Very pleased with this important loss for draft odds today....a must-lose! 3 more losses to go.
Absolutely. This is a great night to be a Kings fan! I look for Wolves to beat LAL on Sunday and pass us. I look for more of "NO PG" lineup in final 3 games. And more ball handling misadventures with Ben, Buddy and Galloway! For fans upset about this meaningless loss, we could have beat that sorry team by 10 to 15 points if Joerger plays Collison in the 4th. You don't think he knows this?! We could have won easily if we wanted to. The Kings were getting great shots every time when Collison was on the floor and those shots dried up with him sitting. I commend Joerger for resisting temptation to win. If Kings had won they were looking at the
9th and 10th pick. The Pelicans pick is fairly entrenched now at #10 with DET winning and NOP getting routed in DEN. The Pelicans are playing back-to-back tomorrow in GSW with KDs return.... chalk that up as a big fat L!
With 9th and 10th pick the Kings could be left with no SF or PG prospects. That would be unfortunate given needs on roster and how draft is stacked with SF and PG at the top. If we do the right thing and lose at least two of the next three we have good shot at 7th to get PG or SF prospect with all star potential. (Isaac or Frank N or maybe Fox if he slides). Then at #10 we can hope for Isaac or Bridges (though I think Bridges is more of a SG). And #10 is nothing to sneeze at since many see talent drop after #10. So this is good news if player we want there doesn't slide, that pick could have nice trade value.
I believe aforementioned in some way, shape or form was communicated by Vlade to our esteemed coach and he had the good sense tonight as he did vs Mavs to give team best chance to lose without being overt about it. The other significance of this game is we have little chance of catching NOP now. If they beat LAL then there's no way we can lose our pick by finishing 10th worst and someone jumping us and push pick to 11th. That would be catastrophe to convey pick to Bulls and outside possibility if we won out. Again, Joerger knows this. He's no dummy. He's just playing within rules. Finally shout out to Galloway for his plus/ minus of negative 18 and Tyreke for his 1 for 4 FGs and 2 assists against 3 TOs. And special props to Affalo for his epic 2 points in 19 minutes. These are the bums, er players, I was counting on and they did not let me down!