Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread

[Emmette Bryant]

Phoenix without Booker beats the Kings 115-111

[rondofan1255]

Shout-out to Kelly Oubre, and also WCS for missing those FTs
Fouling up three paid off... 

Record 20-21, tied for 12th with MIN and UTA

[perks-a-beast]

We need the kings to keep losing because I’m starting to doubt that Grizzlies pick will convey, its top 8 protected and they’re looking real bad.

[RodyTur10]

Phoenix without Booker beats the Kings 115-111

Very nice. Teams in the East are so bad that I think the pick could drop at best to 8-10 (before the lottery).

Today in the Eastern Conference all teams (except the top 5) have lost their last game!

There's an imaginary wall between the 5 good teams and the rest. 

[adam8]

We need the kings to keep losing because I’m starting to doubt that Grizzlies pick will convey, its top 8 protected and they’re looking real bad.

Grizzlies pick is right where we want it, rolling over would be fantastic in my opinion but if we do get it this year we need it to be top ten we have so many picks another teens pick does little to move the needle.

If that Griz pick rolls over I think all of a sudden it becomes more than a throw in to an AD deal but becomes a pretty big asset, maybe one that allows us to substitute Tatum with a Brown and Williams, especially if the Kings pick could get into the 10 area. Depends if the Pelicans have interest in a 5 year full rebuild or if they want a quick reshuffle and try to make the playoffs in 2-3.

[footey]

We need the kings to keep losing because I’m starting to doubt that Grizzlies pick will convey, its top 8 protected and they’re looking real bad.

Grizzlies pick is right where we want it, rolling over would be fantastic in my opinion but if we do get it this year we need it to be top ten we have so many picks another teens pick does little to move the needle.

If that Griz pick rolls over I think all of a sudden it becomes more than a throw in to an AD deal but becomes a pretty big asset, maybe one that allows us to substitute Tatum with a Brown and Williams, especially if the Kings pick could get into the 10 area. Depends if the Pelicans have interest in a 5 year full rebuild or if they want a quick reshuffle and try to make the playoffs in 2-3.

I’d rather trade Tatum than Brown plus Williams.

[Birdman]

Kings trying to get Enes Katner

[Big333223]

Season half over and the Kings are 20-21. Really impressive for them.

The positive for us is that in the West, that still puts them in the lottery.

The other good news is that they've lost 5 of their last 6 and maybe this is the tumble a lot of us have been expecting. This is the part of a long NBA season where one might expect a young team to start losing some focus. Hopefully that's what we see and the pick winds up in the top 8.

[Moranis]

Season half over and the Kings are 20-21. Really impressive for them.

The positive for us is that in the West, that still puts them in the lottery.

The other good news is that they've lost 5 of their last 6 and maybe this is the tumble a lot of us have been expecting. This is the part of a long NBA season where one might expect a young team to start losing some focus. Hopefully that's what we see and the pick winds up in the top 8.

we can hope especially with the loss to the Suns.  That was the one game they've lost where you question the loss a bit. 

[A Future of Stevens]

We need the kings to keep losing because I’m starting to doubt that Grizzlies pick will convey, its top 8 protected and they’re looking real bad.

Grizzlies pick is right where we want it, rolling over would be fantastic in my opinion but if we do get it this year we need it to be top ten we have so many picks another teens pick does little to move the needle.

If that Griz pick rolls over I think all of a sudden it becomes more than a throw in to an AD deal but becomes a pretty big asset, maybe one that allows us to substitute Tatum with a Brown and Williams, especially if the Kings pick could get into the 10 area. Depends if the Pelicans have interest in a 5 year full rebuild or if they want a quick reshuffle and try to make the playoffs in 2-3.

I’d rather trade Tatum than Brown plus Williams.

I feel like Williams becomes pretty expendable if we got Davis. This means its trading Jaylen or Tatum from our perspective. So even though I consider myself the leader of the Jaylen brown fan club, I would still rather move Jaylen if we got to keep Tatum.

[apc]

Kings trying to get Enes Katner

Just saw that on twitter, aren't they loaded upfront?

[JBcat]

Season half over and the Kings are 20-21. Really impressive for them.

The positive for us is that in the West, that still puts them in the lottery.

The other good news is that they've lost 5 of their last 6 and maybe this is the tumble a lot of us have been expecting. This is the part of a long NBA season where one might expect a young team to start losing some focus. Hopefully that's what we see and the pick winds up in the top 8.

we can hope especially with the loss to the Suns.  That was the one game they've lost where you question the loss a bit.

Especially since Booker didn’t play for the Suns.

[Emmette Bryant]

Kings trying to get Enes Katner

Just saw that on twitter, aren't they loaded upfront?

I think that Vlade's answer to every problem is to bring in another big.

[footey]

We need the kings to keep losing because I’m starting to doubt that Grizzlies pick will convey, its top 8 protected and they’re looking real bad.

Grizzlies pick is right where we want it, rolling over would be fantastic in my opinion but if we do get it this year we need it to be top ten we have so many picks another teens pick does little to move the needle.

If that Griz pick rolls over I think all of a sudden it becomes more than a throw in to an AD deal but becomes a pretty big asset, maybe one that allows us to substitute Tatum with a Brown and Williams, especially if the Kings pick could get into the 10 area. Depends if the Pelicans have interest in a 5 year full rebuild or if they want a quick reshuffle and try to make the playoffs in 2-3.

I’d rather trade Tatum than Brown plus Williams.

I feel like Williams becomes pretty expendable if we got Davis. This means its trading Jaylen or Tatum from our perspective. So even though I consider myself the leader of the Jaylen brown fan club, I would still rather move Jaylen if we got to keep Tatum.

I would not be so glib.  Williams has great upside especially on the defensive end.  Especially as Horford gets older. And it's not like we will have a shortage of scoring, with Kyrie and Davis getting 45-50/Per Game, you still have Horford, Hayward, Brown and bench filler to supplement.  I'm not as high on Tatum's upside as others here. I frankly still think the jury is out as to who will be a better overall player in the NBA long term, Tatum or Brown. Brown's biggest drawback is his poor free throw shooting. I could see Danny wanting to hold onto Williams, the way he insisted on keeping Rondo during the KG trade with Minn.

[celticsclay]

kings have a 6 game road trip coming up through the east coast. Games against Toronto, Detroit, Clippers and Brooklyn. I think I will finally make my decision on where they will end up after that road trip. In the mean time would really like them to lose at least one of their three upcoming home games. This sun game was a bonus.