RS 24/25 - Mavs @ Kings (Monday 10PM EST)

Post #1 » by **Dirk** » Sun Dec 29, 2024 5:18 pm

Reasons to be cheerful: One of these guys will be back.

The Kings fired Mike Brown months after giving him extension. Very Kings like.

Post #2 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 8:48 pm

Kyrie out...
I'm furiois with the moronic time management of this team, Kyrie should've sat after 1st Q in Portland.
48 minutes of Dinwiddie and Hardy at PG, hell even Naji isn't playing.

41Dirk41 · Post #3 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 9:21 pm

This the course of having Jason Kidd as a coach... The gods of basketball can't let us win it all. Sad but true.

Maverick41 · Post #4 » by **Maverick41** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 10:09 pm

Kyrie having a sore shoulder after all that carrying he had to do against POR (and for nothing). Can't make this up. :lol:

daoneandonly · Post #5 » by **daoneandonly** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:05 pm

Why concede this game for no reason? So damn frustrating

Archx · Post #6 » by **Archx** » Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:26 pm

Maverick41 wrote:Kyrie having a sore shoulder after all that carrying he had to do against POR (and for nothing). Can't make this up.

Crazy to think what Luka had to do for 5 straight years with those horrible rosters. Kyrie does it for few games and is also injured. I guess we will see true strength of this team only just before playoffs.

daoneandonly · Post #7 » by **daoneandonly** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:55 am

Archx wrote:
Maverick41 wrote:Kyrie having a sore shoulder after all that carrying he had to do against POR (and for nothing). Can't make this up.

Crazy to think what Luka had to do for 5 straight years with those horrible rosters. Kyrie does it for few games and is also injured. I guess we will see true strength of this team only just before playoffs.

To be fair, Kyrie had to do it because the BS suspensions

Post #8 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 3:59 am

18 points lead down to 1, but the fact this is close is impressive, PJ and Dinwiddie on fire...

Maverick41 · Post #9 » by **Maverick41** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:43 am

Need some of the others to step up. Spencer and PJ are working their butts off trying to carry the team. This is the most usage I've ever seen PJ have.

Mr B · Post #10 » by **Mr B** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:04 am

Is that a baby sitting court side?

Post #11 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:06 am

Every game one guy decides to play without his brain, today it's Grimes.
Kings up 10, total collapse in the last 5-6 minutes.

joesha1698 · Post #12 » by **joesha1698** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:08 am

The home cooking for the kings sucks....physicality on both ends is not consistent. Offensively, we just aren't consistent enough in this offense.

Post #13 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:09 am

Yeah, this one is over, shame, PJ gave the game of his life...

daoneandonly · Post #14 » by **daoneandonly** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:17 am

Pj is this team's heart. Sucks it's a loss, but can't win without so many people out.

Luka and Lively need to stop being so damn injury prone. The team can't afford to lose unnecessary games in a crowded west.

Maverick41 · Post #15 » by **Maverick41** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:18 am

Mavrelous wrote:Every game one guy decides to play without his brain, today it's Grimes.
Kings up 10, total collapse in the last 5-6 minutes.

Yeah, Grimes has been bad this game but at least he's showing a lot of effort. Gafford is the one pissing me off the most this game. His effort level, particularly on the defensive boards, has been abysmal.

Post #16 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:19 am

Maverick41 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Every game one guy decides to play without his brain, today it's Grimes.
Kings up 10, total collapse in the last 5-6 minutes.

Yeah, Grimes has been bad this game but at least he's showing a lot of effort. Gafford is the one pissing me off the most this game. His effort level, particularly on the defensive boards, has been abysmal.

Yeah, but he's been terrible almost all season...
There was a possession late 3rd where the Kings had 6-7 offensive boards, amazing stuff.

Post #17 » by **Mavrelous** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:23 am

Mavrelous wrote:
Maverick41 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:Every game one guy decides to play without his brain, today it's Grimes.
Kings up 10, total collapse in the last 5-6 minutes.

Yeah, Grimes has been bad this game but at least he's showing a lot of effort. Gafford is the one pissing me off the most this game. His effort level, particularly on the defensive boards, has been abysmal.

Yeah, but he's been terrible almost all season...
There was a possession late 3rd where the Kings had 6-7 offensive boards, amazing stuff.

24 seconds of defense for him to give up the offensive rebound to Sabonis.
Man, I have no idea what happened to him

Maverick41 · Post #18 » by **Maverick41** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:26 am

Mavrelous wrote:Yeah, but he's been terrible almost all season...
There was a possession late 3rd where the Kings had 6-7 offensive boards, amazing stuff.

Yeah thats the possession that drove me nuts.

Also Maxi at almost 30 minutes in this game so far and completely non-existent offensively again. Just terrible.

GermanFan120 · Post #19 » by **GermanFan120** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 6:24 am

Why didn't Klay play today?

41Dirk41 · Post #20 » by **41Dirk41** » Tue Dec 31, 2024 6:53 am

Health is a basketball skill.
You can't win games if Maxi Kleber and Dwight Powell play 20 minutes a game. So it is what it is...

Looks like nobody cares about the RS. Wow.
At least i don't buy the tickets for the games, i would be pissed off.

Lively at 20yo can't play 2games in a row.
You can't be an high level player if you are always injuried. I start to think that trade him is the solution until his trade value is high.

Gafford has never been an NBA starter, he can't play 30minutes a game. He can be good for a limited time.

This season is frustrating to watch.