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First game of 2018

I think we win and comfortably win. And, hopefully, we get to see Monk play.

Will we finally see a lineup change tonight? I doubt it but I think it's a matter of time before things start to get tweaked. I want to see Batum and Lamb starting together.

Joest2003 wrote:Will we finally see a lineup change tonight? I doubt it but I think it's a matter of time before things start to get tweaked. I want to see Batum and Lamb starting together.

Beyond wishful thinking. This coaching staff don’t have a clue.

I don’t know who’s going to kill us most out of Vince Carter, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Garrett Temple, George Hill, Buddy Hield, or Frank Mason. I’m expecting 3s to rain like cats and dogs and for the entire board to implode about one of if not both Batum and MCW.

Bonnells "fearless predictions" articles just strike me as weird. Nothing "fearless" about them

There is no way we lose this game. 10 out of 10 times, we win.

Is Steve Clifford still on indefinite leave of absence? I am guessing he is undergoing cancer treatment.

I return home on 2 January 2018 and find that my usual search engines, Google and Yahoo, no longer function properly. Bing, which I never use, works great. Net neutrality is coming to an end. Anyone else having this problem? I have "crazy slow" Spectrum internet.

316Hornets wrote:There is no way we lose this game. 10 out of 10 times, we win.

lol

Robot Rock wrote:

316Hornets wrote:There is no way we lose this game. 10 out of 10 times, we win.

lol

Our coaches don’t know how to get out of their own way. I no longer count any game as a win with these buffoons.

euphorbus wrote:Is Steve Clifford still on indefinite leave of absence? I am guessing he is undergoing cancer treatment.

I return home on 2 January 2018 and find that my usual search engines, Google and Yahoo, no longer function properly. Bing, which I never use, works great. Net neutrality is coming to an end. Anyone else having this problem? I have "crazy slow" Spectrum internet.

On Spectrum, but Google is working fine.

I have been watching the Kings a bit this season to see how Justin Jackson is doing. At the beginning of the season, he was a starter, then he dropped out of the rotation, and now he is on the second team. Despite utterly pedestrian traditional numbers in FG%, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, and turnovers, they seem to play better with him on the floor. Nearly all the rotation players have negative +/- ratings. Jackson is fifth at -3.3. Likewise with net rating, where he is sixth with -9.7.

But what really surprises me is that Zach Randolph has a -14.4 net rating, and is tied with Fox at dead last in +/- with -6.3. Ouch.

My, crazy MCW drive for Dwight O board play worked but Dwight missed the dunk

Fox and Randolph cannot play defense together for a ton of reasons. Fox is constantly lost or getting obliterated with screens and Randolph just doesn't have the foot speed to do what's necessary for that position regarding the PnR.

The Kings have a plethora of young talent and they’re still trash without a optimistic outlook, at least not to me. They are like the cautionary tale of tanking.

Lamb get at least one of those Pippen-esque steals for a fastbreak dunk per game.

catch20two wrote:Lamb get at least one of those Pippen-esque steals for a fastbreak dunk per game.

that was just a terrible pass

catch20two wrote:The Kings have a plethora of young talent and they’re still trash without an optimistic outlook, at least not to me. They are like the cautionary tale of tanking.

Part of the problem with having so many untested, first and second-year players is that management does not yet have a clear view how these guys will develop and how they will play together. I am more optimistic with this group because I think by next year, the building blocks will be in place. Joerger is a good coach and will figure out how to put together a decent team.

catch20two wrote:The Kings have a plethora of young talent and they’re still trash without a optimistic outlook, at least not to me. They are like the cautionary tale of tanking.

Being young isn't a skill and that's the Kings problem lol. You can't look at them play for 30 seconds without seeing a ton of mistakes from them and a distinct lack of skill from their vets.

Temple for example has absolutely cooked Batum off the ball but he can't make a shot to save his life. If their gameplan is to have Zach will us to victory, then that spells out a ton of problems

They could still easily win this game though. We do still suck.