The Kings Herald Show returns with Jerry Reynolds, Will Griffith, and Tony Xypteras to break down how the Sacramento Kings have performed in preseason so far, an interesting Jalen McDaniels trade, NBA award predictions, De’Aaron Fox’s contract, and more. Thanks for listening!
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Isn’t Ellis was inserted to help to solve the 3-pts shot defense ?
If not, should Huerter be put back into the starting lineup, at least it should improve the 3pt %.
Can we just trade for some lengthy player?, instead of those short, but with long wingspan.
A couple of points:
Huerter played 1,562 minutes last year, Ellis 978. I’m not sure of the split in 3D between the two of them, but I’m going to guess that it was a bit better with Ellis? Don’t know.
What I do know is that Huerter shot 36% from deep last year, Ellis 42%. Huerter lifetime is at 38%, Ellis 42%. Now, some of this is that Huerter shoots at a much higher volume. But I’m not sure that Huerter is the answer to the question of how your shrink the difference between the Kings and their opponents beyond the arc.
The Kings took 6.3 more 3s per game than their opponents last year, but made only 1.3 more per game, a net conversion rate of only 20.6%. Huerter for Ellis certainly does not shrink the former, and I’m not sure that it benefits the latter.
Clearly this team needs Lyles and Huerter to have any hope of competent bench depth .
If I had to guess right now, the plan is to keep both of them and use the newly freed up space and roster spot to get a vet on a minimum deal. My hope is Jae Crowder to bolster the bench at the 3/4 spot.
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I’m definitely with Tim about a pass that results in free throws for the recipient of the pass being an assist. That’s made sense to me for a long time.
At the same time, I’m not a fan of assist inflation which has crept up over the decades, there’s just too much leeway given.
Sabonis executes a DHO with Keegan, but the latter needs an escape dribble? Not an assist. The pass didn’t lead directly to a score, and that’s the criteria.
Also at the same time, I think that an long outlet pass to a guy that results in a basket, even if the shooter dribbles two or three times to get to his shot, that should be an assist. The passer created a scoring opportunity.
So maybe I only think that escape dribbles and the like should negate an assist from being counted.
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Had to make this one purple.
Another fun listen, wonderful stuff listening to you 3.
Thank you for discussing the question I had posed (through GM Survey) and your individual takes and ideas- very enjoyable episode.
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