As a big fan of the Sacramento Kings from China, I'm always curious about how fans in the United States connect and discuss the team. In China, we have a thriving online community on Hupu, a popular sports forum, where over 130,000 Kings fans come together to share their passion. I was wondering if you could recommend any similar platforms or communities in the United States where I could join the conversation with other Kings fans?
Where do people discuss the Kings
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This is definitely the best place to talk Kings for quality moderated content. I use twitter/bluesky/reddit but it tends to skew fans that haven't been around long or just have short memories. There's also folks there that don't care for this site because some moderators were mean to them (which predates at least half of the current crew). I've been talking ball online since usenet was the only game in town and while I can appreciate anything goes talk, I can't suffer fools.
woah, extremely random. I never even considered that we had a decent-sized fanbase in China
https://m.hupu.com/zone/146
Use a browser like Google Chrome or Safari to automatically translate the pages. Looks a bit more like reddit discussions, but fun to see some international kings fans having their own forum to talk the kings
https://m.hupu.com/zone/146
Use a browser like Google Chrome or Safari to automatically translate the pages. Looks a bit more like reddit discussions, but fun to see some international kings fans having their own forum to talk the kings
A bit off topic, 2 years ago Orlando Magic had Kai Sotto (a Filipino basketball player) in their summer league roster and in their social media he was featured in every single post almost. Filipinos are really passionate about basketball and NBA, so there was a buzz with Orlando, buying products of the team since I think there was never a player from Philippines in the NBA before (like true "Filipino" not his origin like Clarkson, or McCain).
The problem is matches were passing by and Sotto wasn't playing a single minute so the fans got crazy, Orlando was losing their matches (not that it matters that much in summer league) and Filipinos was blaming that Sotto wasn't used. He did play at the end in the 4th match but was injured and never played after at all. I think the Magic invited him to join their summer league squad to earn popularity in Philippines but as things worked out at the end I think the opposite happened.
Sotto first worked out in Sacramento I guess because of Jimmy Alapag that was in Stockton Kings and now he is with Sacramento Kings, but didn't get the chance to join the squad even for the summer league back in summer of '22.
On/off topic, I guess the Nets should be popular, having the only Chinese player in the league, but Jordi doesn't use him at all I think. And there is Kyle Anderson but I don't know if he has a fanbase just by playing for China NT.
In Indonesia I could never find a kind of "community" for the Kings, even though it's the 4th most populated country in the word, only a few follow the NBA though there is wide coverage and it's much easier to watch live compared with Europe that the matches take place late at night/very early morning.
The problem is matches were passing by and Sotto wasn't playing a single minute so the fans got crazy, Orlando was losing their matches (not that it matters that much in summer league) and Filipinos was blaming that Sotto wasn't used. He did play at the end in the 4th match but was injured and never played after at all. I think the Magic invited him to join their summer league squad to earn popularity in Philippines but as things worked out at the end I think the opposite happened.
Sotto first worked out in Sacramento I guess because of Jimmy Alapag that was in Stockton Kings and now he is with Sacramento Kings, but didn't get the chance to join the squad even for the summer league back in summer of '22.
On/off topic, I guess the Nets should be popular, having the only Chinese player in the league, but Jordi doesn't use him at all I think. And there is Kyle Anderson but I don't know if he has a fanbase just by playing for China NT.
In Indonesia I could never find a kind of "community" for the Kings, even though it's the 4th most populated country in the word, only a few follow the NBA though there is wide coverage and it's much easier to watch live compared with Europe that the matches take place late at night/very early morning.