 feet. You need long athletic personnel and a deep rotation to pull that off. We are a small and older team that's better off sticking to opponents like a gnat once they are past half court. Be pesky and play the percentages. There's no point in exhausting yourself playing 94 feet which opens up bigger holes in the defense. The first order of business for a coach is Know Your Personnel (KYP) and tailor your schemes for them instead of the other way around. This is unacceptable.

It will all be revealed and then there's the "two timelines". All that is on the other timeline. Full court pressure begins and ends with the PG spot so it's all up to Schroder and Monk at this point. Monk is by far not a defender, Schroder hasn't really been for awhile now and wasn't ever really some lockdown player to begin with. Keon played PG tonight which was a little bit of a surprise. He handled well, didn't really create anything for his teammates but wasn't horrible getting the ball up. The issue with Keon is always going to be physicality. He's probably like 165 pounds and gets pushed around at times. He's more of a pest on defense, not a real true stopper. Carter, Keon, Nique, Keegan, and Cardwell. Now that's a defensive unit. Top it off with the athletic ability of Jones and Max and there's something there on that end. Lets see how the season shakes out.

 

[Caccia]

It will all be revealed and then there's the "two timelines". All that is on the other timeline. Full court pressure begins and ends with the PG spot so it's all up to Schroder and Monk at this point. Monk is by far not a defender, Schroder hasn't really been for awhile now and wasn't ever really some lockdown player to begin with.

I was surprised that Schröder and Monk shared the court for several minutes. That does not strike me as a felicitous pairing, and it did not go well. I was expecting more a lineup of Monk, Ellis, Clifford, IJ, Eubanks: two older vets and three younger players, including one rookie.

 

[ockingsfan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1976151976066068740

Now that Doug has the security of a full contract, I'm hoping he balances this line up out. If he is serious about the starters playing 94 feet 85% of the time, he needs to get his best defensive players on the court more. The roster is actually pretty balanced with offense and defense, but the starting line up and bench rotations are not.

Simple fix to balance out the line up, if Doug has the cajones to pull it off would be to install a starting line up and rotation:

PF: Keegan (defense) / IJ (defense)
SF: LaVine (offense) / DDR (offense) / Nique (defense-offense)
C: Domas (offense) / Raynaud (offense) / Caldwell (defense)
SG: Keon (defense) / Monk (offense)
PG: Schroeder (offense) / DC (defense)

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Doug’s gutless. We saw that last year and his entire radio career. Nothing has changed and nothing will.

Congratulations! This post has been awarded the inaugural Golden Eeyore Award for exemplifying the ability to find the raincloud in every silver lining!

 

[gunks]

Somebody sell Vivek on Nique being Hali 2.0 with better defense so he'll get behind a youth movement!

Dennis is a tradable player if Clifford keeps up the playmaking.