...ungh.
#21 (NC)
The Kings are weird. Their 13 most-used lineups are a combined plus-109 in 989 minutes. They're one of nine teams with two or more lineups with a NetRtg of at least plus-10.0 over 100 minutes. Yet, they're nine games under .500 with a bottom-10 point differential. After losses to the Spurs and Clippers last week, they're 6-19 against the other 10 teams in the West's top 11, with their next five games against that group.
Sports Illustrated
#24 (NC)
Although he’s visibly slipped (or doesn’t much care) on the defensive end, free-agent-to-be Rajon Rondo is averaging exactly 12 assists per game, which would be a career high. If it holds, he’ll become the first player to do so since John Stockton in 1994–95, and the Kings will still be mediocre.
ESPN
#23 (NC)
DeMarcus Cousins is the first player in franchise history to crack double figures in terms of 35-point games in a single season -- with 10 -- since Tiny Archibald in Kansas City way back in 1974-75. Yet Cousins is also on pace to become just the second player in league history, along with Detroit's Dave Bing in 1970-71, to average 30+ PPG at home and less than 25 PPG on the road.
CBS Sports
#20 (+5?)
The Kings, for all their craziness, are only four games back of a playoff spot, but they could be eight games back in a hurry, given their playoff-team-ridden schedule the next 10 days.
NBC Sports
#23 (+1)
Watch for more frustrated DeMarcus Cousins as the Kings water a tough stretch of the schedule (Thunder, Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Spurs this week) and likely will struggle. It feels like this team is just treading water until the summer, when coaching and roster changes will shake things up. Again.
Mean Ranking: 22.2
crap! We're trending up!