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

[Tetsujin]

They’re plying ten feet off of you Trey. Just take that three

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Lavine isn't going anywhere. Is Salary will absolutely not allow it.

Monk. Derozen, are our two men i want out. Monk doesn't care enough. How do you laugh on the bench while your tram down 20.

 

[Tetsujin]

But that's still not the question I asked you. The question I asked you is, since when do teams not need defensive roleplayers?

Also, that "Fox/Domas core" was thought of as a 'core' because it also included Murray.

Plus Keegan was also terrible at defense his rookie year.

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

If this awful loss pushes Vivek to a rebuild, then it wasn’t worthless. That’s my hope right now.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Klay rubbing it in now.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

When they ask for the max which his agent might

So, is being a team-first fan mean imagining worst-case scenarios so that you can wish-cast ways to get out of them?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Lavine isn't going anywhere. Is Salary will absolutely not allow it.

Monk. Derozen, are our two men i want out. Monk doesn't care enough. How do you laugh on the bench while your tram down 20.

Just keep Keegan/Keon/Devin/the two way guys and start fresh. That’s a very good defensive foundation that could slot a young star in very nicely if we draft well/get lottery luck.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Klay rubbing it in now.

We rubbed it in pretty good last season. I cant blame that bastard

 

[Tetsujin]

So, is being a team-first fan mean imagining worst-case scenarios so that you can wish-cast ways to get out of them?

It’s either that or trading everyone for Zion. Those are the only options.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

It’s either that or trading everyone for Zion. Those are the only options.

Zion is only salary that works for Lavine.

 

[TheMobb]

If this awful loss pushes Vivek to a rebuild, then it wasn’t worthless. That’s my hope right now.

I don’t expect that at all. DeRozan, Monk and picks for upgrades (Durant, Zion?)

 

[SacTownKid]

If this awful loss pushes Vivek to a rebuild, then it wasn’t worthless. That’s my hope right now.

I still think they can have until the next deadline. They need to be kicking the tires on Domas and DeMar though. Keep LaVine, his contract is only for 2 years, that could a huge asset at some point.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

If this awful loss pushes Vivek to a rebuild, then it wasn’t worthless. That’s my hope right now.

Don't hold your breath

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I guess we can end the Ellis hype now too.

A lot of things died this season

 

[Tetsujin]

(Season probably goes a lot different if Devin was healthy to start it)

 

[iowamcnabb]

That was a sad shot. Poor Deebo

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I guess I was more justifying my point than answering your question. Haha

Roger that.

 

[coolhandluke]

We scored over 100. Yay!

 

[NewArena]

I will say, i appreciate them not getting my hopes up lol OKC would have been torture and record breaking losses IMO. Gotta use the offseason to just find better pieces that fit and get healthy for the ones that are sticking around

 

[Merdiesel]

Vivek needs to sell the team. We’ll never win with this f’ing nerd running things. He’s got his finger on the scale of everything and he doesn’t know a damn thing about building a winner.

 

[Caccia]

It was a dramatic, but ultimately unsatisfying, frustrating, and disappointing season.

I may see you all in the fall. I am not sure. I certainly enjoyed your company, conversations, and insights the past three years!

Caccia

 

[Joshyjosh31]

It’s either that or trading everyone for Zion. Those are the only options.

If we don’t tank what move besides Zion gets us better? Who gives a **** if he gets hurt then we’d get a good pick anyways what’s the alternative build around Sabonis and watch him come up small as we pick 13-15 for the next half decade

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

I guess we can end the Ellis hype now too.

A lot of things died this season

There's a bunch of good playoff teams that would love to have him

 

[Joshyjosh31]

I guess we can end the Ellis hype now too.

A lot of things died this season

Aye now if ellis played more vs a tanking wizard team we win that game smh

 

[SacTownKid]

Well, onto summer league. Can't wait to see Devin and Isaac get a chance to shine.

 

[NewArena]

Not so ready to ditch or get rid of Sabonis though. This has been a very strange season but i do think a healthy Sabonis could have had us in the mix for 7/8. I just would hate to see us trade him away without trying to put one more good team around him - and a better one that actually fits. If this team can go from how horrible we were before the first beam team year to what we got in 2022-23, then they can do it again.

 

[coolhandluke]

If we don’t tank what move bedsides Zion gets us better? Who gives a **** if he gets hurt then we’d get a good pick anyways what’s the alternative build around Sabonis and watch him come up small as we pick 13-15 for the next half decade

We have no one worth trading Zion for.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Vivek needs to sell the team. We’ll never win with this f’ing nerd running things. He’s got his finger on the scale of everything and he doesn’t know a damn thing about building a winner.

Good luck trying to make a billionaire with no history of scandal give up his toy when he doesn't want to. Hell, it takes something like 27 other owners to make one sell when they're actually evil.

 

[hrdboild]

Lavine isn't going anywhere. Is Salary will absolutely not allow it.

Monk. Derozen, are our two men i want out. Monk doesn't care enough. How do you laugh on the bench while your tram down 20.

I still think that Monk cares, this is just his personality. He likes to keep things light. We loved that about him when the Kings were winning.

 

[Tetsujin]

Positives from the back end of this season:
1- We finally have extra draft capital in the first round.
2- Devin Carter can be really freaking good at this level. (Faint praise but he was probably our third best player tonight)
3- the random Lavine heaters were really fun.
4- Keon sorta played himself back into smart contract range rather than “have some team give you a huge KCP contract” range.
5- Keegan remembered how to shoot and continues to show he can guard 1-5 at the NBA level.
6- the season is finally over.