Sacramento Kings rookie Devin Carter could be back in the rotation for tomorrow’s matchup with the Charlotte Hornets.
Carter missed the loss to the tanking Washington Wizards Wednesday due to a shoulder contusion. He was injured during the beat down at the hands of the Orlando Magic on March 29. He then was unable to play in the loss and late collapse against former King Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers on March 31.
The Kings sent out this statement Thursday stating that he is questionable against the Hornets:
After exiting the game in the second quarter versus the Orlando Magic on March 29, Sacramento Kings guard Devin Carter has been diagnosed with a right shoulder contusion. Carter is considered day-to-day and will be listed as questionable versus the Charlotte Hornets.
Carter is averaging 3.8 points, 1.1 assists and .5 steals in 9.9 minutes per game this season. He has provided a nice defensive spark off the bench in his limited minutes.
The Kings could use his help against the 19-57 Hornets.
Does it matter? Does anything matter anymore?
– Kings fans
Losing matters. And you’d think these morons would realize, playing your rookie who missed half the year to develop might matter.
Instead, it’s play in chase. Dopes
And the President of the Devin Carter Fan Club rejoices!
Sacramento sports is a giant test of character right now. Nobody likes us. Not even ourselves.
Sacramento: We’re close to everything (except the post-season).
We also have an MLB team!…but not really.
Sacramento: City of Tease
SacraAlmost
Where did you get a GIF of me?
With the amazingly tight race to the finish line in the Western Conference, three teams have the exact same record (LAC, Minny, and unTaylor-ed Grizzlies) with Golden State just a slim 0.5 game ahead. They are fighting for 5 and 6. It’s hard to imagine that the 8th seed team would lose (loser of the 7 vs. 8 game) – but anyone can win a one game series and your consolation prize is facing OKC in the first round.
Dubs play LAL tonight – and if they win, then DEN returns to the 3 spot, dropping the Lakers back to 4 as they too are neck and neck on the 3 and 4 slots which will be more a match up call as to who prefers to finish where between those two. The 3rd seed will likely face the Thunder juggernaut in round two, so there is that – though I can already imagine any 1st round series to be a doozy.
In the East, the #4 Pistons and #5 Bucks are separated by 0.5 game.
For the Kings – it means that I don’t see any of those teams taking the night off, not that it would matter, as Sacramento faces Detroit, Denver, Clippers and Suns in their last 4 games.
Cleveland, the team following the lowly Bugs on the Kings schedule, is solidly in 1st in the East, and too far behind OKC to claim the overall League top spot. They are 5-5 their last ten (and still have 61 wins! with a solid chance to get hit the 65 win milestone) but are so strong, even sitting some starters should see them conquer the Kings.
If the Kings lose in Charlotte – that may mean that this season’s last win would be March 27 (vs. Blazers) and a winless April. The last time Sacramento went winless in April was 2018 (0-4). Sigh. Depressing thought.
And a Kings loss tomorrow and Blazers win against the bulls. Will put the Blazers 1 game out of the 10th spot.
Carter Devinitly changes things for this team.
The Devin is in the details.
To err is human. To forgive, Devin.
Don’t put the Carter before the horse. He might not play
IMO I can’t see this. Up until now he hasn’t shown me much. Being hurt and not playing much doesn’t give me much to look at.
You missed the Devinition of sarcasm.
Jack, as a regular at TKH, you really should try to improve your sarcasm radar.
Can anyone breakdown how the warriors managed to turn their season around with the addition of jimmy butler in terms of statistics?
If simply by eye test, he doesnt command the ball as much as demar does, and isnt the blackhole, watch-me-shoot our team to victory type of player that demar is.
Also, all of a sudden their bench appears deeper and experienced with Kuminga, gp III(when healthy) and hield(?) leading the 2nd unit.
Player development of moody and kuminga has finally payed off. Moody is a starter now, and they cashed in on a defensive anchor in jimmy at the deadline.
2 years ago we were 1 curry 50 point game away from eliminating them, and we DID eliminate them last year.
Why the hell are we directionless now and they’re competing for the 4th/5th spot in a matter of 2 years?
Jimmy Butler plays winning hoops. Will get you a bucket when needed and is still a great defender.
If you placed him on the Kings would he be a good fit? or are we really that helpless that no matter who you get, things wont ever work out?
He’d be a good fit if you got rid of DDR and Maybe Levine And run an O through Sabonis.
W Vivek at the helm it is unlikely anything works out.
The short answer is defense. Lakers came out sizzling, whipping the ball around for open corner 3’s. By the end of the first, Warriors were shutting them down. Doncic looked terrible. LeBron brought them back in the 4th, but Curry and Podziemski hit enough 3’s and Jimmy got to the line. The long answer is organization and culture. Turns out Draymond and Jimmy keep each other focused, not fighting. I think they knew that would work. I agree about Kuminga. He’s really getting it now, and is in the right place at the right time. Podziemski was drafted 19th and he’s already DiVincenzo with a better shot. Players win games, but who puts the roster together and gives it direction matters.
I heard on the broadcast the dutch dude Post was the 52nd pick in the second round. This type of gem-finding and maximizing all picks, even second rounders is completely absent in Kangzville.
Dubs are a marquee franchise with all the benefits of a large market and huge fan base. Everything about the franchise is top shelf. For me it’s also the system, when the system is bigger than the players it elevates the sum of the team to being greater than the parts. The Kings are the opposite, good talent that gets wasted and made worse. They teach their offensive and defensive schemes well and it elevates the play of everyone because they have systems that work and don’t rely too much on individual performances. The Kings have not had this since the Adelman Era really, though the first Beam Team year did have an amazing offense.
Grow a pair DC, show us what we want. Start carter/keon/lavine/murray/sabonis, then sub monk/demar/jval for carter/lavine/sabonis for a total of 20 min max.
Keon and Murray never leave the floor.
Only have those two lineups until final 4 and you get to keep ONE of monk or demar if they are cooking for carter, both if lavine stinking it up and you sub them both for carter/lavine.
Monk/Demar/Lavine get ZERO minutes where all 3 together, no exceptions…
Please do not win. If we win, the draft pick is gone..
but deep down, don’t you know – they are going to Kangz things up, aren’t they.
As a team that can’t seem to win the games they’re supposed to win, how can we expect them to lose the games they are supposed to lose.
I can see the Kings winning maybe 2 games out of the next 6, due to difficulty of the schedule. Meanwhile, it’s likely that Miami jumps the Kings in win rate, giving the Kings the #12. I can see Miami winning possibly the next 3 to 4 out of 5 games.
The Bulls have been hot lately (without LaVine), so they could also possibly jump the Kings in standings, also with a way easier schedule, but also need to make up for more wins in the win differential.
The Suns are a game behind, but have about the same difficult in schedule as the Kings.
I would say the optimal situation is Miami + Bulls jump the Kings in WR, giving the Kings the #11 lottery spot, while also making the play-in and SOMEHOW managing to sneak into the playoffs.
So, I’m rooting for Miami + Bulls, while hoping the Kings stay ahead of the Suns. Even if the Kings don’t make the play-in, we get more lottery balls. WIN-WIN situation!
I’ve enjoyed watching Moon Ball Man, not sure how much help he is but I’d rather watch him develop then the antics of DDR, Monk, and LaVine. Monks’ sloppy loose play and low 3pt % are getting pretty old but at least I see him hustling. I used to laugh at DDR and LaVine on the Bulls, about how bad they were, and now we’re stuck with them. Not sure how you could watch either of those two play the last few years and then want them on your team. The Kings should’ve never even targeted either player when they needed big defensive wings.
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