Kings 2016-2017 Schedule Released

[Capt. Factorial]

http://www.nba.com/kings/schedule

As of now, this is titled the "2015-2016 Schedule" but it is in fact 2016-2017. (Edit: They have now fixed this)

Kings open on the road in Phoenix on October 26th and then head home to host the Spurs on Oct. 27th at our NEW HOME - the Golden 1 Center!

Note that our home night games will in fact be at 7:30, not 7:00 - even on the weekends (if it is a night game).

Check out the sked!

Edit: Here is the Kings press release, with some of the numbers crunched for you:
http://www.nba.com/kings/news/press-release-081116

 

[est.1999]

Have they released the national tv schedule yet?

 

[lwc]

Here is a link to jump directly to the schedule: http://www.nba.com/kings/schedule

 

[NewArena]

well dont all rush in at once

 

[NewArena]

It's really starting to sink in that we'll be playing in a brand new arena. WOW

 

[KingsFanSince85]

We're opening a brand new, state-of-the-art arena and what do the NBA scheduling gods have in store for us?

6 of the first 8 on the ROAD. And the SPURS as the home opener.

Good. Great. Wonderful. Grand.

 

[miltonap]

We're opening a brand new, state-of-the-art arena and what do the NBA scheduling gods have in store for us?

6 of the first 8 on the ROAD. And the SPURS as the home opener.

Good. Great. Wonderful. Grand.

Shades of 2014?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

We're opening a brand new, state-of-the-art arena and what do the NBA scheduling gods have in store for us?

6 of the first 8 on the ROAD. And the SPURS as the home opener.

Good. Great. Wonderful. Grand.

I'm not sure we didn't ask for this. New arena, give us two games to figure out what the kinks are, and then about ten days to work those kinks out before the team comes back. Shoot, it actually makes sense.

 

[King Baller]

We're opening a brand new, state-of-the-art arena and what do the NBA scheduling gods have in store for us?

6 of the first 8 on the ROAD. And the SPURS as the home opener.

Good. Great. Wonderful. Grand.

A trip to Phoenix on the 26th and home on the 27th to face the Spurs who won 67 games last season. Back to back to start the season.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

I'm not sure we didn't ask for this. New arena, give us two games to figure out what the kinks are, and then about ten days to work those kinks out before the team comes back. Shoot, it actually makes sense.

Great point, but -- to King Baller's point -- our very first home game is on a back-to-back coming from PHX. Not too cool. But aside from that, what you say makes some sense. I wonder if our FO was actually smart enough to think of it.

 

[upinsmoke]

Well this could be the year father time comes for the spurs. Timmy's done and Manu and T. Parker are no spring chickens. All they got now is L. Aldridge and K. Leonard. Oh my.

 

[IfAt1st]

TBH, I'm getting sick of the Kings getting screwed with the opening schedule.
This is going on a decade now of garbage dates to start out with.
It's contributed to them being in a hole from the very beginning of the year - every year except 2 years ago, when they battled through it (then promptly canned their coach and sent the franchise into a tailspin that will probably go down in history as one of the dumbest moves in modern sports).

 

[John Galt]

does anybody know where I can get the home schedule in an excel format? I like to score/grade the games in preparation for dividing up tickets with my partners, and an excel version comes in really handy.

 

[King Baller]

Well this could be the year father time comes for the spurs. Timmy's done and Manu and T. Parker are no spring chickens. All they got now is L. Aldridge and K. Leonard. Oh my.

Well they also got Pau Gasol, Patty Mills, David Lee, Kevin Martin, Danny Green and Kyle Anderson. But yeah, Timmy is gone.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

does anybody know where I can get the home schedule in an excel format? I like to score/grade the games in preparation for dividing up tickets with my partners, and an excel version comes in really handy.

Here's a PDF format that you can probably copy-and-paste into an Excel format pretty easily...

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.el...KINGSDIGITAL-SYNC/pdf/201617-schedulelist.pdf

 

[Siranthony]

21 of first 35 on the road. Then a 7 game home stand followed by a 7 game road tour. The second half of our season is where we will have a shot at a run. But being a team with a new coach we may need time to develop.

 

[John Galt]

Here's a PDF format that you can probably copy-and-paste into an Excel format pretty easily...

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.el...KINGSDIGITAL-SYNC/pdf/201617-schedulelist.pdf

thanks but that document just mocks my efforts.. it doesn't paste well - not even into word.

Usually I can find one that will paste into excel and delimit intuitively - with only a little extra manipulation on my part. But not yet so far this year.

 

[Double-K]

It's really starting to sink in that we'll be playing in a brand new arena. WOW

It means a lot coming from you...

 

[biltalent]

The first 10 games will be very important. Just judging by talent we can beat everyone except for the spurs and the raptors and those are back to backs anyway. The Heat game is a back to back as well so I count that as a loss. But the other games are all winnable. A 6-4 or 7-3 start would be amazing

Suns - W
Spurs (Home, b2b) - L
Tvolwes - W
Hawks - W/L
Heat (b2b) - L
Magic - W
Bucks - W
Raptors (b2b) - L
Pellicans (Home) - W
Lakers (Home) - W

A good start will be important because after that we will play the Blazers, Spurs, Clippers, Raptors, Thunder, Rockets but all at home. If we can squeeze two wins out of that part, f.e against the Clippers/Rockets, we would be right around .500

 

[Flopi]

thanks but that document just mocks my efforts.. it doesn't paste well - not even into word.

Usually I can find one that will paste into excel and delimit intuitively - with only a little extra manipulation on my part. But not yet so far this year.

bkref.com has several export functions. They haven't set the new schedule yet
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAC/2016_games.html

 

[lwc]

So it sounds like we need to try to float around .450 or .500 until the 2nd half of the schedule and then hope to make a run on the softer part of the schedule into the playoffs. Is that too much to hope for?

 

[John Galt]

bkref.com has several export functions. They haven't set the new schedule yet
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAC/2016_games.html

I've made one - if anybody wants it just pm me your email address.

It just has a row for each game - columns are game #, day of week, date, opponent, start time. Then I will build out columns later to add point values for my favorite opps, for Friday & Saturday games, and any special events and dates I CAN'T go.

That way when I got to the draft with my STH partners I don't have to hem and haw whenever it is my turn, and being well prepared has served me really well in past years. Last year I was at virtually every flashback Friday game which I liked a lot.

Anyway if anyone wants the sheet of just the HOME games, PM and and I'll share it (just the list of games - not my scores).

 

[ApolloDaGod]

I will be attending in full Kings gear Dec 14th in Houston though I will be going with a bunch of Rockets fans.