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Tetsujin
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Happy for Monk. Always had an NBA skillset, just sorta got lost in the Hornets malaise.
kingsboi
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he can play, he may not do anything else other than score but he does it in bunches. The Kings witnessed it themselves. He would be another acquisition in the mold of a Jordan Clarkson for the Jazz....I wouldn't mind if Monte looked into it
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
That Kings bench definitely needs another scorer plus he’s one of De’Aaron’s closest friends.
kingsboi
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precisely. There is a whole ton of value out there just hiding on team benches that if I was Monte I'd be looking to carve a role for and that fit this current team's timeline
SLAB
Hall of Famer
And Boogie finally had a good game off the bench with 17/8
kingsboi
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more than anything, I'm just happy Wall is out there healthy and contributing after not playing hoops for two seasons
Shout out to garbage time. IIRC, he had something like 3 points, on 1-7 shooting, when the game was still in question.
I watched the Lakers - Hawks game on league pass with Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux as commentators and it was awesome. So much more informative commentating compared to an average broadcast. The basic game called by the teams broadcast duo is very uninformative and probably dummed down for the regular fan. Nate and Danny have maybe the best nba podcast out atm and I liked a lot of their commentating. Hopefully they will do some Kings games in the near future.
The other thing is that its getting really miserable watching guys like Tre Young, Embiid, Harden ect play basketball. Its constantly trying to draw fouls and putting the ball in the basket is only a secondary objective. That itself should be a gigantic red flag. Embiid is a really good example: dude is strong as F*** but spends a lot of his time with these back to the basket and quick turn to the rip through move or iniciating contact and then tilting his head back while throwing the ball in the stands. If I could affect anything I would never call these rip throughs as defensive foul. Thats not a basketball move if you "rise" to shoot the ball by bringing the ball from the other side of your body to the opposite side and then chucking the ball to the 5th row if you feel any contact. Thats nothing but garbage and less these players are rewarded for stuff like that the better.
From the players perspective its compeltely understandable to try to draw these bullcrap fouls, other good example is coming off the screen and stopping/jumping into defenders body to draw the contact. Those free throw attemps are extremely valuable for your team and for your value as a player so as long as the league rewards players for doing thah, that type of behaviour will only increase in the future. The league should put a hard stop to that and it would make the sport much more watchable.
The other thing is that its getting really miserable watching guys like Tre Young, Embiid, Harden ect play basketball. Its constantly trying to draw fouls and putting the ball in the basket is only a secondary objective. That itself should be a gigantic red flag. Embiid is a really good example: dude is strong as F*** but spends a lot of his time with these back to the basket and quick turn to the rip through move or iniciating contact and then tilting his head back while throwing the ball in the stands. If I could affect anything I would never call these rip throughs as defensive foul. Thats not a basketball move if you "rise" to shoot the ball by bringing the ball from the other side of your body to the opposite side and then chucking the ball to the 5th row if you feel any contact. Thats nothing but garbage and less these players are rewarded for stuff like that the better.
From the players perspective its compeltely understandable to try to draw these bullcrap fouls, other good example is coming off the screen and stopping/jumping into defenders body to draw the contact. Those free throw attemps are extremely valuable for your team and for your value as a player so as long as the league rewards players for doing thah, that type of behaviour will only increase in the future. The league should put a hard stop to that and it would make the sport much more watchable.
kingsboi
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I thought there were no fans allowed in the arenas?
Varies by state. Kemp has been openly defying CDC/scientific recommendations, the entire pandemic, and specifically overrode Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' "no mass gatherings" edict. As a result, Georgia is one of (I think) a dozen or so states where arenas are accepting limited capacity.
whozit
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Hey, LeBron even thought that they shouldn't have been thrown out. He almost seemed to like it.
kingsboi
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NBA city jerseys and courts in general are a disaster
Wizards now 0-5 when Westbrook has a triple double.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
It's hard to lose a trade when you're unloading a max contract player who has suffered an injury that usually ends careers but the Wizards somehow did it.
iowamcnabb
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It has never been done. The highest single game point total for an undrafted player that I could find was John Starks with 39 points.
Edit- I found one more player that scored more points in a game than Starks. Connie Hawkins in 1970 with 44 points.
Additional fun facts
Wilt scored 50 plus 122 times including playoffs. Jordan 46 times
Kings have had a 50 point scorer 11 times
The Grizz are the only franchise to have no players score 50
only 4 players have scored 50+ in 30 or few minutes Lillard(2), McCollum, Harden, Klay Thompson(2)
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kingsboi
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so Fred is officially in the history books all by himself. Good for him. No wonder he was tearing up after the game. I also believe he tied or beat DeRozan's franchise scoring high
Tetsujin
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Don't remind me.
Sluggah
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Well don’t I feel like an ass. I just saw a clip of the game and excitedly came here to say how jealous I was that they had a Basquiat inspired court. Had no idea. Pretty awesome in my book.
iowamcnabb
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I'm a big fan of his and neo expressionism in general. I have a whole wall in my pizzeria featuring the style.
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