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  1. The Effort Police

    KING IN ARABIC

    Hey we shouldn't let something like "observable reality" get in the way of taking a potshot at Harrison Barnes.
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    Keon Ellis

    I'm so glad Keon can shoot. If he was just like those other guys they've tried over the years, it'd just be trading 3/noD for D/no3 again which doesn't really solve their problems.
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    The 2024 Playoff Chase Thread

    If they flub the Spurs game tomorrow that helps. And HOU and UTA are tougher outs on the road than you may think.
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    [Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies - 3/18/2024 - 7PM PST/10PM EST

    Hey at least if they're gonna call the game different there shouldn't be much of an adjustment period. If this was someone like Ja, he'd look completely different.
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    [Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies - 3/18/2024 - 7PM PST/10PM EST

    It'd be so funny if they knocked one of them out and beat the other in the 9/10.
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    [Game] Kings vs. Grizzlies - 3/18/2024 - 7PM PST/10PM EST

    Really this game had all the makings of their usual underperformance at home to bad teams, yadda yadda yadda. But really, win or lose this would be an intriguing display with more implications beyond this year's standings and the playoff race. I think our laundry list of necessary trades just...
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    The 2024 Playoff Chase Thread

    Man, if the Suns flub their game against the Hornets today, we shouldn't have anything to worry about.
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    Kings sign Keon Ellis to 3-year deal

    He has two advantages over Davion in my mind. Number one, he's not a (really) poor man's De'aaron Fox offensively. Davion is really a lead guard who needs the ball in his hands and has a history of stopping ball. "Secondary" is key here. Two, he's actually a legit sized SG. Either way, I do...
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    Kings own the Lakers

    I do think Huerter is the odd man out in the starting 5, more so than Barnes ever was. He's mainly there for offense while being the clear 5th option in the starting 5 and the weakest defender of the group. Just need a little more sample size from Keon in his shooting, but if he's 37%+ from 3...
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    [Game] Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers - 3/13/2024 7:00PM PST/10:00PM EST (ESPN)

    Lol Monobrow trying to preserve his FG%.
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    [Game] Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers - 3/13/2024 7:00PM PST/10:00PM EST (ESPN)

    Chomping at the bit to call that goaltending were they?
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    It really might come down to the April 12 matchup against the Suns. Though the Suns have their final soft stretch in the week of March 20th, after that it's nothing but pain until the end of the season. If they flub one or two of those game in that four game stretch, it might not even come...
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    I mean, this is true. That's why the Celtics are where they are and we are where we are. I'm just saying it couldn't really be avoided tonight, and they didn't really jack up 40-50 3s anyway. I thought they played good enough defense that they should've won had the shooting just been...
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    I thought they played excellent in the first half otherwise but the 3s were so bad Houston kept it close. Then in the second half defense was only average to above average and the 3s never recovered.
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    Suns have a nasty ending schedule against tough teams and a million road games. They're back ahead of us now after this but BBRef has them finishing 8th below Dallas too with the lowest probability of making the playoffs of the three.
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    In all the previous matchups against these two teams, it wasn't really all that egregious. The opposing FG%, the 2P FG (so I'd assume PitP), and rebounding against the Pelicans stood out a lot more.
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    If you're bad at 3s you're playing from behind already compared to all other aspects of the game. Thing is, they're NOT bad at 3s. If they were, even if we decided to not shoot many, we'd be sitting at a 30 win season.
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    They didn't do anything else really egregious in this game. 112 points isn't notably bad in this era, percentages from the Rockets aren't notable, Kings FTs were good, turnovers were fine, outrebounding the Rockets. Screaming about effort and pride and defense in this situation is gonna seem...
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    [Game] Kings vs Houston Rockets, 3/10/2024, 3:00p PT/6:00p ET

    Pride means literally nothing with 3 point shooting. Defense and effort but shooting is highly technical and variant. Whether a team goes 6-30 or 18-30 from 3 has basically nothing to do with pride.
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    [Game] Kings vs San Antonio Spurs, 3/7/2024, 7:00p PT/10:00p ET

    Those threes weren't even that good half the time. Feel like those iso contested chucker 3s young players jack up sometimes and they went in. I recall Houston a couple years ago did this to us too.