The Kings Made a MASSIVE Mistake

The Sacramento Kings made a massive deal for DeMar DeRozan this offseason to team him up with De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis to try and rise back up the standings in the Western Conference. It was controversial and so far it hasn’t worked. The team is towards the bottom of the standings after their loss to Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, they can’t shoot, can’t defend, and it feels like everyone is on the hot seat. With the way things are going, it’s getting dire for the Kings and it’s starting to feel like they need to do something drastic or risk another lengthy playoff drought. Let’s talk about it.

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0:00 – Intro
0:25 – The DeMar DeRozan Trade
1:26 – Kings vs Spurs
2:13 – They look terrible right now
3:20 – They can’t shoot threes
4:25 – Keegan Murray has been so disappointing
5:34 – The defense has again been bad
7:13 – The depth is weak
8:15 – Moves have to be coming
9:27 – But there may be no way to save them
11:26 – Outro

23 comments

  1. biggest gripe i have so far is honestly for keegan, and it's not even the stats. i can excuse the shots not landing, especially the 3s. it's the lack of (or at least inconsistent signs) aggression. i'm all for the blank stare personality and everything, but after watching almost every Kings game since his rookie year, he's at his best when he's moving with urgency, taking it to the rim, or taking the 3 right off the pass. i don't know if that's a coaching thing where he's just not being asked to it, but dude constantly looks like he's still timid when it comes to offensive side

  5. As a Kings fan we’ve definitely had a disappointing start but it’s literally all to do with our 3 point shooting.

    Everyone not named Sabonis or Ellis has regressed massively, and not just to league average but to high 20% kinda numbers from 3. There’s no way this trend should continue and we should atleast bounce back up to league average.

    Defensively we’ve actually been okay, around 15th in defensive rating but we over help too much and leave shooters open to often, MB has to find a balance between stacking the paint and closing out on shooters in our scheme.

    I don’t know if we make the playoffs but we should get back into the race at some point.

    Oh and our bench has been dogshit, a trade at the deadline for some wing depth is definitely much needed.

  6. Yet their idiot of a coach benched Sasha Vezenkov (depth and amazing 3pt shooting) for no reason other than being white I guess, to the point where Sasha went back to Europe and is now once again running away with the MVP award. Mike Brown is completely incompetent

  7. I think it would be good of them to trade for Dorian Finney smith and like a back up center like the back up center for the hornets or try trading for Bobby portis

  10. As a kings fan I really hope last night was the start of some kind of momentum going forward. A 9 man rotation of Issac jones, Ellis, crowder, Huerter, and our starting lineup hopefully can hold up until trade deadline and Carter coming back in January. I don’t think demar is as bad as everyone says and think it’s just taking some time to mesh. This team has the blueprint of a playoff team I’m just hoping with some trades for a wings and maybe another center we can make a push like Dallas last season. Might be a little delusional after last night but don’t count this kings team out yet they got some fight in them left. But Mike brown has his job on the chopping block same with monte McNair if we end up losing Fox

  12. i dont think we've been fully healthy but like 10 games so far, but i do think Huerter and Murray need to go. if we can package them with picks to get something decent they should do it now while they still can. but i feel like its gonna take a few more games for derozan to gel with Sabonis. lets wait 20 more games and see if we can figure it out before we dump everything. Keon Ellis is a good asset and could get you something along with Keegan. Fox just dropped 109 in 2 games bruh dont say he cant be the main guy when he is 8th in scoring this year. bad take there

  14. Sacramento has some pretty good pieces with Sabonis and Fox, but they need to find a true rim protector. Teams are absolutely destroying them on the simplest of P&Rs because there isnt even one player wearing a Kings uniform that is averaging a single block a game.

    They also dont hit 3pt shots, although Murray is a lot better than his .287% shows at the moment. Still, thats one player, as a team, they are not doing well, even when Sabonis is averaging an uncommon one a game at over a 40% clip.

    But the rebuild just took a giant step back, once again.

  17. wouldve been a much better team if they werent cheap and actually used their MLE (and outbid) for naji marshall or djj, and traded barnes and a 1st for cam johnson in the offseason, and drafted a backup big like ware or missi

  20. People in the comments know ball…..there are so many other reason to blame than demar. The 3 point shooting (especially Keegan), the bench production, and the 3 point defending have been awful all year

  22. Them being undersized and with a trash bench, they always always ALWAYS get beaten up and worn down at the end of the game. This was an issue last year too. It was secretly an issue two years ago.
    Their failure to secure a decent defensive-minded big with a little bit of an offensive skill set really limits this team and is borderline criminal management.

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