[Game] (Preseason) Kings @ Warriors 7:00pm Pacific, 10:00pm Eastern 10/18/2023 (NBATV)
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The timelines of the teams in respect to the Kings is different too.
The Lakers and Kings were both pretty much in their primes concurrently with Kobe being younger than pretty much every single guy in the Kings core except for Peja.
The Warriors are a great team scratching and clawing to maintain their relevancy in a league that has finally caught up to the way they play basketball and the entire Kings roster is younger than their entire rotation aside from Kuminga and maybe Moody. The Kings are almost guaranteed to be better than the Warriors in two or three years simply due to Golden State's roster attrition. That was probably not to be the case against the Lakers had Kobe and Shaq not hated each other and Mitch Kupchak gotten back value for Shaq and kept Phil Jackson as their coach.
The Lakers and Kings were both pretty much in their primes concurrently with Kobe being younger than pretty much every single guy in the Kings core except for Peja.
The Warriors are a great team scratching and clawing to maintain their relevancy in a league that has finally caught up to the way they play basketball and the entire Kings roster is younger than their entire rotation aside from Kuminga and maybe Moody. The Kings are almost guaranteed to be better than the Warriors in two or three years simply due to Golden State's roster attrition. That was probably not to be the case against the Lakers had Kobe and Shaq not hated each other and Mitch Kupchak gotten back value for Shaq and kept Phil Jackson as their coach.
Would it kill us to try Sabonis at the 4, btw? Would that totally not work with JaVale for a stretch? Domantas desperately needs help on that backline at this point, because even in the highlights alone, im seeing multiple backdoor cuts that lead to uncontested layups/dunks. He's not even putting his hands up at times and i get that he's likely avoiding foul trouble or injury but we can't keep these bad habits going, preseason or not. I love the guy and want him to retire here but that one thing alone has the potential to bite us in the butt again in critical situations this season.
I agreed that the Warriors broadcasters are terrribleee and I am a Kings and Warriors fan. Why they're worst? Because they went on a long stretch...literally like 2 or 3 minutes talk about other craps like family or unrelated basketball matter while the basketball is going on...it's like are they even follow the game anymore.....so freaking annoying.
Brown inserted him in crunch time replacing pathetic Huerter shows how much his game is already better than Huerter. Brown is BIG on guys who can defend and I expect Duarte to replace Huerter in the opening game of the regular season. To be honest, as a fan watching the game, I always feel vulnerable every time Huerter is in the game. The team have to work so hard to defend because of things like allowing penetration and failing to guard one on one.
The Warriors had the lead for a total of 51 seconds in this game.
Curry had to score 13 points in the last two minutes, including a three he missed so badly he banked it trying to draw a kickout foul, and the Warriors got an extra possession when Curry touched the ball while out of bounds and apparently none of the cameras could see it, just so the Warriors could win by 1.
And they blew all their luck on a game that doesn't count in the standings. Fine by me. Just glad I don't ever have to listen to that Warriors announcing team again.
Curry had to score 13 points in the last two minutes, including a three he missed so badly he banked it trying to draw a kickout foul, and the Warriors got an extra possession when Curry touched the ball while out of bounds and apparently none of the cameras could see it, just so the Warriors could win by 1.
And they blew all their luck on a game that doesn't count in the standings. Fine by me. Just glad I don't ever have to listen to that Warriors announcing team again.