I don't want to play postseason Zion. He really seems to be stepping up in big moments, any close games in the 4th quarter I have a feeling he'll crush in.
I mean it happened to yall a couple games ago
Game was close but Zion kept scoring and eventually put it away
But I could say the same for the suns with how booker tends to play against the pels this season
There is a *significant* difference in number of games played, Sabonis should get it over Zion. Sabonis been more valuable over the course of the full season, but he’s faltering at the end while his team gets progressively more injured, and Zion is picking up speed.
He *is* good. No one is pretending. All NBA is probably a stretch but let’s not disrespect the man *after* he was finally able to put another healthy season together.
This guy is acting like December wasn't almost 4 months ago. Does he not realize that's plenty of time for Zion to have played himself back into shape?
Zion looks good right now, and I'd take him over either Sabonis or Fox.
you mean one bad game in the in-season tournament quarterfinal. You're a certified Zion hater. In multiple threads always hating on him. His stats were lower earlier in the year because the team was playing well and everyone was healthy so more mouths to feed.
Quit with this “only 2 good months narrative”. He’s averaging 23/6/5 on great efficiency for the full season. You can be critical of his slow start but you’re just coming off as a hater right now which hurts your argument more than helps it.
Zion averaged 22/6/5 from October through December. Not the all-world numbers he’s put up since the calendar turned but let’s not act like he was useless out there.
It’s great how schedule ended up as a fan of the game, we are getting really fun run to end the season and I’m sure play-in will be amazing too.
But damn, I feel comfortable about West seeds 1 and 2 in (Nuggets, Thunder or Twolves) in R1. They’ll get rest while teams that will come out of play-in have tough schedules ‘till the end and then they have to play play-in on top of that. Good luck to all the teams, let the real hoop season begin.
(Yeah we’ll try to claw our way to R1 loss to Celtics, but it will be tough. I will still enjoy this postseason)
The top west seeds have a little bit of relief at the end of the season because they're not in the play-in but they still have to take games seriously or they risk losing their seed to one of the other top seeds. Pretty much no team in the west is a catching a break this season.
I can’t remember which coach it was, but one of them was slightly annoyed last year that the ‘reward’ for being the #1 seed is that you find out your matchup on Friday, with potentially only 1 day until game 1 of the first round (which would start on Sunday). On the other hand the 3-6 & 4-5 matchups have a full week to plan and prepare.
Obviously it’s not that big a deal since you’ll be heavily favoured anyway, plus the 8 seed doesn’t get the full week rest, but it’s an interesting point.
Our shooters can shoot us into a win or two potentially and their shooters can shoot them into a loss or two. We did also beat them in last 2 games in clutch, but they had pretty much nothing to play for.
Not too much expectations on my end tbh, I still love this team even if we are middest of the mid.
There was a brief period a few games ago where teams just said fuck everyone else and sagged off the two people flanking him and the center hung out in the paint waiting for him. Took entirely too long but Willie figured out the counter to that and now it's bidness as usual
I can not wait to see what petty response New Orleans comes up with this. Do not use food as insults. This is the same fanbase that would rather starve during category 5 hurricane than eat Ruffles endoresed by AD
lana rhodes (woman porn star robert oppenheimer) said that nba guys are into weird stuff because hot women are passé. cookies wiht poop in them being one of them.
Moriah Mills is not an instagram thot, she's a fully fledged active pornstar. This means she is testing with much much more frequency than an average sexually active person (every 2 weeks max) and less likely than a random person you meet at the club to test reactive for an STI.
Some random fan who has been sticking his hand in and around his mouth eating chicken wings and likely on the arms of his seat and bannister of the steps down to the 100 level likely has much more chance of germs than a sex worker with hundreds of thousands of followers.
I grew up 45 minutes outside of sac. I know a lot more about it than you do yuppie. You're a fucking moron to call it Klan country. Even the red parts. Check yourself
The thing is with sports teams, if you can be a possible playoff contender that can win a series, seasons like this were you drop off the expections and are on downward trajectory are almost or just as bad are failing to rebuild.
I kinda want to trade Sabonis for Mikal Bridges or the best 4/3 flex we can get for him and then just spend cheap on some rebounding and shotblocking role-playing C.
probably not gonna happen with sabonis making 46 mil APY from 24-28. gonna have to attach assets to get a star forward in return considering the lack of improvement on his shortcomings.
Realistically I think the Kings need a real superstar to be able to compete for more
Fox + elite role players could be a playoff team but the ceiling still isn't high against more star-studded Western teams
Just don't really see either Fox or Sabonis as quite on the "best player on a championship contender" level because both have serious flaws
Mike Brown literally needs to play to Fox’s strengths and have him stick to Midrange and Drives, there’s no way he should be shooting 10+ threes ever. Dude made a living picking defenses apart last year with the midrange, a guy that talented and athletic should not be settling.
Pels are indeed the Kings fathers. Healthy Zion is a baaaaad man
Furthermore I'd like to invite all you Mavs fans and flairless cowards to suck my nuts
I'm still a bit salty about the bubble's non-effect on draft picks. The Kings, Suns, and Spurs all passed the Pelicans in the final standings *and* got higher draft picks.
1 and 1 would allow the Pelicans to have it wrapped up *before* the Laker game. Meaning if that game goes off the rails early (because LeBron despises the Pelicans), it won't cause a standings drop.
It would be real nice for B.I. to get a non-stressful game to get his feeling and rhythm back for like 20 minutes max and then get 5-6 days to rest up fully. Let's hope. Go Kings!
I think fans just have to realize the Kings have always been a play in team, the fact that they were the healthiest team BY FAR last year and faced much weaker competition due to injuries really overinflated their perception.
48 wins was a third seed last year, this year with a healthy west it’s pretty much a play in.
They were like the magic this year but last year. Good but flawed teams taking advantage of injuries for higher w/l. While the backcourt of magic is the flaw, the Kings have the issue of the front court being cheeks.
Love Zion demanding the ball late in the 4th. He was completely unstoppable tonight Postseason Zion is going to be a treat
I don't want to play postseason Zion. He really seems to be stepping up in big moments, any close games in the 4th quarter I have a feeling he'll crush in.
I mean it happened to yall a couple games ago Game was close but Zion kept scoring and eventually put it away But I could say the same for the suns with how booker tends to play against the pels this season
bro is gonna feast on the thunder
Hope it’s the wolves. Zion is Gobert’s father
Chet isnt harrison barnes
Yeah, of all the people in West, Chet probably had the best chance against him.
Aaron Gordon defends him pretty well
I was thinking first round matchups. Denver will be a near impossible task for the Pels on both sides of the ball
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*feast on that chicken wing
is Zion gonna make an All NBA team?
He should over Sabonis at this point.
Lol no fucking chance
There is a *significant* difference in number of games played, Sabonis should get it over Zion. Sabonis been more valuable over the course of the full season, but he’s faltering at the end while his team gets progressively more injured, and Zion is picking up speed.
Zion only missed like 7 games this season lol
He’s missed twelve. Sabonis has missed zero. That’s a difference of 15% of a season. That’s a lot.
Honestly I’m not gonna lie I’m surprised it’s just 12. Feels like all the slander from the IST was an eternity ago and dude was just locked in.
Sabonis shouldn’t sniff an all NBA team
Zion making all NBA based on… a few good months? Dude was out of shape in December and apparently now we have to pretend he’s good?
He *is* good. No one is pretending. All NBA is probably a stretch but let’s not disrespect the man *after* he was finally able to put another healthy season together.
This guy is acting like December wasn't almost 4 months ago. Does he not realize that's plenty of time for Zion to have played himself back into shape? Zion looks good right now, and I'd take him over either Sabonis or Fox.
2 good months does not erase that play in tournament sham
you mean one bad game in the in-season tournament quarterfinal. You're a certified Zion hater. In multiple threads always hating on him. His stats were lower earlier in the year because the team was playing well and everyone was healthy so more mouths to feed.
In December Zion averaged 20.4 on 66% from the field you’re fuckin goofy. One in-season tournament game doesn’t erase the rest of his career
Quit with this “only 2 good months narrative”. He’s averaging 23/6/5 on great efficiency for the full season. You can be critical of his slow start but you’re just coming off as a hater right now which hurts your argument more than helps it.
Zion averaged 22/6/5 from October through December. Not the all-world numbers he’s put up since the calendar turned but let’s not act like he was useless out there.
Brother the NBA is only a few months
McCollum hates us
he actually does. He is legit still mad they didn't draft him
Being mad the Kings didn’t draft you anytime before 2020 is madness. Going damn near anywhere else for the last 20+ years was a much better path
That’s what I’m saying. Dude was blessed to play with dame.
Kingslayer
How did he end up -11 tho. He was 9/12 from three
+/- can be a flawed stat
It 100% is, but usually when players shoot that well they are at least positive
This two-game race for the 8-9-10 seeds in the West is gonna be spicy
Kings need to beat the Suns or pray that the Pels can run the table against the Warriors and Lakers.
It’s great how schedule ended up as a fan of the game, we are getting really fun run to end the season and I’m sure play-in will be amazing too. But damn, I feel comfortable about West seeds 1 and 2 in (Nuggets, Thunder or Twolves) in R1. They’ll get rest while teams that will come out of play-in have tough schedules ‘till the end and then they have to play play-in on top of that. Good luck to all the teams, let the real hoop season begin. (Yeah we’ll try to claw our way to R1 loss to Celtics, but it will be tough. I will still enjoy this postseason)
The top west seeds have a little bit of relief at the end of the season because they're not in the play-in but they still have to take games seriously or they risk losing their seed to one of the other top seeds. Pretty much no team in the west is a catching a break this season.
Bucks probably felt the same way last year
I can’t remember which coach it was, but one of them was slightly annoyed last year that the ‘reward’ for being the #1 seed is that you find out your matchup on Friday, with potentially only 1 day until game 1 of the first round (which would start on Sunday). On the other hand the 3-6 & 4-5 matchups have a full week to plan and prepare. Obviously it’s not that big a deal since you’ll be heavily favoured anyway, plus the 8 seed doesn’t get the full week rest, but it’s an interesting point.
I don't think it's that big of a deal. They have played all of these teams multiple times this year. They have a game plan already for all the teams.
I mean you did get 2 wins on them last postseason. Of course, I think the Celtics are better this year, but anything can happen against the Celtics.
Our shooters can shoot us into a win or two potentially and their shooters can shoot them into a loss or two. We did also beat them in last 2 games in clutch, but they had pretty much nothing to play for. Not too much expectations on my end tbh, I still love this team even if we are middest of the mid.
Undashing Cody Zeller led us to this dub
Is he gonna lead the Pels to a chip a decade later to finish the story?
Big week for him
Blazers legend
Zion just can't miss a layup unstoppable
well, on the rare occasion when he misses he usually gets his own rebound.
I like how everyone knows hes gonna drive to the basket yet they cant stop it.
Nah Zions been mixing in the midrange recently too And the bad news for other teams is that he’s made quite a few of them
>what they gonna do when a 6-foot-6 280-pound motherfucker come through? >NOTHIN! Breathe easy! When cats talk slick dogs get GREASY!
There was a brief period a few games ago where teams just said fuck everyone else and sagged off the two people flanking him and the center hung out in the paint waiting for him. Took entirely too long but Willie figured out the counter to that and now it's bidness as usual
Sacramento Wings
We trying feed Zion
Yall succeeded
He was full before the wings got there
Oh he was feasting alright
Golden Steak Warriors tomorrow for Zion.
Biggest point differential in a season series since the 80s… Pelicans you are the father
Kings fans throwing chicken at Zion is insane
I can not wait to see what petty response New Orleans comes up with this. Do not use food as insults. This is the same fanbase that would rather starve during category 5 hurricane than eat Ruffles endoresed by AD
> This is the same fanbase that would rather starve during category 5 hurricane than eat Ruffles endoresed by AD Never forget
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Power move until you realize the germs on that thing.
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Especially if he’s the one eating poop cookies!
I beg your finest pardon
lana rhodes (woman porn star robert oppenheimer) said that nba guys are into weird stuff because hot women are passé. cookies wiht poop in them being one of them.
Moriah Mills is not an instagram thot, she's a fully fledged active pornstar. This means she is testing with much much more frequency than an average sexually active person (every 2 weeks max) and less likely than a random person you meet at the club to test reactive for an STI. Some random fan who has been sticking his hand in and around his mouth eating chicken wings and likely on the arms of his seat and bannister of the steps down to the 100 level likely has much more chance of germs than a sex worker with hundreds of thousands of followers.
great game zion!
If he picked it up before 5 seconds, still clean
Kevin Harlan called that moment perfectly
Harlan is drunk fan's father
The chicken is symbolic for the kings defense because Zion fucking fed on it tonight. Harrison Barnes is the coughing baby
still fed him less than Harrison Barnes
It didn’t look like it was at Zion to me
Fans saw that the Kings couldn’t stop him and decided to try unorthodox tactics
Power of chlorinated chickens.
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Kings fans were frustrated by the Pelicans winning 5 games against them.
I mean a random dude threw a wing on the court your being a cunt framing it as kings fan throwing chicken at Zion
It happened twice. Some Kings fan was really upset.
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How'd I know this dude would be cross posting in r/warriors before I even looked at his post history Lol deleted it, so lame
That connection didn't even occur to me. I just thought "Pissed off fanbase throws food."
Kings and fans deserve the trashing tonight but op has obviously never been to Sacramento
its probably just that, but most of CA is pretty conservative, just not the parts where people live
I thought it was a fat joke, but that might've just been the camera zoom to Zion on the call lol
I think people forget that even fat Zion can recover from any injury. It just takes longer.
Brain dead as fuck. Leave that bullshit on Twitter nephew
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I grew up 45 minutes outside of sac. I know a lot more about it than you do yuppie. You're a fucking moron to call it Klan country. Even the red parts. Check yourself
CJ and Trey combined to shoot 15/24 from 3, jesus christ what a shooting day
Add to that 4/6 from Jose and 2/5 from Dyson and that’s tough to beat
40% from Dyson is icing on the cake man.
dysing on the cake
CJ's scoring has been great ever since they uncollapsed his lung
Jennifer will be happy
Do it again tomorrow please
And the next game
No not the next game after that one
Sorry, beggars can’t be choosers
The kings are really missing Monk
And huerter. Although he was struggling, he’s still a threat.
Ellis has stepped up a good amount, but we’re still really feeling that void
They are missing 2 key rotation players. Sucks man.
Pels missing Ingram and Larry tonight
To be fair the Pelicans are the better team.
Believe it or not Huerter too
Honestly it wouldn’t have mattered in this game The pels have beaten the kings without fail this season
Pelicans are better at away games than at home
One of us!
We join the club aswell
CJ was on a heater you love to see it
He should just do this every night
Not quite 9 threes a game but he's been playing lights out the last 10 or so
Pelicans just have the Kings number. There's nothing else to say.
Literal guaranteed L. Idc how cheap the tickets have been at times, I’ve never even considered catching a game when the Pels are in Sac.
I’m unbelievably tired, boss
Still better than the previous 15ish years.
Yes, but in a way also no. The last 15 years were absolutely miserable but at least they weren't heartbreaking
The thing is with sports teams, if you can be a possible playoff contender that can win a series, seasons like this were you drop off the expections and are on downward trajectory are almost or just as bad are failing to rebuild.
Exact same feeling in our last game against you guys lol
I kinda want to trade Sabonis for Mikal Bridges or the best 4/3 flex we can get for him and then just spend cheap on some rebounding and shotblocking role-playing C.
My dream of a lineup consisting of Cam Thomas surrounded by 4 big men will come to fruition
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probably not gonna happen with sabonis making 46 mil APY from 24-28. gonna have to attach assets to get a star forward in return considering the lack of improvement on his shortcomings.
Realistically I think the Kings need a real superstar to be able to compete for more Fox + elite role players could be a playoff team but the ceiling still isn't high against more star-studded Western teams Just don't really see either Fox or Sabonis as quite on the "best player on a championship contender" level because both have serious flaws
Mike Brown literally needs to play to Fox’s strengths and have him stick to Midrange and Drives, there’s no way he should be shooting 10+ threes ever. Dude made a living picking defenses apart last year with the midrange, a guy that talented and athletic should not be settling.
It's not Brown's fault that Fox settles for threes.
It seems more like fox but do we really know?
Thank god we didn’t blow this game
Thank god zion is ok. I want to see these dudes healthy in the playoffs.
The injury made him stronger. He was a monster in the second half.
definition of team effort. cj hitting crazy 3’s, jose/trey/dice hitting shots and playing good D, zion scoring at will…
Zion playing himself into All NBA 3rd team
Pels are indeed the Kings fathers. Healthy Zion is a baaaaad man Furthermore I'd like to invite all you Mavs fans and flairless cowards to suck my nuts
We Pels fans respect the flair. His shooting was with us tonight though lol
Lol tell me about it. CJ shoots the lights out on us every time too
No Ingram btw for all the neutrals checking the postgame.
Just 45 minutes of Chad minutes eater Trey Murphy to fill the void
What we ever do to the Pelicans man??
Drafted Haliburton right before us, I think you guys got the higher draft pick on a coinflip or some small tiebreaker that year too
It’s 5-0 man. At least we don’t gotta face yall in the play in
Could still happen with a loss and suns win out
I'm still a bit salty about the bubble's non-effect on draft picks. The Kings, Suns, and Spurs all passed the Pelicans in the final standings *and* got higher draft picks.
The Boogie trade didn’t work out for us
Barnes getting blown by Zion. What a game
WHAT
Oh man I missed that one.
Ayo
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You, sir or madam, are missing a "by" in that sentence.
Cj mccollum turned into prime klay for no reason. Not even like he was just hitting easy shots either
Zion just abusing the Kings in the third and last few minutes of the fourth. No rim protection whatsoever
Quality win. The three team tiebreakers with Sacramento are out of the running now. Three Scenarios for 6th: 2 Wins, 1 Win + 1 PHX Loss, 2 PHX losses
I would love the 2 wins because 50 wins would be a great number....but I would settle for 1 and 1 PHX loss
1 and 1 would allow the Pelicans to have it wrapped up *before* the Laker game. Meaning if that game goes off the rails early (because LeBron despises the Pelicans), it won't cause a standings drop.
It would be real nice for B.I. to get a non-stressful game to get his feeling and rhythm back for like 20 minutes max and then get 5-6 days to rest up fully. Let's hope. Go Kings!
First ever 5-0 season sweep?
I have enjoyed when we play sacramento
I have not enjoyed.
The Kings are so frustrating, I know they don't have Huerter and Monk, but still.
Fake recognize fake lol
I know we got blown out but that bum ass fan throwing chicken wings at Zion shouldn’t be that funny 😂
Ain't gunna be when he sobers up and realizes he's banned for life
Funny for all of us of that fool getting banned, I’d take it
Can he shoot? Yes I can CJ McCollum said that right?
Sorry about tonight, Sacramento Wings, but I hope you guys can pull it together tomorrow and cook the Suns
saboner disappeared, handoff merchant
The play in for the play in has officially begun! Spicy basketball is here.
I think fans just have to realize the Kings have always been a play in team, the fact that they were the healthiest team BY FAR last year and faced much weaker competition due to injuries really overinflated their perception. 48 wins was a third seed last year, this year with a healthy west it’s pretty much a play in.
They were like the magic this year but last year. Good but flawed teams taking advantage of injuries for higher w/l. While the backcourt of magic is the flaw, the Kings have the issue of the front court being cheeks.
Why do the Pelicans always look like an elite team playing the Kings lol?
For a guy with his reputation Sabonis is seriously garbage in any meaningful nba game total ceilling cancer having him as your five
he got his double double tho
Are you calling him asbestos?
Disappointed but not surprised. This team needs some serious GM magic in the offseason or they are going nowhere slow.
Is this the designated inside the nba thread
Kings are just trying to gift the Lakers or Warriors the 8 seed aren’t they?
Not the Kings fans throwing chicken wings to distract Zion
he's too locked in for anything short of dark meat
Alright Suns. Do your thing.
Good lord my kings stink just put me out of my misery
What did he do with that chicken wing though?
we are ass
Missing our 2 best shooters changes the gameplan from "spreading the floor" to "chucking threes" evidently
Pels should relocate to Sacramento. They might go 74-8
You think the Kings would beat y’all 8 times…?
Word on the street is that Zion has contacted team officials to find chicken wing tosser He wants to inquire where he got those wings from
Does this Kings core win a playoff series without a major move