Sacramento Kings 2018-19 Season Watch Thread

[Sophomore]

If SAC was just 1.5 games worse, they'd be the 2nd worst in the West and that would likely be the 7th or 8th pick for us. Even at 7 or 8, the odds of getting a Top-4 pick out of that is 26.3% if #8, or 32% if #7, not too shabby!

On the other hand, YIKES, I simulated just once on Tankathon this morning and that first try, it had the SAC Pick going up 12 spots to #1 and therefore going to PHI...     

FWIW, I got us moved up from 14th to 4th. So we’re good.

OK, it did take me 13 tries...

[CelticsElite]

7-8 best case scenario?

Yeah, I think even if they tumble hard (like they lose a key piece to injury) it’s going to be hard for them to catch the dregs of the league and wind up with 6th worst or better. 12-14 is my guess, anything better than that is gravy.

whats so bad about 7 or 8? That may be the perfect spot. We get a decent chance to jump without a heavy chance of it going #1. Worst case is we stay put and get a heck of a player at that area.

[rondofan1255]

it took me 7 tries on tankathon, landed #2

8 to 3 in 2017 before pick swap, 7 to 2 last year 

7 is where they finished last year, but 9th last year only won 29 games before a 6 game jump to 10th... 

[Silky]

Honestly 5 or 6 and a pick around 12 to 14 is a perfect situation.

That can be used to move up through consolidation imo.

[trickybilly]

Super soft part of the schedule coming up for Sacto:

Orlando
Phoenix
Detroit
Charlotte

That Suns game is in Phoenix which helps - Suns will be hungry. Especially now that their losing streak is getting out of hand.

Life gets much tougher after that:

4 game Eastern road trip
Directly followed by away games at the Clips, then Memphis.

Then a 6-game home stretch - 3 teams in that lot are playoff heavyweights.

[CelticsElite]

10 tries and got #4

www.Tankathon.com

[10610786d]

7-8 best case scenario?

Yeah, I think even if they tumble hard (like they lose a key piece to injury) it’s going to be hard for them to catch the dregs of the league and wind up with 6th worst or better. 12-14 is my guess, anything better than that is gravy.

whats so bad about 7 or 8? That may be the perfect spot. We get a decent chance to jump without a heavy chance of it going #1. Worst case is we stay put and get a heck of a player at that area.

Sometimes this is all it takes to make sure GM's don't overthink and draft the real steal of the draft.

The Kings' own crown jewel - De'Aaron Fox - was drafted 5th overall.

[mef730]

Raise your hand if you still get agitated every time you see Brooklyn win, only to then think, "oh, yeah..."

Mike

[Phantom255x]

Super soft part of the schedule coming up for Sacto:

Orlando
Phoenix
Detroit
Charlotte

That Suns game is in Phoenix which helps - Suns will be hungry. Especially now that their losing streak is getting out of hand.

Life gets much tougher after that:

4 game Eastern road trip
Directly followed by away games at the Clips, then Memphis.

Then a 6-game home stretch - 3 teams in that lot are playoff heavyweights.

I think the good news is that the teams around SAC also seem to be heating up themselves (like Utah, MIN, etc.). Hopefully they go 2-2 in this stretch although I expect 3-1. 4-0 may be brutal though...

[CelticsElite]

Raise your hand if you still get agitated every time you see Brooklyn win, only to then think, "oh, yeah..."

Mike

haha same. We’ve been monitoring them for half a decade so it’s no surprise we can’t stop thinking about them

[Sophomore]

7-8 best case scenario?

Yeah, I think even if they tumble hard (like they lose a key piece to injury) it’s going to be hard for them to catch the dregs of the league and wind up with 6th worst or better. 12-14 is my guess, anything better than that is gravy.

whats so bad about 7 or 8? That may be the perfect spot. We get a decent chance to jump without a heavy chance of it going #1. Worst case is we stay put and get a heck of a player at that area.

I’m not going to complain about the 7th or 8th pick!! Just saying the gap between 7 and the rest is already pretty big and likely to grow.  So I don’t expect more lottery balls than that, even if all goes well.

I think if you wanted to set the over-under bet, the line should be around 10.5 or 11.5. My heart wants them 10th in the draft or higher, my head says they’ll be bumping up against the playoffs, so 11th-14th.

[CelticsElite]

7-8 best case scenario?

Yeah, I think even if they tumble hard (like they lose a key piece to injury) it’s going to be hard for them to catch the dregs of the league and wind up with 6th worst or better. 12-14 is my guess, anything better than that is gravy.

whats so bad about 7 or 8? That may be the perfect spot. We get a decent chance to jump without a heavy chance of it going #1. Worst case is we stay put and get a heck of a player at that area.

I’m not going to complain about the 7th or 8th pick!! Just saying the gap between 7 and the rest is already pretty big and likely to grow.  So I don’t expect more lottery balls than that, even if all goes well.

I think if you wanted to set the over-under bet, the line should be around 10.5 or 11.5. My heart wants them 10th in the draft or higher, my head says they’ll be bumping up against the playoffs, so 11th-14th.

haha true I misread it

[konkmv]

Even if we get 4 picks i doubt we keep them... danny will try to move up

[GreenShooter]

I'm not too worried what DA will do with all these picks. It's free money right now he's playing with.
We got Tatum + Sacto pick for Fultz. Anyone complaining about Sacto not finishing in the top 5 this year shouldn't.
We got the Memphis pick, which could be top 9 this year, top 7 next year or unprotected the following season in the Jeff Green trade (not a typo).
We got the Clippers first rounder that falls out of the lottery in the Deyonta Davis trade.
It's fun so far following the stock market, ahem, the NBA standings.
Even though this draft isn't looking good right now, we could get lucky and end up with some sliders due to health issues or someone like Kevin Porter Jr with the Kings pick. That's just extra gravy fellas.

[trickybilly]

Super soft part of the schedule coming up for Sacto:

Orlando
Phoenix
Detroit
Charlotte

That Suns game is in Phoenix which helps - Suns will be hungry. Especially now that their losing streak is getting out of hand.

Life gets much tougher after that:

4 game Eastern road trip
Directly followed by away games at the Clips, then Memphis.

Then a 6-game home stretch - 3 teams in that lot are playoff heavyweights.

Just qtf myself there.. hehe. Oubre is relishing the increased role.

Ryan Anderson playing zero minutes is weird. Phoenix trying to tank already and failing.