De’Aaron “Austin Reaves Sr.” Fox
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Fox doesn’t get calls and some of that is his own doing. And when he mocks players for flopping on court, thus indirectly taking shots at the officials in game, it probably compounds why he isn’t getting a friendly whistle. It’s part of the game that is impacting his desire to drive the basket which is still his biggest weapon. He should not be a volume 3 shooter but I’m guessing the less fouls he draws the more he thinks about taking uncontested threes instead of getting hacked and rewarded with a no-call. It’s a legit critique of everyone on the court and their decision process here.
I think you inadvertently left out a lot of context with the T-Wolves.....
2 years ago when they won 46 games, they were the 7th seed and did not have Rudy Gobert yet.
1 year ago when they won 42 games, KAT was injured for most of the year and only played in 29 games.
The reason why the T-Wolves jumped to 56 wins this year is because they traded 4 future 1st round picks + a pick swap for a DPOY candidate and their entire team managed to stay healthy. Also probably helps that Anthony Edwards is a 22-year-old superstar.
2 years ago when they won 46 games, they were the 7th seed and did not have Rudy Gobert yet.
1 year ago when they won 42 games, KAT was injured for most of the year and only played in 29 games.
The reason why the T-Wolves jumped to 56 wins this year is because they traded 4 future 1st round picks + a pick swap for a DPOY candidate and their entire team managed to stay healthy. Also probably helps that Anthony Edwards is a 22-year-old superstar.
”No chance” is literally a drastic over-exaggeration. Because the KINGS clearly had chances in the last 2 matchups, even though both of them got away from them late. Hell, the 2nd game in NO the KINGS held a lead with 5:30 remaining.
It was really only 2 games where the KINGS were a complete non-factor and lost by 36 and 33 points. Two of the others had the KINGS down big early but back to within single digits in the 3rd and early 4th quarters. The 2 others had them in a fairly competitive game until faltering in Q4.
Also, to further demonstrate how quickly the tide can change — the T-Wolves just swept Phoenix 4-0 despite having lost 4 consecutive games to the Suns during the regular season (0-3 this season) and all by double-digits 18, 10, and 19. And the sorry-@$$ed LAL just snapped an 11-game losing streak to Denver. (Fwiw, AD hasn’t snapped his double-digit ‘L’ streak against Domas, though lmfao)
Again, people need to relax on this thing.
It was really only 2 games where the KINGS were a complete non-factor and lost by 36 and 33 points. Two of the others had the KINGS down big early but back to within single digits in the 3rd and early 4th quarters. The 2 others had them in a fairly competitive game until faltering in Q4.
Also, to further demonstrate how quickly the tide can change — the T-Wolves just swept Phoenix 4-0 despite having lost 4 consecutive games to the Suns during the regular season (0-3 this season) and all by double-digits 18, 10, and 19. And the sorry-@$$ed LAL just snapped an 11-game losing streak to Denver. (Fwiw, AD hasn’t snapped his double-digit ‘L’ streak against Domas, though lmfao)
Again, people need to relax on this thing.
No, the Kings literally had no chance against the Pels. All the Pels wings had to do was tighten up the screws and the Kings started wetting the bed.
If they had Zion, it would have been even worse. The "KINGS", as you always put it, need to tighten up their offense against teams that know how to tighten up their defense. We play so loose so often that it's what leads to our losses. Our mental lapses, stupid turnovers, bad shots, is what leads to a close game turning into one that "doesn't just slip away" but becomes out of our reach.
If they had Zion, it would have been even worse. The "KINGS", as you always put it, need to tighten up their offense against teams that know how to tighten up their defense. We play so loose so often that it's what leads to our losses. Our mental lapses, stupid turnovers, bad shots, is what leads to a close game turning into one that "doesn't just slip away" but becomes out of our reach.