[Game] Preseason Kings @ Lakers 10/3/2022 7:30pm Pacific 10:30pm Eastern

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577143512646066176

 

[SacTownKid]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577143251642916864

And it's not like Monte went out and built a team that should even be expected to dominate on that end anyway. They are prepared to eventually switch well potentially. Teams kill you on pick and roll, not backdoors. The bread will have to buttered on offense. There's no other way.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577143388855357440

 

[PorchSurfin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577143388855357440

Aint wrong.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

About the only real positive I've seen so far, is that Holmes looks like he's back in his normal rhythm

 

[Groovygreg]

I’m generally unimpressed with the way the Kings look thus far.

 

[Section 101]

Darvin Ham has gotten a lot rounder from his playing days.

So has AD during his.

 

[Tetsujin]

And it's not like Monte went out and built a team that should even be expected to dominate on that end anyway. They are prepared to eventually switch well potentially. Teams kill you on pick and roll, not backdoors. The bread will have to buttered on offense. There's no other way.

Yeah, conceptually at least Mike Brown has the Kings in a position to not just get totally boatraced off the floor every night, which is about all we can ask for unless someone randomly develops into Draymond out there.

Being a top 10 offense and top 20 defense this season should be the goal. We don't need to be the Boston Celtics of last season out there.

 

[Turgenev]

First impression on offence was the team is moving the ball more but maybe lacking a bit of coherence. Defence I've seen both turnstile defence and points off turnovers, with only the prior expected as a kingsfan.

 

[SacTownKid]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1577143388855357440

I just hope Brown knows a good start is the only start, lol. This isn't one of those "we'll see you in 2 years" kind of situations. haha.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

For what it's worth, we actually won the second quarter.

 

[Chupacabra]

-Like the way the Kings closed the half

-If they were hitting 3's they'd be even

-Murray needs to start

Okpala getting minutes over Murray is a joke. Don't think I can even handle it in preseason.

 

[SacTownKid]

Yeah, conceptually at least Mike Brown has the Kings in a position to not just get totally boatraced off the floor every night, which is about all we can ask for unless someone randomly develops into Draymond out there.

Being a top 10 offense and top 20 defense this season should be the goal. We don't need to be the Boston Celtics of last season out there.

And with the way the playoffs looked, building a pure shooting team appears to be the cheat code. This makes sense for sure, now it's up to Brown to play to the strengths of his team. So far, I think he gets it.

 

[Tetsujin]

Okpala getting minutes over Murray is a joke. Don't think I can even handle it in preseason.

Probably wouldn't have looked as bad if the team didn't look like it was shooting a bowling ball the entire half. KZ was solid on defense and his lack of offensive anything probably wouldn't have stuck out like a sore thumb if Barnes or Huerter were capable of hitting from the perimeter to start.

 

[SacTownKid]

Okpala getting minutes over Murray is a joke. Don't think I can even handle it in preseason.

Eh, if Okpala starts because they need a stopper then so be it but yeah, I'd rather see Murray get burn with the core now not later as a bail out. That's just going to make things tougher on everyone. Monte used a 4th pick on the kid and traded a first rounder for Huerter. Lets not question the value placed on these guys already. They are a part of the core.

 

[Sluggah]

How can being down 5 feel so much like being down 50

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Objectively speaking, the Lakers' commentating team is God awful.

I muted it at about 4 minutes in

 

[Section 101]

Okpala getting minutes over Murray is a joke. Don't think I can even handle it in preseason.

First half
OK - 10 mins
Murray -13 mins

 

[Tetsujin]

Keegan Murray.

 

[SLAB]

How can being down 5 feel so much like being down 50

I blame the sleepy terrible commentary.

 

[Tetsujin]

Our second unit looking better against these random G-Leaguers than against Bron and AD

 

[SLAB]

Clearly better without Fox and Sabonis.

 

[Kingz19]

Am I seeing a Holmes, Lyles, Murray front court?

 

[The_Jamal]

Man, there's the explosive bench unit.

 

[Tetsujin]

Malik hit a three!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MizzouKing]

Now THIS is better…

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Mitchell gets the steal on two consecutive possessions and all of a sudden we're up.

 

[PorchSurfin]

Mid-season douchery already huh? If the Kings had played to their potential offensively and hit open shooters and weren't sloppy and uncoordinated with passes and spacing and *gasp* familiarity they would be up 15 right now.

And 2 minutes into the 2nd half my point stands

 

[SacTownKid]

If the Lakers trade Russ, they need like 4 bench guys back at least.

 

[steelevt]

ok just ignore the first half. The start of the 3rd is what I expected from the kings