Around The NBA : 2023-24 Season #3

[DASMACKDOWN]

Honestly its a travesty to the league that Anthony Edwards took a career higj 17 3s tonight in a loss to the Bucks.

He was 4-17.

And they wonder why the NBA is dropping.

[Dan Z]

Fultz signed with the Kings.

[Donkedave]

Well I suppose at least we don’t have LeBron and Doncic and lose to the jazz.

[Red8911]

Kings just lost to the Pelicans. Zach was completely out of the offense from what I saw late 4th quarter and OT. It was all Demar doing his usual iso but missed a bunch of shots. Kings aren’t going very far.

[Ice Man]

The Kings are a trading baskets team. Might sneak into the 2nd round if they get hot, but no further than that.

[kulaz3000]

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This is some great behind the scenes footage of some of the Bulls players in a more casual sense, which is nice to see.

[WesPeace]

Kings just lost to the Pelicans. Zach was completely out of the offense from what I saw late 4th quarter and OT. It was all Demar doing his usual iso but missed a bunch of shots. Kings aren’t going very far.

Thats why I said, I feel sorry for Zach when trade happened.. Kings are just bad fit, no real PG (signed Fultz yeah,but eeeh) and DeMar still hogging and chucking his 90s bb..

[Dan Z]

Kings just lost to the Pelicans. Zach was completely out of the offense from what I saw late 4th quarter and OT. It was all Demar doing his usual iso but missed a bunch of shots. Kings aren’t going very far.

Thats why I said, I feel sorry for Zach when trade happened.. Kings are just bad fit, no real PG (signed Fultz yeah,but eeeh) and DeMar still hogging and chucking his 90s bb..

The Kings shouldn't have signed DDR and they would be an interesting team right now had they not done that.

Also, Is Trey Murphy the Pelicans best player...?

[Charlesareed]

The Sacramento Kings are a disgrace of a franchise they traded away haliburton then they traded fox while signing demar & trading for Zach lavine I feel bad for that fan base just 2 years ago they were a fun up and coming team had just made the playoffs afterwards years of being in the basement light the beam was a good thing at that time they ruined it all

[DASMACKDOWN]

I actually don't think anything drastically changed with the Kings. The Kings that one season, basically everyone was having a career year with the leagues best offense. But teams in the conference just got better while they stayed the same and their players regressed.

Kevin Huerter for instance was avg over 15ppg which seems like a pipe dream now in comparison to how much he regressed as a player.

Keagan Murray has also regressed as a shooter the last 2 years.

So despite Fox and Sabonis continuing to have career years, the pieces around them started to stagnate or completely fall off.

The only part that I would be concerned as a Kings fan is now Keagan Murray is further down option list. He is basically a 5th option now with a team that has Demar, Zach, Sabonis and Monk. And this team is basically locked in like this the next 2 seasons.

[Wingy]

The only part that I would be concerned as a Kings fan is now Keagan Murray is further down option list. He is basically a 5th option now with a team that has Demar, Zach, Sabonis and Monk. And this team is basically locked in like this the next 2 seasons.

Dude is a better off (I won’t even say ‘rich’) man’s version of Patrick Williams.

Their fatal mistake was putting so many eggs in a non-aggressive kid’s basket. When does that light ever turn on for any player? Should’ve traded him for an upgrade while he had top 4 pick shine.

[FriedRise]

Kings fans finding out

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[MrSparkle]

Kings and Bulls are one and the same, except we won 6 chips while they kept getting bounced by Shaq, Kobe and the refs. Good, fading memories… but the worst organizations of the last decade. Even Minnesota and NYK climbed out of the sewer.

[Dan Z]

Kings and Bulls are one and the same, except we won 6 chips while they kept getting bounced by Shaq, Kobe and the refs. Good, fading memories… but the worst organizations of the last decade. Even Minnesota and NYK climbed out of the sewer.

Looking back I think the Kings should've done better with the Fox trade. Zach's a good player, but why did they want him? Pairing him up again with DDR was not a good idea.

[2weekswithpay]

Kings and Bulls are one and the same, except we won 6 chips while they kept getting bounced by Shaq, Kobe and the refs. Good, fading memories… but the worst organizations of the last decade. Even Minnesota and NYK climbed out of the sewer.

Looking back I think the Kings should've done better with the Fox trade. Zach's a good player, but why did they want him? Pairing him up again with DDR was not a good idea.

The Spurs had all the leverage so they couldn't get more. Fox asked specifically for San Antonio, and there weren't any other suitors to raise the price.

The Kings don't want to blow the team up, which is understandable given how bad the team has been. Zach was the best player they could add and they got him without having to give up anything.

[kodo]

Kings fans finding out

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Their reddit sounds exactly like ours 2 years ago.

Once they realize derozan has gone cold they gotta move on to someone else. Have a few others score then derozan will be good to hit another shot.
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That's how it was in Chicago, Demar will ice the whole team with his ISO game
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How many shots did DeMar miss in a row at the end? Seriously
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He never passed the last 4 possessions to end the 4th…
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It was hard seeing iso ball at the end when Zach was hot.
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The Kings didn't sign him for his defense obviously.
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Zach was driving really good, but they just let Demar dribble for 20 seconds every possesion in the last 3 minutes and take a tough shot when he was clearly ice cold.

[Dan Z]

Kings and Bulls are one and the same, except we won 6 chips while they kept getting bounced by Shaq, Kobe and the refs. Good, fading memories… but the worst organizations of the last decade. Even Minnesota and NYK climbed out of the sewer.

Looking back I think the Kings should've done better with the Fox trade. Zach's a good player, but why did they want him? Pairing him up again with DDR was not a good idea.

The Spurs had all the leverage so they couldn't get more. Fox asked specifically for San Antonio, and there weren't any other suitors to raise the price.

The Kings don't want to blow the team up, which is understandable given how bad the team has been. Zach was the best player they could add and they got him without having to give up anything.

Fox is under contract for one more year. If need be the Kings could've re-visited this in the off season. No need to rush if the deal isn't ideal.

Zach's not a bad player and I don't think getting him was a bad idea for the Kings. But with DDR there....that makes it not so good. I also don't think the picks they got were that great.

If the Spurs said no to giving up better stuff then so be it. Fox can continue to be on the Kings the rest of the year.

[2weekswithpay]

Looking back I think the Kings should've done better with the Fox trade. Zach's a good player, but why did they want him? Pairing him up again with DDR was not a good idea.

The Spurs had all the leverage so they couldn't get more. Fox asked specifically for San Antonio, and there weren't any other suitors to raise the price.

The Kings don't want to blow the team up, which is understandable given how bad the team has been. Zach was the best player they could add and they got him without having to give up anything.

Fox is under contract for one more year. If need be the Kings could've re-visited this in the off season. No need to rush if the deal isn't ideal.

Zach's not a bad player and I don't think getting him was a bad idea for the Kings. But with DDR there....that makes it not so good. I also don't think the picks they got were that great.

If the Spurs said no to giving up better stuff then so be it. Fox can continue to be on the Kings the rest of the year.

The Kings got 2 unprotected firsts, 5 seconds plus Lavine. Are you getting a better deal from someone else? The Rockets can but they also seem to have their sights set on Booker/KD since they own the Suns' picks. The fit isn't there with OKC. The Kings would still need another suitor, without that they'd be losing leverage to the Spurs by waiting.

[Red8911]

Kings fans finding out

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Their reddit sounds exactly like ours 2 years ago.

Once they realize derozan has gone cold they gotta move on to someone else. Have a few others score then derozan will be good to hit another shot.
...
That's how it was in Chicago, Demar will ice the whole team with his ISO game
...
How many shots did DeMar miss in a row at the end? Seriously
...
He never passed the last 4 possessions to end the 4th…
...
It was hard seeing iso ball at the end when Zach was hot.
...
The Kings didn't sign him for his defense obviously.
...
Zach was driving really good, but they just let Demar dribble for 20 seconds every possesion in the last 3 minutes and take a tough shot when he was clearly ice cold.

I like Demar especially when he was here but yeah last night he over did it with the iso and kept missing too. He has plenty of options offensively and really didn’t need to force things by himself.

Once Fox was shipped out Demar took the opportunity to establish himself as the new alpha over Sabonis who has been there a while and over Zach.

There will be arguments on their team if Demar doesn’t change his ways. He can obviously make big shots but when he has teammates who can also score you can’t just go iso on every play down the stretch. How long will Zach be ok with taking the back seat to Demar?

[Dan Z]

The Spurs had all the leverage so they couldn't get more. Fox asked specifically for San Antonio, and there weren't any other suitors to raise the price.

The Kings don't want to blow the team up, which is understandable given how bad the team has been. Zach was the best player they could add and they got him without having to give up anything.

Fox is under contract for one more year. If need be the Kings could've re-visited this in the off season. No need to rush if the deal isn't ideal.

Zach's not a bad player and I don't think getting him was a bad idea for the Kings. But with DDR there....that makes it not so good. I also don't think the picks they got were that great.

If the Spurs said no to giving up better stuff then so be it. Fox can continue to be on the Kings the rest of the year.

The Kings got 2 unprotected firsts, 5 seconds plus Lavine. Are you getting a better deal from someone else? The Rockets can but they also seem to have their sights set on Booker/KD since they own the Suns' picks. The fit isn't there with OKC. The Kings would still need another suitor, without that they'd be losing leverage to the Spurs by waiting.

Is the 2027 Spurs pick that great? The Minnesota 2031 might be interesting, but thats 6 years from now.

He'd still have value if they waited in the off season. They also didn't have to trade him to the Spurs. He's under contract.

I remember Damian Lillard saying he wanted to go to Miami, but ended up in Milwaukee, so you never know. However, it's a good idea to ask around the league before making a decision.