Poll: Will the Kings get back to .500 this year?
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I've been a gloomy naysayer for a while, but I believe and have always believed in Mike Bibby. I'm going to surprise myself and say that Peja rapidly matures - wakes up to "contract year" reality - and the Kings slide into the 8th spot with a better than .500 record.
I'm also starting to think Geoff is going to actually stand pat with this club.
I'm also starting to think Geoff is going to actually stand pat with this club.
When the Kings were at their best, their longest losing streak for the year was 2!! No other NBA team did that in that year 01-02. If they can get on their hustle horse and start winning 3 of 5 or 6/7 of 10 for awhile, we can get back to 3rd in Pacific Div, we're only 3 games in lost column from there now.
Consistency. Pure and simple will get them above 500 for the year and back toward 50 wins. But that will require a 37-14 record from here on out. Tough. Not impossible but very improbable at this point. 32-19 is similar to winning 3 of every 5 and once and awhile 4 of 5. That would make me happy.
Consistency. Pure and simple will get them above 500 for the year and back toward 50 wins. But that will require a 37-14 record from here on out. Tough. Not impossible but very improbable at this point. 32-19 is similar to winning 3 of every 5 and once and awhile 4 of 5. That would make me happy.
We have 29 road games and 22 home games remaining. And not the easy local West Coast road games either. Big, long, country-crossing road trips. Bonzi is out until February. Reef likely until the All-Star break. Peja is ailing. Talk of winning 50 is just really out there. Winning 41 would be a reasonable accomplishment at this point, albeit one that would arguably actually hurt the franchise rather than help it.
Its weird, but if your team has been really bad, it's so exciting to get to the playoffs. However, I can't get excited about the Kings squeaking into the playoffs and likely getting smacked out in the first round.
At this point I think I'd rather we took our chances on maybe getting a good lottery pick and doing what we can over the summer to really give this team a more hopeful future. I know the lottery is a crapshoot, but I don't want to limp along just being mediocre every season, not really bad like we used to be and not really good like we recently were.
I do think something will happen before the trade deadline. Maybe just wishful thinking, tho.
At this point I think I'd rather we took our chances on maybe getting a good lottery pick and doing what we can over the summer to really give this team a more hopeful future. I know the lottery is a crapshoot, but I don't want to limp along just being mediocre every season, not really bad like we used to be and not really good like we recently were.
I do think something will happen before the trade deadline. Maybe just wishful thinking, tho.
