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Kings vs. Nuggets: Open Game Thread I

Denver Nuggets at Sacramento Kings, Jan 25, 2012 7:00 PM PST


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The only question

Is whether Salmons will score 30 or 40 points.

Omg finally I get to listen to grant and jerry..its about time we get a kingstv stream.

Mark my words .
I want to see IT find his shot and 'Reke not disappear.
I want true love and a puppy that farts gold nuggets

We both might have to settle for disappointment.

I want Salmons to get fewer minutes

I want Jimmer to make some three pointers that get the fans going
I want Cousins to have another good game
Most of all, I want a W

Jimmer guarding Andre?

That didn’t go too well last time

Dont recall anything going well last time
It was Paul Westphal's last game if I remember
Looks like they are starting Jimmer

lets hope he doesn’t disappoint now

I don't understand the justification of Fredette getting this start over Thomas.

With chuckers like Salmons and Evans, it’d be nice to have someone in there who looks to pass first.

I like IT off the bench for energy

I just hope he plays in the first half.

Excellent point.
like to see thomas start

and jimmer off the bench for scoring punch

30% shooting just might have something to do with it.
Interesting: Lawson and Reke both in 3rd year, but Lawson has better stats.

Should be an interesting match-up

He did have better talent around him

Referring to Ty

Wow. Crazu about practice.
Let's go Kings!
Isaiah Thomas

Ty Lawson for 3 to start the game

Way to go Jimmer
Nice start for Jimmer
Nice start for JT
Games seems to have slowed down for JT
Keep it going jimmer
OMG a 3 for Jimmer
Pleasepleaseplease let Salmons pick up quick fouls.
that was a bailout call for Gallo
Of course the one Grant/Jerry stream I find is 5 minutes behind everything
what website you use

i know theres p2p4u.net and atdhe.net
try those u may get better luck

Dont put illegal streams in the thread......
Yeah I'm using p2p4u and the Kings stream is later than the nuggets stream
please do not list streams on the threads...
are theyre announcers worse then ours?
Nice jumper by Cuz
It would be awesome if all 3 rooks had a big game tonight
JT

Has shown improvement with his left hand

Think left hand is a new shot
Wonder if Honeycutt will see some burn tonight.

Who’s this Koufos guy?

Anyone else getting just a black screen for the HD channel on Dish?
email me that site you were talking about

I forgot it. Mine’s working right now, but who knows

Nice to see JT and jimmer off to great starts. Now just get salmons out of the game and get honeycutt some playing time. as well as get the pick and roll going with tyreke and cousins.

gotta love chuck
Poor Hayes. He just wants to play. Must be hard for him.
I cringe every time Salmons begins dribbling
They got up the floor fast
C' mon Salmons.
wow. Salmons makes a shot and all of a sudden thinks he is MJ.....
Well at least the Nuggets aren't playing defense either
Don't think the Melo trade has been a disaster

NYK aren’t good yet and Denver is good, but I’ll take Melo over Galinari 15 days a week.

yeah give knicks some time theyll get it together
I think the Melo trade allowed Denver to play a more up tempo style since they don't have a go to player
But they'll never contend without Melo.
yeah its kind of cool

i definitely wouldn’t mind seeing a team with no superstar winning a championship. whens the last time thats happened?

Detroit. Was it 2004?
just looked it up. good call
I can't be the only one one thinks that Knicks were much better

when it was Amare surrounded the team that was traded to Denver for Melo

I think even if they count Denver layups as only one point, we could still get beat by 30.

GET YOUR ASSES BACK ON D.

Jimmer, not how to draw a charge
Im just glad he fouled to take away the basket. Baby steps
cuz will show him how to do it.......
any reason for the blue headbands?
It's get fit week or something like that
Cousins forcing it
JImmer with the steal?!

Yeti 2.0!

Reke
Fredette is feeling it.
Jimm3r
We need to play better D
Jimmer seems to have overcome his NBA jitters.
The best so far was the set shot 3 early on

Just straight knocked it down.

is 8 pts in a quarter good?

nice start

Was that Salmons?

Or Orunj Cohen?

Good god. When you’re getting blown past and dunked on by Galinari it’s time for the glue factory.

What does this coaching staff see in Salmons? why is he on the court?
I wonder if Petrie has some say in this.
should have added him into that comment too.
PW persuaded GP to get Salmons
I keep hearing this but is there any truth to this? Whats the source?
I can't post links on here

But Jason Jones of the Bee reported this on draft night when we acquired Johnny

Holy crap, Tyreke just drove left!!!
Still finished with his right.
Can't give away points like that
Nice drive to the basket by Reke
Get Salmons out. He's so bad.

His defense is terrible as well

But we are paying him so much.
Salmons is cancer
Actually he is a Sagittarius
Can't help but feel like 2-3 zone time might come early tonight against this team

Also cannot afford ill-advised long jumpers that lead to run-outs…

Have to get back on D first to set up a zone
Salmons is mindnumbing to watch
hickson is a knucklehead
28 pts with 2 minutes left is way too much. We can't match that.
JJ looks confused

seems to be passing when he should shoot

Your argument is invalid

JJ should never shoot.

Would that rule out dunks?
He is permitted to dunk.
Not seeing a whole lot of dribbling on Nugs possessions

yet a lot of layups

salmons doing everything wrong……………SMFH. Get someone who is willing to run and play outstanding defense. we gotta stop their stupid easy layups.

Ty Lawson looks too good
Lawson is legit. A lot of fun to watch.
I rather see Honeycutt in at the SF

It’s a good time to develop him during some actual game time

SALMONS IS OUT!!

miracles do come true

Jimmer looks good
HIckson PLEASE STOP PASSING
Please stop passing to Hickson
Corey Brewer, say hello to the "Not Top 10" on Friday
Hickson = Anthony Randolph with muscles and a receding hair line
I like Cisco for his leadership qualities

But it’s 5 bonehead plays for every good play

Garcia

…sucks

Why the HELL are we guarding Gallo so close on the perimeter with our slow ass SFs?
Do you want to give him room to shoot or take a chance at him driving?
There is a massive gulf between "giving room to shoot" and "being jersey to jersey"

We are doing the latter

Score isn't working
32-23 at the moment
It's our new defensive strategy
Our new defensive strategy is to suppress news of the score?

I kinda like it actually…

It will make fans think that we still have a chance in the fourth quarter
Since DMC can just lean in and score every time

Why doesn’t he?

Too bad they still got points

Missing a layup doesn’t mean shit when you’re getting a charge on the other end and giving them a second chance.

honeycutt please
Starting to really like Jimmer
Jimmer must have seen the thing on espn for most disappointing rookie thus far.
didn't see it

where did he rank?

it was one of those 5 on 5 questionnaires.

3 of the 5 people listed said Jimmer was the most disappointing rookie in the Western Conference

He was ranked dead last. That must have upset him and hes trying to show these idiotic “smart analysts” what Jimmer is all about.

i saw that

he was the 10th pick, not likes he was top 3, but some are better, some worse, he’s doing ok

Here's an idea

No more two point attempts between 20 and 25 feet.

Nice alley oop to JJ there.
A decent quarter, but Denver can keep doing this, and I don't think we can.
kinda hard to keep up when the other team is putting up layups
Imagine if the Nuggets had Steve Nash
Miller ain't chopped liver.
Denver 10 fast break points

yuck.

No defense, only 4 assists
4 turnovers too
I will say though, Jimmer was moving the rock pretty good by Kings standards at least
Jimmer & Evans (hence they have the assists)
Yeah Evans too

I really like Evans at the 2.

he can do so much
I agree, it lets him attack from different spots on the court
I don't see it as 1 v 2, but running an offense and not just pounding the ball with 4 guys standing still
Jimmer looked good this quarter.
This is the Jimmer we thought we were getting at #7

sorry #10. sorry minus Beno plus fish. something like that, math is not my strong point.

I like JJ when he dunks
yeah. he shoots like a taller Salmons
Will we have our usual 2nd quarter meltdown
I sure hope not.

I’m going to do some voodoo on the Nuggs…

who's the weirdo in sunglasses?
Nice pump fake by Evans
Nice 3 pointer by Reke
dont shoot hickson....
Hickson often looks like a rookie
How in hell is that Denver ball?
He touched the ball!

Right in front of the ref!

hickson........
Knucklehead Hickson
Keep it close Kings.
Good, Thomas is on Lawson,
Jimmer and Evans > Jimmer and MT
Tonight for sure
they both seem most comfortable as combo guards

neither are pure PGs next to MT at this point in their careers, or pure 2’s next to IT

Tyreke would have had an easy layup with his left hand
If he ever did that sort of thing.
Hickson

Looks like he’s afraid of the birdman

Would definately scare small children
I suggest passing the ball if you don't have a shot instead of trying to do something spectacular
JJ has such bad hands
nice pass reke!!
how many layups are we going to give them?
as many as we are going to miss
Ugh...Garcia
Yeah airball

Hate to say it, but I wouldn’t cry if he were traded.

I'm go ahead and state the obvious

Our SF position is HORRIBLE!

The Kings need to start getting to the line.

It would help.

You can't spell "airball" without "G-A-R-C-I-A."

Jeez, he had a good look, too.

I love how we're using Tyreke in this game

A lot of curls, a lot of off the ball movement to get him into spots, instead of the usual isolations at the top of the key

Yes, that FT line curl. Heat use that a lot with LeBron and Wade.

Much better than just giving at the top of the three point line….. and standing.

Good lord

This team is lazy as hell on transition D

Some is Kings, but Nuggets excel in transition. It's a unstoppable force against a movable object.
We desperatley need a NBA qualify SF

Rest of the team is slowly looking better, but we get crushed at the three night in and night out

Jimmer

Even when he isn’t performing well, he’s the only one that looks like he does anything with a purpose.

He also walks on water.
And then turns it into wine!
Then gets betrayed by his 12 teammates.
Yet he can't help the kings win.
It's called Basketball IQ
That's sports code for "white."

Good black players are “gifted.” Good white players are “smart” and “crafty.”

you said it.... I didn't.
No, you said it. I translated it.
yes yes

it’s noticeable

OH BOY!

Gar3ia!

We can save $13Mill by getting rid of Salmons and Garcia
Get rid of them and outlaw and we get better by default......
Horrible ball handling and shooting by Garcia.
He can't catch or shoot tonight

Or get back on D. Or stop anyone.

Other than that?
Reke looks tired
Loving IT's defense on Lawson, forced that travel
Here comes Travis
You know you did something wrong when you get replaced in the lineup by Outlaw
Nice pass by Donte!
Man seriously teh only thing keeping Donte from being our SF of the future is that horrid jumper
Or our backup SF of the future
Hope Lawson is done for the night
that's a bit messed up.........
I'm not wishing him any ill will.
As a competitor you want to beat your opponents at full strength
As a Kings fan, you just hope they are within 20.....
Yeah, since we are at full strength
Do we have the least intimidating SF rotation ever
How in the world is this team only down 4?

They have to be messing with the scoreboard again.

yup. Reke just made a 27 pointer....
according to the scoreboard...
We figured this out earlier

They’re suppressing the score. Duh.

Thats right lawson fkn idiot stop driving to the hoop on the fast break and watch your going fkn idiot thats what you get for hurting kings fans.

Maybe his has already been said, but I was late to arrive.

Do all the headbands on the Kings players look blue to you?

Gavin looks like a dorky cowboy pimp
Hopalong Hardy.
It's a sweet deal.

Anytime Salmons is struggling we can just replace him with a real pro, Cisco, and vice-versa…oh and you can’t forget my personal fave, Travis Outlaw in the mix too. SF heaven

What more could you ask for?
we go twice in a row to Cousins and score twice

So since that works, we have to stop doing that and iso with guards

The Paul Westphal Philosophy.

Stop going to it when it works

And then it was 12

That’s more like it.

Nuggets score fast. We go cold for a few possessions and BAM
Anytime the opponent's lead grows past 10 I start to dread the inevitable.

Alls I want to see is a competitive game, no effin blowout.

Although I wouldn't object to a blowing effout.

Perhaps I’ve said to much.

Has any team in the history of the NBA had a worse positional rotation than Salmons/Garcia/Outlaw/Greene?

Honest question.

We did last year with Omri
I know few of us liked the Salmons deal

But who could have possibly predicted this kind of a performance free-fall?

I mean, here's what I said:

It was done because Geoff Petrie is an idiot
Or has gone senile. There is no other explanation.

This Denver team is incredibly adept at getting easy buckets

The Kings defense hasn’t helped much, but you gotta give a lot of the credit to the Nugs.

IT cant shoot.

Hickson cant play D and cant rebound. Outlaw, Garcia and Salmons are worthless. Greene is close to worthless. Thats 6 guys that are crap.

Explain 6-12 record

oh no the dreaded 2nd quarter begins the big blowout :( WE HAVE TO CONTAIN IT AND DONT LET IT SPREAD!

I'm surprised we're top 5 in offensive tempo
im not sure we are

they might have just put us there for the comparison

Can we have it like the kids these days and not keep score?
Every shot for the Nugs is a layup, lol. fml
Salmons is a piece of crap
Somebody please just cut Salmons. This must be difficult for his family to watch.
He's still bringin' home the bacon.
You suck Salmons
I say "LAY"

You say “UP.”

Salmons gets douched on both ends of the floor
Needs a post-game gif
Pan seared salmon
Gallinari is an impossible matchup for Sac-Town
Same can be said about every player around the league
Salmons. Please leave.
Petrie needs to be calling every team in the league for a 3
Petrie needs to fire himself for bringing back Salmons
Salmons is really swimming upstream against public opinion here.
He's sure spawned a lot of vitriol
how is that blocking?
Looked like a good charge, but so it goes
Heel on the line I think
Ah, didn't see that. Would explain it
Also, was still moving.
Salmons is getting SMOKED
Half way to Tacos?
Look at the nose on that guy.....
Salmons getting destroyed. once again

What’s new?

His defense....yeesh

Horrible on the perimeter.

Jimmer is the leading scorer

what is this, college?

things got worse when he went out
it's amazing!

it’s nice to see someone I watched a lot in college finally finding his way in the Association

“begins talks of killing murdering and decimating danilo gallinari”

replace Danilo with John Salmons
Outlaw reminds me of Lieutenant Daniels from The Wire.
Not sure how his jumper was, though.
Jimmer looks like a young McNulty
Frodo Baggins
"Tha fuck did *I* do?"
Whenever i watch outlaw play, i cant help but to think of the dump i took this morning........
sorry to hear that

must have had a pretty bad shit this morning..

Christ, y'all don't spend much time around black folks, do ya?
i see what you did there. -.-
Your toilet must have been a gamer

To take shit like Outlaw like that

That's messed up.
Do you not agree that he is playing like shit?
Keith Smart reminds me of janitor in Rudy
Charles S. Dutton?

I don’t even know why I know that.

Amazing how much Grant and Jerry have to talk about when we suck this bad
Outlaw-Salmons-IT

Shooting trio of doom

You can add JJ and Donte to that list
Outlaw should shave his head.
And join the army
You must be a pacifist, because no one would ever get hit by a shot
I blame Keith Smart's shirt.

That thing is ugly.

Can we please try Honeycutt!?!??!!!!

Please………!!!!

are you serious, we'll probably loose
I'm sure we're winning right now.
can't hurt at this point
But he's too young, unlike our other threes he can't....................... airball on command?

Outlaw is a king killer and salmons is a king killer. When those two cancers are out there it means no offense and letting the opponent score at will, infact more than that as we softly foul them when theyre about to make it to purposely give them more points. We help the enemy score points and help their defense.

Evans at the 3 now
Ty Lawson will not return
that's propitious for the Kings
we gotta reign that lead in QUICK
Too bad about Lawson, hopefully they're just playing it safe.
Layup
It's okay

We have Hassan Whiteside

Kings must give up the most three poitn plays in the NBA

This shit is DAMN!!!!!!!!! hard to watch.

Notice how they all clog the paint once Tyreke gets the ball
its hard to be a kings fan
tyreke looks bad this game
Welp this game's over already.

No point in torturing myself any longer

my fellow Italian Gallinari, gets any shot he wants it seems
Brad James isn't such an Italian name...

But the kid is definitely the best Italian in the NBA right now

well

I guess I’m too liberal in my usage of “Italian,” I’m the third generation removed from fully blooded Italians…

Remember when the Kings were down 4 a few minutes ago?

That was fun.

Remember when we didn't have Salmons and Outlaw?

I sure do

We were all having a really good time, then all of a sudden it got real quiet.
Down by 23 at the half - No problem
Knicks should kept

Galinari

nice trade by the Knicks, wow
This is where young teams get in trouble

We are playing pretty solid O, we start getting down and instead of continuing to move, cut and play our game – we start going 1 on 1.

Evans, Jimmer, JT – back to back to back possessions. We stop moving and runnign the offense.

please lets beat the shit out of the nuggets someone IM BEGGING U!!!!!!!! just at least one punch in galinaris face someone you have to do it

at least Napear realizes

his job doesn’t suck, he always brags about staying in 5-star hotels while broadcasting Kings games, many of which are losses. Of course, having his Giants in the Super Bowl never shuts him up on Twitter

it's funny bc a few minutes ago

I was convinced on going to the next 4 home games.

Same here, but I really don't want to see John Salmons play at all.
I think if a guy misses a free throw, his teammates, should flip him off instead of slapping his hand.

Also, it might take 30 minutes off the length of the game.

This team has NO idea how manage a game.

How to stop or slow runs

Tyreke should stick to half court shots and forego the layups.
This team fucking sucks!
That was really hard for a Kings fan to say but damn. This team really sucks. 08-09 was bad but this sucks!
this is embarrassing
Im not embarrassed. Ive been a kings fan for too long and have seen much worse. This is nothing.
WE ARE SO AWESOME IN THE 2ND HALFS!!
regardless what our record is

WE ALL HAVE TO GO TO THE NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME VS THE THUNDER AND WEAR BLACK. LETS SHOW HOW WE DESERVE A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM!!!!!!

when is that game?
7:30 pm

home game

go out and support. I'm going.
which makes everything a lot better ;)
keep fighting Kings, that's all you can hope for
you sound like a mom

“as long as they tried there hardest!!”

ouch :(, I'm a favorite uncle

for my infant nieces and nephews, but I guess I am being too soft, how’s this: Kings get your butts in gear before I take my belt off!

hahahha there ya go
IT.....0 mojo.... Painful to watch
Jerry Sloan any one?
Its not a coach thing.

Its a having 5 to 8 players that are not NBA caliber, let alone starter caliber.

Salmons-JJ-Outlaw-Garcia

All of them are fringe NBA players at best right now.

If he gets to fire half the roster
you dont even have to be talented to play defense

obviously or team sucks and doesn’t care, get sac state out there

That last 20 seconds should be this teams highlight video

Atrocious turnover, get dunked on, halfass effort, turnover, walk off court like it’s a joke, cash check

This makes me laugh and cry

Your on point, damn.

Perhaps we need a parody video that mimics their opening montage at Arco
I shocked that a bunch of 21 year olds don't take their jobs

That seriously. Shocked. Amazed even.

The dreaded second quarter.

Smh

Fire Smart
two coaches fired

in what, six weeks? Are these the Sacramento Kings or Oakland Raiders? Sorry Raider fans, I’m a Broncos guy….

Couldn't be a more appropriate way to end the half than a bad pass that's fumbled out of bounds
Ever feel like Eyore?

This is sad, embarrassing, a million stabs to the heart, this absolutely murders me IT KILLS ME IT SETS MY CELLS IN MY SKIN ON FIRE. I cannot live seeing the absolute scrubs denver get such easy shots on us I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. I wish I was the coach of the kings I would instill the greatest team defense into their hearts and make us the best defensive team in the history of the NBA.

I think you can pick up an application

at Kings Head Quarters

How long have you been a Kings fan?
Over/Under on Denver was 105.5

That’s looking like a nice, solid bet right about now.

I'm not one for a knee-jerk-reaction, but this team has no chemistry

Time to blow up the roster. Kings need to get active on the trade lines/waiver wire/NBDL…anything. These pieces just don’t mesh.

Just f*****g garbage

Absolutely embarrassing D giving up that many layups and dunks.

Tyreke, DMC, Jimmer, and JT

This team has maybe four NBA capable players.

Was just thinking the same thing

Still not done with JJ either. He’s young and shows promise.

We really need a couple of good vets and far less Salmons.

It's painful to watch IT play 10 minutes in a half his rookie year.

I understand two of their starters, three if you include salmons, are not playing.

Anyone think Ryan McConel could play Small Forward??
Jeez, Grant pitchin rodeo at half time

Must say a spinning bull is more entertaining than the Kings

Dear Maloof Entertainment,

Maybe you should choose your stock footage aerial shot of the Capitol building from a time when the gigantic Christmas tree isn’t in it.

Of course, it’s always Christmas when your daddy’s rich, right fellas?

I'd rather watch grant interview this rainman cowboy on an endless loop

Than one more minute of this team

who's the Rainman Cowboy?

I’m not in Sac-Town so the stream is showing weird highlights or something

Is this the worst team the Kings have ever had?
Not by a long shot

2008-2009 was probably the single worst.

Yeah, but they tried and were just overmatched. This team is underperforming with what talent is on the roster.
which makes everything just seem a lot worse.
Really? Sort of a toss-up
I don't know

I thought some of the teams in the early 90s sucked

90's sucked, but at least Mitch Richmond was fun to watch.
Mitch Richmond and Dale Ellis

were my two favorite players when I was much younger

HAHAHAHHAAAA

You’re so young!

No, I just didn't get into watching until 2002
Jerry Reynolds coached a Kings squad that was worse than this

There was the team that set a league record for consecutive road losses. There was the team that was down 40-4 to the Lakers once at the end of the first quarter. There was a team that was coached by Bill freaking Russell.

Some of those may be the same team, it’s all a blur now.

This team is bad right now, but not historically bad for Sacramento.

Or the time when Garry St. Jean was our coach

Or Dick Motta. Oh my god there were some bad teams.

Sadly

There was a stretch of 8 consecutive seasons where we didn’t win 30 games

I remember being a little kid and turned to my dad after all of those years

and going “Do you think we’re going to win 30 games this year?”. I seriously got excited when he said “It looks like we might”.

I wish the Kings fans today went through or remember those days LOL.

Hat about the year where we didnt win a road game?

Or the year where Spud Webb was our starting 2 guard. Or the year where we started Michael Smith.

This team has some major talent and some major holes

Petrie needs to fill those before the trade deadline.

Keith Smart is probably in the locker room hugging everyone for encouragement
go kings!
Time to trade for Kris Humphries. We need more players to make fun of.
maloofs

Would do that just for publicity and to sell tickets.

At least he rebounds.
and banged a Kardashian. Good enough for me.
How about

Shaq out of retirement

Hey! I like Kris Humphreys.
Yeah I know. He's actually pretty good too. Wish he could play SF
This is a minor league team
Maybe this bull rider guy can play SF......
OMG our SF are costing us the game AGAIN!!!!!!!!
It's really bad. Hard to blame one position when down 23, but both sides of the court have been attrocious

There were tiems when Evans, Jimmer, JT & Cousins looked great….. but Salmons/Garcia/Outlaw were getting abused on D and contributing nothing on offense.

Who the fuck starts in the 3rd?
There are 8 minutes left of halftime, and somehow the Nuggets just got another layup.
and Cousins just got another foul.
And Garcia Airballed, before Gallo abused Salmons for and And 1
SALMONS, SALMONS,SALMONS
Suck, Suck, Suck
I wonder if GP

Is actually trying to find suitors for our players

GP isn't doing jack shit.
You mean like a Russian mail order bride kind of thing?
He could be trying to find players but teams just don't want to take on 2 worthless small forwards
Maybe they'd take three!
By now I wonder how bad Honeycutt must be

because NBA body or not, he won´t look any worse than Outlaw and his gang

u never know....
Honeycutt: "Send me back to Reno...please."
Back to college, then at least he´d have time to get laid
It's funny because you think NBA players have a hard time finding time to get laid
u never know
sometimes you do
reply fail....
Even worse than Washington Wizards

They beat Bobcats 92-75

You know what I've calmed down a bit

Once Thornton and Hayes come back, our bench should be solidified a bit. I’d actually like to see Thornton come off the bench to give it a bit of pop. I can live with an IT-Thornton-Garcia-Thompson bench unit.

Hayes isn't known as a shot blocker.

He can help on man to man post D but I don’t see where else he can be helpful

The problem I'm seeing right now isn't really the half court defense.

Its that the bench can’t score worth crap and the Nuggets are getting out on the break and scoring 238593485720357 points in transition

I'm not sure this team looked better with Hayes.
He had two games with Smart
Well, Hayes hasn't played with Smart. No one looked good with Westphal.

I think he will help. Thornton helps too. But Salmons had to go.

Salmons needs to be cut
I think he will be amnestied this off season
God lets hope so
We really need a SF solution though and it's not currently on the roster
Actually he's on the coaching bench

Alex English.

Honestly

He could suit up right now (literally) and probably be our best 3 option.

Well, I don't think it's possible to be worse

Salmons + Outlaw + Garica

1-6
4 pts
1 rb
1 assist
2 TO
1 STL

Terrible D

TERRIBLE DDDDDDDD
I worry that after another 2 weeks of team-building and increased chemistry

Thornton will come back in and 1-on-1-ilize the team again. It’s just a worry, and I want to be wrong.

We actually played really solid for all but 5-7 minutes of this game.

And that’s our biggest reoccurring theme.

The defense was atrocious.
what defense?
is this a joke
Nuggs have more points in the paint than we have in total.

I was on tv companion looking at the shot chart and all of their shots were in the paint. Nothing else.

Beating Kings in every stat
60-42% shooting and still got one more OREB, that´s kind of silly
OMG those half-time stats were horrible.

Not so sure if Smart is going to have a future with Kings if this keeps up.

We'll see. February and March get a lot easier. Schedule has been rediculous.

I’m not judging Smart yet.

Offense has had more flow and movement. Team D needs a lot of work. But that’s expected.

agreed. when we play bad teams, we win.

Toronto, new Orleans milwakee

And of course, the lakers

Agree. It is a bit early, but these blowouts are not good.
That's the most disconcerting part

When we get down we abandon everything good about basketball.

coach Todd

You never say that with these guys…

I would like to see Salmons cutting instead of spotting up
he onlu cuts when he has the ball...
5 second violation? Come on -_-
yippee kayie
And Salmons with error #1
5 secs, wow salmons.

He never ceases to show me something new.

the man cannot pass the ball....
5 seconds to start the 3rd!
salmons got the start

fulfilling his contract. NOW TAKE HIM OUT!

I like Cousins waving Thompson to a spot and then being surprised that the defender saw it, then swatted it away.
This is pathetic.
Worst shooting team in the NBA by a mile.

The Kins are

We're last in the league in FG% and the Nuggets are 2nd
If I were at the game

I would boo the hell out of this team to send them a message

not me.

Never would I boo

We should swap with Philadelphia and we can have the Sixers and the Kings can be in Philly.

They’d get booed off the court every night.

These guys need to find it in them to play like professional basketball players
what are the odds the Kings get 75 tonight?
Elvis has left the building
Tyreke looks like he's giving up

Pathetic

DON'T FORCE ME TO WATCH AMERICAN IDOL, YOU BASTARDS.
Lakers-Clips on NBA TV?
Wow, thanks for reminding me.
This may well be the King's biggest blowout yet.
It'll be hard to beat 39 points at Dallas

The Kings excel at losing

JUST TURNED GAME OFF!
Just tuned in

72 to 43!? For real?

Shit.

It happened FAST too

It was a close game then three minutes they’re down by 20.

They´ll double our points soon.

Andre drummond or harrison barnes COME TO US BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is complete and utter shit.

I’m going to bed.

this whole team is garbage

every shot we make is either a tough contested shot or there was a deflection or some kind of flukey play and we got lucky

Really Tyreke?
what up with the blue head bands that dont match team colors?
Petrie better do something

or he’s gone

new thread guys.
I don't give a crap what our record says, the Kings are easily the worst team in the NBA,

and it’s not even close.

toronto is worse.
and they won tonight
and

The Kicks are the dumbest…for getting rid of danilo.

Is anyone yelling the shot clock to these guys?
Tyreke is falling ASLEEP on D
what defense?

Im tired of seeing kofus doofus beat us down thw floor and tear us up in the paint.

We got blown out by the Nuggets last time

and PW was fired the next day. I hope Salmons/Outlaw are gone tomorrow

I honestly don't think you could assemble a worse team than this if you tried

Throw together any ten random NBA players and they’re bound to be better than this debacle of a team.

This group can defend but can't score
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