
Kings head up to Portland on the second night of a B2B against a hot Blazers team and the trade deadline now in the rear view. Valanciunas is available today and should come in handy against the stable of big bodies Portland has.
codydaze wrote:
Pre Deadline Kings vs Post Deadline Kings
The roster is as flawed as ever and expecting Jonas Valanciunas and Jake LaRavia to fix those flaws is just not reasonable. I was always against Monk as a starting PG, I just don't see it, there's more to being a point guard than being able to run the pick and roll. The trio of Monk/Lavine/Demar are going to continue to take turns on offense and not get Keegan involved. I don't care how they figure it out, but Keon has got to be more featured and should be playing in closing lineups.
City of Trees wrote:Yeah I'm on board to start Keon with DeRozan embracing the 6th man role.
Edit: who can play Small Forward lol?
City of Trees wrote:Yeah I'm on board to start Keon with DeRozan embracing the 6th man role.
Edit: who can play Small Forward lol?
OxAndFox wrote:Well. Welcome to the new Sacramento Kings. Where defense is optional. It used to be preached about, but then okay if you didn't. Now it's just blatant that you don't need to. And if you do play D you will get shut out of the offense, ala Keegan and Keon.
WTF is happening with this franchise? Fox said it after his Spurs debut. It's obvious now his meetings with the front office prior to the season were about getting defenders in here. They refused to do it and he lost patience. Good for him. Hope he dominates in San Antonio, and he will. Next up Keegan Murray. After that. Keon Ellis.
Honestly, this is like watching Semi Pro, only worse.
Don't take anything these guys say in a press conference, or any talk about ball period, seriously. They don't play D, they don't want to play D and they KNOW it won't make a difference to their playing time if they don't.
Now I'm pointing the finger at Doug. Monte put this team together, fair enough, but if Doug wants to be the coach moving forward he needs to stamp his authority on the Kings. Bench the lot of them. Put guys in that will try on D.
As Kayte said on the broadcast (one of the few things she got right actually) is that teams grow into the coaches personality. That is happening with the Blazers. It WILL NOT do the same with the Sacramento Kings though.
None of them except Keegan and Keon show anything to be a decent defender. Zero. None. Nada.
But now you have peanuts complaining about Trey Freaking Lyles causing a Kings loss because he plays 13 minutes. Not the guys that were out there getting blown by time and time again. Not the guys that refused to close out on 3pt shots. Nah, it's the guy that came off the bench and played 13 minutes. GTFOH.
OxAndFox wrote:Well. Welcome to the new Sacramento Kings. Where defense is optional. It used to be preached about, but then okay if you didn't. Now it's just blatant that you don't need to. And if you do play D you will get shut out of the offense, ala Keegan and Keon.
WTF is happening with this franchise? Fox said it after his Spurs debut. It's obvious now his meetings with the front office prior to the season were about getting defenders in here. They refused to do it and he lost patience. Good for him. Hope he dominates in San Antonio, and he will. Next up Keegan Murray. After that. Keon Ellis.
Honestly, this is like watching Semi Pro, only worse.
Don't take anything these guys say in a press conference, or any talk about ball period, seriously. They don't play D, they don't want to play D and they KNOW it won't make a difference to their playing time if they don't.
Now I'm pointing the finger at Doug. Monte put this team together, fair enough, but if Doug wants to be the coach moving forward he needs to stamp his authority on the Kings. Bench the lot of them. Put guys in that will try on D.
As Kayte said on the broadcast (one of the few things she got right actually) is that teams grow into the coaches personality. That is happening with the Blazers. It WILL NOT do the same with the Sacramento Kings though.
None of them except Keegan and Keon show anything to be a decent defender. Zero. None. Nada.
But now you have peanuts complaining about Trey Freaking Lyles causing a Kings loss because he plays 13 minutes. Not the guys that were out there getting blown by time and time again. Not the guys that refused to close out on 3pt shots. Nah, it's the guy that came off the bench and played 13 minutes. GTFOH.
BoogieTime wrote:OxAndFox wrote:Well. Welcome to the new Sacramento Kings. Where defense is optional. It used to be preached about, but then okay if you didn't. Now it's just blatant that you don't need to. And if you do play D you will get shut out of the offense, ala Keegan and Keon.
WTF is happening with this franchise? Fox said it after his Spurs debut. It's obvious now his meetings with the front office prior to the season were about getting defenders in here. They refused to do it and he lost patience. Good for him. Hope he dominates in San Antonio, and he will. Next up Keegan Murray. After that. Keon Ellis.
Honestly, this is like watching Semi Pro, only worse.
Don't take anything these guys say in a press conference, or any talk about ball period, seriously. They don't play D, they don't want to play D and they KNOW it won't make a difference to their playing time if they don't.
Now I'm pointing the finger at Doug. Monte put this team together, fair enough, but if Doug wants to be the coach moving forward he needs to stamp his authority on the Kings. Bench the lot of them. Put guys in that will try on D.
As Kayte said on the broadcast (one of the few things she got right actually) is that teams grow into the coaches personality. That is happening with the Blazers. It WILL NOT do the same with the Sacramento Kings though.
None of them except Keegan and Keon show anything to be a decent defender. Zero. None. Nada.
But now you have peanuts complaining about Trey Freaking Lyles causing a Kings loss because he plays 13 minutes. Not the guys that were out there getting blown by time and time again. Not the guys that refused to close out on 3pt shots. Nah, it's the guy that came off the bench and played 13 minutes. GTFOH.
I would say what I want to say but your not worth a strike
Team lost by a little
Lyle’s isn’t an nba player
LaRavia in bench punch could’ve been the difference tonight
LightTheBeam wrote:OxAndFox wrote:Well. Welcome to the new Sacramento Kings. Where defense is optional. It used to be preached about, but then okay if you didn't. Now it's just blatant that you don't need to. And if you do play D you will get shut out of the offense, ala Keegan and Keon.
WTF is happening with this franchise? Fox said it after his Spurs debut. It's obvious now his meetings with the front office prior to the season were about getting defenders in here. They refused to do it and he lost patience. Good for him. Hope he dominates in San Antonio, and he will. Next up Keegan Murray. After that. Keon Ellis.
Honestly, this is like watching Semi Pro, only worse.
Don't take anything these guys say in a press conference, or any talk about ball period, seriously. They don't play D, they don't want to play D and they KNOW it won't make a difference to their playing time if they don't.
Now I'm pointing the finger at Doug. Monte put this team together, fair enough, but if Doug wants to be the coach moving forward he needs to stamp his authority on the Kings. Bench the lot of them. Put guys in that will try on D.
As Kayte said on the broadcast (one of the few things she got right actually) is that teams grow into the coaches personality. That is happening with the Blazers. It WILL NOT do the same with the Sacramento Kings though.
None of them except Keegan and Keon show anything to be a decent defender. Zero. None. Nada.
But now you have peanuts complaining about Trey Freaking Lyles causing a Kings loss because he plays 13 minutes. Not the guys that were out there getting blown by time and time again. Not the guys that refused to close out on 3pt shots. Nah, it's the guy that came off the bench and played 13 minutes. GTFOH.
One play stood out to me. 2nd half, Blazers have ball bottom corner. They blow by lavine with his half ass reach, blow by demar with same half ass reach, easy bucket at the basket. At that moment I called game. Cant win with these guys + no rim defense.
If I'm Doug I'd have pulled them both immediately. **** your contract. Put Crawford in and let's see what he's got. I'm gonna scream to start keon and laravia.