Race to the Bottom thread

Padrino said:
Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and De'Andre Hunter are all out for the rest of the season. Keegan Murray is out and will be reevaluated in two weeks. The Kings are losers of 17 of their last 20 games, and they remain in last place in the entire NBA. Whatever they needed to do to ensure their tank, they've already done it. They've lost with the vets getting big minutes. They've lost with the kids getting big minutes. They've lost by leaning on the vets in crunch time. They've lost by leaning on the kids in crunch time. That they've managed the extremely occasional win is nothing more than a byproduct of the fact that the ball bounces in basketball. Sometimes it's gonna go your way; even the worst teams can't lose them all. It's just insanity to act as some of you are, as if the Kings are committing a grave sin of self-sabotage by winning 2 out of every 10 games, when a .200 win percentage is already Worst in the League™ stuff in an average NBA season.
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Preach, my brother! 🤣
 
ShastaKingsFan said:
Would you plan ahead or make any sort of adjustment in how this is managed going into the last 20 games, if you thought there was a chance that a guaranteed top 5 pick, could be a difference of 1-2 games? or just let the chips fall where they may, because they've lost the most in the first 62 games?
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They've literally.done that since mid-feb. Basically whenever Carter got to start playing.

Now, they took way too long to implement the switch, but they clearly have. And theres a game here or there where Russ and DDR shoot too much. But it's been the young guy priority over that span.

Do you disagree? If we take that frame (Carter first game back in rotation to now), what would you change then to make tanking better?
 
Padrino said:
Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and De'Andre Hunter are all out for the rest of the season. Keegan Murray is out and will be reevaluated in two weeks. The Kings are losers of 17 of their last 20 games, and they remain in last place in the entire NBA. Whatever they needed to do to ensure their tank, they've already done it. They've lost with the vets getting big minutes. They've lost with the kids getting big minutes. They've lost by leaning on the vets in crunch time. They've lost by leaning on the kids in crunch time. That they've managed the extremely occasional win is nothing more than a byproduct of the fact that the ball bounces in basketball. Sometimes it's gonna go your way; even the worst teams can't lose them all. It's just insanity to act as some of you are, as if the Kings are committing a grave sin of self-sabotage by winning 2 out of every 10 games, when a .200 win percentage is already Worst in the League™ stuff in an average NBA season.
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I saw on Twitter that a few thought Precious was too good to play in a tank.

Like.... the guy who didn't have a job the first 3 weeks of the year? That everyone passed on for a minimum salary?
 
The_Jamal said:
They've literally.done that since mid-feb. Basically whenever Carter got to start playing.

Now, they took way too long to implement the switch, but they clearly have. And theres a game here or there where Russ and DDR shoot too much. But it's been the young guy priority over that span.

Do you disagree? If we take that frame (Carter first game back in rotation to now), what would you change then to make tanking better?
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I already stated it to you. I wouldn't close with any of the experienced veterans from this point through the last game. Will it make a difference? Of course nobody knows, but that's the odds I would go with, if the goal is younger player experience and to win as few games as possible to close this season
 
The_Jamal said:
I saw on Twitter that a few thought Precious was too good to play in a tank.

Like.... the guy who didn't have a job the first 3 weeks of the year? That everyone passed on for a minimum salary?
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This is an odd highlight from you. Never judge a player's impact, based on a clear failure of evaluation by someone else.

We all have seen that Achiuwa is a pro's pro and a quality player
 
ShastaKingsFan said:
Again, I wouldn't close games with any of the experienced vets, regardless of their age. If I wanted to have the best chance to win some games with this roster and situation, I'd start him and have him in there to close.
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Yeah, if he’s been the best player on the floor and a walking mismatch in the game, I’m not sure the minutes and closing would be there in Indiana
 
KingsRUs said:
Yeah, if he’s been the best player on the floor and a walking mismatch in the game, I’m not sure the minutes and closing would be there in Indiana
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Right, of course not. Indiana is a high iQ organization that manages the details closely. The Kings on the other hand...well, we know the story
 
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