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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #465 on: December 03, 2018, 09:42:43 PM »

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The Kings play Phoenix, Cleveland, Indiana ( Without Oladipo?) and Chicago next.
Yikes!!  That'll drop their strength of schedule.

I think they get a bunch of quality teams after that... I really can't see them making the playoffs...


Not worried about them making the playoffs but they are banking wins.  If they win 3 of the next 4, they'll be at 14 wins which is more than half of their projected 25 to 28 wins.


The Suns won’t have Booker, and of course the Cavs won’t have Love, and the Bulls have a few young guys out too.  The Kings are a little lucky with this stretch. 


I don’t see much hope now of catching the Suns, Cavs, Bulls, and Hawks for the race to the bottom.  However if the next grouping stays within 3 wins as it is now going into the home stretch of the season I think we’ll have a chance to move as high as the 5th pick, and somewhere in the range of 5 to 10.

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #466 on: December 03, 2018, 09:50:55 PM »

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Bulls could play better when their guys start to come back from injuries and with a new coach. I think the Knicks will want to show porzingas is healthy for potential free agent signings this offseason.

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #467 on: December 03, 2018, 11:17:40 PM »

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Bulls could play better when their guys start to come back from injuries and with a new coach. I think the Knicks will want to show porzingas is healthy for potential free agent signings this offseason.
The Bulls and the other 3 bottom teams are already 7 games behind the Kings.  Very unlikely any of them will get ahead of the Kings.  There is no reported timetable for Porzingas' return so that probably means a month at the earliest. 

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #468 on: December 03, 2018, 11:29:02 PM »

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Bulls could play better when their guys start to come back from injuries and with a new coach. I think the Knicks will want to show porzingas is healthy for potential free agent signings this offseason.
The Bulls and the other 3 bottom teams are already 7 games behind the Kings.  Very unlikely any of them will get ahead of the Kings.  There is no reported timetable for Porzingas' return so that probably means a month at the earliest.

No rea benefit to writing off the teams now. Lot of basketball to play. Knicks certainly have a lot more reason to try and be competitive the rest of the season than some other tanking teams. I think the lakers won like 7 games in a row last march or February

I guess it was 12 wins out of 16

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« Reply #469 on: December 04, 2018, 05:50:44 AM »

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Bulls could play better when their guys start to come back from injuries and with a new coach. I think the Knicks will want to show porzingas is healthy for potential free agent signings this offseason.
The Bulls and the other 3 bottom teams are already 7 games behind the Kings.  Very unlikely any of them will get ahead of the Kings.  There is no reported timetable for Porzingas' return so that probably means a month at the earliest.

No rea benefit to writing off the teams now. Lot of basketball to play. Knicks certainly have a lot more reason to try and be competitive the rest of the season than some other tanking teams. I think the lakers won like 7 games in a row last march or February

I guess it was 12 wins out of 16
Just being realistic.  Per ESPN, the Kings have played to 2nd toughest schedule so far.  The Suns have played a slightly tougher schedule but the other three bottom feeders are in the bottom half of SOS.  The Lakers weren't a bottom feeder.  I think they still had delusions of making the playoffs.  Maybe Chicago still does this season but the other 3 don't. 

The Knicks always have a reason to be competitive and generally fail at it.  Who was the last good free agent that they actually got?  When the Knicks start tanking, they go all in. 

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #470 on: December 04, 2018, 06:14:04 AM »

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Bulls could play better when their guys start to come back from injuries and with a new coach. I think the Knicks will want to show porzingas is healthy for potential free agent signings this offseason.
The Bulls and the other 3 bottom teams are already 7 games behind the Kings.  Very unlikely any of them will get ahead of the Kings.  There is no reported timetable for Porzingas' return so that probably means a month at the earliest.

No rea benefit to writing off the teams now. Lot of basketball to play. Knicks certainly have a lot more reason to try and be competitive the rest of the season than some other tanking teams. I think the lakers won like 7 games in a row last march or February

I guess it was 12 wins out of 16
Just being realistic.  Per ESPN, the Kings have played to 2nd toughest schedule so far.  The Suns have played a slightly tougher schedule but the other three bottom feeders are in the bottom half of SOS.  The Lakers weren't a bottom feeder.  I think they still had delusions of making the playoffs.  Maybe Chicago still does this season but the other 3 don't. 

The Knicks always have a reason to be competitive and generally fail at it.  Who was the last good free agent that they actually got?  When the Knicks start tanking, they go all in.

How often do they have cap space? They whiffed on James the first time but landed Amare.

I don’t think they tank, they are just incompetent.
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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #471 on: December 04, 2018, 09:49:31 PM »

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Kings up 46-13. Good grief Suns...
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« Reply #472 on: December 04, 2018, 10:00:14 PM »

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Kings up 46-13. Good grief Suns...
Tanktastic.  So what is it this year:  Tryin' for Zion? 

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« Reply #473 on: December 04, 2018, 10:03:44 PM »

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Kings up 46-13. Good grief Suns...
Tanktastic.  So what is it this year:  Tryin' for Zion?


I like Tryin' for Zion!

How about I've got a need for Reid!

I've got a fetish for Reddish!


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« Reply #474 on: December 04, 2018, 10:15:03 PM »

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Meh. The trade was a win anyway. Sac pick is just house money

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« Reply #475 on: December 04, 2018, 10:49:17 PM »

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Assuming that the range of possible outcomes from the Kings pick does not include "Jayson Tatum forgets how to shoot and craters his entire career," I'm good with pretty much anything that happens.

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« Reply #476 on: December 04, 2018, 11:02:10 PM »

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If the Kings pick doesn't work as planned...like Zion-planned

We basically drafted Jayson Tatum as a #1 pick using the #3 pick. Ah well. At least there's that Kings pick that might not be lottery-bound.


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Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #477 on: December 04, 2018, 11:38:56 PM »

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Dissapointed in this pick right now and that Doc Rivers has suddenly become a legit coach again when we are due that pick as well....Suns are horrendous every year.......

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« Reply #478 on: December 04, 2018, 11:59:21 PM »

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It’s not fair to disparage the pick today

The suns  are the worst team.
 isn’t even close

Re: Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread
« Reply #479 on: December 05, 2018, 12:16:30 AM »

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It’s not fair to disparage the pick today

The suns  are the worst team.
 isn’t even close
Bulls, Cavs and Hawks are close to the Suns.  The Suns have played the toughest schedule.  19 of their 24 opponents are .500 or above.