Truly truly wild the lack of awareness some of these guys have. Jontay absolutely played himself into a contract next and probably showed enough to stick around the NBA for a couple years at least. And throwing that away for what? (comparatively) pennies?
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Truly truly wild the lack of awareness some of these guys have. Jontay absolutely played himself into a contract next and probably showed enough to stick around the NBA for a couple years at least. And throwing that away for what? (comparatively) pennies?
Officials have been calling the last month's worth of games like we're already in the playoffs, so it's not too difficult to figure out what's happened to James and Paul.
I don't think anyone can be that surprised. Anyone who has ever followed James Harden likely gets the same sense I do - he wants to win as all competitors do, but that's a distant goal to getting his money and accolades. As he nears the end of his career and he's no longer in a position to put up ridiculous stats that earn him bigger and bigger contracts, he's becoming less interested in putting in max effort to win.
giving them both Houston games also, I mean some here are creating a nightmare panic scenario where Houston is going to sneak into the play in and knock us out but then we also have Dallas beating them twice.
SacTownKid
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And he's also doing some of that crazy stuff on the floor. The Clippers are a team that will only wake up in the playoffs, they're built that way and basically all their 4 big names have always been that type of player. They lose focus. In the playoffs they'll probably dominate some games and get blown out in others. They'll **** can a game here and there just for rest probably. That's a bad habit to get into but it's who they are.
I doubt it - Williamson is a Kings wrecking-ball for which they have no answer.
Sac.Kings
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I want no part of the Pelicans. Their best players are exactly the types that we struggle with the most. Long and lanky scorers and super strong forwards.
iowamcnabb
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Pels next 5 either cements them or puts them at risk. That’s a tough stretch
kingsboi
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James defending his own teammate must of really hurt team morale
Both things can be true. Kings can play well along with other teams losing.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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We certainly have the TALENT to be a top 6 (maybe even top 5) team in the West. That's not the problem.
The problem is that we've been so dang inconsistent all season long.
Frustrating...
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Tetsujin
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Also with all the talk about this game putting the Mavs ahead of the Kings for good, the Kings winning on Friday gives them the complete tiebreaker over the Mavs and for all the talk about the Mavs having a soft schedule, they have 4 games against the Warriors and Rockets (both teams fighting for that last play-in slot), the Heat, and finish the season against an OKC team that might be fighting for the number one seed.
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NewArena
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True, i think the rest for the next day or two should help though. March has been overall good
iowamcnabb
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Dang the Sixers blew it against the Clips. They were up the whole game. Couple and 1s and some good defense by the clips stole it at the end. That would have been a huge loss for them and good for us. The way Dallas is playing we could be fighting the clips and pels for the 5/6 spot
megapoxy
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Hm, one of the reasons perhaps? "The villain".
I think Udoka wants to make them be like the bad boys 2024 version, and that's what makes them dislikeable. Especially when they play as hosts they act really tough for no particular reason sometimes. Sometimes the refs tolerate that, that's why they had a huge difference home/away record till the middle of the season.
I think Udoka wants to make them be like the bad boys 2024 version, and that's what makes them dislikeable. Especially when they play as hosts they act really tough for no particular reason sometimes. Sometimes the refs tolerate that, that's why they had a huge difference home/away record till the middle of the season.
iowamcnabb
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The lakers are 9 games over .500 all of a sudden. The west is just insane
iowamcnabb
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Joker decided tonight was a good night to have 10 points with 5 minutes left in third.
megapoxy
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Lakers 5 wins in the row. In those matches, free throws for them:
vs ATL 17/20 vs 12/15
vs PHI 25/33 vs 20/24
vs IND 38/43 vs 9/16
at MIL 30/32 vs 11/17
at MEM 28/35 vs 15/19
163 vs 91 free throws.
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Rough night..
Suns
Warriors
Lakers
Clippers
All won
Either way the kings can only control what they can control. Just go out there and win. I think 8-2 will get the 6th seed for sure. Meanwhile 7-3 or 6-4 will probably be cutting it very close. Any scenario under 6 wins will not get the kings the 6th seed.
Suns
Warriors
Lakers
Clippers
All won
Either way the kings can only control what they can control. Just go out there and win. I think 8-2 will get the 6th seed for sure. Meanwhile 7-3 or 6-4 will probably be cutting it very close. Any scenario under 6 wins will not get the kings the 6th seed.
That Mavs loss was pretty telling - I'd thought the Kings would split, but now I think they're gonna get steamrolled. The team folds when their shooting is poor for too long in a game. That was a Pelicans-type pasting - and the fact that the Mavericks are not gong anywhere either makes it that much more telling. Monk's future contract is taking a beating right now,.
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Stan.Helsing
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My neutral view. It was sporting of Giddey to offer to help Jabari up.... but Jabari wasn't ready to be helped up and ignored Giddey's offered hand... upon which Giddey tried to pull Jabari up against his will... Brooks didnt like that and pushed Giddey away... and Giddey came back to protest despite having done wrong.
That tech should have been on Giddey only. Brooks didn't do anything wrong there except protect his teammate.
Yes 8-2 would get it done, but next to no chance of that . In fact there is a greater chance the Kings could melt down and miss the playoffs entirely than go 8-2. Its not too high either, but higher than going 8-2. Too much bed wedding - Kings are fodder. Every time you think you've seen their worst, they unpleasantly one-up you.
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