[Game] Sacramento Kings at Phoenix Suns, 12/8/2023, 6pm Pacific 9pm Eastern

[pdxKingsFan]

You could def argue that Hali is better. Better for this team? No. But Hali is having MVP season. I would have traded Hali over fox. But Hali is better than I expected and getting better

Fox is having an equally MVP caliber season, Haliburton gets bonus points for “potential“ that Fox isn’t receiving even though Fox has continued to elevate his game.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Hey, I love Tyrese too. No disrespect to him at all. Of course you could have that conversation if you want to. I don't particularly care who is "better". I'm just saying that there is no obvious answer because both are playing like MVPs this season.

imagine this. We had both of them

 

[dude12]

Fox with 21 4th Q points….bUt wE tRaDeD tHe wRonG pG

 

[dude12]

imagine this. We had both of them

Nah….imagine if we had Fox and Sabonis

 

[Tetsujin]

De’Aaron just having his way with the entire Phoenix roster

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Did Fox get traded for Hali.
oh wait, we got Domas in this deal?
that guy is pretty good!

 

[Tetsujin]

“I don’t see James Ham moving his feet”-Mark Jones

 

[Tetsujin]

People were like “why did Fox turn down a 2 year 100 million extension?” And it’s because the dude rightfully knows he’s worth more than that.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Davion in the game. Is he our victory cigar now?

 

[coolhandluke]

Light the Beam!

 

[Tetsujin]

Davion in the game. Is he our victory cigar now?

The new Delly

 

[coolhandluke]

23 points in the 4th. Fourth Quarter Fox is the most scary player in the league.

 

[hrdboild]

imagine this. We had both of them

Don't have to imagine it, we saw it. Neither was going to ascend to MVP level sharing a backcourt. That trade has allowed both of them to thrive and that's why it was the right decision. If Monte had traded Haliburton for nothing I can understand being upset but Sabonis is an All-NBA center. The NBA is a better place with Fox and Hali each leading their own team to the playoffs so why not just be happy for both of them?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

“I don’t see James Ham moving his feet”-Mark Jones

I'd like confirmation on that.

 

[LoungeLizard]

Although not technically an IST game; Kings finish 5-1 in IST games

 

[Tetsujin]

23 points in the 4th. Fourth Quarter Fox is the most scary player in the league.

Dude really saw all the talk on social media about he and Hali last night and said, “bet.”

 

[Rob-The-Great]

Why everyone get defensive about saying that Hali is good? You can be happy to keep fox while also praising the fact that Hali is a beast. Sobonis is Not as good as Hali period, but he works for us and I’m happy we made the trade. Hali is just one of those guys who makes you wonder “what if” is all.

crazy cause half y’all on the board hated the trade and wanted fox gone. Now got pitchforks lol

great win btw

 

[PurpleHaze]

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Much needed win tonight!

 

[ick300]

Most teams in Europe do not score 23 point per querter
And by most i mean 9 out of 10

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

imagine this. We had both of them

Neither would have been as good had they not been on separate teams recently.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1733342653436363209

 

[LoungeLizard]

Don't have to imagine it, we saw it. Neither was going to ascend to MVP level sharing a backcourt. That trade has allowed both of them to thrive and that's why it was the right decision. If Monte had traded Haliburton for nothing I can understand being upset but Sabonis is an All-NBA center. The NBA is a better place with Fox and Hali each leading their own team to the playoffs so why not just be happy for both of them?

This is one of the best posts about the whole trade I’ve read. Well said.

 

[Kingz19]

Kings are always better when Fox is cooking but the rebounding tonight hasn’t hurt.

Shows how important having a consistent second rebounder next to Domas will be long term. HB usually isn’t it but he was tonight. Barnes has 8 rebounds. 4 offensive. Sasha has 3 offensive rebounds. Domas 4.

Fox turned a dud into a great game

The bench was excellent. Sasha and Keon both played very well

Nice taking care of business win on the road.

 

[ick300]

Vezenkov with 3 steals by the way...
Not bad for poor defender (well one of those was followed by his only turnover , but statistic can not show that )

 

[Vinny Basketballerino]

Why everyone get defensive about saying that Hali is good? You can be happy to keep fox while also praising the fact that Hali is a beast. Sobonis is Not as good as Hali period, but he works for us and I’m happy we made the trade. Hali is just one of those guys who makes you wonder “what if” is all.

crazy cause half y’all on the board hated the trade and wanted fox gone. Now got pitchforks lol

great win btw

Nobody is getting defensive about people saying Hali is good.

But it's pretty annoying that people have to say "but Hali..." when we clearly have the better player. Haliburton cannot take over a game the way Fox can. It's no contest.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Why everyone get defensive about saying that Hali is good? You can be happy to keep fox while also praising the fact that Hali is a beast...

You can but, if you are indeed happy to keep Fox, you probably don't feel the need to randomly bring Haliburton up in games that have nothing to do with him.

 

[Rob-The-Great]

I disagree that they couldn’t have worked. You guys forget the coach who was coaching them together and completely ignore the brown effects. Monk and Fox on the floor is magic I got no doubt brown could have made it work

 

[dude12]

I’m being told that Haliburton triple doubles are better than Sabonis triple doubles because reasons

 

[SacTownKid]

Neither would have been as good had they not been on separate teams recently.

True and Vlade says hi, what about me? lol.