There's a little bit of James Harden type passing ability in Nique Clifford. His vision is outstanding

JJJ gets massive max deal, SGA is a champion, Luka is Luka, Trae is loading up for another east run, meanwhile Marvin Bagley just fractured another finger pushing a button on the elevator

The Kings had a fantastic draft just because they picked up two very modern archetypes -a 2/3 who can defend, shoot, handle, and pass. -a 7' shooter with solid length and good mobility. Whether the picks pan out will be up to their own work ethic but have to love the vision

Shoutout to Chairman Yi Jianlian

YangGang

DRAFT TIME WHO IS READY TO BE HURT

The big winners of the Wizards/Pelicans trade are the Sacramento Kings, who now only face CJ McCollum twice per season instead of 4+ times per season.

Kings trade today

Kings are going to have to have a very uncomfortable conversation sooner rather than later, because Monk/LaVine/DeRozan in the same lineup with Sabonis behind them is completely unworkable

Keon Ellis

*to the tune of Rihanna's Disturbia* LARAVIAAAA

Trey Lyles is right up there with Keon Ellis as the Kings' most important bench piece. He just makes lineups work, both next to Sabonis and at the 5. Lineups with Lyles/Sabonis: 294 min 121.6 ORtg 111.5 DRtg +10.1 Net Lyles at the 5: 268 min 118 ORtg 112.9 DRtg +5.1 Net

Wish I could forget tbh

Bluesky more like Graysky for Kings fans hahaha am I right guys

Really wanted to like the Grizzlies. Small market, smart front office, built the right way. But they're just so obnoxious. They're unlikable

JJJ will never stop committing the stupidest fouls. Fouls out on an asinine hack 90 feet from his own basket. cc @bswest5.bsky.social

Kings new starting lineup cracked the 100 minute mark for this season today. And officially are the best lineup in the league with 100 minutes logged. Probably unsustainable but very impressive.

Kings starters absolutely manhandled Houston's starting lineup today. This was a demolition

The Kings have the hardest remaining Strength of Schedule in the NBA. I wrote about why that isn’t actually a meaningful stat yet. Hat tip to @profoak14.bsky.social, who pointed this out to me the other day. kingsherald.com/articles/its...

Sigh

Alex OriAkis has arrived

Hello. I have arrived.

Feels like it's only a matter of time now. It's a slam dunk rule change

Sacramento Kings' season highs this year, ranked: 1. Fox - 60 points 2. Derozan - 34 points 3. Ellis - 33 points Just like we all expected

Toumani Camara is one of the best young defenders in the league. Nasty both at the POA and helping

Glad iHart is back healthy. But selfishly I'm kind of sad OKC's wacko five-guard experiment could be ending

Bidness is fighting for its life down there 😂

My wife sent me this saying "someone stole your job" I have never been attacked so viciously

And I think they are still blending Derozan's style with Beam Team basketball from the last two seasons. They can shoot better but also they can play with better flow to find shooters in rhythm. Their 3P rate is still lower than it should be

This needs to go up

The prestige of this tournament cannot be overstated

I feel like every time it's blown up in his face. Like McDermott starting in Toronto

Kings probably want Sabonis on Randle with rim protection behind. This is going to put a lot of stress on Sabonis as a spacer

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE

Starting small forward Alex Len

KINGS FIRST NBA CUP GAME LETS GO LEND THEM YOUR ENERGY

Hot take but while the Kings bench has played bad, the bench isn't really bad. If Lyles and McDermott start hitting shots (and they should, both are established shooters), you add that to a 6MOY contender in Monk and an impact defender in Ellis, that's a solid 9 man rotation

Kings are 10th in adjusted net rating leaguewide. And 6 of the 9 teams ahead of them are in the West

NBA efficiency landscape: (Adjusted for Strength of schedule)

You had to be there

Downhill De'Aaron Fox: Still Unstoppable | Kings Film Room www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSu_...

Motion to bring back the "Fail Whale" to really solidify bsky as the new Twitter. who will second the motion

"Global Tetrahedron" is probably the Onion's greatest running bit

Love me a good net rating agenda game

He struggles to guard in space but he's really good in passing lanes and helping. Really sharp hands