[Game] Play-in Tournament 9/10 game: Kings vs. Mavericks 16 APR 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET (ESPN)

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

FYI, since this game doesn't count towards the regular season record and before I forget (and since it looks like this will be the last [Game] thread of the season), shout out to @coolhandluke, @Capt. Factorial, @Tobiou and @Caccia for correctly answering the April wins poll.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I would feel pretty comfortable with Monte in the top 3 vs whoever we end up with after Vivek fires him in the next week or so.

99.5% chance it's a moot point though haha

You think he would have let Monte take sole ownership of that pick decision? I sure as hell don't

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

It’s not a coincidence Domas played a bad half. Everyone including the Dallas fans clown the trade for Luka. But they went all in on a beastly frontcourt. And we’re seeing the results of that.

Nico Harrison preening like a peacock.

 

[Sluggah]

As many turnovers as assists is absolutely wild

 

[Tetsujin]

On the plus side it looks like I can watch night two of wrestlemania without having to worry about squeezing in game one of a playoff series.

 

[iowamcnabb]

I would feel pretty comfortable with Monte in the top 3 vs whoever we end up with after Vivek fires him in the next week or so. Say what you will about his roster construction or trades, he's been the best drafter we've had since early era Petrie.

99.5% chance it's a moot point though haha

the question is how soon will we know? If we lose tonight are we hearing about the firing?

 

[SacTownKid]

It’s not his fault no one was there to cover for him when he got eaten up by a screen. Not sure if it was Doug’s coverages or laziness by teammates a simple screen freed him up so easy.

Thoughtlessness and laziness for sure. DC putting Carter back in was a wise move. He has a very rare ability to get over a lot of screens that most players can't. DC not putting Keon and Carter in there together was a mistake. We'll see if Christies trust in his starters pays dividends or already cost them the game.

 

[ESP47]

So when is the lottery?

Will we even have a pick?

 

[Tetsujin]

They updated Domas’s stars at the half so now he has a 3/5 assist to turnover ratio lol

 

[LPKingsFan]

the question is how soon will we know? If we lose tonight are we hearing about the firing?

A competent franchise would do it as soon as possible. Which means the Kings will let it drag out so that any new FO is not up and running by draft time.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Thoughtlessness and laziness for sure. DC putting Carter back in was a wise move. He has a very rare ability to get over a lot of screens that most players can't. DC not putting Keon and Carter in there together was a mistake. We'll see if Christies trust in his starters pays dividends or already cost them the game.

He's winning or losing with the highest paid players. Count on it

 

[TaxMan]

Kind of giving me that fox feeling right before he got traded. Dude checked out a long time before.

We could be royally ****ed with Domas. $140M over the next three years just may be the new toxic contract (yay we now how collected two with Zach). He was worth it as the central offensive hub of the Beam Team, but he now looks lost. I’m not sure Domas is attractive at that price tag to many teams in the NBA. Not sure if it’s a bad enough contract where you have to attach things to get off it, but I don’t think he yields much of a haul at all.

 

[gunks]

the question is how soon will we know? If we lose tonight are we hearing about the firing?

I'm sure there will be baseless rumors on the Twitters as soon as tonight. Those vultures stay circling haha

This is gonna be an interesting summer either way. I'm probably just gonna take the SLAB approach and hope for max chaos, since this team certainly isn't going to entertain us with competency

 

[iowamcnabb]

When that ball bounced in on Klay’s shot you knew he was about to go on one. As if a weight had been lifted off him.

 

[TaxMan]

This is exactly what we all thought when they were gifted the #2 pick in that draft........Marvin Bagley is an end of the bench roster filler for Memphis

Well, you can’t be scared of getting a top pick. I mean, if I can’t hope for that then we really have nothing.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Well we have 5 minutes to prove something

 

[SacTownKid]

Going under screens has been Keon’s MO for most of the season though. He does it to try to bait guys into throwing the ball into a lane he can get his hands on but when the ball gets to his guy it leaves him wideass open

Which is a good thing he's at least learned that. Part of it is he can't absorb contact very well. Whether by screen or in iso. If you play at an angle like he does and brace with your back foot you are giving wide open space around you. Players that can sit in the classic defensive position have the option of quickly changing angles.

 

[Tetsujin]

Keon already has four fouls lmfao

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Well, you can’t be scared of getting a top pick. I mean, if I can’t hope for that then we really have nothing.

Yeah, it's just "funny" in thinking back to it. One of those sinking moments when some of us just knew right then and there what had happened

 

[TaxMan]

I’m giving this game 6 minutes into the third. Let’s see if they have anything.

 

[gunks]

Keon already has four fouls lmfao

He was clearly standing too close to AD there

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Well we have 5 minutes to prove something

We've already had 24...What made/makes you think the next 5 were/are gonna be any different???

 

[Tetsujin]

Refs saw Butler get 18 freebies last night and said ‘bet’

 

[iowamcnabb]

Crap calls

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

I’m giving this game 6 minutes into the third. Let’s see if they have anything.

We've already had 24...What made/makes you think the next 6 were/are gonna be any different???

 

[Tetsujin]

lol Domas can’t even catch open passes now

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

When that ball bounced in on Klay’s shot you knew he was about to go on one. As if a weight had been lifted off him.

What I imagine has to be infuriating for team-first fans is being a footnote in someone else's story. Presuming that Dallas holds on to win this, NBA historians will either remember this as the Klay Redemption Game™ or the Nico Validation Game™.

 

[iowamcnabb]

We've already had 24...What made/makes you think the next 5 were/are gonna be any different???

Well we were ahead in the first

 

[SLAB]

Send Sabonis out on the first flight. Never back.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

What I imagine has to be infuriating for team-first fans is being a footnote in someone else's story. Presuming that Dallas holds on to win this, NBA historians will either remember this as the Klay Redemption Game™ or the Nico Validation Game™.

Or both...