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Kings vs. Cavaliers: Open Game Thread II




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IT looks like he is having a lot of fun out there.
Also looks like the smartest player on the floor for the Kings
He does, which is always a plus for a PG
you could hear Smart yelling o the csn telecast
Jeez

Finally Cuz tips it in

I can't see the game here; someone want to explain these fouls to me?

How does Boogie (cousins) have 3 fouls in only 10 minutes of playing time?
How does Hayes have 3 fouls in only 10 minutes playing time?

Are the refs calling a tight game or are these offensive fouls, or… I dunno. Someone, please explain

Casspi is so much better than Hickson
Really?

He has been pretty bad this game.

that doesn't necessarily counter VS's statement
I wasnt really trying to counter it. I just found it hard to believe based on what i have seen today

And the little i have seen during the year.

And yet Hickson managed to be even worse

Zero points in 16 minutes, yikes!

Some sad finishing under the basket for both teams.
True, but you gotta love the fight for the extra attempts
By the Kings that is
I sure hope we will this game and have IT be our best player.
We will be ahead going into 4th
IT

Is giving Kyrie Irving Fits

IT is a little pest on Irving - lol
IT is one of our best defenders as well, size be damned.
I love our rebounding so much

Gee golly its just so great!!!!! Cousins your amazinnnnnnnnnn

IT with the lock-down D.
Hell yeach cousins!!!!!!!
Cold Blooded is having himself a night!

Love that little dude.

free throws blargh
Cuz can't make any free throws, sheesh
i like IT's leadership
Now that we are getting a lead...

When is Smart going to put Salmons in?

Ryan Hollins AKA Jafar
Thompson

With the sweet BLOCK dont care what the refs say

aaaaaaaaaaaaw shit
wow donte

not salmons

Ouch - open three
Oh dear, I think I have seen this movie before.
Perimeter defense...
wow... nice defense guys
Will somebody please stop Sessions?
Wow thornton needs to stop trying to be a hero

Go to cousins please. And have tyreke cut to the hoop.

cousins gets fouled at least half the times he goes down low
whether or not the ref's call it i mean
oh hell yes, the refs rarely call it though.
Good thing is, he's complaining about it a lot less

Eventually this will earn the respect of the refs and he’ll start getting those calls in the future.

Oh, i see Smart called the "Red sea" defense
Thornton holds up his staff...
Just part and let them run through.
Wow, not often do you see the 60th pick outplaying the 1st pick.
not good pass thornton
Gotta love the idea though. Not often does MT look to pass in the paint area
oh my god i love cousins
Cousins is suppppperrrrrrr gooodddddddddddddd
Heeeeeeeeeeel yyyyyyyyyyyyyes
cousins playing angry and well.
Big Cuz for the 3-point play.
Cuz just finds a way at the post.

Doesn’t make any difference how may guys are down there.

oh god hollins, charge of the year
I think Cuz took got that award at the start of the game.
That

Was frustration

Cuz

BEAST MODE BACK ON

FIRST
No way
Yeah...

I refreshed the first game thread page and ended up here….

Cuz didn't even have to sell that charge
Can we just flag this commercial?
Which one? The one about marrying bacon and eating the bride?

Because I’d like to flag that one.

I'm on league pass so I have no idea
Yes, that one.
Oh. I thought u were talkin about the Black Keys one.
That may be the greatest commercial ever mad. I could watch it all day.

I actually have that music video open in another tab right now

Every time I see that commercial I like the song a little more. Why is that?
Its an awesome song.
Just wanted to chip in

Evans is really pissing me off this game. His man is just blowing by him and on offense he’s had stupid tunnel vision, trying to finish against 3-4 guys instead of kicking it out.

Ohio girls looks smart
I read somewhere one time that Cleveland isn't known as a real good city.
Some of Cuz's moves reming me of Kevin McHale.
omg cousins draws charge again
That D by cuz was a thing of beauty and great Bball smarts
Man tyrekes jumpshot is still ugly

I am sad now ;(

Evans is having a rough game tonight, that suks
as soon as I wrote that he scores, lol.
Frickin Rekin Fadeaway.
Smart always waits too long to begin substituting

in 1st and 3rd quarters.

good movement off ball by reke though

redemption in baby steps

reke is having more boad games than good ones
True, and that's a bad, bad thing for this team
5/16 FG

Man he needs to practice making layups in traffic..he just always rims out or comes up short at the rim. Can’t believe how many baskets tyreke is missing.

Cavs about to blow us out

we cant beat anybody

i cant believe we're going into the 4th down 7

we had it like 2 minutes ago

Runn the Same Play

7 times in a row 3 of those we got to the line

Turrible

End to the 3rd

Well, that was just crappy
ahhhh. we suck. 7th pick here we come
Maybe our 4th quarter lockdown D comes into play today?
Come on now!!

Defense! Defense! Defense! What a crappy third quarter as usual. Wish the Kings only had to play 1 quarter…

Okay, here's the game plan, let's dig a hole so that we have to work our

ass off to see if we can catch up.

That game plan has been perfected by them.
I thought

That was always the game plan

I need to just start streaming players who play the Kings in my fantasy basketball league
At least get something out of the horrible horrible pain at the end of the day

almost like when I picked up Tebow when he was playing my Raiders.

4 fouls on cuz
Just leave Cuz in the game, Smart.
I would like to blow this team up

And keep only DMC, IT and JT… so tired of fade away jumpers and crap.

Thats the game right there.

Maybe we can catch the heat sleeping and sneak an easy one.

How in the hell is that a blocking foul?
stupid cav announcer.. he didnt change his body angle he charged...
Kings finding ways to lose again. Sigh...
we are f..ked now
man. every lineup put out by kings

have zero offense sense

WHATS UP CASSPI
that is a fucking bullshit call
Casspi blocked by Evans
Reke with a redemption sequence with the block and kickout to IT.
lol

the music at the arena was appropriate

Tyreke is a dumbass
LOL Reke
Lol If Im reke

Im thinking wtf is wrong with this garbage ass ball it keeps rimming out!!!!!!

Hayes is the freakin' master at slapping the ball away!
We're steping up our D.

Just gotta make our easy shots…

MT23

Welcome to the game

Wow - 5 point game.
WTF Thornton

Pass the damn ball

Salmons!!

See, I give him mad props…

3 point game, we better find a way to win
Put DMC

BACK IN

this
Sooner better than later. He only has 4 fouls.
The Salmons was lose

For the Deuce

wow announcer -they are the ultimate offensive team.. thanks but..
lol I didn't know an ultimate offensive team shoots

37.8% 21.4% 72.0%

haha i know right? but nice compliment i guess
Better then just saying how much the Kings suck the entire game
Good thing Salmons made that basket.
That was actually an awesome, smart play by Salmons to not get his shot blocked
Oh no... Salmons just got more floor time validated.
FUCK YA SALMONS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

He made a layup!

He looked like he was going to mess that one up
yeah I don't blame him for making sure he gets his body in front

Tristan Thompson will make you do that

Were playing defense.... defense in the fourth...... -.- why not every day?
Anybody else hear the cavs announcers say that the cavs are the ultimate offensive team, or am I crazy?
Yep

Also said no D

said that already :P
IF

He would have missed that lay up o i can only imagine the things that would have been said!!

Hayes is a good defender
Just give the ball to IT
IT Time

MR.4TH Quarter

Hayes cant rebound worth a shit
smooth finish by fish
SALMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope this goes into OT so IT can get a triple double
Salmons in the right place at the right time!
MR.4TH QUARTER!!!
I sure hope we win so Thomas can possibly get some national love!
He deserves it.

He isn’t a Knick though…

Just one game...
he's had other pretty nice ones as a back up, but yeah, touche'.
IT should just be the starting PG for the rest of season.

Sounds like a plan to me.

If he hasn't cemented his starting role this game I don't know what he has to do.
we need this win!!
Irving with the howitzer miss!
oh man

isiah’s outplaying the whole roster

The Take Home Message of the Game

“The Ka-Bonger”

Lol. Did Jerry call his shot a "Kabonger"?
HOLY CRAP

I have ITitis

Sounds pretty bad, although it does have 'tit' in its name so it can't be all that bad.
IT is a hero for this team
According to Cavs color guy

IT penetrates whenever he wants

hehe

thats what she said
thats what he said too
That's what my phlebotomist said
Oh you mean the Cavs girls on the Cavs telecast?

I bet they do

I think I love our relentless fullcourt offense

Pretty sweet!!!

I don't want to get into the race territory but why isn't a 60th draft pick getting any national attention while Jeremy Lin is getting attention from all angles?

Is it a race thing or is it because the Kings aren’t winning? Thoughts?

Small Market Vs Big Market
Probably because the Kings are in a small market and a...not so good team.
IT is not putting up the stats Lin is. Nothing to do with race.
Kings arent winning

doesnt help were small market, but it has nothing to do with race why even bring that up? lol

Big Market Hype

IMO.

Thanks guys

That is what I think also. I hope IT gets the recognition he deserves

8-1 vs 0-1 as starters
If IT gets 35+ minutes a night

He put up bigger numbers THEN he will get some love.

If Isaiah were doing this

during a Kings 7-game winning streak then it might be a story.

um, putting race and the New York angle aside

Lin is winning a shit ton of games and putting up much bigger numbers (turnovers too!). And wasn’t even drafted and cut twice already this year and almost cut again. So …. ?

Isaiaaaaaaaaaaaah

Those commercials with Jerry and Grant are awful.
jerry called him a baller!
Jerry is a stud.
If Jerry says he's a baller, he's a baller
Did he follow it up with a yo?
lmao

IT’s a baller, yo!

I'm loving having IT in the fourth

I’m so in the mood for dancing!!!!

Kings playing better without Tyreke on the floor
Lin plays in MSG.

IT should have made the Rising Stars but lets face it, his own coach didn’t believe in him enough to start him until last game.

kid air-guitaring behind kings bench
Another guy, another career high.
I'm gonna lose my mind if Smart takes IT out for a single second left in this game
PANAMA... PANAMAHAAAA... love that song
Old VH rocks.
Hell yeah

I liked Van Hagar too… Chickenfoot rocks as well

nice!

Hagar is da man.

IT

Deserves to be in that game for all star weekend

I'm with Grant

I’d like to see IT make it to the All Star game if an opening becomes available.

offensive foul i thought it looked like it
awesome.

i thot that was a offensive ref call when he made the motion

4 point play......
2nd time this week the Kings fouled a 3 point shooter

Chuckwagon!!!

6 minutes left in the game.

Again, Why is DMC and JJ not in the game?

stupid MT taking his typical dumb shots and stinkn hix!
Get Hickson out
Where is cousins

BABY WE NEED YOU

Is it so hard not to leave your man

for a wide open three on the perimeter.

I mean its not like the Kings are simply standing around, they are trying to help but its the NBA people are standing around the 3 pt line for a reason (I mean except our guys.)

Fish with a line drive
Wow, Indiana is crushing Charlotte

102-60 with 6 mins left…

Not the time to go cold
jj and salmons in at the same time

my mind will explode

get hickson out now

get hickson out now

get hickson out now

Hickson still playing for the Cavs lol. Isaiah is excellent.

HOLY SHIT! ISAIAH FUCKING THOMAS!
Holy Shit!!! IT!!!!!!
Isaiahafhsdfhdshfdsjhjdshf!!!!

NOTHER REBOUND FOR ISAIAH.

IT with 10 assists, rack em up lil man!
Gota be close to a triple double
IT is having a more complete game than Lin has all season.

And I think Lin has been fantastic. This is good, good stuff right here from IT.

OMG - That was an amazing play by IT
SportsCenter

Meet IT MR.4Th Quarter

wow that was fantastic
What a Hustle!!!
What????? Could he get a triple double?

Triple double watch!

why is salmons in?
This one is gonna come down to the last shot, ain't it?
thats odd. Reke back in the game with 3 min left?
keep talking bout how funny our D is announcer. dont forget your the Cavs..
Smart pls tell Cuz to score not pass
feeling very nervous with tyreke back. Hero mentality.
I'd prefer to see Greene here over Reke given matchups and performance today
wooooo wow. beautiful

now d!

IT wiff da finger roll
IT MY GOD

He is possessed

IT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

SALMONS IN FOR HAYES?

Smart is an IDIOT

Tyreke

Came in for Hayes. Salmons was already on the floor

No.

Reke in for Hayes. But yes, still an idiot. Put fucking JT in!

Isaiah Thomas is now my favorite NBA player.
wow seriously

that was really fantastic

oh man... that shot would have allowed some salmons love
Fish fails wide open 3
2 More rebs please

EFFING Salmons ruining the assist. TAKE HIM OUT

ruining the assist?

interesting

IT would have had like 17 assists if we made our shots/
why is salmons playin power forward?
Cavs playing small ball also
Isaiah needs 2 more boards for a triple double
IT is doing this with only 2 TOs.

Awesome!

23 points, 10 assists - how many rebounds does he need?
Salmons is not bad tonight. but...

Why is salmons in?

Smart's love for smallball is going to lose this game

How hard is it to play IT/Thornton/Greene/Hayes/Cousins?

Yup

Or JT for Hayes

No review?

I guess because it’s not under 2 minutes?

Need cousins to make some 3 point plays by getting fouled and scoring.
More than the stats

IT is playing to win. Even Cuz isn’t doing that right now.
Losing constantly warps your mind.

totally agree

More than the stats

Truly, we really don't know what potential IT has for this team
mm Irving first PG taken with 1 assist
19 Ast 10 T.O

Love that number and its been pretty good lately

One assist for Kyrie Irving LOL

yeah that guy is really playing like crap isn't he?
Love that graphic

Cmon color man, keep making excuses for Irving’s one assist. Keep talking like Cavs are a playoff team.

get that stuff out of there reke
GET that weak stuff out of here!
Jamison running over IT and IT gets called?
We are almost at 2 minute mark
hahah

@demarcus picking up IT

Cuz

Picked IT up like a rag doll LMAO

Awesome. Cuz lifts IT up like he's a little kid
Need to defend Jamison to win this one
My nerves are all bunched up, I want a Kings win so bad.
omg cousins how in the hell
Big Cuz strikes again!

There you go Cousins.

IT doing too much. Get the ball to DMC

Is that 9 rebounds for Marcus Thornton?

Just checked in,

IT has some good stats but were only up by 1?

OMFG ARE YOU KIDDING ME
Salmons fails again
no foul on cuz?!
free throws wtf?!?!?!??????
Fuck john salmons man
smrt

I am so smart
smrt

OMFG

WOW LOST ANOTHER CLOSE ONE

Salmons open fucking shot!!!!!!!!!

Jimmer shoulda been in the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow Salmons. Why is it so hard for you to hit the open 3
What a frickin mess that was.
Another wide open fish miss
i cant believe this shit
WHY DID YOU FOUL CUZ!?!?!?!

LOL. maaajor choke job.

If JT was in the game...

that would have been an easy putback

Agree, have not owned the boards

since he was pulled early in third

Salmons get the fuck out of here
shoulda passed out after that board, cuz, and MT
and timeout

could have run a play, prevented a shot by the Cavs, basically do anything but what they did …

We never kick the ball out
Plenty of time guys, show us a set offensive play!
well..... score and we win!

but goddamn

but MT's attempt was bad too
you cant blame MT.

He got a rebound to keep it alive over a guy 6 inches taller. Salmons on the other hand… missed like 3 open 3s in a row? wtf

If Salmons checks back in I'm going to scream

SALMONS FINALLY GOT PULLED. YAY

just one point forty-seven minutes and one point too late.

Seriously?

FIRE SALMONS

He missed it

but DMC and Thornton kind of f-ed up as well

Everybody needs to take it easy on my boy, Salmons...
Please never play salmons another minute EVER again.

that was the last straw.

Aren't we due to be on the winning side of a last second shot this time?
What did Salmons do?
Missed the shot that would have won the game.
What the hell does GP or Keith Smart see in Salmons?
howd i know the ref would choke on the whistle as SOON as i saw that O rebound
It is just too bad we didn't score down there.

Arg!!!!!

there should be a rule change, lose ball fouls shouldnt result in free throws
Jimmer in cold? Seriously????
He's a decoy!
cuz on the post
YEA BOY CUZZZZZ
COUSINSSSSSS!!!!
CUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
JIMMER FOOLED EM LOL
NICE
scary as hell and got away with they always let people get away with

but I’ll take it

COUSINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES! called it! and WOOO
OHHH FUCK YAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cousins got the basket!!!!
Give it up for DEMARCUS COUSINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NOW PLAY SOME DEFENNNSEEEE
time to play D
WOOOOOOOOOO!

Play some defense now and you got this shit!

What a fricking amazing shot!!!
Salmons sits and good things happen

DEMARCUS COUSINS

Wow Cuz...that was beautiful
This is what shouldve happend at detroit

Cousins would won us that game.

Obvious foul - no call
THAT IS A 'GO TO GUY'
PLease play D
please please please win
Please don't foul any one.
I'm not happy until the time reads 0:00

This team is terrible at defending the 3

why would they take a 3 down 1?
D-Fense!!!!!
SWITCH EVERYTHING
for some reason i feel like salmons is gonna give someone a wide open shot to win
Don't foul the three, whatever you do.
if Jamison gets an open jump shot

i hate life

open set jump shot
2,9 seconds a lifetime.
Here is where I have a hard time watching

So scary

A foul?! shake my fucking head
us shitting me
bullshit call
or an obvious fall
call

obviously foul basically

oh Reke

oh Reke oh Reke

FOUL!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??????????????
ty... reke.... THE HELL
Tyreke is a dumbass
WHO THE FUCKCKCKCK
call that foul!!?? bull fucking shit
I cant believe what i just saw
Thanks for the foul Reke

game over

sO DONE WITH rEKE AND LACK OF bkb iq
tyreke fucked us!!!!!!!!!!
Fuckingly Fucking
That was a foul, just bad defense
so ummmmmm WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?
TYREKE NEED TO BENCHED FOR A GAME

THIS IS PURE STUPIDITY

you'd honestly bench someone as a punishment for that?
Who wants to cry?????????
Welcome to Kings Basketball!
Did he think he had a foul to give or just hoped the refs put their whistles in their pockets?
He's setting up his half court buzzer beater

Hero mentality

REKE MAKE A AMAZING SHOT RIGHT NOW
Why arent they putting time back on the clock?
so did he think we had a foul to give or some crazy shit?
sure looked like it

either that or “shit they let Cousins foul while shooting why don’t I foul him?”

I know you all say how great Tyreke is

But honestly, we need a smarter player to be our “franchise player”. Trade him for Rondo… or something, I don’t know…

Absolutely inexcusable.
Get DOnte in, Hickson, throw the pass to the rim and see who can slam it
MT23 Due

For a Game Winner

Trade Tyreke

We have IT

Jimmer should have taught Reke how to let people go by him
or just not to foul with 2.9

rofl. Tyreke wants Barnes.

we were about to win.. why tyreke whyy....
Man that was dumb

He needed to play straight up and he didn’t. I can’t believe it.

KEEP IT, JT AND CUZ
Wow. Did we all just witness a major choke job?
Reke is horrid in these moments.

His game is all over the place.

This team just wasn't meant to win.
our BBIQ is sooooooo low
WHAT THE HELL TYREKE
Did he shoot the ball???

I hope DeMarcus punches him in the locker room.

ONE MORE CHANCE REKE
Why would you foul though???

Why?? It make no sense. Just stupid

Man, the Kings just can't figure out how to win a game.

My blood pressure is starting to give me a head ache right now.

Actually they're the best of all time at finding some way, any way, to lose.
becuase they are losers...
they started the clock after it touched rim
Trade A-N-Y-O-N-E

…not named DMC or IT.

wow thats some horrible shit
Who the fuck calls that foul?
Every ref in the league
Not in THAT situation. Kobe, Durant, Lebron would not have gotten that call
Yes they would have

He clearly reached in and pawed. It was so obvious. It was a terrible play by Reke. That call always gets made.

Poor defense for Reke. He was flat footed and just reached in.
nope, that was so painfully obvious it looked intentional
I bet you they wouldn't have called it if it were LeBron or Kobe in that situation
Bet you they would have.
I dont understand how you call that.
cant believe we lost THIS WAY TO THE CAVS
Tyreke lost this game

Worst game of his career

He's terrible.

How long do we have to wait for his maturation?

that foul was the worst.... i cant believe that

he made it so obvious looking the ref almost had to call it

Well, another lin
If the play was under boards

Why not put bigs in the paint?
Smart lacks late game strategy

well i think he was overcome with thoughts of "WHat the F*ck Tyreke!!!"
i cant believe this, ruined Isiahs big game

ruined cuz’s game winner

Losing streak continues

detroit loss was worse… this one was stupider

This probably upsets me more than anything.

This should have been Isiah’s game to savor. This loss really hurts.

I'm completely numb

Trade everyone not named Demarcus Cousins or Isaiah Thomas. I’m done.

Should've put Donte in for an alley oop
Designed to fail.

This team has hit a new low.

Wait

Is the clock supposed to start if it hits the rim? If not the Cavaliers announcers were wrong.

I think they’re saying that the ball is not allowed to touch the rim on an inbounds play. It’s a violation.

Oh, ok

I didn’t know that rule, and I was watching a Cavs feed. Cavs announcers were clueless as well.

wow, career game for IT

wasted

IT's game wasted by Reke
That settles it

this team is cursed

We need an exorcism
That's another reason IT is not Lin

The Knicks actually win.

Cause they have players who play as a team.
Dam kings suck!!!!!!!
That looked like an intentional foul by Reke

Didn’t realize they didnt have one to give. Don’t know why Smart is angry with refs, they made the right call

yeah that looked like an obvious foul
Tata, Reke.

Get rid.

Tyreke

Needs to be benched like spencer. new phil. It is our new pg. tyreke is out as 1. For good.

you'd honestly bench him for a game because of that foul?
I wouldnt mind

If he was. Like dude said his decisions r becoming inexcusable and I honestly am almost beginning to think we have a better chance of winning w out reke playing

What would benching him prove?

That action would make shit a whole lot worse

Clarify

Dont bench him. But I think he needs to focus on being a better player w out the ball in his hands. I like him in a diminished role like doug christie.

If Salmons wasn't benched until now, Tyreke sure won't be anytime soon
lol

oh wait … sad

Lol

It is sad. My thoughts r ron artest is a super legit make sense small forward. Tyreke has similar traits to ron. Rekes a bit smaller but other than that whats the diff. Reke start sf from now on in diminished role. Donte bench. Salmons warmer.

we had this game.
Get rid of Reke.

Get rid of Reke.

this getting kinda irratating.
time to trade tyreke
Worst feeling

After the amazing run and the big games of IT and DMC and the you just give them that? fuuuuuuuuu

And now here come the idiots acting like this is the end of the world.
And what idiots are you referring to?
Read the comments.

Getting rid of Reke and acting like progression does not exist. I try not to bash other users, but trading out 2nd best player because he isnt progressing fast enough is as stupid as it gets. They act like they will get Lebron James for him.

well technically ...

pretty sure all I saw was Batum

They probably would not do that.

People dont realize that Rekes potential is much higher than his trade value.

wait

now I am confused.

The last comment you said people act like we’ll get Lebron. Now you are saying people don’t realize that Rekes potential is much higher than his trade value.

Huh?

I meant people are acting like we could TRADE Reke for Lebron.

What im saying is that he can become much better than anyone we can get for him in a trade right now.

It's not.

It is time to sell high on Reke, though.

For the right small forward...sure.
Batum could be interesting.
Don't think that Portland would trade Batum straight up for Reke.
I dunno bout that

have you seen Felton and Mathews lately?

Tyreke should be trained to be our star small forward

He has what it takes to be a great sf.

ZOMG HE DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A GREAT ANYTHING

HE SUCKS, TRADE HIM FOR A SECOND ROUND PICK, HE’S SO HORRIBLE. HE’S IN HIS THIRD YEAR, HE SHOULD ALREADY BE AN ALL-STAR

- Every ’Reke hater on StR

how do we find different ways to lose...
It's the one thing this team truly excel at.
Has IT become the 2nd best player on the team?
Maybe not the 2nd but he may be making a case for the 3rd
Cleveland is number1 in the league for free throw attempts

And I can see why. The refs called EVERYTHING against the Kings. I seen alot of those touch fouls when DMC and MT23 missed those last few shots and there was NO call. Its a conspiracy! FUCK YOU DAVID STERN!

Get rid of Reke.

Get rid of Reke.

For who?
Anyone who passes or defends the ball.
right now I don't think we could get a sack of shit for tyreke
Seriously?

Tyreke makes one mistake, but I think we have a fairly long list of guys we want to cut before Reke. Let’s deal with getting rid of the crap who are lucky if they have one good play over a guy who made one mistake.

Step back and look at the big picture.

What's worse? Tyreke's foul just now or Webber's timeout when they didn't have one in college?
No brainer. Webs was in a national championship game
gee tough one

National Championship … random road game

yeah, in context of what the game was I think you're right. They're both pretty bad mistakes in and of themselves
A game between two bottom Nba teams..

Or a game that knocked out one of the most exciting teams in college basketball

Gee that’s a hard one to decide

A game between two bottom Nba teams..

Or a game that knocked out one of the most exciting teams in college basketball

Gee that’s a hard one to decide

A game between two bottom Nba teams..

Or a game that knocked out one of the most exciting teams in college basketball

Gee that’s a hard one to decide

Wtf stupid I phone

3 posts 0_O

A comment so nice

he made it thrice

It is the only other player on the team with confidence

well except for Thornton who has way more confidence than he deserves.

You don't deserve all that confidence!!

You need to give at least some of it away to people in need of it, dammit!

We need to destroy the heat

I mean absolutely blow them out. We have had enough of losing It’s time to start taking names and taking hits.

Sometime soon we will talk about tanking

to improve draft position

You got the "taking hits" part down at least...
I recommend air conditioning for destoying heat

Thank you, I’ll be here all week

gotta get out of here before shit gets ridiculous
too late
Yeah

This is getting insane.

yes. just one game

but im sad

We all are. It fucking sucks.

Not the end of the world though

Interesting -

Grant is pointing out that the refs may have messed up the time on the clock when Reke made that foul.

And they blew game 6, yada yada

Team has to execute.

How could that be? only 2.9 when they inbounded
There was 1.0 or 1.1 seconds left when the foul was made.

But the rules state the clock does not stop exactly when the foul is committed on the floor; there has to be split moment for refs to blow whistle, and clock to stop, so about 0.5 seconds, in this case 0.6 to 0.7 seconds.

Grant is grasping.

Yea, Grant more comfortable blaming officials for loss

I didn’t like Smart’s lineup, small ball just kept them close

We're 10-21.

The idiots have every right.

YEAH WE TOTALLY SHOULD BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RIGHT NOW
No.

But 15-17 wins ain’t asking for fantasy. Even modestly improved or competitive.

You are not going to get there by trading potential superstars away for almost nothing.
Sure. Reke. Superstar.

We’ll see. Until he learns how to pass or shoot the ball I doubt we’ll miss much.

Really? You guys are ready to give up on a 22 year old third year player?
I get more and more annoyed evertime I see Tyreke Evans play basketball
So let's trade him for picks right?
I wouldn't absolutely say no to that

granted on draft day not this point of the season.

I thought JT was having a good game on the boards at least> Kings didn't need to go small ball

It at least gets Salmons off the court

Got to love the overreacting though

Reke getting all the hate, when just 2 plays earlier Salmons missed a wide open shot and MT and Cousins both made a mistake not passing out

On Salmons

he took an open shot.

All the others though yeah not the brightest

I have no confidence in Salmons

So yeah his shot was a good wide open shot, him missing though was expected and I don’t know why he continues to in late game situations, I’d rather see Donte out there

not happy with him in there

but if Cousins throws it to him in that spot I can’t say he shouldn’t shoot it is all.

I'm pretty sure all of us don't want to see Salmons ever again
yeah it's easy to single out the guy who made the last fuck up

But what about the guys who made the fuck up before that and the fuck up before that etc. etc. i’m never a fan of blaming a loss on one guy on one play.

Tyreke

Deserves to be ripped. You don’t foul in a tie game or reach that’s basketball 101

It just goes to show what some have been saying for awhile

he’s just not a smart basketball player. Very physically skilled but very low basketball IQ.

Have you ever hear Tyreke speak?

It’s painful.

as painful as reading my misspelled comments...
He's a mumbler

but I don’t think that has anything to do with intelligence. I’m just talking about basketball IQ

It has a lot to do with IQ period.

Speaking is a big thing, bigger than basketball.

Maybe so but there's some players who seem pretty dumb who are smart on the court

Kevin Garnett for example. Basketball IQ and regular IQ are two different things.

I disagree

See Stephen Hawking

Tyreke has a bad gam and makes a poor choice at the end of a game and now he's all-of-a-sudden Satan.
I already thought he was LOL
Could it be...........SATAN!
Or perhaps

SATIN

No

thats our defense

Just Watched

Replay of Rekes foul should have been 1.2 on the clock. Doesn’t matter now

I was actually wondering about that

seemed like an awful lot of time went off the clock really fast

Time to play nba 2k12

and blow out the cavs by 50+ points.

turn down all CPU stats to 0 haha
it all makes so much sense now
Unfortunately,

these reactions are par for the course after tough losses. Reke isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

people can be mad and be annoyed as hell, but the reke trade is a lil off
*way off
Too bad.

Like I said, he’s regressing.

A week ago he was back to his old self

Playing quality basketball, now he’s regressing this week after coming from a 9 assist game, lol shortsighted fans

he is really inconsistent though.
Who on the Kings isn't ?

If were going to fix the team, there’s other areas/players I start with.

and that’s just after they fire Petrie.

Demarcus

is about the only consistent one.

I’ll trade everyone else.

Not really, about a week and a half ago JT was the most consistent

with Cousins having big games here and there, since Smart has come on board though, Id say he played at a much higher level.

What I should have said was,

Demarcus is showing the most growth on this team and he is untouchable in my mind.

Everyone else is available.

You’re right JT has been really consistent. And Petrie sucks for putting this shit together.

Id really agree there

Cousins def has grown a lot as a player. Especially since the coaching change.

But he could lose minutes to IT

unless used at SF

thisll be another game to be made fun of about.. stay away from sports bars for awhile
It's okay, just take the self depricating angle and you should be good to go, that's what I do.

I mean, I learned it was futile sticking up for them a long time ago. Just laugh along wit em

o i learned the laugh along thing way back ago... but soon the laughter is a small cry
I wonder if DMC will have something to say in the locker room

I have to wonder if he will have a few words for Reke… I hope not

No way.

You could tell DMC was pissed at the refs. No way they will get on Reke.

DMC, Chuck, and IT

Only ones with heart.

No, he won't get upset with Reke.

He was upset with the refs. Cousins has a little history with NBA refs.

I just replayed that last foul.

Kyrie initiated alot of that contact. Should have been a no call.

bullshit
driving to the lane doesn't mean "oh you get to blatantly take a swipe"
Bullshit.

They were blantantly swiping DMC and MT23 in the paint ALL night. Call it both ways.

when it's one on one

at the top of the key

with the entire area cleared out

again at the top of the key

Guess what? They are going to see it.

Like I said.

Call it both ways. If that is a foul, then the Kings should have gone to the line at least 5 more times tonight.

so it should have been a no call

because Irving initiated and there were less obvious fouls earlier in the game committed by the Cavs but weren’t called.

Okie dokie.

Less obvious?

They were practically hanging on DMCs back all night. I seen MT23 get pummeled by a guy 6 inches taller then him on a loose ball foul. Can argue about this all night. Point is the refs were awful. Call it both ways. At least take a look at the instant-replay and set the clock right. If you want to hang reke about it then so be it.

Okie dokie.

If you want to hang reke about it then so be it.

Please by all means, let me know where I hung Reke about it. Go nuts, just copy and paste it.

Pointing out obvious foul = hanging a player about it

Turning obvious foul call into a bad call by the refs = not hanging a player about it

Again

That was too blatant of a foul by Reke to Not call

Bullshit

That was a blatant foul by Reke.

Oh great. The Miami Heat
Knowing this team, that's the one they'll win

then they’ll get blown out by the Wizards

It's sad that your statement holds some truth to it
The statement may be sad

but I’ll be anything but if they win in Miami

Smart:

It was a bad call bad defensive play on our part.

I think he gets fined for that little slip-up
I think so too, even though he tried to correct it.

I think it honestly slipped out of his mouth.

Not saying he should be traded

But it’s obviously incredibly frustrating to see “the cornerstone of the franchise” play relatively inconsistently and barely improve his game well into his 3rd season. At most, he’s a more willing passer. I understand he had injury issues last season but to see him barely keep up with his level of play as a rookie at this point is concerning.

hence,

the decision to give Isiah the helm. Reke’s a good baskeball player and Isiah is a good leader.

Agreed

Everyones been making excuses for him but its clear he game hasn’t evolved at all since his rookie year. Hasn’t significantly improved his jumpshot, still no midrange game, still often times has tunnel vision, still makes awful decisions in traffic, still using the same resorting to the same eurostep move in transition, still has a low basketball IQ, hasn’t taken over the leadership role etc etc. Pretty much every statistic has been indicative of his decline. Not giving up on him necessarily but its becoming more clear that he’s not an elite player

still see the hybrid Hughes/Stackhouse player
Its funny because nbadraft.net

gave him the larry hughes comparison, and I scoffed at it after reke’s rookie season, but now I guess it makes more sense

well I do like him a little more than Hughes though
Same

But the idea for me is that he won’t end up being a franchise player like we all made him out to be after his rookie season

But I'm still holding out hope though.

He’s still just 21 and still has alot of physical talent. I’m just concerned that he hasn’t taken that next step like Westbrook, Rose, D-Will, and all the other elite point guards in the league did in their first few seasons

22

just sayin

by the way, as a point guard

he has actually someone improved somewhere there a bit at least. Granted I still think the team needs a second point or ballhandler in there with him but still.

Agreed

He’s clearly never going to be the traditional ‘floor general’ type but he has been a more willing passer this year. Still wish we had Beno

Call me crazy, but I'd still like to hold onto Reke.
I'm definitely not saying get rid of him

just noting the lack of progression in his game. I understand he’s still young and I’m still holding out hope for him to become a franchise player, but there’s not much that indicates that he’ll become that guy.

The most glaring thing to me is the number of bad games he's putting up

I looked it up and in his rookie year he only scored less then 10 points five times. in his sophomore year, nine times. So far in his third year, eight times. You’re supposed to have fewer bad games as you go, not more. Compare to Cousins who scored less than 10 points twenty two times in his first year, but so far only four times in his second year. Cousins is progressing and growing, why isn’t Tyreke?

Make that seven times for Cousins second year
Tough loss

Nothing more, nothing less

On the bright side

If IT keeps this up, we won’t need to do that trade for Rondo

If IT keeps this up we'll have alot more dance threads instead of BURN SACRAMENTO, FIRE SALE, TRADE ALL!
Well if I was Geoff Petrie...

I would set up an appointment with Tyreke (though quality communication is forbidden in the organization) and ask him point blank if he’s going to fix his jumper and create a long range game for himself. Any hesitation (or unconvincing answer) shown on his part and I would deal him soon as he gets on a hot streak. If he does say he’ll work then I would monitor his ethic and make sure he’s spending extra time after practice to work and get better with the coaches.

Or a mid range game btw
or a pick and roll of some sort
"Trade him as soon as he gets on a hot streak." smh
wow I wish things worked that way

“You know what, I am going to learn how to consistently drive a golf ball 350 yards.”

Just watch lots of tape of Dustin Johnson...your lower body will obey your every command.

:-)

Doesn't work in bed anymore.
Well Tyreke has all the natural talent in the world...

I think he can do it if he has a true passion for the game. He needs to be as passionate as Cousins actually.

don't forget he's shooting almost 80% at the line

he can def do this but it takes work homie

Pfft, like that's hard

Try getting away with cheating on your wife with everything with tits. Now that’s a skill I needed to learn!

Signed,
Tiger Woods

If I was GP I'd be on the phone with Boston

I’d say, I want Rondo. You can have anything on my team other than DeMarcus Cousins, let’s make a deal.

I watched the game.

Happy with a lot of things I saw. Isaiah Thomas and Cousins showed me some great things. However, we once again can’t finish a game, and it hurts, but its something im used to seeing with this team. We need to continue giving minutes to Thornton, Reke, Cuz, IT, Jimmer, Donte, JT and everybody else has to work their ass off to even see the court. These are the guys that are most likely going to be their future, so, give them the minutes they need to show us if they WILL become our future.

I had to calm down before I commented or else I would have blasted Reke

Now that I’m calm it’s whatever.

I like your message. Smart needs to settle on a rotation & just stick with it. No more Salmons, Outlaw, & Garcia AT ALL. Limit Chucks & JJ’s minutes to fit with DMC’s foul situation & don’t be afraid to sit Reke for minutes if he isn’t playing well.

Ride IT, MT23, Reke, JT, DMC, Chuck, Donte, & JJ(I guess) until the damn wheels fall off. Salmons, Outlaw, & Cisco are colossal failures just chalk it up now.

you run into trouble at SF there

48 minutes between Reke and Donte and not sure if Reke should even be playing significant minutes there.

I understand but I don't care

Smart is a Don Nelson pupil. He needs to get Don Nelson on that ass.

Right now I’d be willing to call up the Bucks & beg them to take the fish back. Beg for them to give us Stephen Jackson please, please, please!

Now that is desperate but I am desperate.

Never liked Reke...

…as a PG. Was really hoping this IT as PG thing gets him more freedom to score and create. We’ll see- I give it till the summer.

IT is great a PG. Hopefully Smart keeps it this way.

Salmons on the other hand… He needs to go. How many wide open 3’s did he miss tonight? 3? 4? How many in the last week? 15-20?

This^

Our offense would much MUCH better with some like Batum taking those 3’s

Would help if we could tip a ball in sometimes, too
I'm running out of fail gifs.

Wasn’t expecting this many losses:(

I got a good string of gifs for this one

not sure if I am going to stick around long enough for the post though

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