KingsFanSince85
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Watching that video made me realize (if I was Davion or some other player) the sports jerk in me would never ever sign anything a fan wearing LAL gear ever placed in front of me.
Not. Gonna. Do. it.
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Watching that video made me realize (if I was Davion or some other player) the sports jerk in me would never ever sign anything a fan wearing LAL gear ever placed in front of me.
Not. Gonna. Do. it.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Kings rookie Davion Mitchell credits the “most boring city” in Hinesville, Georgia for getting him to the NBA. “The city is behind your back. But the city did a lot for me,” @hoopculture13 said. https://t.co/SKe2vVjmDw #kings #nba #NBASummerLeague
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) August 18, 2021
macadocious
Starter
Man, he's gonna fit in here.
EIM86
Starter
this was a great read. Davion is another small town ( Hinesville, GA: population 33k) kid from humble beginnings, and still with his high school sweetheart. I can understand why Davion would like it here since all we got is basketball in Sac. I’m at the point now, if we trade Mitchell, I’m cancelling my season tickets and done with basketball. Cause I don’t want to watch Mitchell’s career in another jersey
sactowndog
All-Star
Yeah it’s going to be an interesting camp. Fox perceives himself as the “head of the snake”. Generally two headed snakes don’t function well. Hali came in with a very different mindset of complementing Fox. I don’t think Hali would ever have made that statement coming in to his rookie camp.
btw, I love Mitchell as a player but I’m not sure how well this overlap is going to go. Really think that Fox for Simmons trade is the way to go.
EIM86
Starter
I don’t know how big Fox’s ego is but if his ego reaches a compromise of “ok this guy the leader of the defense and im the offensive leader” we’ll be just fine.
I also see Haliburton being the guy that’s always on the floor with Fox and Mitchell switching off and then the 3 guard lineup for the 4th. Hmm, I can also see Mitchell and Fox being on the floor at the same time also. Ok as I type this, I’ve concluded we’ll be fine lol
sactowndog
All-Star
My gut is Fox’s ego is very big (as is most players of his stature). He already somewhat gave up offensive leadership to Hali. Just noticed Hali there a lot and Hali’s tweets. Fox was conspicuous in his absence.
it could all work out great but I can see it having a few problems also.
EIM86
Starter
fox never really showed any poor body language giving up some of his offense to Hali from what I recall.
you are right though, there could be problems. At least this is truly a glass is half full problem for once.
Section 101
All-Star
Lol what did fox give up? He jumped his average from 21 to 25 points and his assists up .4
Pair of rookies -- Sacramento’s Davion Mitchell and Brooklyn’s Cam Thomas -- have been named Co-MVPs of 2021 NBA Summer League.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 18, 2021
preeettty pretty good
So Louis King's award was Game MVP then, which makes more sense.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Goes without saying considering he was named MVPThe 2021 All-Summer League First Team, as selected by a panel of media. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/D1kYcCvU2u
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 18, 2021
Section 101
All-Star
It would be hard to give the league award to someone not there.
sactowndog
All-Star
Jalen Smith balling out is going to make the Suns that much tougher. The good news is Atlanta can’t keep all their wings. Wonder if we can trade a protected first for Reddish?
TaxMan
Starter
Exactly... if anything I think he's smart enough to realize he's never winning anything here without a lot of help.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
We are overthinking that statement IMO. Head of the snake is just coach speak for first line of defense ie point guard.
Fox can maintain his spot if he actually starts playing good defense.
Fox can maintain his spot if he actually starts playing good defense.
Unless you're SB Nation and he doesn't even make the bench.
EIM86
Starter
Yeah I think since he’s been a proponent of trading Fox for Simmons he’s lightweight searching for cracks.
yah Fox is still a much better scorer then Off-Night
Yes. I wasn't dialed in enough to realize that there were two different MVP awards. It turns out there are two separate awards, one which corresponds to "NBA Season MVP" and one that corresponds to "NBA Finals MVP". Since there was technically only one playoff game, I think a lot of us just assumed there was only one award (each team only plays five games...feels like a one-MVP-award event), and that it would be given to the MVP of the winning team. Glad to see Mitchell get his due, of course.
sactowndog
All-Star
haha further reinforces my opinion the kid is driven by competition. Kind of like AI... practice your talking about practice.
though I suspect the Fox Mitchell battles in practice will be epic. The kid who can blow by everyone against the kid no one blows by.
Why would the Kings do that? Cam Reddish looks the part. He certainly doesn't play the part.
HndsmCelt
Hall of Famer
sactowndog
All-Star
he looked better at the end of the year. I don’t think we are finishing bottom 7 or so to get a young wing unless you are good rolling with King and Metu.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
He was really good in the playoffs and is still pretty young.
Telemachus
Starter
Should help make both of them better.
