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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #345 on: October 31, 2018, 01:44:37 AM »

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They are a lottery team in the west.. it will be a top ten pick.. teama luke thunder lakers rockets and clippers will have a better record

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #346 on: November 01, 2018, 08:06:08 AM »

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I must say I am surprised by their early play winning 4 out of their last 5 games.  It could be just smoke and mirrors.  I mean Cauly Stein is averaging 17 a game, and a journeyman 30 year old SF is averaging 15.  I do like their backcourt of Hield and Fox, but Fox is only 20. I thought Bagley would be an empty stats player but he must be doing something positive.  Beyond that the rest of the roster seems blah, and very light on wings.

After tonight’s game against the Hawks they could be 6 and 3! 

Then even though only 3 out of their next 13 games are on the road it still looks like a tough schedule.

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I think we will have a better idea about them after that stretch.  Then they have some other bad teams mixed in their schedule.

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #347 on: November 01, 2018, 08:48:33 AM »

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I must say I am surprised by their early play winning 4 out of their last 5 games.  It could be just smoke and mirrors.  I mean Cauly Stein is averaging 17 a game, and a journeyman 30 year old SF is averaging 15.  I do like their backcourt of Hield and Fox, but Fox is only 20. I thought Bagley would be an empty stats player but he must be doing something positive.  Beyond that the rest of the roster seems blah, and very light on wings.

After tonight’s game against the Hawks they could be 6 and 3! 

Then even though only 3 out of their next 13 games are on the road it still looks like a tough schedule.

At Mil
Tor
Min
LAL
SA
At Mem
At Hou
OKC
At Utah
GS
Utah
LAC
IND

I think we will have a better idea about them after that stretch.  Then they have some other bad teams mixed in their schedule.
20 games is almost always a good idea of what a team actually is, and that is about 20 games, so I'd agree we should have a much better idea about them by then.  That said, given the softness of their schedule thus far, I'm not surprised where they are at as I've always thought they would be a bad, but not terrible, team with a lot of guard and big man depth, and a real need on the wing (though Shumpert has actually been quite good for them and Jackson has looked decent as well). 
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #348 on: November 01, 2018, 10:13:57 AM »

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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #349 on: November 01, 2018, 01:47:33 PM »

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Good news is last year's WC #8 seed won 47 games. Game #82 was a tiebreaker between Minny (47-35) and Denver (46-36). Kings last made the playoffs in 2006, and their original worst  first-round pick after 2006 is #12 (2008 Jason Thompson). https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAC/draft.html

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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #350 on: November 01, 2018, 01:58:43 PM »

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I will be more scared if they keep it up for 15 more games. I have seen this before.

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #351 on: November 01, 2018, 02:03:02 PM »

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I will be more scared if they keep it up for 15 more games. I have seen this before.

Same.
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #352 on: November 01, 2018, 10:14:10 PM »

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Destroyed the Hawks. Now the real test begins.
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« Reply #353 on: November 01, 2018, 10:16:43 PM »

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Wow. I did not see this coming. Wish they could wait another year before jelling.

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #354 on: November 02, 2018, 12:55:33 AM »

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OK, that's IT. That is their last win for 10 games.
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #355 on: November 02, 2018, 02:45:37 AM »

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I still think they are one of the worst teams in the west. Cleveland and Atlanta are truly terrible. I don’t think Phoenix is as bad as they’ve started. Washington and Houston will pick it up. I think Kings will be in the Knicks and Mavs group.

It’s way too early. Remember the Nets started 4-5 in 2016, then went on to lose 57 of their final 73 games. Winning in OKC is impressive enough, but this five game winning streak hasn’t exactly been against quality teams. 11 of their next 12 games are against playoff caliber teams, and the one that isn’t is on the road. Would it surprise anyone if they went 3-9 the rest of November?
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #356 on: November 02, 2018, 11:33:49 AM »

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I think that Sac is overplaying their talent level and we are only 10% of the way through the season, so I'm not too worried, but I do find it humorous that, if the draft were held now, we'd be getting Philly's pick, not the Kings'.

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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #357 on: November 02, 2018, 01:42:55 PM »

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I'll point, again, to last year's Orlando Magic. Another young, athletic team with low expectations who came out of the gates hot and then fell off the map when the rest of the league settled in. Orlando started the season 6-2 and was 8-4 before losing 9 in a row. They finished 25-57.

Sacramento has been fun and I actually really enjoy watching them play but there absolute best case scenario is still 11th in the West.
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #358 on: November 02, 2018, 10:50:13 PM »

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Odd you choose 11th.  Just seems like a weird place to draw that line.  Aside from Dallas and Phoenix, what 2 other teams do you think they could, in their best case, finish ahead of.  Timberwolves? Clippers? Grizzlies? Lakers?
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #359 on: November 03, 2018, 01:52:40 PM »

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Odd you choose 11th.  Just seems like a weird place to draw that line.  Aside from Dallas and Phoenix, what 2 other teams do you think they could, in their best case, finish ahead of.  Timberwolves? Clippers? Grizzlies? Lakers?

The Clippers and Grizzlies feel like wild cards to me. I expect both to finish ahead of the Kings but I wouldn't be shocked if their seasons went sideways.
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