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Fun game. Justin Jackson is tireless

Keep in mind this is their third game in three nights. This was always gonna be ugly

You have it backwards. Shooting isn't concerning in Summer League; it's barely organized, there's no practice time, and no preseason to get into rhythm. Buddy has proven himself in the NBA, and JJax was a proven marksman in college. They were 1/13 together, they will shoot better. We already...

It's more that he needs to shake off the rust and rebuild his timing and rhythm. Over the last two years he's played only a smattering of minutes in college. It would probably be better for him to slowly ramp up the level of competition by getting him some D-League experience than to throw him...

Kings beat the "Mavericks" only in the sense that the guys in blue on the court are on the Mavericks roster

This is typical fan overrating of blocked shots as indicators of defense. Chriss is an atrocious defender. I've watched him play several times and he blows rotations left and right, is too weak to hold his ground in the post, and fouls like a maniac. He's really bad. The Suns as a whole are...

all you've got are Dawkins highlights? Chriss is an inefficient scorer for being so low-volume. He has a 52 TS% on only 19 USG% He's an atrocious rebounder. He has a total rebounding rate of 10%. That's 30th among rookies. He's a fouling machine averaging 6 fouls per 36 minutes He's terrible on...

Chriss has been horrible this year. There are like 5-6 guys who have been better this season from this class. Brogdan, Hield, Murray, Hernangomez, Jaylen Brown. Just because Chriss has gotten minutes doesn't mean he's been good

Jokic is a much better passer, seem like different kind of bigs. How about Lamarcus Aldridge? His rookie season, at age 21: 14.6/8.1/0.6 per 36 on .503 FG%, .722 FT%

With Afflalo back, it looks like Ben McLemore has been nailed to the bench. Buddy looks really good at SG, turnover issues aside. With Bogdanovic coming over next season, Malachi developing in the background, and Ben's inability to defend bigger SFs, there may not be a place on this team for him...

Right, I misspoke. That interpretation of Stepien has been around, but the interpretation of Stepien as applied in this specific instance is new. When teams send out a "future" first round pick, the NBA takes it to mean "first allowable draft"; the Kings pick situation between the Bulls muddied...

From what I understand of the trade, the wording of the deal wasn't this specific. We didn't convey a pick with all of those contingencies listed out. We traded a "future" first round pick, top 10 protected in 2018 and unprotected in 2019. So then 2016 came around and the Kings kept their pick...

7-0. Mark it

Appreciate "The Killers" reference in the poll

This is still a thing. I can't believe this is still a thing. IT's averaging 30ppg on the team with the 5th best record in the league. And this is still a thing.