[News] Scott Perry is the new GM of Sacramento Kings

Tetsujin said:
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Or, ya know, negative thoughts are a naturally occurring byproduct of being human? And orienting oneself toward positivity at all times may have toxic consequences of its own? And instead it might be wise to learn how to regulate all of our emotional responses to our circumstances, rather than cut ourselves off from fundamental emotional experiences?
 
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Padrino said:
Or, ya know, negative thoughts are a naturally occurring byproduct of being human? And orienting oneself toward positivity at all times may have toxic consequences of its own? And instead it might be wise to learn how to regulate all of our emotional responses to our circumstances, rather than cut ourselves off from fundamental emotional experiences?
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Yeah, completely. I was quite pleasantly surprised when I saw the movie Inside Out for the first time that the central conflict in the story came down to Joy trying to force Sadness out of the mental decision-making process and the fallout of that mistake resulting in an exploration of how Sadness can be a positive emotion when it helps us to connect empathetically with others. That was a more mature treatment of emotional intelligence than I'm accustomed to seeing in mainstream media.

It's also not helpful when we make people feel responsible for circumstances which are outside of their control and force 'positive thinking' as a panacea for all of life's complications. There are times when mental re-framing is the best solution to a problem but there are also times when anger/frustration/depression are the most rational responses to a particular situation and rather than looking for ways to mask those negative emotions what we really should be doing is addressing the root causes of them.
 
hrdboild said:
Yeah, completely. I was quite pleasantly surprised when I saw the movie Inside Out for the first time that the central conflict in the story came down to Joy trying to force Sadness out of the mental decision-making process and the fallout of that mistake resulting in an exploration of how Sadness can be a positive emotion when it helps us to connect empathetically with others. That was a more mature treatment of emotional intelligence than I'm accustomed to seeing in mainstream media.

It's also not helpful when we make people feel responsible for circumstances which are outside of their control and force 'positive thinking' as a panacea for all of life's complications. There are times when mental re-framing is the best solution to a problem but there are also times when anger/frustration/depression are the most rational responses to a particular situation and rather than looking for ways to mask those negative emotions what we really should be doing is addressing the root causes of them.
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I had a buddy in college who was an international student from Spain. We were drinking together one night and talking about the differences between Spain and America, and he said some things that really struck me. He offered that Americans cannot simply sit with their sadness without thinking that something is actively wrong with them for feeling negative emotions.

He found it strange how, if he was feeling a little down, his American peers would always ask him if he was "okay". He said something to the effect of: "They don't ask me what's wrong. They just ask me if I'm okay, as if feeling sad is somehow not okay. Why shouldn't I feel sad sometimes? I'm happy to be here, of course, but I'm also very far from home. I miss my family. In this country, it's like you're not allowed to be sad!"
 
Padrino said:
I had a buddy in college who was an international student from Spain. We were drinking together one night and talking about the differences between Spain and America, and he said some things that really struck me. He offered that Americans cannot simply sit with their sadness without thinking that something is actively wrong with them for feeling negative emotions.

He found it strange how, if he was feeling a little down, his American peers would always ask him if he was "okay". He said something to the effect of: "They don't ask me what's wrong. They just ask me if I'm okay, as if feeling sad is somehow not okay. Why shouldn't I feel sad sometimes? I'm happy to be here, of course, but I'm also very far from home. I miss my family. In this country, it's like you're not allowed to be sad!"
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American culture is all about toughing it out and not showing vulnerability. The ego is too fragile when it comes to emotional regulation and being able to admit when in the wrong. I always advocate for individuals to travel to other countries if possible to really soak in the cultural differences
 
One of the folks Mr. Perry brought in was Dario Šarić, from Croatia. No one seems to think he can contribute more than did Trey Lyles. Here is what he says about the situation:

“I went to Sacramento, passed medicals, talked to the coach and general manager. I received positive feedback. I hope to get minutes at the four and five positions. But you never know for sure. I thought I was going to play in Denver too, but I ended up sitting on the bench. I am determined to give it my all. I am highly motivated for the next season.”

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1852762/dario-saric-talks-sacramento-kings-denver-nuggets-nba/

Šarić is currently playing with the Croatian national team. Just how good can this guy be for the Kings, if he receives rotation minutes? He does not block shots or steal the ball at a high rate, but does pull in rebounds at a good clip and shoots the three at a .360 career percentage.
 
Caccia said:
One of the folks Mr. Perry brought in was Dario Šarić, from Croatia. No one seems to think he can contribute more than did Trey Lyles. Here is what he says about the situation:

“I went to Sacramento, passed medicals, talked to the coach and general manager. I received positive feedback. I hope to get minutes at the four and five positions. But you never know for sure. I thought I was going to play in Denver too, but I ended up sitting on the bench. I am determined to give it my all. I am highly motivated for the next season.”

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1852762/dario-saric-talks-sacramento-kings-denver-nuggets-nba/

Šarić is currently playing with the Croatian national team. Just how good can this guy be for the Kings, if he receives rotation minutes? He does not block shots or steal the ball at a high rate, but does pull in rebounds at a good clip and shoots the three at a .360 career percentage.
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With this current roster, I don't see anything more than occasional mop up minutes left for him until/unless a main rotation player gets injured. But many of us expect this roster to change a lot over the course of the next year so it's also not hard to envision a scenario where he finds himself playing a lot of minutes and maybe even starting if Perry goes full fire-sale.

As of today I think we only have two players signed for the 2027-2028 season (Sabonis and Schröder) if all of the player and team options are declined. We're expecting extensions for Keegan Murray and hopefully Keon Ellis are coming and I would expect Nique Clifford's rookie contract team options will be picked up but the whole thing is pretty wide open as far as what direction the team could go.
 
Caccia said:
One of the folks Mr. Perry brought in was Dario Šarić, from Croatia. No one seems to think he can contribute more than did Trey Lyles. Here is what he says about the situation:

“I went to Sacramento, passed medicals, talked to the coach and general manager. I received positive feedback. I hope to get minutes at the four and five positions. But you never know for sure. I thought I was going to play in Denver too, but I ended up sitting on the bench. I am determined to give it my all. I am highly motivated for the next season.”

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1852762/dario-saric-talks-sacramento-kings-denver-nuggets-nba/

Šarić is currently playing with the Croatian national team. Just how good can this guy be for the Kings, if he receives rotation minutes? He does not block shots or steal the ball at a high rate, but does pull in rebounds at a good clip and shoots the three at a .360 career percentage.
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I’m not familiar with Saric’s game. Who can he defend ?
 
My impression is that Mr. Perry basically has written off the season (just like the fans!) before it even starts. He is waiting until next summer, when he will have more financial flexibility to reshape the roster. In other words, nearly all the moves, apart from bringing in Dennis Schröder, have been made not with an eye to improving the team, but for financial reasons. Call me cynical, but once again, I will say it looks like Doug Christie is set up to be the fall guy. It's like *Ted Lasso*, where the owner actually wants the coach to fail.

The big problem staring us all in the face is that with a front office like this, Domantas Sabonis may want out after the coming season. That would set the Kings back for years and years.

Being a fan of the team, and players like Sabonis and Monk, I can only hope that Mr. Christie proves to be better than anyone foresees. I expect the players never to give up, to leave it on the court every night. Without Fox, I expect fewer unforgiveable let-downs against supposedly weaker teams.
 
Caccia said:
My impression is that Mr. Perry basically has written off the season (just like the fans!) before it even starts. He is waiting until next summer, when he will have more financial flexibility to reshape the roster. In other words, nearly all the moves, apart from bringing in Dennis Schröder, have been made not with an eye to improving the team, but for financial reasons. Call me cynical, but once again, I will say it looks like Doug Christie is set up to be the fall guy. It's like *Ted Lasso*, where the owner actually wants the coach to fail.

The big problem staring us all in the face is that with a front office like this, Domantas Sabonis may want out after the coming season. That would set the Kings back for years and years.

Being a fan of the team, and players like Sabonis and Monk, I can only hope that Mr. Christie proves to be better than anyone foresees. I expect the players never to give up, to leave it on the court every night. Without Fox, I expect fewer unforgiveable let-downs against supposedly weaker teams.
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Then Doug Christie should role out rotations that actually work or gives us a chance. If his go to lineup is the all offense lineup, he is doing it to himself.
 
Caccia said:
My impression is that Mr. Perry basically has written off the season (just like the fans!) before it even starts. He is waiting until next summer, when he will have more financial flexibility to reshape the roster. In other words, nearly all the moves, apart from bringing in Dennis Schröder, have been made not with an eye to improving the team, but for financial reasons. Call me cynical, but once again, I will say it looks like Doug Christie is set up to be the fall guy. It's like *Ted Lasso*, where the owner actually wants the coach to fail.

The big problem staring us all in the face is that with a front office like this, Domantas Sabonis may want out after the coming season. That would set the Kings back for years and years.

Being a fan of the team, and players like Sabonis and Monk, I can only hope that Mr. Christie proves to be better than anyone foresees. I expect the players never to give up, to leave it on the court every night. Without Fox, I expect fewer unforgiveable let-downs against supposedly weaker teams.
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The Kings are in a tough spot if this doesn't work but one of common sense when it comes to a way out. Sometimes the only way back up is going back to the start. Something the Kings rarely if ever do and thus have been in this perpetual level of stuckness for most of their existence. Domas is nearing 30, there really isn't much in the way of years to build anyway considering the lack of assets and space to do so. We've seen it too many times. Once you start dumping picks/youth , put development to the backburner, lack patience, and the cap gets filled up with non need movers it's really hard to pivot if a team isn't already ascending.

The cap is going to be stuffed with Domas, Keegan, and Keon at the very least if the idea is to continue on with Domas and those players are kept on. If one of them doesn't become MVP level talent then good luck with that one. The LaVine deal needs to be the last shot kind of deal. If it works it works, if not, time to rebuild. Being able to finally put a team around Domas when he's what, 32-33 making max money is a suckers bet if this ends up a play in level team again. The Kings weren't able to set themselves up by trading Fox for obvious reasons, that was a salvage gamble so it either pays off or it doesn't. Right now the goal should primarily be softening the cap as much as possible and while the Schroder deal doesn't kill things it certainly didn't help it either. That reeks of the best we can do kind of move. Which is another historically Kings thing to do.
 
dude12 said:
Then Doug Christie should role out rotations that actually work or gives us a chance. If his go to lineup is the all offense lineup, he is doing it to himself.
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We had the pieces last year for a successful team and roster combinations. We chose not to hurt anyone's feelings instead of putting our best team on the floor.

Hopefully Doug, with the HC position locked down, to not have to worry as much about stepping on toes
 
The_Jamal said:
We had the pieces last year for a successful team and roster combinations. We chose not to hurt anyone's feelings instead of putting our best team on the floor.

Hopefully Doug, with the HC position locked down, to not have to worry as much about stepping on toes
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If the goal is to win and not tank, which is what Vivek seems to want, then….. with this team being more undersized, pick up full court constantly, and run as much as possible, run team thru Domas. There’s enough defensive guys to apply pressure and deep enough roster
 
dude12 said:
If the goal is to win and not tank, which is what Vivek seems to want, then….. with this team being more undersized, pick up full court constantly, and run as much as possible, run team thru Domas. There’s enough defensive guys to apply pressure and deep enough roster
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Yeah, it wasn't complicated at all. Literally just play Keon and Keegan together and DONT play all of Monk, LaVine and DDR together. Pretty much every combo that did those 2 things was very good
 
The_Jamal said:
Yeah, it wasn't complicated at all. Literally just play Keon and Keegan together and DONT play all of Monk, LaVine and DDR together. Pretty much every combo that did those 2 things was very good
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At the moment, a month before training camp, the rotation looks something like this:

Schröder/Monk
LaVine/Ellis
DeRozan/Clifford
Murray/Šarić
Sabonis/Jones or Eubanks

At this point, it's really hard to say who among Šarić, Jones, Eubanks, and Raynaud will backup up the four and five positions. The only way I see Ellis starting is if LaVine moves to small forward and Ellis takes his place, while DeRozan comes off the bench. That seems unlikely, but Doug Christie may just stumble on a lineup that works, and go with it.

With the second team, I can easily see: Monk, Ellis, Clifford, Murray, Jones/Šarić.
 
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