« Reply #382 on: November 10, 2018, 10:24:19 AM »
Labissiere and Harry Giles continuing to rack up those DNP-CDs... Justin Jackson starting to fall out of the rotation finally...he has been horrible.
538 updates after each game and currently gives SAC a 1% chance of making the playoffs. As expected, they only list PHO and DAL with lower playoff odds.
Even MEM (14%) and LAC (24%) are listed higher.
Skal went from a pretty meaningful part of their rotation last season to averaging just over 5mpg. Only above Ben McLemore, another young player they arguably ruined
Kentucky ruined Skal and McLemore just isn't any good. Those guys aren't in the rotation because they just aren't very good. Giles may get there someday if he can stay healthy, but health is always going to follow him around.
The Kings are a young fun team that is very well coached. They won't make the playoffs, but they aren't going to be a terrible team (like the Suns, Hawks, etc.) either, which is what I've been predicting all summer.
Oh yeah, Skal's career has just been a mess. He was a top prospect in HS, and now look at him. McLemore was never good, but he was still an athletic 21 year old who put up 12/3/2, and was a good college player. That his best year was his second is quite [dang]ing.
They've definitely turned it around now. No longer are they the perennial joke of the league
12/3/2 in over 32 mpg isn't that good. You could certainly reasonably argue that from a per minute standpoint that wasn't his best season (his 4th season for example was his best points per 36 season). He just isn't very good. If you want to fault the Kings anywhere with McLemore, it should be with taking him 7th when 7 of the next 9 players drafted have all been better, and many of them significantly better.
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