Game 67: Kings (33-33) vs Grizzlies (43-25)

Post #1 » by **codydaze** » Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:15 pm

The Kings return home from a quick road trip to start a 7 game home stand with a pretty brutal schedule of opponents due in G1C. It starts with the Grizzlies who will be without Ja Morant but do have Jaren Jackson back. Do we get the Jake LaRavia revenge game tonight?

I think at this point, with this state of the Mavericks and Suns, we are locked into the 9 seed for the year but we should still be fighting for every win to finish the season over .500. These next 6 games are pretty brutal (Memphis, Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, OKC) so we need a gut check and find a way to pull out at least 3 wins.

BigDan245 · Post #2 » by **BigDan245** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 12:37 am

I'll be in Sacramento to check out the Golden 1 Center for the Cavs and Bulls games...Anybody have any food suggestions?

LightTheBeam · Post #3 » by **LightTheBeam** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 2:19 am

Derozan is a zero effort defender. It'll never make sense to me. He's got size, athleticism and he's supposedly "tough" guy from Compton. Its totally effort with him

LightTheBeam · Post #4 » by **LightTheBeam** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 2:54 am

GIVE LARAVIA 30MPG. IDC WHOSE MINS GET CUT

Post #5 » by **codydaze** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:20 am

BigDan245 wrote:I'll be in Sacramento to check out the Golden 1 Center for the Cavs and Bulls games...Anybody have any food suggestions?

For some good pasta I always recommend Adamo's, it's in midtown so about 5-10 minutes from G1C. One of my favorite restaurants in Sacramento, hands down.

If you're looking for something closer to the arena, Frank Fats is a staple and you gotta get the banana creme pie if you do go. Ramen Kodaiko is a pretty cool spot with a cool ambience too and is walking distance from the arena. La Terraza in Old Sac (also walking distance) if you're in the mood for mexican food.

Enjoy the city, man! Lots of good food options.

Post #6 » by **codydaze** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:25 am

Man. Domas is gonna be out for a while. That looked like a nasty roll.

LightTheBeam · Post #7 » by **LightTheBeam** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:06 am

codydaze wrote:Man. Domas is gonna be out for a while. That looked like a nasty roll.

Such a shame. That may be his season, looked pretty bad. But he is a terminator so could be two games who knows.

LightTheBeam · Post #8 » by **LightTheBeam** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:08 am

Think the team just fits so much better without demar. More size, more flow, more defense, more shooting. Monk actually has a role. And then more mins for Keon, Carter, and laravia

OxAndFox · Post #9 » by **OxAndFox** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:11 am

The bench was electric in the 1st. BUT it was the starting group that actually gave AF on D. Not saying they were great, but they were showing effort. It translated to offense. Then bam, then bench comes in and starts dictating terms. Great play Sacramento.

OxAndFox · Post #10 » by **OxAndFox** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:12 am

Thought we got some calls there in the 2nd. Makes the calls that haven't been getting called in some previous games look absolutely more head scratching. The delta between getting a good whistle to not shouldn't be that far. I don't care if its home or away, it's ridiculous.

OxAndFox · Post #11 » by **OxAndFox** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:19 am

That is how the Kings need to play though. Defensive attention turning to offense. Anyone thinking they don't need to worry about D, or even have defensive types that can still score, the Kings get murdered in this game without Carter, LaRavia, Ellis. It's just a pity only 1 of them has some height. If Carter was 6'7 it would be game on for that bench with Monk coming off it.

OxAndFox · Post #12 » by **OxAndFox** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:27 am

And on finishing, again with Keegan, this is what you get when you see him get some looks in the 2nd half, he had a scratchy game offensively, but still managed 16. Bounce those shots to 16-20 and he is destined to be a 20-8 guy at the 3 that is all NBA D.

I don't care, take Deebo's 19 shots and spread them around. Some games it will work, some it won't. But at the end of the day if, let's just say, LaRavia is shooting open 3s and playing what he did tonight(22-26mpg) along with a 4 man that will take 8 shots a game, like a defensive Harrison Barnes type that is ok with that many shots, this team is A LOT better. That would leave 11 shots. As mentioned a few more to Keegan, the rest go into Domas and that get's him to his 12 shots per game, because he wasn't out there tonight after 4 shots.
So in essence the Kings need to find a defensive 4 that is a Harrison Barnes, plus a PG. So we're in the same exact position we were in after they made the POs? Let's not say his name folks. Just get over it.

LightTheBeam · Post #13 » by **LightTheBeam** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:28 am

Read on Twitter

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Lol

BoogieTime · Post #14 » by **BoogieTime** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:04 am

Sabonis is the best King of the last decade, and the Kings need him, but stop playing him at least until the playin

OxAndFox · Post #15 » by **OxAndFox** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 7:29 am

BoogieTime wrote:Sabonis is the best King of the last decade, and the Kings need him, but stop playing him at least until the playin

Not sure they will have a choice. Will be interesting to see how he pulls up, but it didn't look great.

BoogieTime · Post #16 » by **BoogieTime** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:19 am

Malik has taken me from fan to non fan over the space of post Fox trade. He's made my opinion of him look foolish, and looked this opportunity to being a starting guard in the mouth and wasted all of it... but at least this was the start of one game. This iteration of the team would definitively by a playoff type team with nightly production like this from him tho

In the game with good bench production, the only - was from who won't be in the league next year, dead man walking, Lyles

Man, Laravia playing too good for a future here :-?

OxAndFox · Post #17 » by **OxAndFox** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:57 am

BoogieTime wrote:Malik has taken me from fan to non fan over the space of post Fox trade. He's made my opinion of him look foolish, and looked this opportunity to being a starting guard in the mouth and wasted all of it... but at least this was the start of one game. This iteration of the team would definitively by a playoff type team with nightly production like this from him tho

In the game with good bench production, the only - was from who won't be in the league next year, dead man walking, Lyles

Man, Laravia playing too good for a future here

Ok. So why are you, Monk not a fan? Why can't he just be, bloody good player, but are we putting him in the right spot?
I, probably you, and many others, say we're not putting in the right spot to succeed.
Starting 2 guard - YES
Starting 1 guard - NO
6th Man - Hell Yeah

This is a jigsaw puzzle, not a throw more pieces onto one another and its the equivalent.

Lyles is another weird one for me. His split numbers actually suggest that he isn't the problem. Particularly for a low minute role player. I find it hard to blame a guy playing 18mpg and then shielding the guy that plays 36mpg. As a baller I know its on me as the 36 guy. The guy coming off the bench playing hardly anything? That's got nothing to do with the result. That's just true.

Maybe you know more of the stats inner workings that you can show to back these things up that you would like to share over the course of this season for the Kings?

BoogieTime · Post #18 » by **BoogieTime** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:58 am

OxAndFox wrote:
BoogieTime wrote:Malik has taken me from fan to non fan over the space of post Fox trade. He's made my opinion of him look foolish, and looked this opportunity to being a starting guard in the mouth and wasted all of it... but at least this was the start of one game. This iteration of the team would definitively by a playoff type team with nightly production like this from him tho

In the game with good bench production, the only - was from who won't be in the league next year, dead man walking, Lyles

Man, Laravia playing too good for a future here

Ok. So why are you, Monk not a fan? Why can't he just be, bloody good player, but are we putting him in the right spot?
I, probably you, and many others, say we're not putting in the right spot to succeed.
Starting 2 guard - YES
Starting 1 guard - NO
6th Man - Hell Yeah

This is a jigsaw puzzle, not a throw more pieces onto one another and its the equivalent.

Lyles is another weird one for me. His split numbers actually suggest that he isn't the problem. Particularly for a low minute role player. I find it hard to blame a guy playing 18mpg and then shielding the guy that plays 36mpg. As a baller I know its on me as the 36 guy. The guy coming off the bench playing hardly anything? That's got nothing to do with the result. That's just true.

Maybe you know more of the stats inner workings that you can show to back these things up that you would like to share over the course of this season for the Kings?

What”splits” are these? The team had arguably the worst bench in bball which featured his digression for much of the season, until getting some nba quality. He was an absolute inefficient slug for much of that early stretch. He’s not good on either side of the ball, inefficient and overall looks like he just woke up

So, one had to”heart” the other doesn’t