{"id":21328,"date":"2022-12-17T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/?p=21328"},"modified":"2022-12-17T15:39:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T23:39:45","slug":"sacramento-kings-news-and-links-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/articles\/sacramento-kings-news-and-links-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Links Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings concluded their 6-game road trip with a win over the Detroit Pistons<\/a>. Going into this road trip a 3-3 outcome seemed optimistic, and it speaks to the quality of this team that they\u2019ve emerged from a difficult part of their schedule still in good shape .<\/p>\n

Over the last few days there have been a few notable pieces of media coverage that didn\u2019t lend themselves to us writing an article about or reacting to, but are still worth sharing and worth your time to read or listen to. As such, we bring you a quick roundup of notable links.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Kings’ Offense Is Playoff-Worthy<\/a> – Jared Dubin, FiveThirtyEight<\/strong><\/p>\n

To that end, our\u00a0RAPTOR-based prediction model<\/a>\u00a0now gives the Kings a 49 percent chance of making the playoffs.1<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0That\u2019s up from 13 percent in the\u00a0preseason model<\/a>, and the 36 percentage point jump is the largest for any team so far this season. Sacramento\u2019s projected record of 42-40 is 11 wins better than its preseason projection, and its plus-0.5 projected per-game point differential is up 4.1 points. Both of those figures are also the most-improved in the league to date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An excellent dive into the Kings success, as well as playoff projection from 538. Their model tends to be slow to adjust from preseason models, so it’s encouraging (not insulting) that the model is so high on the Kings so far.<\/p>\n

The Man Behind The Beam<\/a> – Ringer NBA Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting around the 38 minute mark, Sam Amick and the Ringer NBA crew interviewed Mo Brazelton, Senior Director of Entertainment for the Sacramento Kings. A very fun behind-the-scenes look at how The Beam came to be. I’ve never met Mo personally, but he’s well-known and well-regarded by pretty much everyone in Sacramento who has crossed his path.<\/p>\n

Blast from the past: Kings’ high-octane offense brings back memories for assistant coach Doug Christie<\/a> – James Herbert, CBS Sports<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Christie’s playing days come up now, it is not because he has decided to take a trip down memory lane and drag a bunch of 20somethings with him. “They just tell me how old I am and stuff like that,” he said. “Which is totally cool.” The spirit of those teams, though, is present every time he talks to them about making reads and improvisation.<\/p>\n

“One thing with our teams is every movement was a chance for something to happen,” Christie said. “It just wasn’t a movement to move. And when you play that way, that means everything is live.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fantastic article from James Herbert where he interviews Doug Christie about the parallels between the glory-era Kings and the modern team.<\/p>\n

Mike Brown was fined $25k<\/a> for storming the court during the Toronto Raptors game.<\/strong> Personally, I believe it was a calculated decision by Brown, both to fire up his team and to defend De’Aaron Fox. In an interesting wrinkle, the official announcement came from the office of Joe Dumars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fun stats about Domantas Sabonis:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Domantas Sabonis last night:<\/p>\n

\u2705 23 PTS
\u2705 13 REB
\u2705 7 AST
\u2705 9-11 FG<\/p>\n

It's his third straight game with at least 20p\/10r\/5a on 75% shooting from the field.<\/p>\n

The last NBA player to record three such games in a row was Wilt Chamberlain (Feb. 1967).<\/p>\n

More: https:\/\/t.co\/16WzmXZ6D7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Justin Kubatko (@jkubatko) December 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n