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Point guard Buddy!
Better late than never. How am I suppose to know if Gallo likes our chances?!
Where is he? I came here about 6:00 and no game thread and I’m thinking Greg can’t forget 2 threads in 6 games………..turned out he was only late
We are overmatched
Especially if we can’t make a shot, any shot.
There we go, I always forget we have Harkless now.
I didn’t know we had a playbook to open up to free up Buddy. Why didn’t Luke open it up earlier…….like last season
He was still watching the tapes from the year before.
Mitchell. Nice 3
OFF Night taking the charge!
Another weak challenge.
Yeah, I don’t get how he flipped the switch to stop holding onto his challenge to making these really weak challenges
Fox still choosing to shoot 3s is bad.
Close first quarter is otherwise good.
Teams just gonna keep daring and baiting him into taking these long jumpers. Proven to be a win for opposing teams all season so far
I really hope Fox figures it out soon..
Join the club.
Luke consistently with the worst/dumbest challenges
It was a smart flop
It was close, just not close enough
Davion is looking better than Fox tonight.
Outside of Terence Davis, every Kings player has looked better than Fox this year tbf
Davion, no net 3
Bud turns his ankle then bangs a three
Fuck. Not Holmes. Please Basketball Gods
That was an ugly fall for Holmes on that knee. If that’s a serious injury, the very, very slim playoff hopes this team had is completely dead
Shit Holmes is hurt!
There goes Holmes for the year.
No more saying things like this, please. I was heading to Tankathon.
Nooooo!
Great pass by Len
Oh thank god Holmes is OK
Can’t watch right now and following game thread. Dammit people don’t scare me like that! Waiting 6 minutes on the thread for the Holmes injury update…
HOLMES! ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????
For a smart player, Tyrese makes a lot of dumb plays
For a young player just starting his 2nd season, which hasn’t started smoothly…..give him a break
Uh, no. I ain’t here to give you lollipops
I really believe you are actually peaches.
I don’t want your lollipops. Did you comment a lot about Hali’s mental miscues and how he made too many stupid mistakes last season. Yes? Tell it like it was, at least, your consistently is admirable. If you didn’t point that out then just shut up. If you want to say he’s made some dumb plays tonite I won’t argue with you. Please Mr. SexyNapear, you toughie you, don’t rattle my cage……..you’ll wake my parrott up and once she’s up all she says is “fuck you,fuck you, fuck you. I can’t shut her up
Lol.
Don’t be a hater Grant. Get a job.
Just got a text from Fox.
Please order chicken parm sub for halftime. Hungry.
Thank goodness Holmes is okay
Davion wants the job. Fox is thinking about it.
Save it for YouTube Napear. (Joking)
I actually agree with him. Fox looks like Mitchell’s been giving him beat downs in practice every day for a month.
What is up w him? No real burst. Rarely seen him just get in lane in 1/2 court. Never runs past everyone on break,
Off the ball just standing. Giving ball up
alot
good to see Holmes back on the floor. that looked bad.
Jazz getting too many 2nd/3rd chance points
Damn it Holmes is still in pain. This is all Greg’s fault!
Fox is colder than Antarctica
There is a lot of ice there, ohhhhhhh.
Good lord Fox can’t even hit wide open floaters 4 ft from the rim
Dang what’s up with Fox?
He’s broken
Fox can’t make anything, good thing Mitchell and Hield are stepping up.
Harrison Barnes is playing great!
That Barnes slow-motion to the basket is so Matrix.
Arctic Fox
Did Fox get an injury I/we haven’t heard about?
I think he’s playing with a sore shoulder but I don’t think it’s much.
What accounts for his lack of burst? Speed. Etc. The weight?
He’s noticeably slower
Probably the weight
Only other thing I could think is shoulder means he’s avoiding contact on both ends?
Otherwise, where is the effort, particularly on D.
I have a hard time believing it’s the weight.
I know, but he never runs past people on break. Used to be, even when D back he’d go right by. Odd
What concerns me with Fox is his shot but also how slow he takes the ball up the floor.
It’s infuriating
DM and Ty just play at a different speed.
I’d like to see Hali shoot more 3s. And w Fox, when last time he’s gotten into lane and kicked out for 3?
Agreed.
I heard that shooting percentages were down league wide because they changed the ball from Spaulding to Wilson. Fox Iesha clearly having issues with Wilson.
Kenny Thomas has the same energy when talking that De’Aaron has had on defense and off ball.
I was thinking he more energy when he was sitting on the bench.
I think the Kings just give jobs to any former player in town. It’s embarrassing
Not sure what you do with Fox at this point, but maybe giving him two weeks off to go to a fat farm and burn off the cellulite might be a good idea
How is that Lawsuit coming along?
Yeah, that sounds like a great idea………not
Does anyone on this board have a sense of humor…… not
Hey I’m joking with you.
Save it for your YouTube Mr. “All Lives Matter.”
Wait, do you really think I’m Grant?
Well, yes,
Yes I am
Of course I don’t.
probably not, but you could be.
I’m not. I’m Carmichael Dave
I’m Carmichael Dave.
Fox shooting 3’s is not the way to get him out of this shooting funk. That brick wasn’t even close
open mid range looks is his comfort zone
Hali and Holmes PnR game is his comfort zone. Why the hell does Holmes get so few shots?
Fox is on fire
So is Kayte.
Wtf is Kayte talking about? “Something changed at halftime” because Fox is initiating the offense? Huh?
Why is Fox jacking threes? What the heck?
Fox I’m begging you to stop taking contested 3’s
Tyrese is not a good defender. Neither is Fox
We need to change the name on the back of Fox’s jersey to “Apathy”
Ok. I’m calling it. Something is wrong with Fox’s body. That fall down was ridiculous.
He be chubby and out of shape.
It has to be that if no injury.
Outscored 21-8 in 2nd chance points so far.
Teams learning to rub off Davion
Right now, I’m not sure Bagley wouldn’t be better on the court than Fox.
For what it’s worth, he’s a Kings high +7 and has 8 assists.
Yeah, he’s been awesome
Kings players staring at the ball as Mitchell grabs his own rebound and gets the easy put back. Jazz outhustling the Kings on the boards all night
Box. Out.
I’m starting to think the Kings are scared of falling balls
Mitchell sending a message to Davion.
Not so fast, rook.
Utah has the clear talent advantage. Kings have to win by scraping, fighting and busting ass. Oh, and also have an actual coach who can make adjustments.
Painful to see a guy from the same class as Fox dominating this game while Fox is….doing whatever he’s doing
They don’t know how to position themselves for rebounding three point shots.
the next time a King cuts backdoor will be the first time this season
Utah’s broadcast is very complementary of Davion Mitchell.
We got this, the 4th is our quarter.
Fox is making me long for the outside shooting skills of Ben Simmons
“Fox picked it up in the 3rd quarter” with a big 5 pts
Fox with the perfect opprotunity to tie and then remembers who he is
Vlade you fking asshole. No one wants the ball on Fox hands
That one decision is one we will never recover from.
Perfect pregame to talk about Holmes as an all star.
Great opening possession by Fox. Impressive turnover
No lie. Fox needs to take a few weeks to figure this out. His head is a million miles away,
Maybe not a few weeks but yeah…
Fox 6/39 from 3PT on the year. Can he maybe not take so many of them until he starts hitting from midrange and the FT line at a respectable rate first
God take Fox out.
Conley at 50 years old is showing Fox how it’s done
I don’t want to be a downer, but I don’t think Fox is playing very well.
Wow. Hot take alert.
let me teach you about sarcasm a little bit later
It’s the Wilson ball!
Fox is pressing right now knowing that Mitchell is waiting in the wings and is already an NBA level defender that has proven he can also score. It wouldn’t surprise me if Mitchell wasn’t busting Fox’s behind in practice and it affecting Fox’s play in games.
Didn’t you say that the other night?
lol. Yes I did.
Time to bench Fox
It’s Fox Fux Five!
Another game against a good team that’s winnable but they’ll likely lose because their max player continues to play poorly. If they do win, it’ll be on the strength of their bench and Barnes/Holmes carrying them like they’ve done all year
Wasn’t there a “woof” joke about Thomas back in the day?
Welp, here comes the collapse.
Buddy Buckets!
BUDDY!
2nd chance points….
Dang, Fox is back in.
Shaq Fox 1/2 on his FT as one would expect
Hack a Fox?
Hunt-a-Fox?
Get Fox out
Davion/Hali/buddy/barnes/holmes to end the game
Dont play fox because you have to
Haliburton Pwned O’Neal… Good D
Solid defense ….from the Kangz?
Great, you just jinxed it.
Holmes and Hali!!!
Hali needs the ball in his hands running the offense down the stretch here. Not Fox
Ugh. Conley killing the Kings
Did Whiteside ever get 12 boards when he was playing for the Kings?
Yes.
More than once? Did he happen to do that when the second big (did we have once besides Marv) got 15 boards?
That will not be overturned.
Great, you just jinxed it!
That might be overturned to an offensive foul on Buddy for using his off arm on Gobert
What the?
If that were Holmes it wouldn’t be overturned.
Ruh roh, Buddy’s on the beach.
Oh come on.
Lmao that foul on Davion. Garbage
The 3 Guard line up is working great so far.
REF YOU SUCK
Kings getting pwned by veteran actors and corrupt refs….. Burp!
The fight in this Kings team is encouraging to see.
Refs f-ed up the end.
Deja vu from the home opener.
Fluke Walton final rotation seals game
Walton’s bad challenge earlier hurts them again. Would have been nice to have that right there
Can’t wait for Deuce and Mo to talk about how fabulous this game was.
Kayte just said Walton sucks without saying Walton sucks
Did she?
Something about Walton trying to figure out rotations at the end of a close game.
Realized she was about to say “put in your elite defender, dumbass”, then kept her job.
Story of the season so far. Kings not gonna come out on top in these close games against the good teams when their max player keeps playing as poorly as he has. In a competitive West, can’t keep dropping too many of these games vs their conference foes
Didn’t Fox used to have some definition in his arms?
Jeeze this is the most engaged Fox has been all game.
Jazz are playoff choking punks.
Jazz pulling a Kangz?
Another brilliant Luke Walton out of time out play. He’s brilliant!
I miss joerger
Welp, we tried.
It’s not a “shooting slump”. It’s lazy defense, poor shot selection and inability to get his teammates involved. He’s not leading this team. Wish he would step up.
Down 4 with 13 seconds and out of a timeout we take into the lane against Gobert…??? Are we fucking serious?
Wanted to wrap that L up more quickly I guess
Kings most valuable assets:
1 – Barnes
2 – Holmes
3 – Mitchell
4 – Hield
5 – Hali
6 – Fox
Who were those no-go’s on the Simmons trade again?
most the board
except us few
But its on Monte, not the fans
I meant which players Monte refused to include in the trade, sorry.
Fox’s contract looks like the albatross now.
Simmons is garbage…. No want.
Most of the top teams in the league have pgs that can shoot 3’s at or close to 40% Definitely has not been the case with the Kings. We’ve got Buddy and Barnes but the rest of the team is atrocious. Just a thought.
Did Buddy give a fuck-you to the refs? I like it
Softball questions for Walton!
Fix is 6 out of 39 from the 3 over 7 games. 15% from the 3. Enough with this and trade for Simmons. Would we even be able to trade Fox for Simmons anymore?
no. This last summer their trade value was equal
I’m old enough to remember when Fox was considered one of the most exciting players in the league.
Now, he seems like a slow, washed-up veteran hoping to play out the string for one last paycheck
Can Fox go see that guy that Philly is forcing Ben Simmons to go to?
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