The Sacramento Kings have enjoyed an improbably wonderful season full of miraculous moments and shocking comebacks. Sadly their season ended without even a whiff of such magic, losing 120-100 in Game 7 of their series with the Golden State Warriors.
For a team that defied expectations at every turn, this game went about as you'd expect if you were a casual fan. Stephen Curry dropped 50 points in a reminder that he's still one of the best to ever play the game. Kevon Looney dominated the Kings on the boards, finishing with 21 rebounds, including 10 backbreaking offensive rebounds.
The Warriors were the better team today. The Kings failed to show up when it mattered most. There were questionable choices from the players and from the coaching staff, and at the end of the day we're left hoping that the Kings learned some valuable lessons that will help them next season.
The Kings played well in the first half, but completely fell apart in the second half. A big third quarter from Steph and Looney put the Kings in a deficit they never recovered from.
A few quick player notes:
Domantas Sabonis: Domas will be the subject of a lot of scrutiny in the days and weeks to come. He finished with a respectable stat line of 22 points, 7 assists, and 8 rebounds, but most of that production came in the first half and in garbage time with the game already out of reach. Sabonis struggled this entire series against Kevon Looney.
It's a difficult line to walk when discussing Sabonis, because his shortcomings were a big reason the Kings lost this series. But Sabonis' play this year is also a huge part of why the Kings were the 3 seed to begin with. Sabonis is critical to Sacramento's success, this was just a terrible matchup and a terrible series for him.
De'Aaron Fox: I admire the hell out of De'Aaron Fox for continuing to play through his broken index finger on his shooting hand, but it was clearly a hindrance. Fox finished with 16 points on 19 shots, along with 5 turnovers. Fox was not himself. I'm not making excuses here, he chose to play, but it was obvious he wasn't playing at full capacity. I'll always wonder what might have been if he hadn't gotten hurt.
Kevin Huerter: Another brutal game in an awful series for Huerter. 7 points on 9 shots. Huerter did his best to have a positive impact on the game in other ways, with 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a steal, but the Kings desperately needed him to just make an open shot.
Harrison Barnes: Barnes likely cost himself some money over the last 7 games. Just a terrible series from a guy who is supposed to be a veteran leader with big game experience. 4 points on 4 shots and zero other contributions to the game. Not a rebound, not an assist, not a steal. not a single moment that stands out as a positive impact over 14 minutes of game time.
Some thoughts on coaching:
Mike Brown outcoached Steve Kerr in Game 6. Steve Kerr outcoached Mike Brown in Game 7.
The adjustment to use Terence Davis instead of Davion Mitchell on Steph Curry was an unexpected and successful wrinkle in Game 6, but clearly was not working in Game 7. Brown stuck with it, leading to the aforementioned 50-piece from Steph. Davion played just 8 minutes in this game, and it feels like a huge mistake.
It generally felt like Brown stuck with things that weren't working, instead of adjusting on the fly. Brown has done this throughout the year, and game to game in a long season it makes sense to trust your guys even when it isn't working, but it felt like a failure in Game 7.
Mike Brown was clearly the right choice for the Kings last summer. He has transformed the culture in Sacramento, and absolutely deserved his Coach Of The Year honors. But he got outcoached in this one. I suspect he'll be the first to admit it in post game interviews.
Thoughts on the season:
It's such a let down to end this season on this note. A 20-point blowout at home sucks, there's no other way to take it. This wasn't a fluke loss on a last second shot. It was a championship team showing up and reminding the upstarts that they still have a lot to learn.
And yet despite that, this season remains an incredible success for the Kings. None of us expected this team to be the 3 seed in the West. We as fans can be proud of what this team has accomplished, while still being bitter that our reward for such success was to face a team like the Warriors instead of a more flawed team like the Clippers. Alas.
The Kings accelerated the timeline beyond expectations. Under influence of a truth serum, I suspect even Monte McNair would admit he never expected the Kings to be this good. The Kings now have the offseason to address their issues and get set for another run next season. Contracts will expire, pieces will be lost, new pieces will be added, and we'll hope the Kings can be even better next year.
No matter what happens next, this season will always hold a special place in my heart. The Beam Team was a transcendent moment for Kings fans who have suffered through so many bad years. Take a moment to be upset at this loss, but then take a longer moment of gratitude for all that we got to enjoy this season.
The lingering moment I'll remember from this playoff series is going to be Kings fans sticking around to the final buzzer in a 20-point loss, chanting "SA-CRA-MEN-TO" for all the world to hear.
The Sacramento Kings are back. And we'll be here to Light The Beam in years to come.
Every King’s fan right now, appreciative of the ride this season.
Yup, it was so good while it lasted. The best Kings season I’ve ever watched.
A salute to the season
Huge thanks to the entire TKH staff – you’ve made the losing seasons bearable and made this magical season even more enjoyable. Here’s to the start of a long run of fun times ahead!
A bit hollow as this season ends,
But there’s hope in what it portends.
On to much better times
While sharing more rhymes
With all of my Kings Herald friends!
Now I have to wait until October for the Jman pregame rhymes. 🙁
Nope!
Remember the quote of George Santayana
We got lessons learned from Game 7 brouhaha
And keep your exciment
thru the draft my brotha
Let’s see who selects
Victor Wembenyama!
It’s the beginning of a great journey.
Thanks to all the thought provoking comments and stories on TKH from commenters.
A wonderful season.
It has been a great season. So much to grow from for next season. Keegan has blown me away and despite not starting off well you could see him grow more confident as the series progressed. The other thing I really liked was Davion’s growth. His D has made so much difference. Last…..Fox man…..what can you say. If he hadn’t broken his finger would the outcome been different? We’ll never know but I think it would have. The Sacramento fans have been incredible all season and it is wonderful to see the Kings and their fans display their loyalty, Civic pride and their belief in this miraculous team.
Last to all the members of TKH, including the King’s fans outside of the US who were here for every game and made me feel proud for being a member of this site and for being a crazy ass…….reality dismissing….always hopeful fan of this insane team.
I have come to the conclusion that being a long time Kings fan is a lot like living in a different dimension that most fans of sports teams won’t ever get to experience. Like the Kings this fan base will be better off for going this season and when the poles shift we’ll recognise each other because we will be the only people not freaking. Love you all…LTFB!!!
Nicely put Bluejohn. Fun reading your posts through the season.
Well said BlueJohn. Cheers!
Thank you, Sacramento Kings! What a season. Despite the 4 am (local time) game time here, I still managed to watch more than half of the games, a good way to start my day, especially in wins. Thank you also to the TKH community for making this season more enjoyable.
Not the way we want to end the season, but man, we are back, and we’ll be better!
Gutted but proud. From a uk fan – much love to Sactown.
After 15 plus years of bleak fandom this has been a pleasure.
Next year let’s “ put the fucking jets on z”again”
Raise the hot hand, expect the yeti, rebound more than a coke machine and light the Beam.
Sactown PROUD …
You are Sactown.
It was a helluva ride.
If KH, Domas and HB played even 80 percent the way they did all season, we would have won in 6. Oh well.
🔦🟣
On to next year…
The needs are clear:
More athleticism at the 4 and 5 spots. A stretch 4, athletic, defensive big to slot with Sabonis would do wonders. Good luck to MM on finding one.
Feels like this may be the end of HB’s time in Sac unless he takes a very team friendly deal. Ideally, KM is the starting 3 and we have a stretch 4 a long KM and Domas.
Yeah I’d like to see Murray start at the 3 and just play the 4 in spots. I’d also like to see him create more off the dribble next year.
to many more beams!
Need to get longer and more athletic at 3-4, rim protector back up for DS and a third PG.
Can only get through trade, FA and draft. Not many trade assets, so that’s limited. Draft could yield a rim protector with Derrick Lively or a long 2 guard ( Maxwell Lewis) or even a long 4- Hope that Vezenkov comes over but he is 6/8. Will help and is “free” but not the perfect 4.
Davion’s defense >>>Davis’ defense and offense. Needed more Davion and should have been in the game earlier.
You, me and dozens of other fans agree on this. See the game thread (very difficult to upvote on incredibly slow WordPress site from my phone). The TD experiment was a big failure, save for the 3’s on offense which should have come from Huerter and Barnes, both of whom were once again neutralized or ineffective in this series.
Yep – that’s a big reason why they got crushed in this game. Crazy to me.
The other big coaching mistake was not focusing on the glass all series long. The team that dominated the boards was usually the one that got the W … But when you have the #1 rebounder in reg season getting absolutely destroyed repeatedly by a guy putting up Wilt numbers, you need to address it. I had a sinking feeling when Barnes just missed that 3 to win game 4 that this might end badly. In my experience, when you make mistakes or give extra chances to great teams, you pay for it.
Seemed like for the most part, we hung with them in the scoring department and we had moments of decent D. But the real story of this series was rebounding dominance of Looney, and why did we NEVER try to address it by trying some different looks — Mehtu barely played at all. We should have tried some Lyles and Mehtu, or Sabonis and Lyles. And we also should’ve given far less minutes to Huerter, who has been struggling for almost the whole second half of the season … Accountability ….
Great, memorable season. But I agree, Mike Brown didn’t push the right buttons today. Trey Lyles needed more PT the whole series. Why couldn’t he play alongside Sabonis? Would have really helped the rebounding. Upgrade over Barnes and Heurter. How many bricks do we need to see from those guys?
Or why not Len over Sabonis when it’s clear we’re getting beat on the boards?
Brown may have hurt his own credibility in the locker room today.
Go Kings!
Davion does not score consistently. When losing a game you need to score more points than the other team rapidly. Mike Brown knows this.
That would make sense if the other guards and wing players were scoring consistently but they weren’t and didn’t.
So put in another guard or wing and lose the same way. Davion is not the game changer in this this game.
Curry suddenly sucked up by aliens is the only game changer in this game. That isn’t on Brown’s bench ready to go.
Proof is in the pudding. The game he guarded him the least, and got the least amount of playing time, was the easiest scoring game for Steph by far. You’re underselling the impact of making Steph work hard to get his shots. He wasn’t able to attack Davion off the dribble. Everything was predicated on running him off multiple screens to get him to switch off of him. When Steph didn’t have the ball, Davion would blanket him to make it more difficult to get the ball back. These are things that make him tired and less efficient. Making Steph work harder to get his points, and putting our best on ball defender on him should be a no brainer. I mean Steph was treating Davis like he wasn’t even there. No need to run him off multiple screens and waste energy when you can easily waltz past your defender time and time again….like he did. He drove into the lane at will, and hit a plethora of close range shots, floaters, and scoops. He didn’t even shoot particularly well overall. It was a volume game for him. 38 shots is absurd. 20 2pt FG attempts is absurd, 18 3pt attempts is absurd. Coach blew it by not even attempting to slow him down. It’s almost as if the game plan was to let Curry get his and try to slow everyone else down, and the Warriors were like we’re OK with it if you are. And it proved to be a downright foolish strategy.
Absolutely. Mistake.
great season . Disappointing game 7. Very.
playoffs showed -1-Barnes probably needs to be replaced. 2-Heurter very ?able if this is how he shoots in playoffs. 3-Sabonis needs a mid range and I was disturbed by how mentally unfocused he seemed/rattled easily.
A small part of me wonders if this is all Sabonis will ever be in playoffs? They need more to win on a big scale.
But the Kings have started to build. Great to see that.
Give Sabonis alot more credit. He’s literally battling two monsters–Looney and Green, plus the others–almost by himself, while being the center of the offense. I do agree on the mid-range shot, and when he shoots we need a way to have others in position for an offensive rebound. Most of the time when Sabonis shoots that the entire middle is cleared out.
Amen, Now.
That’s how I feel.
Sabonis seemed to be moving too fast, which was odd, as this season I was impressed by how patient he could be down low.
I think the playoff pressure got to him. But I also think he needed help inside. Play Lyles more, Metu, even Len or Holmes. Barnes was invisible.
I kept thinking what if Vlade had chosen Jaren Jackson Jr.? That domino would have changed draft outcomes, no doubt, but imagine JJJ next to Sabonis. He gets defense, rebounding and offensive help.
Let’s see what the Bulgarian brings us.
Will there be an “open box” discount on Barnes? Might be good value.
Probably time to move on from hb
Barnes is a locker room guy. He’ll probably get paid this season but I agree, time for Barnes to become our Udonis Haslem.
I’d be fine with Barnes coming off the bench.
Welcome to the forum
It sure hurts less than 2002.
That’s all the positive spin I can muster right now.
Agree, a lot less since the Kings were the leagues best in 02 and Kings now maybe top 8 . A team on the rise like the 99 team .
Yeah, in that first year, we were actually leading 2-1 against the Jazz. Then the next year they took the Lakers to five games. Took them till 2001 to get out of the first round, and 2002 to become championship contenders. Hoping they can learn and grow from this experience and get even better.
Reminds me of that Jazz series. Surprised everyone. Gave the Jazz a scare.
A wonderful unexpected season. Tough to experience this loss in person w my little one, but we are very hopeful for the future. Learn and get better. Go Kings!
Now we will have some decent cap space this off-season – approx $19 million in hard cap space to sign a free agent. I’d be more inclined to try paying someone else rather than Barnes coming back.
And you are?
Been a member here and Sactownroyalty since Ziller was writing articles and the Kings were deciding between Ricky Rubio and Tyreke Evans. Been a fan of the Kings since the days of Spud Webb and Bobby Hurley. Been through the days of Mitch Richmond getting this team to the playoffs, seeing him traded off for Webber and sticking through with this team through all this mediocrity. And you are?
Sorry I thought you were “cloudy eyes” my bad
Epic response 🔥
Anyways, I agree, the cap space would be better used moving on from Barnes. This team needs defense and athleticism in the front court. A stretch 4 that can provide defense and athleticism next to Domas Sabonis would do wonders for this team. At least one would think, I’m not sure why the Myles Turner/Domas pairing never worked.
Ziller is writing articles here again… welcome back? I don’t understand what is happening now.
Nice. I have a badass picture of me with Reggie Theus – he in a really dope velour Kings… thing. Loungewear is the best way I can describe it. Made for the smoking lounge.
WTF is with this comment? People need credentials now? Where’s YOUR badge?
This.
Woke up at 4AM today in Japan. So fired up to watch the game – felt like I’d had 10 cups of espresso. The ending is what it is. Too bad this team did not have one more rabbit to pull out of the hat. But we got plenty this year — and Game 6 of this series was legendary.
Nothing to be ashamed of! Experience beats youth sometimes. Damn, this season was so fun. We just absorb the lessons, and come back nastier and even more fun next year.
So grateful for TKH — both the staff and many commenters that have made me smile from the shadows for years. TKH makes rooting for the Kings 10X more fun. This ain’t no ordinary blog…
42 years after graduating Del Campo and moving away from Sacramento, it’s awesome to see Sac in the national spotlight for all the right reasons. What a city! What a year!!
Not to get too off topic, but regarding fandom, and Japan. I discovered sumo this year and will be attending the Natsu Basho in Tokyo on May 22nd. I find it relaxing to fan with much lower emotional stakes, for now at least, and just enjoy the skill and competition without all of the toxic nonsense on the internet that our major sports come with. Anyway, just wanted to share!
What a great turnaround of a season. To be an afterthought before the season started to being the team that defied expectations and kept showing up when people least expected it, I have nothing but admiration for this squad and they hard work they put in on this incredible season. I hope we get to see more of this in the future and I expect we will.
There’s a lot to unpack from this series, but I also hope we don’t overthink what was an obviously successful formula. Sabonis needs to tweak some things about his game but has a great foundation to build on. Fox was transcendental, and our role players were way better than most everyone else’s. Coach Brown made some good adjustments but has room to grow. There’s a lot to like about our first playoff run with this core.
My takeaway is the Warriors needed all 7 games to deal with these “raw and inexperienced Kings” that they thought were gonna lay down and lose. We won’t get to see what we could’ve done to the rest of the West but it would have been great shoving that “we want the Kings” talk down everyone’s throats. We have way more to build on than all the other Cali teams and are poised to keep control of the Pacific for a while. Keep the train rolling, Monte.
& Great job, Kings. All of you. Great. Fkn. Job.
Assuming we play this way next season, how many teams will be stoked to see us in the playoffs?
Good wrapup to a great season with a very disappointing end. The mantra that never was all season: defense. Can’t win without it.
Off season mission: turn Off Night into a reliable 2 and 3 point shooter. Help Domas confidently shoot a mod range jumper to open up his game. Help Keegan become an inside threat and defender. Keep Trey Lyles. And find a better backup for Domas.
Is it too soon to bring up how bad Harrison Barnes was?
Yes?
That missed 3 to win game 5 will live in Kangz lore.
Naw… his game winners during the regular season were epic.
That was the series and a great metaphor for the low ceiling this kings team will have if he’s in the starting 5
No. We can discuss limitations we see in this team because we now see they have a chance to contend.
Never understood the emphasis upon Barnes’ “playoff experience”.
“In the three-game stretch that secured the blown 3-1 series lead for the Dubs, he was 5-of-32, including 0-for-8 (0-5 from three) in Game 6.”
I think he was 3-16 from 3 in the last 3 games.
A great season but such a painful ending.
I can’t sleep. Too much turmoil.
There will be time to reflect on a wonderful year, but right now I can only curse.
Appreciate all your insightful comments.
Thank you.
I love spouting my nonsense on this great site.
I know that in a few days the grandeur of the task that this team has overcome this season will truly hit me. They reestablished normalcy in whats been basketball hell. Expecting to go to the moon from there was maybe a stretch.
That said I just feel sad with how this game played out. I wasn’t really convinced in how we were getting points the first half (with the exception of maybe the best possession of the year). How there wasn’t some adjustments over the course of the 3rd I find a bit perplexing. We aren’t here without Mike but I do think he left some choices on the table.
I don’t want to take away from the team as my thoughts meander. Its been an exceptional year. But making the parallel to the pains in this franchises canon are kind of flooding over me. I remember 02, 03 and 04 and this aint too dissimilar.
Appreciate this team and all of you. I hope better times are ahead.
You have to pay your dues in the NBA playoffs. This was the initial down payment.
Howdy, Luther. Good to “see” you. Your comment says it all.
Thanks. Yeah, you and I learned this when the franchise was playing at The Cincinnati Gardens.
Indeed. The game has changed so much and still remains remarkably the same at its core. Experience means a lot. So does talent.
They tore down Cincy Gardens about two years ago. One of the first arenas with no interior pillars to block the view. It was a work of art as an Art Deco building. The Bas Reliefs on the outside of the building are in the similarly beautiful
Art Deco style of the Train Depot.
Really a treat to see you on here
Down payment paid, as you said.
Yes a cool place to watch a game with the 3,000 or so other souls. Fondest memory was when they turned all the lights off except for those illuminating the court.
We need Maurice Stokes
on this Kings team! Easier
said than done finding the next Maurice.
Maurice Stokes!
Great callback JP.
Thanks for your contributions on game threads all year long.
Class act.
LVSL is just around the corner. I’ll be there, searching out empty seats near other Kings fans.
Michael, your game summary posts were a highlight of the season. TY.
Spot on Luther.
Good luck to the Western Conference next year.
To quote Malik; We here too though. We coming at everybody.
In the overall it was a great season. Way better than I had hoped for. That being said, Monte has some tinkering to do.
The path is obvious, isnt it?
Prior years having to squint to see some unlikely probabilities.
The core is here. The identity is clear.
Now it is the fine tuning.
Here we go.
Sadly, I was not able to watch live, but looking at the box, two things decided the game imo- wretched shooting by the Kings and a “this is why I’m a first ballot hall of famer” game by Steph. Poole, Thompson and Wiggins were garbage, at least offensively. Looks like the only other guy to do anything for them was Looney. As awful as we were, do they win with “average” Steph?
Welp, the only good news here is that one of the Ws or Fakers are exiting after the next round and boy, I would’ve really enjoyed the opportunity to send the Lebrons home! Such is life…
Seemed like the 1st half went reasonably well, then the wheels totally fell off. What happened in the 2nd half?
The biggest problems in the 2nd half were Curry’s scoring, Looney’s offensive rebounding & the Kings’ inability to make shots.
Kings mostly looked like they were just standing around watching. Wanted to yell -Go get the ball!!!
Looney, Wiggins, and Draymond kept getting offensive boards and this prevented the kings from running out. Lots of bad 3’s once we got down a little bit trying to hit that home run and come back fast.
Just hate that the two teams i absolutely despise the most both advanced to the next round. Hopefully the L*kers and Duds wear each other out completely and whoever wins the series has no gas left over for the next round.
Can’t imagine any of the teams left in the West getting past Denver. They look so locked in.
can they both lose?
I have visceral long term hate for the fakers. But the duds entitled, jump arounds make me hate them more.
It’s much like an election where you have to chose between which of the candidates you dislike the least.
“This candidate is awful but I just can’t make myself vote for the other choice”
If the Kings had gotten more rebounds in the 2nd half, Steph has at minimum 10-15 less points. The whole section I was in was screaming get the rebound, but didn’t happen.
Watch the game. Stats don’t tell the story, they just summarize it.
An awful ending to a great season. Hopefully everyone learns from this & adjustments are made.
Great season. Kings hadn’t made the playoffs in so long I had somewhat forgotten the importance of experience and physicality.
Amazing season, and I’ll appreciate it later
But I’m still feeling gut punched. A blowout L on home court and having to deal with some of the worst fans in North American sports has really got me in my feelings
2023 will always be magical, but the way it ended was absolutely brutal
I recommend staying off Reddit for a while.
yes and the duds fans are the absolute worst. My brother is one of them and we are no longer talking.
The soul crushing part is that the Kings lost this series because they couldn’t score. A team with an all-time offense that averaged nearly 121 points per game only mustered 120 twice in seven games. I didn’t expect the Kings to play shut down defense but I definitely didn’t expect to see them miss so many open, makable baskets and have their offense grind to a halt for multiple long stretches. A frustrating reminder that the playoffs are indeed a different beast than the regular season.
A hard pill to swallow but man, what a fun season. Thank you Kings and thanks TKH for keeping us engaged.
Man, what a hell of a ride this season was. It sucks it had to end on such a sour note, but if you step back from this one game, this was such a great season overall. The fact that I was actually paying attention to games and being entertained, while also just LOVING the guys on the roster, I’ll always be appreciative of this season. And we took the defending champs to a game 7, we made them work for it to win the series.
My dad and I talked after the game, he brought up how when the Kings started to be a good team, it took them a few years before they really became contenders (including how they were up 2-1 against he Jazz in the 1999 playoffs before losing the next two games). Hoping this team will take this series as a good learning experience and build off of it for the future. And now that the Kings have shown they are a good team, I’m hoping that we can get more good players that want to come here during the offseason.
Thank you for this season, Kings. It was a long, 17 year wait, but it was a great experience.
I was at Game 4 of that Jazz series. They nearly beat Utah, but Stockton hit a GW shot. IIRC, Game 5 went to OT. Hopefully the flaws that this series ID’d can be fixed.
They’re a star PF who can defend and rebound away from truly contending. Domas needs to do some work this off-season.
And if he can get those mid range jumpers to fall, he will be really good.
Forget Luka, Vlade boofed it when he didn’t pick Jaren Jackson Jr. Probably could have gotten another asset with him, too.
Jackson was my second choice after Luka for the Kings. Given what I’ve seen of Luka lately, I’d probably go with Jackson first now.
I hear PJ Washington is available.
I think he might be but can he rebound? Not a rim protector guy.
Best fans ever!
Looking back, I think this was a great series and despite this ending in a bitter disappointing loss, I’d rather have this series against the Warriors than having the crumpled Clippers.
This series has unlocked and unveiled a lot of things about the Kings, both positives and negatives, which really just jump starts the further ascent of this team.
Crazy to think, from relocating to actually contending. We have gone a lots of ways to this point. Crazier to think that it is looking brighter ahead. What a time to be a Kings fan.
Young team with a bright future took the current NBA champs to game 7 and came up short. Loony and Steph teamed up to win this game. Not to make excuses, but Steph gets away with an offensive foul push off on nearly half his shots. Nonetheless, he was unstoppable and the inability to grab rebounds did the team in.
The push offs are fucking egregious. It’s like Jordan rules.
Not to mention the moving screens that go uncalled.
This team was a lot of fun to watch and cheer for . Sad it ended on a bad half but the Dubs have an All Time great and Kings don’t . Experience, some smart moves and good times ahead .
I’m so proud to be a Kings fan right now.
Down by 24 with like a minute left to play, what do the fans do? Give their team a standing ovation. Because despite the disappointing second half, this team deserved it for the season they gave us.
Can’t wait for October.
The “Sacramento” chants at the end gave me chills.
This season was exceptionally fun. Disappointed in the ending, and there’s a lot to say about the series, but for now, I’m just appreciating the wins, the team and the community.
Monte and Wes need to:
1. Nail the draft and add a rotational piece
2. Convince Vezenkov to sign here
3. Re-sign Trey Lyles
4. Sign a stretch big like Naz Reid,
5. Find a way to trade Holmes in the offseason
6. Make a qualifying offer to Jerami Grant, PJ Washington
7. Fill up the 3rd PG and center spots with vets like Gabe Vincent and Msson Plumlee
Isn’t Grant an UFA? Vincent wouldn’t accept being a 3rd PG.