sactowndog
Hall of Famer
They all lose again tonight. They are not losing if they can do anything to avoid it. Our 3 games against Indiana (1) and Brooklyn (2) will be decisive.
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If Christie is going to play the starters 30+ and the best players down the stretch, in earnest, they may be decisive or not because home games against mediocre competition against New Orleans and Chicago the next two will not be cake walks to lose while they would be for Indiana/Washington/Brooklyn. And it will be hard to win the tank fest with that type of coaching
Exactly how long have you been a Kings fan again? My pessimism has been honed by decades of experience with this team.
AaronPDX
Bench
As a Kings fan since the late '80s, I have EARNED the right to be miserable every year!!!!Exactly how long have you been a Kings fan again? My pessimism has been honed by decades of experience with this team.
ShastaKingsFan
Hall of Famer
I'm going to laugh my *** off if we tank to get the worst record, fall to #5, and then he stays in college and we lose out on all the top picks. All this misery and we'd still fail.
AJ Dybantsa says he 'might not leave' for the NBA after this season
In an interview with the "Deseret Voices” podcast, Dybantsa shared that he hasn’t completely shut the door on staying in college.www.deseret.com
How are you going to react if that doesn't happen and they get a top 4 player in this strong draft class?
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
We need to stay at the bottom. Keep this thread open.
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
I'm sorry, but we've earned the right to think negatively over the years. At least ever since 2007.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Haha, yeah this race is far from over.
I’ll be very happy we got lucky and beat the odds. (Assuming, of course, that player actually pans out and isn’t another Bagley or Ellison or Oden.)
But unlike others I don’t base my expectations on long shots. I expect average to below average returns and then welcome better results as an unexpected boon.
Joshyjosh31
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Exactly how long have you been a Kings fan again? My pessimism has been honed by decades of experience with this team.
Since 2002… I’m not gonna go into a draft lottery that has three potential franchise players thinking we’ll get the 5th pick while having the highest odds that’s madness
Joshyjosh31
Starter
I’ll wait for it to happen till then I’ll be picturing Peterson or AJ in a kings jersey
Then you're ignoring the odds. Assuming we end the year as the worst team, our odds for the #1 pick is 14.0%. That declines for picks 2-4 to 13.4%, 12.7%, and 12.0%. Those are the same exact odds for the lowest 3 teams. We don't have the highest odds - we have the same odds as two other teams. That assumption of yours is factually incorrect. The average expected draft position for teams 1-3 are pick #4 based on odds. Anything better than that is a better-than-expected result. We actually would have the highest odds out of anyone to get pick #5 at 47.9%.
Prepare to be disappointed. If, by some miracle it does happen, hope that Peterson actually plays in the pros instead of sitting and pouting on the bench half the time like he has been in college. Frankly, while I don't follow college ball at all, based on what I've heard I'd prefer AJ.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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Along with two other teams...
Not to mention that we actually have higher odds of getting the 5th pick than we do a top 3 pick.
I swear some people just go off vibes and don't even know the odds they are referring to. We essentially have a 60% chance (rounded) of getting a pick of 4 or 5 even as the worst team.
Caccia
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Thanks for the clarification.