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  1. hrdboild

    [Game] Kings vs. Dallas Mavericks 7:00 PM PDT/10:00 PM EDT (TNT)

    This is what we've been missing for 15 years though, right? It's March and every game matters. We're worried about playoff seeding not missing the playoffs entirely or (even worse) rooting for losses to help our lotto odds. The Kings have been a top 10 defense team this month aside from an...
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    [Game] Kings vs. Philadelphia 76ers 7:00 PM PDT/10:00 PM EDT

    Yeah, me too. I've liked how active he is off the ball on both ends and he's at least as good of a floor spacer as Lyles is.
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    Congrats Domantas Sabonis!

    Passing Larry Bird for career triple doubles might get Sabonis that All-NBA spot in the end. Somewhere in the NBA national media handbook is a rule that says "If you can't find a reason to give an NBA award to a Laker or a Celtic, giving it to someone else while mentioning a Laker or Celtic...
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    [Game] Kings vs. Philadelphia 76ers 7:00 PM PDT/10:00 PM EDT

    Putting Lyles in the playoff rotation still makes me nervous. He's been worse than Huerter on defense this season and when his shot is off he can also waste a lot of offensive possessions throwing up long jumpers. I like some of what he brings to the table but too often this season it's felt to...
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    The 2024 Playoff Chase Thread

    We thought we had Golden State's number last year too. Things are different in the playoffs. It's more important (I think) that we finish the season strong and go into our first round matchup playing with confidence than we maneuver for matchups. Trying to duck the Pels shouldn't take precedence...
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    [Game] Kings @ Wizards - 3/21/2024 - 4:00PM PST/7:00PM EST

    You know, the whole "losing to bad teams and beating good ones" bit may not matter anymore once the playoffs starts but chucking threes every time down the floor in the last five minutes of the game while trying to make a comeback is still going to matter and it could be the reason we don't win...
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    [NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (MAR)

    Plot twist: he finally got rid of the air mattress... because he got himself a new water bed? (Bad) jokes aside, I like Ayton for some reason, and I want to see him figure this out. Blaming his poor performance this season on anything other than his own mentality and conditioning was already...
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    [Game] Kings @ Raptors - 3/20/2024 - 4:30PM PST/7:30PM EST

    I don't disagree. I think K'Von was the right fit for the Beam Team last year as his elite shooting helped propel the Kings to the playoffs and build a new identity. He'll always be an essential part of the incredible story of that 2022-2023 Kings team. As the team grows toward bigger goals than...
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    Big (Man) Love, 2023-24 season

    And now back to reality. Oh well.
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    The Sabonis Thread

    I can't wait for all the articles to come out defending multiple All-NBA selections for the Suns and Lakers and none for the Kings who trounced them both all year. Also Victor Wembanyama getting All-NBA votes despite playing on a last place team and all sorts of other excuses not to recognze...
  11. hrdboild

    [Game] Kings @ Raptors - 3/20/2024 - 4:30PM PST/7:30PM EST

    Ellis has been taking Kevin Huerter's minutes since he returned to the rotation, not Davion's. You can't blame Mike Brown for continuing to trust K'Von though up until his slump started to interfere with our playoff chances. It's tough to crack an NBA rotation when the vets ahead of you have...
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    Keegan “KEEGAN MURRAY” Murray

    Tatum averaged 1.4 more made threes in his third season compared to his second season and that was 4 years ago when teams weren't shooting 40 threes a game like they are now. Keegan would need to take about 4 more threes a game, but I'm assuming there will be roster changes this summer to...
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    Keegan “KEEGAN MURRAY” Murray

    All he needs to do to get there (22 PPG) from here (14.7 PPG) is make 1.7 more threes per game and 2 more free throws. If he bounces back on his 3pt shooting to somewhere close to 40%, absorbs some of the 3pt attempts that HB, Huerter, and Fox are taking this season, and continues to show...
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    [NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (MAR)

    Tatum defended Williams though, and I tend to trust his opinion on his own former teammates over the Celtics announcer's second hand locker room gossip. Also Dallas has Jason Kidd running the show who has already put a player in the hospital when he was the Bucks head coach and I'm not even...
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    Keegan “KEEGAN MURRAY” Murray

    I've already been mocked for this by some but my comparison/benchmark for Keegan all along has been Jayson Tatum and both guys shot the ball incredibly well in their rookie seasons (43% from three on 3 attempts per game for Tatum and 41% from three on just over 6 attempts per game for Murray)...
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    The 2024 Playoff Chase Thread

    Wait a minute... we have only 3 more losses than the Clippers and we still play them once more meaning we only need to make up 2 games over the remaining 15 and beat them in LA on April 2nd. We're only 2 losses behind the Pelicans and we play them again too but they already have the tie-breaker...
  17. hrdboild

    [Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies - 3/18/2024 - 7PM PST/10PM EST

    You can't be your team's starting C and average 5 RPG. I hope JJJ remembers to send Steven Adams something nice every year cause he's been exposed without the Big Kiwi out there doing the dirty work for him.
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    Keegan “KEEGAN MURRAY” Murray

    That is the look of a stone cold killer! Shame about the FT streak ending tonight but as long as he continues to bring the defense when it matters most, all else is forgiven.
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    Big (Man) Love, 2023-24 season

    DeAndre Ayton is now averaging 27 and 15 in March (6 games). Maybe there's hope for him yet?
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    [NBA] Comments that don't warrant a thread (MAR)

    This is why I don't consider the Knicks a contender. One of their key players is going to do down with a non-contact injury some time in April and miss the rest of the playoffs and Thibs will have no one to blame but himself.