Kings Picked Up A Big Win Against the Lakers – March 7: The Insiders + D-Lo & KC
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Sacramento Kings the 2022 2023 2024 Sacramento Kings got punched directly in the mouth by the Los Angeles Lakers in crypto do Staples Arena com.com Arena at their building it was 37 and 18 19 Point deficit that’s ball game and they cut it to nine and then
They spent the rest of the game stuffing Anthony Davis in a locker and Austin Reeves well Austin re D’Angelo Russell has been stuffed in a locker before you can tell yeah man he’s that guy that was incredible yeah what the he it wasn’t even it wasn’t even a I don’t think I’ve
I’ve ever well I’ve I’ve seen the Kings do it this year against the Hawks but I’ve never seen a game get so lopsided one way so early and then so immediately become lopsided the other direction yeah I I rarely tweet out things like no show which is what I
Tweeted out in the first quarter that’s what it was they they no showed the first quarter the first the first 10 minutes of the first quarter I thought it was interesting because you kept you’ve been asking for 48 minutes of basketball everyone every coach asked for 48 minutes of basketball and it was
Wasn’t no they just chose to write 36 minutes to throttle somebody like holy cow look at him go hey that’s fun look at that shout out to like Davon Mitchell comes in and just starts launching threes four for four four and then didn’t shoot anything else ever again
Never again uh shout out to Keon Ellis who came off the bench and just provided just crazy energy like super super good energy like they had a bunch of guys step up and then you had the star of Stars step up that was the Aaron Fox yeah really really fun game to
Watch Kyle yeah man I was blown away and the fact that it gets to 37 to 18 D’Angelo Russell makes a three and you said well hang on that wasn’t at that point that was in the fourth quarter but D’Angelo Russell hits the three to make
It 37 to 18 that was with a minute 52 to go in the first minute 52 yeah yeah and it’s a 19point game it was and and then all of a sudden there’s defensive three seconds Malik monk hits a free throw Daren Fox gets fouled gets to the free throw line
Hits both um Fox comes down after an offensive foul by Jackson Hayes Fox comes down L layup dearen Fox had 32 points in the paint last night I heard dece Mason say wow and that’s 32 of his 44 were in the paint including two there in the first quarter and then Trey ly
Comes down he gets a layup with the one and dearn fox of course hits the hit hits the little jumper at the buzzer and by the end of the first quarter it’s nine points and all of a sudden you’re going hey this is a game again yeah even
If it’s 18 15 at the end of the first quarter you’re like man but that was the start of the turnaround from that point from 37 to 18 forward the kings were dominant in every single facet it’s almost like the last like three minutes of the third quarter of the last game
Against the Bulls where the Bulls MH like turned on the Jets to end the third and and went on like a 70 run to cut the lead to like 14 going to the fourth that’s what it felt like like all of a sudden like one team has figured it out
Really I you know like overall just super impressed with almost everything they did you could see like sabonis couldn’t couldn’t score early but he kept hitting the glass and then he started setting guys up and next thing you know he had at one point I think he
Had 2 points8 rebounds eight assists mhm and then they they figure out ways like the other team makes an adjustment to try to take something away and all a sudden the Kings rolling again so yeah super impressive that was uh sa bonis now is nine and0 against Anthony Davis
In his career shout out to bleach report for making a beautiful graphic uh this says nine and0 and it has Anthony Davis and deonis sabonis next to each other except for they have Anthony Davis on the nine side and de Manus sabonis on the o side but does say sabonis verse
Davis yes so it’s C I don’t I’m just saying I’m not going to complain that Bleacher Report is tweeting something like this that’s all that’s all man I just I okay we can it’s baby steps right it goes from Wow nobody says anything when the Kings do this yep but okay they
Finally said something the graphics a little weird for sure yep a little misleading uh but alas that’s a step in the right direction it’s like when you watch we’ll worry about we’ll worry about graphic design being our passion later exactly it’s like when you watch a
Um a highlight reel of that game it probably had every jumper that LeBron James took that’s and like oh and by the way the Kings won by 10 yeah yeah here’s here’s LeBron cutting it to 12 all right game’s over still god dude I don’t want to
Spend we’ll we’ll I don’t want to spend too much time on this but it’s going to come up a couple times because it’s just LeBron’s 39 and he was the only player last night goes 31 points five boards 13 assists and he was the only player last night
That it felt like the Kings didn’t have an answer for D Russell nothing yeah that’s true re nothing ruy hore did have 29 ru’s just that’s true R ruy was good you’re right Ru is just a weird matchup for the Kings Ru Ru is just tough in general
Well yeah except for the fact he doesn’t play defense or rebound that’s fine like he is kind of like hey I’m just going to go out there and score I’m scoring tonight you’re like oh okay the I was this is what what happened last night was what I want more of from dearn
Fox when applicable the Lakers have nothing at the point of attack and defensively really their defense is hey funnel it to Anthony Davis and and AD help yeah like you you do it and he can’t do that when he’s dealing with demonus sabonis in the way the areas
He’s playing on the court and it was just dearn Fox breaking down the in breaking down the first Defender getting into the paint easy bucket or getting to the line he shot 10 free throws last night uh that’s not right sorry five free throws last night yeah he only shot
Five I was looking at the Kings they made 10 but he shot five free throws last night yeah I mean I think for him to score as many points as he did and to only get five free throws is pretty impressive and for most of his points to
Come in the paint and you know I know at one point he literally is looking at the the play where he gets tripped up and they take the ball he’s on the ground he just looks up and he’s like that oh they called him for a kick yes don’t
Understand it that is a foul yeah and the guy’s just looking at him like like what are we doing here I don’t I thought I thought for the most part last night I thought the officiating was was fine they let them play in a lot of spots but there were definitely some
Very clear obvious and one opportunities that call that you’re talking about where Fox gets tripped and he gets called for kicking yeah I there some strange strange officiating but overall it wasn’t as egregious as as I’ve as I’ve seen well but I mean the Kings had 12 free throw attempts they had
25 and the kings were up for a good portion of the game points in the paint Kings 76 points in the paint to 50 kylez and you get to the free throw line 12 times yeah it’s tough yeah say I it wasn’t great but I I do I I did think
There was a portion of the game where the Lakers were really trying to like grift fouls and they were not getting them and it’s like okay that’s fine if you’re going to let him play Let him play on both ends yeah it wasn’t it wound up not being a problem I think
Especially you I love how you use the term the foul grifting it’s something I mean Austin Reeves just just tried and tried and tried to get foul calls it was like hey man how about you just play the game just just play it straight up you end up with 18 points
Six of those came when the game’s over with two threes like the game’s over and it looks like he has a much better game than he actually did but for me I you know that that’s just not it’s it’s a poorly constructed team and sure they
Catch the Kings and and beat the Kings uh in the se you know by the end of the season maybe but that game last night was huge dude I don’t I don’t that’s huge though they now have a four game lead in The Lost column but it’s really five because you
Own the season series three 0 yeah it’s huge yeah um I looked this up just now dear and Fox 44 points on five or fewer free throw attempts this is going to sound like a big number but when you consider every NBA play player who’s ever played in any game ever it’s not
That big of a number it’s only happened 97 times okay in NBA history that’s crazy I me um Dominique Wilkins three times Klay Thompson three times Michael Jordan one two three four five six seven times Steph one two three four five six seven eight nine times few times Vince Carter yeah Larry
Bird you have to be good to do this is what I’m getting at no I I think to score 44 you got to be good that that’s kind of like part of scoring 44s you you have to be good I know Fox um he missed
A shot late that would have put him at like 47 would have been his career high yeah his career high he stuck on 44 and Keegan Murray still has him by one that’s tough that’s tough that’s really tough yeah speaking of Keegan Murray
We’ll get to we will get to that I got a gripe you got a gripe Wally zerak is on this list oh yeah what Wally serak Stone Cold assassin Wally serak what hang on hang on I need to I need more info on this 119 195 win he
Went six of seven from three he didn’t shoot a free throw scored 44 points without a free throw attempt what that doesn’t happen very that’s one two three four five that’s happened six times okay is one of them the Klay Thompson game yes uh is actually Thompson against the Lakers oh yeah is
That the game where he scored 60 but he only dribbled the ball no that was against the Pacers oh got it yeah 29 minutes Wally zerak well known for his uh his dissing of Tyrese Halton yeah and then getting called out for it that was bizarre it’s kind of what he’s known for
Now it’s not for being an NBA basketball player yeah it’s just straight up for for not knowing about Tyrese helbert that was a tough look for our guy yeah not not great congratulations to Fox for tying a record that Wally zerak also has all right he’s done it he’s done it he’s
You’ve done it congratulations no that was a great win last night man um I I I don’t even want to get into the big picture stuff I’m still not Bamboozled I will still not be like oh they turned a corner but that doesn’t matter we are at the point now where
You’re looking at the standings you’re gunning for the number six spot and I actually want to get to a standings conundrum that I’m I’m currently having but you just need to stack up wins man yeah and and last night was outside of what did we say the
First 108 of the game for the first 10 minutes yeah uh the Kings played about as well as you can play and they made the Lakers look like a backend play in team yeah no very good stuff very good stuff that’s what you love to see let’s talk about why
Things went down the way they did last night we’ve got six quick thoughts uh from James ham coming up next we will dive into some of the minutia of last night’s dominant Kings win there’s a team at top the West that could come tumbling down we will tell you about
That and I’ve got a standings edition of would you rather an NBA standings Edition that we will get to as well Lots coming ahead on ESPN 1320 we’re with you till noon it’s the Insiders on Sacramento sports lader clear what’s going on everybody this is only in my 14 years
Covering the Sacramento Kings this is only the third time ever that I’ve seen 35 wins that’s nuts that’s ridiculous for a person covering an NBA basketball trying to get back to 200 games under 500 Kyle it’s not going to happen for a couple of Seasons but hi Spencer hi
Spencer uh okay this is a good this is a good one from Jason skip bis is apparently talking about the Kings on on first take which great love that um that’s what happens when you beat the Lakers is ESPN will talk about you um how many minutes of Sacramento Kings
Basketball has skip bis watched this year I’m putting the over under at let’s see how many national TV games they had have they had um what well they have like 20 22 on the season they lost one they gained one I think it was let’s say if I put the
Over under at 30 minutes of Kings basketball that skip balis has taken in this year oh I’m going I’m taking the under on thato I’m taking the end I don’t I don’t think he’s watched enough Kings basketball at all I don’t think most people have most but then again
It’s not like they’ve been as compelling as they were last year or you know this is this is what I always come back to and I and I do a football version of this because it’s just the the sport I I cover more closely yeah um if somebody
Called me up and was like Hey can you do can you do 10 minutes on the Atlanta Falcons oh be like nope I can give you a very basic what I think of them yeah but a Falcons fan is going to listen to that and go this guy has no clue no totally
So I just is the Falcons offensive line depth good no idea how’s their defensive line I don’t know grd Jarrett can play yeah I guess that’s kind of you know no I I am with you on that um but also it’s not my job to go on the what
Do they call it the sports leader the sports worldwise sports people yeah the mothership that’s why I when it comes to like NFL stuff it was really good that the chiefs were in it late because I watch a ton of Chiefs football MH I’m not a fan but I oh it’s time
Yeah we can continue this now back to the Insiders with James ham and Kyle Madson brought to you by Jiffy Lube on ESPN 1320 yeah it is nice win for the Kings last night that just boy they needed that yes they did 13 120 and if you’re a Warriors fan
You’re also rooting for the Kings last night Golden State now the number nine seed watch out oh here they come right behind the Dallas M how do you lose how do you lose by 52 to the number one seed in the East and then played the number
Two seed in the East and win by 35 well Giannis didn’t play right he did oh he did he did play he very much played oh I did not Chris Middleton did not okay yeah Dame Giannis Pat Conan Bobby poris who cooked I Bobby poris
You’re a big Bobby poris fan I do I and I have been for a while I Lov him at Arkansas too okay big Bobby poris guy all right you know what else I am I’m a big James ham guy and we got six quick thoughts how’d yesterday’s Kings game go
Kings Insider James ham has six notes you need to know here are James ham six quick thoughts I forgot to fill up my water that’s your bonus thought thought oh at the top hydration hydration is key it’s key all right you know what else is key whatever James got for us number one
Superstar fox fox showed up and tore the Lakers a new one the Kings uh all NBA guard kept the kept the team float and then uh went to work he finished the night with a tremendous career-high tying 44 points Chi and four assist it was it Kyle that was a master class it
Was awesome yeah he was awesome he was the I mean like more more more more more he was the he was their best player by far and the we talked about common threads with the Kings yesterday and it’s like man they just kind of lack
Size and depth on the wings in an era where Wing plays the other Common Thread here is when de’arra Fox is the best player on the court the kings are really really hard to beat yeah and there’s no question on on the court with Anthony Davis LeBron
James de simonis name that star dear Fox outshined Everybody by so much it was crazy here’s the most impressive part from dearon Fox last night nine points in the first quarter 11 in the second quarter 12 in the third quarter 12 in the fourth quarter that’s crazy just
Relentless it was all game and then he was doing it on the off on on the defensive end too there was one there was one uh sequence where he’s guarding Austin Reeves and Austin Reeves got nothing for him and then Fox takes it down on the other end and drives by
Reeves and gets the end one is just man it’s the best player on the court yeah if you had to guess Kyle which one of those guys represented Team USA which one would you think it was I would think it was Fox yeah yeah me too all right
Number two playoff Malik it wasn’t if you missed that go ahead number two sorry playoff Malik yeah uh Malik is a special talent he loves playing against his former team uh he took off in the first half drop ing 19 of his 26 points before the break he haded five rebounds
Eight assists uh once again making his case for six man of the year yeah he was good yeah he was Ian I don’t I don’t know what else to say about Malik monk the ideally um well there’s two things one does it do the second halves worry
You like I know he hit a huge three last night but he was three for nine from the field in the second half just seven points yeah I mean I think you can he’s trying to fight through you can tell like we saw the shooting slump the three-point shooting slump he’s trying
To fight through the the middle of the season the dog days of the season and just what that does to your body again Malik is being asked to do more and more and more each year and that usually takes a ramp up and you would have hoped
That he would have got that out of the way when he was young but he just didn’t with with Charlotte who to me is like one of the worst teams in in the world in bringing along Talent yeah and uh and not being able to maximize and so now
We’re getting to see sort of maximize uh monk but it’s going to come and burst because he’s just not quite there yet he’s super close there’s a bigger picture conversation that we can have about Malik monk in a bit I want to move on with six quick thoughts here yeah but
I want to have a kind of zoomed out uh Malik monk conversation later on in the show number three ownership the monus sabonis came in8 no against Anthony Davis all time he made N9 and0 with another huge game uh 44th uh double a straight double double 22nd triple
Double both of those lead the NBA uh he finished with 16 points 20 rebounds 12 assists he’s in uh he’s getting super close to the Kings alltime record which we thought was 29 but it was really I think 46 uh and now here he is at 44 consecutive double
Doubles yeah the double double thing doesn’t move me uh um the fact that he dominated against Anthony Davis in that way yeah and rendered Anthony Davis he was useless that is a top 75 NBA player of all time that is a player we talked about yesterday like man he’s been to
This he’s all NBA this many times and all defense this many times and he looked like a g leager last night yeah on both ends of the floor like that was that was domas has been great all year he’s had some really good performan he’s had some not so good performances last
Night to me was the best game he’s played all season okay that includes when he scored 30 plus yeah it’s up there I mean just the the domination of of ad is is crazy and it on the defensive end watching him move his feet watching him move in space at was like
Hey look at that he won the defensive player of the of the game yes he should have yeah he was really good on that end I thought it would go to monk for taking that that knee uh which again the the refs tried to call that the wrong way
And then we’re like well I guess it’s not LeBron so we don’t have to call it you know okay look can I time out they made a bad call and changed it when it got challenged no that’s true I don’t think that was a super egregious thing where they were standing at the
Table like I don’t know guys like he committed an offensive foul they missed it on the floor and they changed it yeah but was it the game before two games before where they made a bad offensive foul call against Trey Lyles who took a charge just like that went back reviewed
It and then made up something about his torso moving is torso’s moving because he took a knee to the ribs I have no idea on that couldn’t tell you oh yeah yeah I just know I like there’s plenty to complain about with the Lakers and the officiating I didn’t think that was
One of the more egregious ones yeah it was a bad call but they they changed it shout out to Mike Brown by the way two for two on challenges come on go my come on H number four thank you make it rain Davon Mitchell came out firing from Deep
Knocked down all four of his three-point shots first half he finished with 12 points he didn’t have any others but he’s also pesky on defense I thought again a really nice performance by him when he doesn’t hesitate and he just plays the game he is a different player
Yep that’s it that’s what it comes down to man I don’t know if he is better than Keon Ellis or not I don’t know if this is a stretch where yeah hey he’s just knocking down his threes so he looks more able offensively or if that team
Meeting really spoke to him and he feels more confident and empowered to do what he needs to do but it feels like the last three games he has been really really effective and if you’ve got Davon Mitchell being effective and you’ve got Keon Ellis being effective and now you
Have a legitimate you have like four guards that you’re trying to fit into a rotation that’s a good that’s a good problem to have and it was not a problem two weeks ago yeah we are so worried about the scoring just think about that last week the week before it like hey
They’re getting no scoring Off the Bench yeah all sudden that’s not a problem anymore the bench woke up 62 against Minnesota 50 against the Lakers yeah that’s nice that’s you you love to see it uh number five made an impression uh Trey L didn’t have a huge tonight but he
Still managed to post seven points five rebounds the cool thing oh six rebounds they gave him another rebound later um he ran a plus4 Mike Brown went to him played 30 minutes last night M and and it’s not like he was you know crushing it from the outside 0 for two from three
But I thought he defended ad well he defended LeBron James well like the best you can sure and he just showed you that like look this if this is who he’s going to be the kings are better team the kings are are much better team when Trey
Lyles has the the try a it was like this was we talked a lot yesterday about the lack of depth and size on the wings and it felt like this was Mike Brown’s answer was like hey Trey L is kind of the closest thing we got to another lengthy Defender
Against this team that is you know the Lakers have good size and uh with with haimura and LeBron and AD and it’s here it’s Trey l or Kessler Edwards and just rolled to Trey lyes and yeah worked last night yeah Tre starting to also he’s getting the 50-50 balls he’s
Hustling he’s down he does all the right stuff yeah he doesn’t make a lot of mistakes when you’re when you’re when you’re up what what did the Kings get up last night 20 19 what’s their biggest lead Le was 22 oh bad number uh no when
When you’re up 22 you can kind of afford to to do that but I also think that part of the reason they let these leads slip away is not only defensively but it feels like they they don’t do things like get the 50-50 balls they’re not doing things like setting screens and
Moving on offense and doing the things you need to do to continue scoring the basketball and I think that’s another reason you saw him go with Tre L last night yeah really good really good work by Trey yep number six uh three and0 yeah with win over the Lakers the Kings
Secured the season series with one game remaining they also push the Lakers down in the standings with 21 games remaining Sacramento holds a four game lead over the Lakers in the Lost column and a two and a half game lead overall that’s big because it shorted
Feel like that was going to not be the case MH when we were watching him in the first quarter yeah to three and a half what so the Lakers are what you say four back in the Lost column four back in the loss but but realistically five with
21 games to go for the Kings yeah but the Lakers are 18 yeah I mean that’s not completely insurmountable but the Lakers would have to get stupid hot and would need the Kings to play very very poorly yeah so they are all but but all but out
Of the picture not quite I’m not Crossing them off just yet but they are way way back there they way down there good for good for the Kings getting rid of them uh all right let’s what do we want to do next we want to keep talking about this or we want to
Talk about the Spurs I don’t know it’s up to you spur tonight we got all kinds of things to talk about okay I want to talk about this Malik monk thing but I’m not quite done with it okay let’s talk Spurs next because a great win for the
Kings um we’ve seen it before and then we’ve seen them play a short-handed team that they shouldn’t even be close against that they lose to let’s look ahead to denight a little bit and then we’ll continue reveling in the win over the Lakers last night uh he’s James mow were the Insiders we
Clear Ryan AP why do you keep saying Lindsay Harding for for Head Coach Co she is a head coach she is a head coach of the Stockton Kings is she back she and someone was also wondering about the Sasha thing who made a comment about Sasha somebody said Sasha is hurt well
Yeah but things need to start making plays for the Euro MVP Sasha oh here we go oh nigh High hey man he’s out he’s he’s going to be out like I don’t know if he’ll play he might play again this season but I’m not sure I
Mean again there’s 20 21 games left in the season he has a Grade Three ankle sprain which means that he like completely snapped the ligament in his ankle and he’s going to he was out well it was four to six weeks before they re-evaluate him and we’re not even close
To that we’re we’re not even I think the 19th is when was the last time he played I can look at this up so is in cuff yeah Sasha hurt his ankle on oh February 9th so right now he’s at four weeks you go get water I’ll be right
Back all right yeah right now he’s at four weeks but that was just to be re-evaluated we’re probably looking at another two weeks before they really truly evaluate him and then once they do that he could be out another month like I talked to him and he said they’re just
Waiting they have to wait for the the ligament to reattach itself and then kind of like heal up so yeah grade three ankle sprains are brutal that’s why when Chris DTE had a grade 2 ankle sprain which is a partial tear of the ligament um the fact that he
Was back in like three or four days was was crazy even he said it was crazy but he also said he’s torn everything out in his ankle like multiple times ankle injuries are a bummer uh what’s going on anybody else have any questions oh God we minutes um skier
Bagley what’s going on with herder his head seems like it’s not in it I just think he’s he’s struggling a little bit to find his way and Mike Brown sees a path to forward and that path is dearen fox and Malik monk playing a lot of minutes and we keep talking about this
The Kings need three and D guys and throwing hion Ellis out there for eight minutes or Davon Mitchell out there for a few minutes as long as they’re doing their their thing they complement what’s happening better if you have Monk and fox rolling oh oh here we
Go now back to the Insiders with James ham and Kyle Madson brought to you by Jiffy Lube on ESPN 1320 the Sacramento Kings trying to avoid the pitfall of the Season you get a great win like they did last night against the Lakers and then you come back and you
Lose to a team you have no business losing to and that’s where they’re at tonight Sacramento at home at Golden One Center taking on the San Antonio Spurs no Victor wanyama and that’s somehow with the way this season has gone for Sacramento makes the Spurs more
Scary yeah I don’t know what it is about this Kings team they just have this knack for losing to teams when they aren’t at full strength they they beat the Spurs at Golden one to start the second half of the season but it was one of those games
Where we went in going hey this is you gotten the rest of the All-Star break this is a Spurs team that’s just playing out the string the kings are trying to turn on the Jets and then they really struggled to beat San Antonio and that’s why going into
Tonight you go okay they should win this game handily but San Antonio’s short-handed been a problem for the Kings this year they lost to the short-handed Hornets they lost to the short-handed Pistons oh yeah short-handed Bulls all these team they’re on the back end of a backtack yeah it’s a little I’m
It’s dicey for me man yeah I mean at a certain point though you have to stop with the excuses and just go out and beat teams that you’re supposed to beat and San Antonio Spurs are the worst team in the Western Conference they’re 13 and 49 on the season they’re missing their
Superstar young player and so all of these things add up to like this is a game you have to win you you got to find a way to get through and you’ve got to you’ve got to gear up and it doesn’t matter who played what minutes last
Night other guys need to step up you know for all the minutes that dearon fox deont sabonis Malik mck ke and Murray played last night Hey Kevin hder and and Harrison Barnes they barely played should have fresh legs coming into this game and that’s what you need you need
Everybody to step up and and play their role and find a way to help you get over the hump against a a team that you should not even I this team plays hard but you shouldn’t even really look at as like real competition can I just say
What needs to be said here yeah the Spurs without Victor wanyama are the worst team in the league oh yeah it’s not even I my my buddy Sean is a huge Spurs fan has been his whole life and all he does when he texts me about the Spurs is complain about the
Roster around Victor wanyama there are it I don’t I I’m not gonna super insult anybody I was going to say there are not that many NBA players they’re all NBA players yeah but there are not many players on that team who are going to be contributors on a team that is
Contending okay I think Jeremy soan can play fact here let’s just go down the the projected lineup yep who’s starting at the point uh Trey Jones sure yeah I mean Trey Jones plays the game a lot like his brother they’re they’re guys who you know don’t turn the ball over he turns
The ball over more than his brother does but um but again guys that that you know kind of game managers 5.8 assists on the season to 1.4 turnovers that’s pretty strong it’s like close to a three to one I might I mean four to one that might
Even be a four to one so but he’s not a danger from the outside uh at the two we got Devon vasel vasel is he is quality he tore up the Kings last time they played uh played each other yep Kings got to figure that one out because
That’s the guy who’s going to try to bust you up again yep I would take him on the Kings Kellin Johnson I’d take Kellin Johnson on the Kings uh you know he’s averaging 15.8 points per game I don’t know I guess I I mean as he’s fine I would
They’re all just they’re all they’re all role players at Best to me yes thrust into these starting roles where they’re playing 30 plus minutes a night instead of 12 to 18 minutes a night well I’ll say couple of things like in the spurge defense it’s really difficult to on the
Fly put a roster together around a kid that you have no idea what he’s going to look like when you put him on the floor like sure the fact that he’s averaging that Victor wiama is averaging 20.7 points 10.3 rebounds 3.4 assists 1.3 steals 3.4 blocks you had no idea that
That’s you thought that that might be who he was in year two or year three but year one he’s a superstar I don’t know that anyone saw that coming so like how do you put a team together to support him and he’s he’s growing there’s a lot
Of things he does wrong we watched him you know forced a lot of shots against yeah a bunch of weird mid-range shots and stuff So eventually you’re going to have an idea of how to build a team around him but for day one you just put
A team around him and plug in play guys and see what you have yeah this is not to blame San Antonio this is just where they’re at in their rebuild they’re figuring out okay is Kellin Johnson going to be on this team and I know he
Just signed a a contract but yeah is he going to be on this team long term over the next five six seven years same thing with Devon Vel who also just got paid but is Jeremy soan playing a substantial role on on the version of the Spurs where they are
Contending in Victor wanyama as an MVP candidate let’s say in 2020 let’s call it 2027 that’s a good question like I like soan he’s fine yeah I like him I I think if you put him on the Sacramento Kings he’s kind of like that defensive minded
Pesky guy who does all the dirty work that would Aaron Gordon light yeah he would actually make sense for the Kings the fact that he can’t shoot the three really all that well is a bit of a concern um and I feel that way about quite a few of their players like again
Kellin Johnson I’m not saying hey go get Kellin Johnson to be your starting power forward right but I I could see a way in which Kellin Johnson could be a very very good version of like Carl Landry yeah how how he was KS and the rockets
And a couple other teams um you know again I would take soan I would take Jones as a backup point guard he’s you know um he’s got a little bit better size but more a true point guard but you notice as you’re saying all this it’s
All I would take him as a backup I would take him as a as a Off the Bench that’s that’s kind of the point I’m I’m making yeah I I would also like Ki they’re also all super young yeah I would kick back a little bit too and say that with without
Victor wh minyama I still think this is is a better team than I don’t want to say the Pistons but I do want to say Washington that’s fine because they’re a better Coach team and they’re they play Within the system so the just the system
Alone can hold up a little bit um you know I don’t I don’t think that like again Zack Collins competing with Damas sabonis tonight that’s not going to look pretty and you know sabonis probably needs to come in with like a face mask on because he’s gonna get popped a bunch
Like this is it probably won’t be all that pretty yeah so but again I like uh chedy Osman I I I I like uh Julian shimpan like there’s a bunch of guys on this roster that I’m like huh yeah I would take them yeah and just to just to this
Point to your point rather Devon Mel’s 23 Kellin Johnson 24 and he’s like an old guy Jeremy soan 20 wam of course 20 Trey Jones 24 Zack Collins 26 and he’s ancient on this roster Malachi brandom 20 jedy osman’s 28 but champany who you just mentioned 22 Yeah like this just
They’re all so young and figuring it out and that’s kind of where they’re at and you can see that when they play there’s some games where they look remarkable they they beat down the Thunder uh three days ago four days ago whever that was they smoked Oklahoma
City and web and Yama kind of dominated that game it certainly dominated the match up with with Chad holr so that’s all that’s all great but then you remove Victor wanyama from that equation and I have way bigger questions about what this team is going to look
Like no I totally agree I I think it’s interesting too because the California classic we get to see a lot of their young players play yeah so that it’s kind of the the beauty to the California classic before they get to Summer League they come into Sacramento and you get to
See them like go out there the guy I would I would try to sneak in and and steal from them is Dominic Barlo uh I I think that kid has all kinds of potential I would I he’s a 20-year-old I would go try to like I wouldn’t give up
A first round pick for him but I would probably give up a a second or two and try to sneak him out of there because I think he’s goingon to be a ball player he really yeah he really really played well in the California classic every
Time we saw him and just really he’s working find his game yeah undrafted but uh top prospect guy that that kind of fell apart if I’m not mistaken um who had kind of a weird high school whatever situation did he go play internationally no I don’t think so no
He’s he’s on College oh oh he played at one of the prep schools yeah he played at St Joseph’s Preparatory School in in Philadelphia which counts as College it counts as yeah for your one and done yeah oh I NOA also no he played for the
Um I don’t think he didn’t play for the ignite he played for the other team oh he went to so he went straight to the G League yeah he went straight to the G League he played for um what’s the team in Florida tell you there’s a there’s
Another g-league Squad that he that he played for and I don’t know why it’s not coming to me shooting 49. 2.9% from three this year yeah limited only played 13 minutes a game in 24 games but yeah that’s the exact kind of player that’s the exact
Kind of player 69 220 might shoot it a little bit they’ve got a bunch of them hiding go just go yeah you see them play in in the uh in the California classic and you see all of their great young players you’re like hey I like it just
Go talk to pop tonight just sayy pop let’s slide that kid over here yeah what’s your match up of the game with Victor wanyama out oh I want to see demonus sabonis and Zach Collins I don’t I know because you hat Zack Collins face I’m out on Zack Collins bro I I know
Elbows man can I I would like to see Keegan Murray against Devon Vel oh can they slow down Devin Vel what did go like 10 of 13 or 12 of 14 or something from the field yeah he tore them in their last match up I would love to see
Keegan Murray on the second night of a back-to-back uh he didn’t make a Major Impact offensively against against La I would like to see him on the second night of this back toback make not only an off an impact offensively which will talk about when we get to keys to the
Game but I would also like to see him uh play better defensively yes tonight against Devon Vel specifically because if you’re shutting down Devon Vel okay all these other guys are going to play hard and they’re going to do all the right stuff and they’re gonna you know make some
Mistakes but Jeremy San’s gonna get some points from the dunker spot and Trey Jones Is Gonna Knock Down a three or two or whatever it is but Devon Vell is the guy who the losing path for the Kings is oh Devon Vell had 40 and the only reason we know that is
Because he almost did that to him last time correct yes you limit Devon vasel and and that’s probably ball game yeah all right March Madness we got that for you tonight at 6:30 pm for the final time in the Pack 12 regular season Asu at UCLA that is coming up later tonight
And then on Saturday got some top 25 college hoops for you B big basketball day Saturday here on ESPN 1320 so it’s number 15 Kentucky at number four Tennessee and that sec battle that’s at 12:45 and then at 5:00 p.m a big game for the Kings with the Suns visiting the
Celtics the kings of course trying to chase down the suns in the standings so that’ll be a huge game for Sacramento that’s all coming up on ESPN 1320 Sacramento sports leader all right let’s shift gears and get back to get back to what happened last night
Yeah that was way more fun than talking about how they might lose to the Spurs I don’t know I just I was impressed I was super impressed as well I thought that the spirit what they the way that they recovered was so encouraging and then the way that they held on when
Things started to get a little a little dicey a little weird late just the way that they they fought through I thought it was it it’s great when you look at the box score and you see you know players like dearon Fox and Malik monk have these huge games right so what do
They combin for like 70 yeah 26 44 70 70 right so that’s great but that’s not all that I remember from that game I remember Keon Ellis coming in and like making a huge impact on the floor early in in his stent I remember Davon Mitchell coming in and launching away
With confidence and hitting shots and saying no no we’re not going down tonight this is not what’s happening as secondary players not that no no I’m gonna play defense and and Deen Fox is Gonna Save Us it was no I’m gonna be a a willing participant in what’s happening
Tonight and that’s big to see a guy like Trey Lyles come in and play 30 minutes against two like first ballot Hall of Famers like one like one they should just get like in automatic entry into the Hall of Fame now like we should just consider LeBron James a Hall of Famer
Now they should just like enshrine him now it’s fine like everyone would be okay with it every once in a while there’s one of these guys right but to have everybody jump in and be part of the conversation and be part of what’s happening to see sabonis still carrying
The weight that he has all season but doing it in a different way playing defense in a different way these are all things that I think were really really encouraging about this wi yeah it felt sustainable it wasn’t oh man Kevin herder got super hot from three and he
Made nine threes and that’s what carried Sacramento or Trey lyes had a huge night or whatever it was it was dearn Fox and domas and Malik monk mhm I that’s that’s it that’s that’s going to win you games when those three guys are playing really well offensively and then you add in
What dear did defensively we’ve already talked about the defense domas played last night which I super impressed with I’m I when those three guys are are cooking the Kings and dearn specifically that’s that’s the MVP candidate on this team or or to me the the onea on this team
And he took over last night every big spot every spot where it felt this is okay they’re lers are getting back into it you really need a bucket here say there’s dear getting into the paint and scoring not relying on the three they’re not relying on Kevin herder or Harrison
Barnes or somebody else to knock one down it’s hey they need a bucket right now and dearn fox is gonna go get it and I loved loved to see that yeah I totally agree and the fact that it was him going to the Bas again and again and again and again yes
The king scored 76 points in the paint I mean that’s that’s bananas that’s so many points that it’s absolutely C almost half of them yeah when your point guard has almost half of your 76 paint points that’s that’s pretty solid that’s pretty solid really really good you know
Just like that he’s back over 27 points a game like look yep I think the one thing that we may learn throughout like this next 20 games that there is a possibility that dearen like ran out of gas for for like four weeks around January right and he had some he had
Some problems just like figuring it out but now he’s back and if he can if he stored up energy during that time and he comes out of you know like and and finishes this last grouping of games that you know I think everyone feels like he can then you’re looking at the
Potential to have a player who is a little well rested and like really really ready to go in his last seven games Fox is is just tearing it up he’s averaging 31.7 again he’s he’s averaging 7.1 assists he’s averaging 5.9 rebounds 2.3 steals he’s shooting 53.3% from the field his three-point
Percentage is down to 29.8 over that stretch but again that shows you the the potential for improvement and that’s what you’re hoping for that you’re hoping that dearon fox is going to Peak at the right time and the right time is right now and heading into the playoffs
And if he can be great for a 40 game stretch here not just the you know the 20 games remaining but the the seven or eight games that he’s already gone through and then you hit the playoffs with him at Full Tilt then the Kings have a shot like they have punch chance
In every series yeah because then we’ve talked about this a million times with dearon yeah but with him specifically you have the best player on the court in a playoff series you have a chance to win four out of those seven games every time yeah totally so I I I’m I’m right
There with you the thing that jumps out to me and I was a little bit uh wrong on this with with Fox is early in the year when he was shooting such a high percentage from three 40% even when he dipped down to 39 the high 39s and he
Would shoot 10 or 11 threes in a game I would see people say that’s too many threes I I need to see him drive more I need to see him breaking down Defenders and getting into the paint more mhm and my argument was always well no you keep shooting them when you’re
Shooting it at that percentage I will take whatever if you’re going to shoot 40% from three give me all the volume I shouldn’t that’s that’s that’s a number that you will that you will take on the other hand I see where that was at the time it was right
But when he is attacking and he’s getting downhill a he’s unguardable but B the three-o percentage is a big deal for dear not for volume it’s just for the threat of it yeah it’s because now teams go hey he’s shooting what what’s he at 37% now 36 36.7 so just under 37%
That’s a that’s a credible three-point shooter that a Defender can’t just sag off of oh no and say yeah take it we’re happy we’ll live with you taking this three-pointer because you can’t because they’ll knock it down yep but that doesn’t mean he needs to shoot 12 a game
And in fact you you mentioned that that three-point percentage has gone down his he’s Tak in the last what is this in his last six games I can count in his last six games 76 4 five 76 instead of what he was doing early in
The year where we have 11 15 16 8 10 yeah that’s I think that five to six number is probably about where it should land as long as he’s getting downhill like he did last night yeah and I think when he starts getting downhill and he starts getting to the basket the Lakers
Game is almost an anomaly right the he’s going to get to the free throw line a lot more when he’s playing that type of basketball you look at his five free throw attempts how many of those were on and ones last night probably three of them yeah three of
Them so there’s only one other time where it got fouled and got sent to the line yeah that’s pretty crazy yeah so I I would like to see a point where he’s just like in you know optimized dearon Fox is probably six threes a game and it’s all of these pain touches and
Getting to the Rim Yeah and then if he he adds in the assist totals if he starts flinging the ball around like what we saw in uh in the Chicago game yeah we start seeing different aspects of his game like that’s what I think everyone should be should still love
About Daren Fox is that we still don’t know what the ceiling is yeah like we thought it was 25 point something games points per game and that was last year’s number Al that’s not the ceiling and he can not only get better as as a scorer
He can get better as an assist guy he can get better as a Defender there are so many aspects to his game that he still has the potential to get better and the fact that he’s 26 and we’re still talking about a player that can show Improvement that’s pretty cool he’s
Getting very good at picking his spots yeah and not thinking I have to go we T sh gilis Alexander a player we’ve talked about quite a bit recently uhuh but he’s but he has exactly 31 points in eight games and he scored 30 plus in 44 games
That’s what the Thunder need from him night in and night out yes for the Thunder to be where they are in the standings they need Shay gilg just Alexander to look like an MVP candidate and scoring 30 plus a game there are some nights where the Kings need dearen
To go get 44 yeah if dearen has 30 last night I don’t think the Kings win I don’t I I I don’t I don’t think the Kings wind up winning that game maybe they do but it was the aggressiveness and the stamp he put on I mean every quarter we talked
About it nine points 11 points 12 points 12 points yeah in each quarter it’s that intensity and setting the tone like that that’s what he can do he is the lead on this team but it’s okay he had 44 points four assists last night but then you go
You talked about the Chicago game 20 points 10 assists the game before that 27-6 before that 33-7 before that 28- n like he’s picking his spots he’s going to go get his 25 plus his 27 plus but then there’s going to be games where yeah he gets 20 but hey he’s dishing out
His assists and then there’s going to be games where he goes and gets 44 and yeah he’s not assisting as much because the other team just can’t guard him you’re GNA go score a bunch to and that that growth in him as a player is a is a
Really really big deal well and keep in mind he did miss two games with a bruise knee and that bruise knee is still a thing it’s not like it went away but he scored 44 points with a with that injury that’s still sitting there you know and
And what he put up the the night before like 20 and 10 couple of nights before so yeah his numbers are impressive he has seven games a season over 40 points um 44 he’s still stuck on his his career-high but uh he’s also he’s got 21
Games a season over 30 and he’s a he’s a player with just unlimited potential and you love to see it you just need to he needs to see the stats that when he when he’s off the Kings have no chance you know at all so I mean it’s not just his
Scoring but like when he’s not like being that guy setting a tone yeah that’s what he did last night that’s what I thought was great he go nine points in the first he closes out the second quarter with with a bucket and then they he didn’t let off the gas he
Goes and gets 24 second half points and kept La at arms length yep and it’s not you don’t have to be clutch player of the year to have an impact on the game and have an impact on winning those 12 fourth quarter points were a big deal
Those were those were huge as the Lakers were really storming back and trying to get in that game you can you can be a quote unquote clutch player without being in clutch time less than five points and five minutes left well that and I felt like the way that he scored
The fact that he could just get to the basket at will it was demoralizing oh big time it’s like why is no one stopping him you you get it you wor LeBron drives in he goes and scores okay cut it to 15 and then right back down
Back to 17 yep I like that yeah no wa no waste of motion no waste of time it was just man really really good performance hey you can listen to our show we have a podcast not a separate podcast but this show if you can only listen to a little
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Oh um nigh what do you think the the kings are missing the most in order to be a serious Contender um I don’t know that it’s a superstar like because I think so many teams in the league you could say hey if they had a superstar they’d be a
Contender I think it’s got to be close to a an All-Star level player that’s kind of where I’m at they need they need another near All-Star level player or like Fringe All-Star type guy um that is fits a specific role like a fre and D guy um is is today National serial day
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Yeah all right good bad and ugly that should have a we should have for that all right what was your good thing from last night uh the guard play that was good yeah Fox monk Mitchell combined for 82 um absolutely brilliant play by all of them um you know I think there there
Were moments in this game that were decided the the game was decided by moments from each of these players Fox had moments in every quarter Davon in the second quarter Malik in the second and third like there were just like really really good Moments by all of
These guys that that help push you over the top yeah man Davon Mitchell ran a plus 23 in the second quarter yeah look at Keon Ellis too like a plus 17 for the game yeah and very limited minutes like very very impressive he he played 14
Minutes ran a plus 17 Five Points three rebounds uh and a steel yeah it went from not sure which one of these guys you can play to and don’t know which one you can’t play yeah it went to well both of them and not Chris tte well what are
You gonna do you know yep my good thing last night shout out to the Kings they didn’t let go of the way they could have let go there was a point early in the game they were down 19 they could have punted and said oh
Not our night there was a point in the second half where the Lakers cut it to 12 they might have gotten it as low as as low as nine I don’t think they ever got it to single digits but as they came back you you texted right before I think
It was LeBron hit a three on the wing and you were like Mike Brown needs to take a timeout and he oh yeah and he did and that stopped the run and that was it that was that like the Lakers are getting momentum quick timeout Kings regroup they came out and closed the
Door they they ult they wind up losing the fourth quarter by two points but when you’re when you’re trying to hold on for a lead like that it’s uh you’ll you’ll take losing a quarter by two When you entered it up by a million so yep no I think that that’s what you
Have to do I mean this team is run out of like get out of jail free cards they they have to go out and throttle up every time and figure out ways and if that means putting dearon Fox and mon sabonis out there for 40 minutes a night
Hey that’s what has to happen yeah deal with it later yeah um what was bad for you last night herder and Barnes were non factors yeah they were they both played limited minutes uh Harrison bars ended up with uh 11 points on five of seven from the
Field but ran a negative -10 in 15 minutes Kevin herder played 12 minutes one of three from the field uh missed both his his threes um he played he scored two points had three personal fouls had three assists which were nice and a steal his assist has been nice
Lately in the two-man game with domas has been pretty impressive yeah they have some moments but um overall those guys lost out to uh to guys like Davon Mitchell guys like Keon Ellis like we were talking about guys like Trey Lyles who played 30 minutes they’re playing better yeah they’re more effective yeah
Sorry about it man uh if you’re listening now and if you can reach back can patch yourself on the back because you dear listener of the Insiders collected as many rebounds and dished out as many assists as Harrison Barnes did last night oh congratulations you are a borderline MBA player that’s right
Listener is a borderline NBA player Harrison Barnes Bonafide NBA player yes don’t get that twisted my bad thing was did I write one down yeah the Lakers are 15 of 32 from Beyond The Arc oh I didn’t even notice yeah 15 of 32 that’s bad you don’t love that it wound
Up being fine they won by 10 again this is this is nitpicky it’s supposed to be it’s good bad and ugly we’re trying to find the that was something that that jumped out I felt like the Lakers never missed a three last night yeah every
Time and they were down by so many early on that it didn’t it didn’t matter that’s that’s interesting I didn’t even notice the the three-point shot I thought thought it was it was almost like inconsequential like I know that uh Austin Reeves hit a couple late when the
Game was over but you know they didn’t have that many like padding of the stats in the fourth quarter that you would point to that like you can’t keep doing that but I guess if you’re gon to win you’re gonna win yeah like I said it’s
Not the end of the world but when you start looking at long-term trends from the season that was a they broke a couple of Trends last night but that was one that kept going so gotta fix that what was ugly 19 Point deficit early yeah it was
You just can’t you can’t expect to come back in a game like that because how many times do we get to the the end of a game and say oh you know you lose by six you trouble by 19 early but it took so much to get back in the game you just
Didn’t have enough to put you over the top the Nuggets when they lost in overtime to Phoenix the other night they expended all this energy battling back from 22 points down and then they get blown out in overtime oh yeah because you just you’re fighting uphill and then
You get to where you need to go and you don’t have any energy to finish the job and then Kevin Durant got hot and you’re just like all right you left the door open yeah ball game yeah no I I I was certain at that point when he
Got to 37 to 18 and the crowd is in it and they’re dunking and LeBron’s doing no look passes and it just that just felt like a Laker Avalanche where the kings are going to lose by a bunch but good for them not only in that building where it’s this historic building and
Against the Lakers and they I say historic it is a big-time building and against the Lakers that is an easy spot to get overwhelmed and just go all right it feels historic and you’re surrounded by stars yeah like I was Jack there like probably yeah well
He he hadn’t been at games for a long time I mean Jimmy Goldstein sitting on the sidelines like it’s just like Staple Center matters it does and if you’ve never have you ever gone to a game not okay so the lighting is so specific yeah it’s like you’re on a Hollywood set
Right so the floor is lit and it’s like it’s almost like a yellow Hue right and then you get about eight rows deep and you can’t really see any it like it goes dark like it’s this really dramatic effect and it’s only Arena like that’s
Where when I golden one is one of the nicest Arenas in the league without any question but it feels sterile a lot of the times even like it’s a lot of like the blue light it’s a lot of like black see like concrete and concrete floors like the whole thing feels a little
Sterile there aren’t a lot of areas in the building for like artwork or things to liven it up there is there’s not a lot of wood so when you’re looking at it it’s it’s it’s very sterile and it feels like even the court is really bright
It’s really lit it is very bright in there yeah so that’s just not the case with when you go to Staples it’s it’s somewhere that I tell people like you want to really capture like the like Showtime Lakers or like C catch a game that feels different it’s a cool place
To go yeah I would like to do that maybe we can do that next season yeah take a little road trip I’m on I’m in all right great mark it down my when was Keegan last night man yeah I I don’t know maybe I’m expecting too
Much but I thought at some point here down the stretch because we talked about a couple weeks ago maybe last week how important Keegan Murray is Mike Brown talked about how important Keegan Murray is do I still have that sound is it still here yeah here let’s hit here Mike
Brown listen to this yeah you know I I’ve had and I will continue to have conversation with Keegan we want Keegan to be aggressive uh uh because we we feel like his development is necessary for us to continue our climb as a team and um uh so not just because of tonight
But but you know going forward uh I’m always going to tell them hey be aggressive uh just because this guy’s in the game or that guy’s in the game uh you go ahead and you take the lead if you see any opportunity to take advantage of the defense or your
Defender uh we’re all for it eight shots is not that and that was again that was last week or a couple weeks ago and I I understand it’s not like they needed him last night they had plenty of offense but I would to see the the Kings more
Often having plenty of offense with Keegan Murray shooting it 17 18 times yeah eight eight shots that is just a lack of aggressiveness the opportunities are there the Lakers can’t defend I would like I would I I want to see him be more consistently active for everything might
Is not just about this year it is about long term they need Keegan Murray to get to a certain level as a player if he’s going to be their third guy and I don’t think you’re going to get there taking eight shots in a game yeah I get your your point
I would also say like every game has its own life and its own Vibe and I agree and I don’t think the way that that Davon Mitchell was was hitting everything in the second quarter like okay maybe Davon gets a quarter here maybe that’s it’s his time and then you
Know monk just takes over and you have these great moments for monk you the early third quarter where sabonis came into the second half with I think four points and comes out of the third quarter with like I don’t know probably what he finished with um you know there
There are players that have moments and I don’t think you have to force your way into all of these moments you don’t have to play like hey I’m with you but he was three for eight last night and three for eight against Chicago yeah that’s not
Good this is this has a been a thing all year any went and again I just this is just field goal attempts 14 17 15 in the three games before Chicago like that’s more like it that’s more the direction you want to see him trending and then he
Comes back with eight and eight and you kind of wonder if that that aggressiveness is just not coming if it’s just not there yeah I mean he didn’t take a shot in the fourth quarter in seven minutes of play he didn’t take a shot yeah actually all he had was a
Rebound that’s it he had one offensive rebound and I remember it it was a nice play but yeah uh I want to do this would you rather we we’ll do that but I want to get to keys to a Kings victory tonight against the Spurs as the Sacramento Kings at Golden Center
Looking to avoid the dreaded loss to a worse team while that team is also short-handed bo bo happened a lot this year how do they avoid it we’ll tell you next on ESPN 1320 Sacramento sports later clear uh let’s see see I don’t know why I say clear into
The microphone like the chatty house needs to know oh like yeah hey guys we’re clear that’s funny well we used to be in separate rooms maybe that’s why probably uh I’m trying oh overtime Elite that’s where Dominic Barlo came from overtime Elite h good Lord I’m on the estles committee for my
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Pains um so i’ do that mostly because they had an opening when I was trying to get my yard done and the estles person approves yard architecture yeah so I was like oh I can just approve my own yard that’ll be great because it originally got rejected even though it
Was within all the rules and I was basically told that the previous stopples person just kind of didn’t like my idea oh that’s trash yeah which is why I feel totally justified in being like okay I’ll take the job signed so we’re good now but anyways they just
Emailed me and I take this very UNS seriously like I’m a volunteer um and she just asked me if I have a inspection something from an inspection uh from 2021 like you’re asking me to hold on to a lot of stuff here you’ve been doing it
That long yeah oh okay yeah dog it just like goes to you it’s super easy they just email me and they go hey can you go check out this house and I drive by it I stop real quick I take five minutes to fill out the little form and good to go
All right but I turns out I do have this amazing 29 seconds look at me I got emails from 2021 I I need to see your backyard I need to see photos all right here we go Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Golden One Center tonight
It’s an important one not a big I’m not this is not a big game they’re all important I’m no longer going to specify when it’s an important game the Kings need to stack wins especially against Bad teams especially against Bad short-handed teams EV every game is a
Big game from here on out yeah I agree like if you want to be a playoff team if you if you want to avoid the play in if you want to I think they’re all important I think games like the Lakers or the Suns or the Mavericks or Golden State
I think those are big yeah every game is going to be important moving forward though see Kyle this is the Sacramento King’s thinking that gets them to overlook teams that they shouldn’t Overlook you what you’re totally right and that’s why every game is a big game
And that’s why you know again the Kings have been looking at the the season and five game Sprint uh like stance they also you know they try to focus on one game to the next to the next I really wish like the hyperfocus on one game but
It it’s tough you know I think that’s one of the reasons why back-to-backs are so difficult like if you play back Tob backs against a team that you’ve played a couple of times that’s one thing but when you play a back toback against a team that you don’t see all the time
Like how do you game plan for it you because it’s not like you’re going to have a shootaround it’s not like you’re gonna have like a a film session on that team what the Tendencies are of that team you play one night you get up the next morning sometimes you have to
Travel and then boom you’re right in it and you haven’t really had that prep time that’s a big deal yeah yeah all right let’s hit the injury report for tonight’s game Sasha venkov of course still dealing with an ankle injury he is out vikor wanyama also out dealing with
A right ankle issue so no Victor wanyama for the San Antonio Spurs tonight yeah that’s a bummer Charles Bassie is out too with a with an ACL left ACL Terror which is too bad he’s another big man that probably would have filled in with Victor Wiman Yama out shot blocking you
Know yeah Theo Ratliff built like player you know totally yeah no idea who Theo Ratliff is no I know it should that was just a w just an out of nowhere kind of oh okay uh keys of the game James ham what is your first key to the Kings not
Losing to the short-handed Spurs don’t blow it again just go in there just don’t blow it you you know what’s at stake we all know what’s at stake let’s not have a post game where everyone’s looking at each other like I can’t believe that just happened what is going
On where we need another players only me like just go out there beat a team that’s not as good as you who is lacking their star take it serious hopefully your starters can get a rest tonight that they didn’t get last night because you run over a team that’s what you
Should do I agree that’s what they should do but I’m done expecting that or asking for that yep just win yeah um number one where are we at number one right yeah stop de Vel he’s there dude just stop him just I know he’s gonna score and he’s gonna
Have 20 plus and he’s gonna take a ton of shots I get that you cannot let him get rolling the way he did in in their first match up at Golden One Center he was cooking that and like be realistic he is not demard Rosen go out there and
Stop him like this is he’s a good young player mhm he’s not a great young player yeah he’s fine go out there and find a way to stop him do not let him come anywhere near what he did last time and again I’m going to give the Kings a
Little bit of a of an out with the the last game where they barely well they held on and one by five one 127 122 against the Spurs that was the first game coming out of the break like that’s always a weird game you’ve had a week
Off you know some guys just rolled back into town after vacation it’s always a weird game but what you can’t do is let a guy go 13 of 18 and three of four from three he doesn’t even shoot that many threes and he just lit you up that can’t
Happen again yeah yeah I I want to see that’s where I would love to see Keegan Muro talked about him offensively it’s where I’d love to see him pick up that assignment and play really really well in that spot uhuh number two um number two for me is find Second Wind after an
Emotional win last night yep uh you know like everyone’s going to be tired it it’s not it’s not easy to go into you know stables. crypto do whatever the hell we’re calling it yeah it’s not easy to go in there a 7:30 start beat a a
Team that you know you have to beat and have an emotional win have a big night by Fox and then leave there fly home get back the middle of the night a lot of players played 37 38 minutes even Trey L playing 30 minutes off the bench is not
Something he typically does m you need to find it you need to show heart and and figure it out and show that you can play on second night of back toback and you know they started 0 and four on back Tob backs and they’ve caught up they’re
Now four and five yep which is pretty substantial yeah number two for me don’t let Zach Collins I know it’s kind of a bit but T you can’t let him get under your skin and affect this game in a greater way than Zack Collins should be affecting a
Game Zack Collins is a is a is a fine player he’s not a he’s not he’s not bad but he is a he is a capable NBA player but he’s going to he’s going to push and he’s going to pull and he’s going to throw an elbow here and a
Forearm there and maybe have a dirty play here there you cannot let him under your skin where all of a sudden Zack Collins is having this outsized effect on the game because deonis bonis is in foul trouble or dearen Fox gets an early Tech and I don’t want any of that Zack
Collins is going to go have 15 and N or whatever he’s going to wind up with and that should be the extent of his effect on the game yeah I totally agree if if I’m the Kings I try to get Zack Collins sitting on the bench as quick as
Possible just attack him attack attack attack attack get him in F trouble get him out of the game have him go sit and watch and you can do that because once you get past him they don’t really have anyone like I don’t even know how to say
Well let’s see they have Sandro Mamu K oh yeah on their bench talked about him last time which I like mamuk lash 6’1 240 pounds like we’ve never heard of him um he for some reason he’s played there a long time and he averaged he averaged 10.8 for the Spurs in 19
Games last year in 19 games yeah 10.8 and 6.8 yeah um that’s because he was finishing off the season playing a bunch of minutes and but like that’s who is backing up Zack Collins so go ahead and beat up Zack Collins so he doesn’t he doesn’t impact the game at all yeah
Definitely number three for you this is the worst shooting uh three-point shooting team in the league now you went and did it I did I keep saying it just collaps the lane they they shoot 34.6 shrink the game I say this every game and then the
Kings give up what did they give up last night 15 to what last night 15 to 32 15 and 32 don’t give up 15 and 32 uh but this is not on me yeah play his own play his own against this team again you need to have all of these
Things in your bag when you get to the playoffs work on the Zone work on some of these things this is not a it’s an A young inexperienced not great team they’re well coached but outside of that they they’re not a winning they have 13
Wins go out there and mix it up when the Spurs go 14 of 31 tonight I want everyone to remember this you’re going to blame me 100 % 100% I’m running them off the line all night I doing whatever I can to make sure the Spurs are not
Hoisting threes because they’re going to go in all right number three for me I need the bench to keep flexing 50 points last night 62 in the win against Minnesota that’s largely because Malik monk has has been on a scoring binge but I want to see that
Keep up he’s to me their most important player dearen Fox is their best player he’s going to set a tone all this L and that when Malik monk comes off the bench and is scoring and is playing well there is a different vibe and a different
Field of this team and you see it by way of that bench scoring that second unit scoring the second unit was what got him pack in the game last night um I need to see him continue having big games e even against a team that is that is not as
Good yeah I completely agree and I think that what we’re going to see here Off the Bench is probably something similar to what we saw last night you’re going to see Keon Ellis you’re going to see DAV Mitchell you’re going to see a lot ofes again I think that they’ll go small
Ball tonight because there’s no reason not to like Off the Bench so if you need to figure out a way to get some of these guys’ minutes this could be one of those games where you put Trey Lyles at you can go Trey lles at the at the five you
Can go Chris DTE at the four for some or and Kevin herder you know front line Kevin herder and Trey ly and because that’s the size of this team without Victor wanyama and so I would say like really try to push the tempo really try to like like
Rely on that second unit to go get you something and they need to bring it they need to bring something yeah Kevin herder specifically yeah he needs a game he needs he needs to have a a game where he just a he’s productive but B he plays
Like 30 plus minutes and give me good minutes yeah I mean it was like three games ago he played 39 minutes it’s not like it’s not like he’s not playing yeah but he played 18 and he was he was mad about it last night he got what 12
Minutes yeah it’s more just a function of how he’s playing Mike Brown isn’t sitting Kevin herder because he thinks Kevin hder is is a is a bad overall player he’s sitting Kevin herder because he’s not effective in that game well that is go be go go be effective and I
Also think it it’s something about like on occasion there’s a player who just matches up better and that you need to go to and you know the last time they played the Spurs Kevin herder had 21 points yeah and he was really good he had 21 points five assists four rebounds
He had five of eight from three MH like if that’s a if if Kevin hder is that player it takes care of everything else yeah like we don’t worry about how many minutes he’s playing because he doesn’t come off the court that’s just it is what it is we will revisit all this
Tomorrow 10 to noon right here on ESPN 1320 and see if the Kings can pull off the victory they’re minus 10 and a half tonight I think I like the Kings I think this is going to be the I I’m I’m two and0 I’m two and0 in my last two I gave
You Bulls plus seven and a half night I gave you Kings plus two and a half last night I’m going Kings minus 10 and a half I’m putting a little bit of faith in them I was very encouraged by what I saw from them specifically mentally last
Night okay all right um coming up 6:30 pm right here for the final time in the Pack 12 regular season we’ve got Arizona State at UCLA got a big game coming up for you on ESPN 1320 Sacramento sports leader we’re clear yeah clear it’s like you’re about to hit someone with the paddles
Clear how much time do we have three and three and minutes okay we right back sorry chat AL I’m doing stuff sorry guys Shes all right we back okay I’m back my bad excuse me nah and nah n if this happens I’m calling in sick if Zach Collins goes for his career high I’m looking up what his career high is right now if Zack Collins goes for his career high against the Kings tonight you don’t
You won’t find me tomorrow that just sounds a that sounds like an awful awful thing to have happen 29 Points if Zack Collins goes for if Zack Collins goes for 30 tonight although oh my God here’s something funny somebody uh Stephen in the chat said that if Zack
Collins goes for his career high tonight or it’s confirmed that Zack Collins’s going for a career high because I said he’s going to go for 15 and n and that’s how he should affect the game um his career high is 29 which he got against the Pistons in double overtime
Last year his career high in regulation 28 against the Sacramento Kings this season this season this season oh boy oh boy boy be everybody oh no oh Kyle you you done I’ve done it you jinxed us Kyle a Copa hang on it’s a good question David oh
Um there was nothing more alarming than Cole Aldridge pulling out his teeth oh that sounds gross front row is gone like hi zins Zack Collins would you take Zack Collins on your your team kind of the Dirty Work guy longer more athletic I think maybe a better Defender than what you have
Hang it’s a complete crap now back to the Insiders with James ham and Madson brought to you by Jiffy Lube on ESPN 1320 I have a fun hypothetical for you uhoh and I think it’s it might be obvious but I just want to kind of play just it’s a little thought
Experiment that’s all on a a yeah it’s a thought not a hypothetical because I think the answer is obvious but we’ve been talking about stacking up wins and needing to get to the number six seed So you you’re in the playoffs trying to get to at least the number six would you
Rather finish number six and face Denver in the first round or would you rather finish number seven with the chance to play either Oklahoma City or Minnesota in the first round if I can guarantee seven and I know I know you can’t guarantee anything
That I I don’t that I’m going to make it through the playin so you’ll either play the Mavs Golden State or LA and that’s seven eight game no but I’m not you’ll take the six I’ll take the six just because for that whole play Mak the playoffs is making the playoffs
Making sure that you you don’t have your first round pick it’s a big deal all of it’s a big deal that’s what that’s where I would be yeah I think that’s where I am too but also yeah I can’t H I was going to try and come at this from the angle because
When I was thinking about this this morning like man you would feel good they’ve they’ve owned the Lakers the last two years you’d feel fine if you’re playing the Lakers in the playin you also you’d also really I’m not because like I get I get why you
Wouldn’t you have the world against you in that game and you have to do what you did last night you have to go out and flat out beat them which I think they can do well yeah but a regular season game LeBron decides to put on the gas
Last night for like for like three minutes and is like okay well we’re not going to win because they keep answering if he decides to do that for 15 minutes straight he’s either gonna make every shot or he’s gonna get to the free throw line that’s that’s the way that the NBA
Is and so I don’t I don’t like playing him or Steph Curry in that game and I don’t care well I get the the Warriors have been just a tougher matchup in in general yeah but the kings are two and two against them this season no I well
Yeah but one of them they came back from 24 down to win by one and the other one was a onepoint win right now look if if somehow there’s a 78 with I mean a yeah 78 with you and Dallas okay I think you can beat Dallas I do too yeah I mean
They’re two and against Dallas right now Dallas yeah Dallas is is so they’re they’re so onedimensional it doesn’t it doesn’t track in my in my head because Luca is is a amazing MH a really good player just an Abomination to watch I can’t stand watch an Abomination but I
Complete CRA he’s good he’s he’s good as hell at basketball and then Kyrie same thing they forget the off court stuff for for just and just pure nameless faceless basketball player yes he is one of the most aesthetically pleasing players to watch in the sport and one of
The toughest shot makers in the sport but when was the last time a team won a title or a team made a serious run and where team was dangerous in the playoffs where it’s my turn your turn offense doesn’t happen no I get Luca dishes out a bunch of assists and all
That like I sure but it’s not within the flowing of an offense I’d even say that that’s part of the reason why the Celtics don’t win have it won Championship with their group that that is one of the craziest my turn your turn teams I’ve ever seen m like they
Literally take Jason Tatum off the court and allow Jaylen Brown to go score and then they put him back on the court and they they play together some but it’s so my turn your turn yeah and I don’t know how you win that way I think that’s why
Drew holiday makes them dangerous yeah although I thought the same thing about Malcolm Brogden but well but it’s also like I think porzingis makes him dangersous too because you know you have to defend porzingis everywhere on the court and I I’m not a porzingis fan at
All and I would never have traded for him for like the Sacramento Kings but I get why they did it and I think that there is value in what he brings but um just like I wouldn’t want him as a centerpiece player and he’s not a centerpiece piece player he’s the the
Fourth best player on that Boston Celtics team so if I told you the Mavs were guaranteed to be the eight seed you would take the seven instead of the six probably and risk it yes the seven if I knew I was getting either OKC or Minnesota yeah well especially in
Minnesota now we haven’t even touched on this yet Carl Anthony towns out indefinitely with a torn meniscus brutal that’s I was already not super terrified that the Timberwolves were going to go on a run but the world where the Timberwolves go on a run involved Carl Anthony towns turning
Into a top three Center in the league which depending on who you ask he already is but would he would be dominant right he’d be averaging 30 and 10 and knocking down a bunch of Threes And just making Rudy goar a viable option on the court and everything’s
Working together and oh my God they have this stifling defense with Anthony Edwards and Carl Anthony towns can’t be stopped right now and here come the wolves I don’t see that with Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gober like we’ve seen that it’s the Jazz that’s what they have okay when it
Was Donovan Mitchell and and Rudy okay I’m with you I’m with you there I I do think that there there’s a possibility that first of all Ant-Man becomes like the Superstar super that everyone thinks that he is sure already right now he does like this is going to open a door I
Also I really really like NS Reed and I really like Jaylen uh is it Jade McDaniel is yeah Jade McDaniel is Sir um but they don’t have enough scoring without they were already a team that that isn’t a good scoring team they’re 19th in the league and scoring in points
Per game um they’re 17th in the league in offensive rating you take cat off that team and they become pretty bland as a scoring team I mean you’re gonna have to count on guys like uh Nel Alexander Walker to step up and be something that he hasn’t been been
Before you’re gonna have but this is that’s all and and I don’t even hate that in the regular season but when you get into the playoffs guys like Nel Alexander Walker get get played off the floor oh yeah as teams game planing around and on even before the cat injury check
This out since the All-Star break the Timberwolves had played the Bucks and they lost by five at home they played Brooklyn at home and one they beat San Antonio at home they beat Memphis at home they lost to the kings in overtime at home they lost to the
Clippers at home where they scored 88 points the Clippers scored 89 points and won that that game and then the their second win since the break or I’m sorry their fourth win since the break the Blazers well that’s a cupcake schedule yeah net net Spurs Grizzlies Blazers all
Wins Clippers Kings bucks all losses any team that’s any good at all beat them yes yeah I just I was already kind of wary of them and you take cat out of the out of the mix and I just don’t and check they’re so they’re tied for right
Now with Oklahoma City they’re a game up on Denver okay now follow this because I’m going to ask you a question based on this here’s their upcoming road trip at Indiana at Cleveland at Lakers at Clippers at jazz at jazz then there are home Nuggets home caves home Warriors home Pistons at nuggets
Again oh they’re shot where where do they wind up in the standings they’re two and a half games up on Fourth Place yeah do you think this is so do you do you think this is so dire that cuz I think I I really think I think you
Mentioned ant turning into a a just superhuman which maybe um I I don’t I don’t know if they’ll fall that far but when it comes playoff time man I just because I think Chris Finch can put it together in the regular season and you can rally your guys and you can go
Yeah hey let’s go let’s go win this one okay Indiana you can score on them easily and Cleveland okay that’s a tough match up but then the Lakers not that good the Clippers you just held them to 89 points go score some more play some good defense you you can see yourself talking
To yourself but when you go play Sacramento or New Orleans or Phoenix seven times in a row I don’t I don’t love that well they’re now the team that you target that everyone’s going to Target like hey if they Dro a three everyone wants six yeah you know they dropped a four
Everyone wants five like how do we get to five yeah no it’s it’s a good question man I I don’t know it’s it’s a tremendous injury I I feel for them because they’re having like a phenomenal season you hate to see something like this happen yeah to a team that like
Really is building something and like trying to get back on track for the for the first time in a while and to see them like get all the way up to the top and then have an injury it it’s just a bummer it would be the same thing if
Like the Kings last year climbing me meteoric rise and they’re the three seed if they would have lost I mean their players played through injuries but it’s see but I think it’s even worse because you could you could compare that to this year Minnesota had their playoff run
Last year they went to the playoffs they lose in the first round this was supposed to be the next step yeah this was supposed to be they they figured it out with Rudy Gober and Carl Anthony towns and they can coexist and Anthony Edwards is growing into this great
Player and jadeen McDaniels and Nas Reed and look at all this dep Mike Conley’s over there and now it’s that that that seconde jump that could potentially happen is just not there I wasn’t out on the Timberwolves entirely as a as a threat in the playoffs but now
I’m I got I got nothing for him I I’ll still you know be excited and hope that Anthony Edwards goes in and puts together some great games here in a great series but I I don’t I don’t buy them against any anybody in the west I like just looking at their schedule I
They got 20 games left I would be surprised if they were better than six and 14 or seven and 13 really just looking at the schedule left really man I mean I if if you can beat Indiana that’s a big game th tonight they play Indiana but then it’s caps Lakers
Clippers I you beat the Jazz twice even though it’s in in uh UT Utah um but then nuggets Cavs Warriors are going to beat you you’re going to beat the Pistons you’re going to play the Nuggets again and lose uh it’s a toss up with the
Bulls but I’m going to say Bulls I think you can beat the Rockets you can beat the Raptors you’re going to lose to the Suns you’re going to lose to the Lakers you’re going to beat Washington you’re going to lose to the Nuggets 5050 coin flip with the Atlanta Hawks and then the
Phoenix Sun’s last name game of the season if Phoenix is playing for anything right there you’re going to lose man and just following the trend like it sounds harsh just going yeah they’re going to lose to this good team and they’re going to beat this bad team that’s literally what they’ve done since
The All-Star break yeah that’s been their entire ethos as a team and that was before they lost their second best player I I I would like to see their record against 500 teams throughout the season I can get that for you right now yeah I can get that I’m looking it up
All right you’re you’re gonna dig into that yeah I am yeah if they’re yeah they’re if they’re the three seed I know which answer I’m taking on our in our little hypothetical there yeah the Minnesota Timberwolves are 23 and 14 against teams above 500 and 20 and five against teams below
500 okay so 23 and 14 Sacramento 20 and 20 against teams above 500 yeah so they’re up there with with a team like Minnesota yeah Phoenix 17 and 17 New Orleans 19 and 16 Clippers 20 and 18 yeah yeah turns out it’s harder to beat good teams welcome in Damien that’s
What we’re talking about today hell yeah harder to beat good teams than it is to beat bad teams so thank you thank you we’re uh we’re locked in that’s right um big win for the Kings last night over the Lakers just to give you an update in case you
Have not looked today the kings are the seven seed a game and a half clear of the Dallas Mavericks they are half a game back of the Phoenix Suns for that number 60 the final playoff spot Kings fan is rooting for Toronto tonight Phoenix is in Toronto um or no I’m sorry
Phoenix is hosting Toronto in uh down there in the desert Damen Barling gonna join us shortly for the handoff as we are going through um the Carl Anthony towns injury and and what it means for the West as we welcome in Damen Barling so bad because I could
Hear you stalling for time as I was trying to log in I was doing no that’s okay that was my that was on me the way you were sitting in the corner of my eye you were ready and launched into my thing and then I looked over at the
Stream and I realized you were not that’s my fault very don’t feel bad that’s on that’s on me I didn’t feel bad okay good I did in a little bit like oh he’s stalling log in come on he’s stalling damn it where’s the read wait for it yes 1320 is going Hoops crazy
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For you like all like it gets delivered like every two weeks like it’s a dope service it’s just you got you know you gotta it’s that real stuff you gota yeah you you got to commit to it you got you got to really commit to it well you know
A healthy life starts with healthy food and that’s true for dogs and people facts true that’s facts facts great win for the Kings last night I don’t I know you guys are going to talk about that this Carl Anthony towns injury though torn meniscus out indefinitely where do
You think the we this is what we’re going through where where do you think the Timberwolves wind up in the standings in are they just out as a viable Contender to you now uh um yeah like you can’t you can’t lose one of your top three
Players in a in a tightly contested top of the conference and still be oh no they’re fine right like no you can’t like Carl Anthony towns is so important uh to what they do because of the way that Rudy goar plays and I think Rudy goar has had an extraordinary season I
Think Carl Anthony towns has been really good I think the collective of the Minnesota Timberwolves has been good I think they’re going to be able to survive I think they could still finish first or second you know obviously third is very much in play I doubt they
Finished below that but when it comes to winning a series I don’t know man that’s that’s a whole different animal to me we were talking about whether they Dro to like fourth or fifth I don’t think so their schedule’s tough yeah the the one thing the the one thing that always bothers me
With stuff like this is if they said so Carl Anthony towns is out indefinitely if they said Carl Anthony towns is out like he’s not coming back done for the year yeah I think they’d be better off because I think you get into a certain mindset of he’s not coming back we have
To figure out a way to live without him sure versus surviving game to game or surviving week to week or or hey guys let’s just get through the regular season like you’re at a mental deficit in my opinion when that type of stuff happens obviously you hope Carl Anthony
Towns could come back a torn meniscus it’s insane oh they’re gonna give you a timetable they’re gonna say oh six to eight weeks hypothetically making up a time oh six to eight weeks okay you think he’s gonna be ready to play playoff basketball in eight weeks no he
Might be willing he might be able to function like you know DLo Kyle and James function in eight weeks but NBA playoff basketball like no that’s not realistic at least not not not at that level no that’s terribly unrealistic and I hate when they put these Tims on these guys who are clearly
Trying to rush back from injuries and they come back and you go man God damn he just doesn’t look good he doesn’t look right yeah he just tore his meniscus of course he doesn’t look right yeah like I’ve had people who’ve had Scopes and they tell you it’s six to
Eight weeks in a scope and they’ll be like yeah six to eight weeks you’re not going to feel normal for six to eight months oh yeah like on a basketball floor you’re not going to feel normal for six to eight months but they want you back out there because okay it’s
Healed you can go it’s not it’s not realistic so I think sometimes when you have moments where it’s like the deshun Watson thing going back to football deshun Watson was gone he is out we have to survive without deshun Watson and they were and I think there’s I think
There’s a a strong component to that where you’re not waiting for someone to return yeah I’m looking to and I think the problem that if you’re a team that that’s going to try to climb up right and get past him I don’t know how many teams can win 50 that are because
Minnesota let’s say they do go they finish a season like seven and 13 okay that’s 50 wins yeah okay I don’t think the Kings can go 15 and six and get to 50 I I don’t know that Phoenix can go 14- six and get to 50 I the Pelicans
Might be able to go you know 13 and seven and get to 50 wins but that’s that’s kind of like the cut off after that I think the Clippers the Clippers can easily in 21 games they can go 11 and 10 and get to 50 wins how how clear
Are are is Minnesota from La the Clippers yeah sorry four and a half games um no three that’s a game and a half two and a half games two and a half two and a half oh yeah no okay I I might have games I might need two games
The I might need to amend what I I I for I thought it I thought it was closer to four I didn’t realize it was two that’s uh yeah that’s that’s that’s close that’s tough but then there’s that Gap with uh between the Clippers and the Pelicans
That was the yeah that’s the three and a half game yeah there you said when you first sat down you were like yeah Minnesota could still be like the one or two seed and then you asked how far behind how far back La was and I had you
Specify the Lakers are 10 games back dude you weren’t talking about the Lakers they’re not they’re not gonna be in the mix well this isn’t Kenny no it’s not about Lake Show yeah oh actually you know what I’ve got that you know how to
Fire that yeah I sure do let me where is it no Tak this long there it was there it is I I can’t hear it because this headphone jack is so bad iug my headphones in they’re apparently going to switch those out that’s great that I’ve heard all right good uh good win
For the Kings last night very good um did you think they did I thought it was over at 37 to 18 so I had the app open and I’m just like don’t don’t don’t everyone else was you were gonna tweet just don’t never tweet put the phone down give them an
Opportunity to kick out of this Y and they came out of that timeout great dearon dearon dearon like okay yeah I like this um and then it like it just they did everything offensively defensively like it’s as good it’s as complete of a basketball game as I think we’ve seen them play the
120 that they gave up I don’t think is even remotely indicative to what they did defensively yesterday I totally agree yeah yeah I thought that they were really good all around I mean I thought again we we talked about it earlier I thought Davon was tremend mendous in the
Second quarter I thought Keon Keon Ellis his energy was tremendous and and I love and and I think dear pointed to Keon and and Davon in the postgame yeah um not at the table but at the on the headset he he pointed to their play but talk about
Davon for a second Hammer that’s as confident as I’ve ever seen Davon Mitchell shoot the ball no hesitation how we looked in the preseason we talked in the preseason we’re like wow he looks like he knows exactly what he’s doing on the court now he he looks so comfortable
D Davon really as frustrating as this up and down for the Kings have been Davon has looked absolutely fantastic to me since uh Mike put him back in the lineup you know it’s it’s got we got to be at like six weeks now yeah he’s been in the lineup for a
While and I feel like he has been you know the game he started wasn’t you know the best but overall I think he’s played really really well and he’s shot the ball really well over the last 12 games all right DLo and KC coming up next I’m
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If you’re listening on the odsy app the TuneIn app if you’re watching on YouTube Twitter or twitch welcome to the show thanks for being with us Kings beat that ass hell yeah man what a win that was the Sacramento Kings take the season series and win a crucial
Game uh versus the Los Angeles Lakers 130 120 after a 19 Point first quarter deficit y that was crazy that was crazy that was getting fired off at a rapid rapid everybody Universe was tweeting well see okay I thought somebody was like trying to talk crazy trying to say something no
King’s fans were talking crazy King fans were upset and rightfully so upset and I I’m looking like okay give him a chance get it’s it’s the old one two oh he kicked out like just give him a chance to kick out what do we got a new Champion HEI whose voice is that
R the blur face character from from the WWE video game that’s who that is um yeah I was that was a tough look I did know I mean I could imagine I’m not surprised I I was about 30 minutes late once again stayed away uh and wanted to
Watch the game in its entirety so I had to catch up I was probably about a half behind or something like that and you know caught up eventually through fast forward and all this other stuff but yeah I didn’t I didn’t I didn’t feel good when they went down when when ruy
Haimura got the Breakaway still put him up 17 I think it was man I said this dude’s about to lose bro are you for real these dudes about to get their ass K damn so we’ve been critical and we’ll we’ll talk a lot about this you know as the day progresses there’s
So many different angles to talk about regarding last night’s game but we’re always big and keeping that same energy was really critical of Mike Brown following the Chicago game thought Mike Brown was masterful last night in terms of uh keeping the team together he even talked about it in the
Postgame we knew when we were down 19 it was still really early like we knew that and I thought the way he managed that moment to the way he managed the moment in the third or fourth quarter I think it maybe it was the fourth quarter where
The lead gets cut to I think 12 and he calls timeout I again I’m sorry I can’t remember what quarter it is but he calls timeout and he comes out of the timeout and it’s dearon dearen dearon and dearon just straight to the basket over and
Over and over and over again it’s like okay all right they’re said they’re they’re kind of locked into what not kind of they’re they’re locked into what they’re doing and from what they did on the offensive end to what they did on the defensive end I don’t think the I
Was just telling the Insiders I don’t think 120 is indicative of the way that they played defensively I thought they were so good defensively and I know the broadcast and fans rightfully so are talking about the 15 straight field goals and everything that went on during that stretch but what they were doing
Defensively is what made all of that happen what they were doing defensively to me was the most impressive and the fact that as critical as we are of Mike and his handling of different players Davon Mitchell is playing with a different level of confidence right now than maybe
We’ve seen him play with in two years maybe that maybe this is the most confidence we’ve seen him play with under Mike Brown and Keon is perfectly comfortable in any role he’s put in and those two were massive to the Sacramento King success last night absolutely um they they played with an
Intensity and a physicality um that is that we saw in the playoffs you know what I mean like they we talk about teams turning up ramping up all this other stuff that’s that’s the Kings team to be honest with you with the intensity the physicality the quickness on both ends of the floor
That I saw in in game two of the first round series that I saw in game six of that first round Series against the Warriors that was playoff basketball last night by the the Sacramento Kings Mike Brown he coached his butt off I remember there there was a there was a
Time I think they got it to five whenever Keon hit his three they’ve been making a run they they they hit a three Keon hits the three at leads to a Lakers timeout and Mike is coming off the sidelines just like yeah let’s go let’s
And I’m I’m like oh okay they here they know it they want it this team hasn’t wavered from the way this game started and they they continue to just take off after that and I love seeing Mike with that type of intensity in that moment
And this is this this is what I feel about this team right now we’ll talk about today we already know all everything everything that comes with the Kings we know we’re gonna talk about it Spurs are 0 and six without Victor womman y we we already know but here here’s the
Thing about about this king’s team and right now everything that has happened before don’t matter man it don’t matter it matter I take that back to a certain degree because that’s the position that you’re in because of losing to Charlotte and um Chicago and Miami all that stuff
You’re in that position because of those games so I get that but as far as who you can be moving forward and who you can be from last night moving forward don’t none of it matter it doesn’t matter all that matter and that’s why I tell these guys that’s what I feel with
These guys look forward it doesn’t matter that you just lost the game to the team that you should be you got San Antonio tonight you’ve got an opportunity ton night none of that is indicative about who you can be it it I know we we talk about it every day
That’s our jobs and you know we can pontificate and we can predict and all this other stuff that’s what we’re supposed to do but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter you’ve got everything that you set out for at the beginning of the Season still right there in front of
You everything’s right there in front of you and that’s what I would tell these guys don’t worry about all that other stuff worry about what’s ahead of you worry about the Spurs every goal that they have at the beginning of the season is still right here yeah I I I couldn’t possibly agree
More but I’d also say they have to start CH you talking about like what has happened to this point doesn’t matter meaning it doesn’t M like moving forward you can you’re you’re in firm control over your destiny so to speak to use to use the NFL term right you’re in firm
Control at some point though you have to shake the habits that you created and a big win against Minnesota followed up by a let down versus Chicago a big win versus the Los Angeles Lakers cannot be followed would a let down against San Antonio and that’s
That’s like you you you you you can move forward you can do all of this while also acknowledging guys we have to break habits that we’ve established and really the true first step to Breaking that habit wasn’t last night it’s tonight like you couldn’t set up Breaking the Habit without the win
Last night right you got that huge win against the Los Angeles Lakers you got the relief of having that extra game because you won the season series and now you have an opportunity it’s with all due respect to these teams the Suns got uh Toronto and Golden State second night of
A back toback for them big win against Giannis and the Bucks last night they got Chicago anything can happen but those are two relatively you know pedestrian they’re not good teams right right you’ve got San Antonio that’s the worst of the three the way the night should end is
All three of those teams win I would prefer the other two lose but in reality you’ve got to operate like all three of those teams won you got to break habits you got to move forward you got to remain in control of what you’re doing and get a victory tonight the last last
Night no quicker way to throw away what happened at crypto.com than to lose tonight for sure for sure but but and and you got to keep your eyes on the prize because if you were to win the night everything’s not fixed job’s not done you know what I mean you’ve got you
You’ve got to just bottle up what you were able to do last night and just expand on that but they haven’t been able to do it all year that’s that’s that’s like where I’m kind of like like what is going on because they haven’t been able to bottle it up
They haven’t even been able to carry it from game to game at this point or at least not for 48 because they looked phenomenal against Chicago well yeah they looked incredible until they didn’t the the ironic thing about it is it’s the same game just a different quarter
They looked awful in the first quarter last night and cooked for the final three they look really good in the first three against Chicago awful in the final quarter what they’ve got to figure out is putting together a whole game and this is what I talk about yesterday when
I was talking about yesterday with James and with you and everybody else like that is it’s they have the ability to do it that should give them confidence that should give them um energy it’s not that you don’t have the roster or don’t have the talent or don’t aren’t capable of it
You’ve shown in a number of different ways you’re capable of it now it’s time to put it all together we’re just getting started there is a lot to talk about as it pertains to the Sacramento Kings uh last night we’ll talk about dearon fox we’ll talk about Malik Monk
And Davon Mitchell we’ll talk about that bench we’ll talk about Damon sabonis Mike Brown uh Conor Sutton’s going to join us we’ll talk sack Republic with him in the second part of the show will Z is with us Matt George is with us and we’re so happy it’s sure with us it’s
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91699 1320 farmers dog a healthy life starts with healthy food uh 91699 1320 uh let’s start with the two guys that we kind of mentioned in our very broad open right there uh obviously dearon Fox damont sabonis Mike Brown those guys deserve a ton of credit dearon said almost immediately when he
Put on the the headphones to talk to to drapes and Katie the game changed when Davon and Keon came in and he talked about what those two were able to do on the offensive end and the the confidence in which Davon is playing with on the offensive end and
Those two uh in addition of course to to Malik monk were the Catalyst behind a massive performance from the bench last night 50 to 18 the Kings bench outscored the Lakers bench 50 to 18 last night and you had Davon Keon Malik Trey all playing a huge role
Uh in the way that second unit played last night they played great last night Davon Mitchell with his four for four from Beyond The Arc um when he’s able to hit the jump shot it changes everything and then Keon Ellis just the the activity than the effort from Keon Ellis
Last night I thought Duce did a great job in the postgame uh breaking down some of the Keon’s plays I mean just the the effort the effort like that that there’s so much more you could talk about but just the effort to stay involved to play to to continue to
Defend I mean it it it reverberated throughout the entire uh roster of felt like uh he was he was Sensational last night I loved his energy I loved what he brought to that team when he was out there on the floor um those two you mentioned Trey LA and Alex Lynn doing uh
Some things as well the the bench and obviously Malik monk is coming off the bench you forget that he’s a bench guy sometimes but the bench that was a that was a a win where everybody had had had their hands on it everybody played a role everybody was uh a contributor in
One way another to that one last night yeah absolutely you talk Malik 31 minutes just shy of 32 minutes for Malik mon Trey Lyles 30 minutes Davon Mitchell 18 minutes Alex Lynn played nine minutes shout out Alex Lynn too Alex Lynn stepped up to defend to contest a dunk from the King first
Quarter plastered all over the Internet LBJ LeBron m fing James the King my God the man is 39 years old hey guess how many tweets went out after that boy them aggregated basketball accounts fell quiet quick they should have tweeted him walking off the court
They I’m shocked I I bet if you look hard enough you can find a LeBron James hits a three look at him flexing cuts the lead to 14 I love LeBron but the snare and the flex after hitting the three was wild sir you are more self-aware than that he must
Have felt like Oh we must probably he probably feeling good feeling like you know we about to start this comeback right now I’m here he right felt that way he was wrong but he right felt that way hey salute to him he had confidence in either himself or his
Team but yeah spoiler alert it didn’t happen no but Alex Lynn took took that poster took all of the social media stupidity that comes with a player defending a dunk all of the LeBron James highlights that went out and kept playing that’s what you do and all them aggregating Twitter accounts didn’t have
Nothing else to say regarding LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers after that dunk absolutely not didn’t even tweet out they got their ass busted just acted like the game didn’t exist that that’s that’s what you do if you’re Alex L that’s what you do and and and to be
Honest with you I mean people tweeting it out and that’s the game man it’s fine I if if Anthony Edwards dunks on somebody tonight I’m I’m gonna say oh my gosh and I’m gonna want to see it that’s part of the game the game is the game it’s it’s whatever
But Alex Lynn and anybody else continuing to play that’s what you’re supposed to do you don’t get dunked on it’s going to be viral for a little bit and you keep on moving and you worry about when winning the game and that’s what that team did last night they
Worried about winning the game winning the game that’s the most important thing they not here to to win the uh the Highlight Reel or to win NBA today or anything like that they there to win the game and that’s what they did as a collective last night they were locked
Into winning the game loved it and they did just that um protected the ball a little bit better uh than they did on Monday forced the Lakers uh into some turnovers they they also lit the Lakers up we talked about it a little bit and I
Kind of dove into the situation a little bit as like on the fly like we were talking about it we was talking about the the way the the the Lakers were scoring and it just was like well if they scoring like that that means they probably got DLo out there that means
They probably got Austin Reeves that means they probably got ruy LeBron’s not a great defender anymore ad is just kind of a rim protector we’ll talk about him in a second I was like the Kings should have their way they should have their way they ain’t got no Defenders out
There they ain’t got nobody that can stop Daren Fox nobody that can stop Malik they a have no Defenders sure enough Kings lit their asses up scored 130 shot what 50 50 what per from the field 55% from the field points in the paint was a a
Destruction 76 to 5050 third time by the way third time the Kings have beat the Lakers in points in the paint this season that’s that’s that’s what we talked about yesterday they’re they’re going they’re going to have King’s also won second chance break uh points and
Fast break points the the the way I feel about this team I know not 100% there yet but I feel 97% there if you think you’re gonna beat this team this king’s team I don’t care what they’ve done this year or how you feel about him or defense or all this
Other stuff if you think you’re going to outscore them like you cannot play defense and just outscore them that ain’t happening that’s not the way to beat the Kings the way the Timberwolves play the way the the Pelicans play using their defense and all this other stuff that’s
How you beat the Kings if the Lakers or anybody else thinks they just gonna let the Kings score and they’ll outscore them because the Kings quote unquote don’t play defense you in for a long night because they’ll light you up the Kings will light you up you got
Me got me thinking thinking thinking uhhuh let me look at something here real quick I think shout out secur the bag I think he had the stat yesterday they’re like they’re like 29 and three or something when they score 120 or more you it’s it’s something ridiculous well
Can I can I cherry pick for sure oh damn it I crap hold on this isn’t numbered right hang on give me give me give me oh you no hang on I gotta count Talk Amongst yourselves so Adrien Broner’s out of pocket that’s Adrian he’s completely out of
Pocket he he out of pocket Bill Haney got got got back at him you see that Jesse oh yeah Jesse work why why are you doing that you could have just kept talking about the Kings well I don’t want to Ste any any points look like you
Cooking up right now no no oh crap I just shoot all right so 125 because I was looking like what’s their highest scores of the game they obviously lost 143 to 142 against the Bucks they lost 130 to 125 against the Phoenix Suns is that the
That’s not the one where they blew Le that was the TNT game I think right correct that was the second one uh fourth one sorry it was the the second one after after that one um so 125 that’s a cherry pick number I understand those two games I just
Mentioned are the two games out of I tried to count this quickly because Kenny was talking about some nonsense those are the two I think of 22 games that the Kings have scored 125 or more and lost the two in 20 and two cooking you’re not gonna outscore him and beat
Him and you can I mean and and I think you said it was Saran Bagley yeah you stretch it out 124 win win win win win win win win you get down here to there’s another win uh they lost 126 to 121 to the Indiana Pacers um yeah there’s only one two it
Looks like four losses at 120 plus Kings Muse has it at 28 and three secur and the Bagley has it at 30 and4 for 120 or more he said they’re 31 and 18 when they score 31 and eight excuse me 31 what I say 18 31 and8 when they score 115 or
More go back to the Kings Muse one cuz that’s that’s the one right there because the number we had yesterday where the Lakers have been scoring 122 points per game during the stretch in which they’ve played really good ball at like 15 16 games or something like that
Now um they scored 120 last night so it was like can the Kings can they can they you know the Kings going into last night’s game had been averaging 116 uh over this new year stretch where they’re a 500 basketball team um the Kings MW stat 28 three when the king
Score 120 plus that’s a that’s a number that’s a number right there I don’t I don’t know I mean there’s some disc actually think he’s wrong it’s four it’s four because I’m looking at four of them right now secur says 30 and four 30 yeah it’s four okay it’s it’s definitely four
Losses it’s 100% four losses first of all that’s 34 games and one of those was Detroit jeez goodness gracious they actually got him one of those was Detroit it was 133 to 20 in that game but but think about that and I know scoring is up this year you know
120 may not mean nothing to anybody but that’s 34 games a scoring well here let’s let’s let’s have some fun then let me check out oh they’re not gonna make this super easy on me but give me a second um let’s check out the The Darlings of
The of this new NBA offense this innovated NBA offense uh led by the greatest point guard in the history of professional basketball won Tyrese halberton let’s see here team well whoa oh yeah Christ they’re probably at 50 that’s my my guess my guess is God I’m gonna say 55 I can’t
Even count I don’t know because when you separate when you when you set it up to go list by like their highest scoring games it doesn’t go one two three 4 it shows you the game number in the corner so the 13th game of the season they scored
157 uh the seventh game of the season they scored 152 and that’s how it’s numbered I can’t count how many games they’ve been over 120 but it’s it’s a ton it’s it’s got just looking at it they’re above 500 like their highest outputs 133 plus is double digits they haven’t
Lost once it gets to 13 two it gets a little dicey after that but it’s a lot it is a lot a lot a lot of basketball games it’s over half of the games that they’ played it’s well over half the games they played 40 stat Muse has the
Pacers at 42 games of 120 plus you said 42 yeah two three four five six seven eight I’m just counting losses nine 10 10 so Karen Dey yeah that’s what K bag has in the chat 32 and 10 man that’s a lot of what were the
Kings they were 30 and four 120 or plus I guess it’s not that many more they just got a lot of 130s in here they got damn near they got damn near 10 games over 140 goodness gracious man who’s the other one Atlanta scores a ton of points
Scores a lot yeah wonder if might be in there or something Atlanta can’t can’t even remotely be good though there’s like they can’t be their record is awful under 500 or 500 or so around there I could do this all day I’m get L this I got to stop even then there’s
Not I don’t know I I would say I think uh I think will Z mentioned it yesterday I think they’re like top five when they score 115 or 120 or something like that in the league there’s only there’s only three or four other teams that have scored that many that many times the
Hawks have lost three of their four highest scoring games well I think two of them were to the Pacers Pacers 157 152 they lost uh no the next one’s Brooklyn Clippers Dallas I don’t know where the next Pacers game is it looks it’s it’s it’s a it’s a it’s a ways
Down it’s a ways down but yeah the highest one was the 157 152 game against the Pacers but the the the original point is regard SC with with all the stuff that goes on with this team this year and you know all the up and downs and the doubts
And all this other stuff the the formula hasn’t changed if they score they’re going to win they didn’t even get their 15 threes last night they only had 12 yeah but that’s because they were dominating they didn’t have to they were just going to the bucket at will they
And he were dominating in the point and I’m not referring to domas no no number five 44 points on the night a dominant performance dominant performance by dearon Fox I was there was 32 in the paint yeah I think I heard that from du 32 in the paint they they I was sitting
There and I you know I was saying it for dear he can’t guard him no really can’t he can’t guard him really cannot and it didn’t matter who that he was sometimes it was auson Rivers sometimes it was Den witty sometimes it was DLo not our dowlo sometimes it was
News for you pal I can’t guard him either said he can’t guard him dominant it almost looked childish at certain points there was a point so the the that moment we were talking about earlier out of dearon to the basket and one dearon to the basket and one dearon to the
Basket no foul call gets a bucket three straight fourth one dearen to the basket gets upset doesn’t get the foul call I’m convinced in that moment the official said I can’t call another foul we’re going to be here all night say he got fouled on that play too he got hit all
Dar normally doesn’t react like that during live play the fact that he reacted the way that he did was like he must have been fouled there they show the replay he obviously gets fouled I’m convinced the officials were like we can’t keep calling this we’re never
Gonna get out of here if dearon keeps driving to the basket and we keep calling a foul facts oh go go ahead I was I was gonna get to the phones but if you if I well let me set it up dearon Fox since uh February 13th when I said
It got real things are getting real it’s two games before the allstar break when I said it’s time for him to wake up he had had some subpar games up until that point said it’s time for him to wake up they played Phoenix on TNT lost the
Nailbiter he had 40 something in that game I think he had 40 exactly then they go and they beat Denver where he scored scores the final 10 points of the game for the Kings so starting with those two games he’s played seven games 31.7 points per game shooting 53%
From the field 30% from three 73% from the free throw line seven assists six rebounds almost two and a half steals a night wow two and a half steals 2.3 is the exact number wow he’s turning up wow he’s turning up when it was time for him
To turn up he is turning up and that includes a game like Chicago where I thought you know we didn’t see fourth quarter Fox the way we wanted to or whatever the case may be you know I yeah I need more of this uh let’s start with Jam
91699 1320 on the farmers dog talk line Jamal what’s up baby my guys my guys what’s going on man hey sabonis another triple double I’m seriously starting to think this guy warms up the Ice Cube it was a good day today you know what I mean hey another
Thing bro let’s please get will Z on this one man all you guys are talking about stats and and the record when we go over 120 and all this and all that watching the game I had an epiphany oh yeah yeah yeah Davon Mitchell comes off the bench looking like Bobby Jackson
I’m like what the heck’s going on right now right four for four then it just hit me Mike Brown won both of his challenges oh my God I can’t believe it man I cannot believe it let’s hey let’s get will Z on this has it happened this
Season please help me out guys let me see because that’s when I said this is the turning point this is the Turning Point Mike Brown won both his challenges oh my God right on Jil we appreciate you it is it is a moment it is a moment I’m
Just trying to figure out the correlation oh no he he he he he he he was trying to figure out what was what was clicking what was working why everything was going the way it was Mike Brown winning the challenges is everything that’s why that no that’s
That that was the moment where he realized oh this this it’s not it’s not Davon looking like Bobby Jackson okay got it’s not damont sabonis looking you know playing Ice Cube before before the game it’s the fact that Mike Brown won both of his challenges and and now the
King’s uh fortunes are turned yeah I’m all for it that is the most stunning stat of the night not the not the for not the 44 straight double doubles not the 22 straight uh or not the 22 uh League leading trip 22 triple doubles on the season it’s two and0 in challenges
For Mike Brown you know I wonder I kind of feel like sneaky Mike Brown has you know had a nice little run as of late like maybe like I don’t know how I don’t even know if this is a stat but it feels like I don’t know like four of his last
Six five of his last seven been over returned or held up or something like that I don’t I feel like in the last two weeks or so he’s been getting a little bit more in his challenge bag before it felt like like kings would call timeout Mike Brown be like hey ref
We want to challenge challenge what Mike we want to challenge and it’s just all right and that’s how he’d lose him now maybe he’s figuring it out they they legit just put on the headphones and be like this guy yeah Mike gu is the challenge again just just replay
Something and just tell us whether or not it’s the right call just just replay the national anthem and I’ll go tell them and like no sorry buddy we just call upheld uh TC what’s going on brother yes sir what’s up with my two brothers we good man what’s good with
You man just tapping in hey hey D KC check it out hey I told yall we was gonna take off you did you did you did you know what I’m saying so but like go ahead I’m sorry no they got to win more than one to take off though Eddie said
That it’s fine we’re off to a good start it’s fine it’s fine it’s good it’s all right it’s all right we’re riding hi it’s okay we is hey I gotta see look man I gotta few with LeBron if LeBron don’t knock it off bro that’s what I he be with the
Shenanigans like you said DLo him looking and flexing looking at the camera hey look hey I was watching the game last night right I looked over I said dude hey he gonna have that same look on his face bro when we win this game tonight we hey LeBron is a fool bro
He gotta stop dog hey we hey we got a team full of dogs though they didn’t give up last night though and I like what happened last night and I’m with you kitty on the team how they was playing with that physicality how we played against the Warriors in the first
Round DLo hey we ready man the ban is ready get ready grab your popcorn hey hey let’s go TC let’s go appreciate you TC well we don’t know what LeBron look like at the end of the game we don’t he’s that look at the end of the game we
Don’t even know I I’ll I’ll say this there was a a moment right before the game clearly was like over LeBron I think on consecutive possessions he drove to the basket he hits the second layup and he has this look and I live I saw it immediately I
Read the look like I’m I’m The Only Hope for this stupid ass game like he’s like I can get he had the de I can get any shot I want to and I don’t know if it’s going to be enough that me completely interpretate now knowing you hearing
What he said post game and him you know walking when again the game was clearly over with three minutes that was pretty unnecessary though what him walking off the court and into the locker room well you didn’t have a broken ankle yeah maybe you can’t play anymore just two
Minutes left sit your ass on the bench it’s not that serious that that’s if it’s not that serious then why are you walking off the your reaction isn’t that serious that’s a LeBron James reaction if that was Bruce Brown no one would care that he walked back to the lock Bruce Brown
Wouldn’t do that Bruce Brown’s probably done it 10 times but the camera doesn’t follow him because it’s Bruce Brown Bruce Brown a he just walked to the locker like but what I what I feel like after listening to him is his reaction was he he was in
Pain go back and watch the clip again because he’s talking about it was fine for most of the game and then when I sat and tried to come back in it was like I knew it was toast I’m just I’m just not the guy who believes everything LeBron does is
Fabricated I’m not saying it’s fabricated well it was dramatic he just walked off the floor he didn’t do anything why’ he walk off the what he walk to he went to the locker room his day was over why is that a big deal what why did he do that his he was getting
His ankle looked at I and you know I like again this is only LeBron James that get this type of reaction why are you do why do people do that why do why do you do that you trash LeBron James and then go oh I like him
Stop don’t do that no you don’t don’t do that I like LeBron more than probably anybody in this office I got love for LeBron but like that’s unnecessary and it’s dramatic and sit your ass down on the on the bench with the rest of your teammates yeah your reaction is dramatic
Stop it is stop de dear Fox would barely walk in the first game they played against the Lakers he stayed there on the bench why is it too much to ask for you to stay on the bench for two more minutes the treatment that you’re getting why does it matter because
You’re part of a team you’re part of a team okay would you tell would you tell reys yeah leave your teammates because your ankle hurts would you say that to is Reese going to get his ankle taped wrapped iced look does two minutes is is
Foot gonna fall off if he doesn’t do it for two more minutes does it matter if he sits on the bench for two more minutes so I’m asking you you would tell Reese yeah I have no problem I’d have no problem with Rees going to the hey not
Tell him get looked go get it looked at you got two minutes you can get looked at it in two minutes just go get it looked at the game’s over it’s not that big of a deal no go get it looked at get it get go get it looked at get it
Wrapped up because I’m gonna have to March your ass out there in front of the media so go get that taken care of you’re not getting out of your media obligation you can’t talk to Dad because you get in trouble but you go get wrapped up you didn’t I didn’t ask you
You asked me I tell go get WRA up it’s I’m volunteering the information I wouldn’t tell well you’re not the coach I am in your fictitious scenario you made me the coach Pablo what’s up Pablo oh yeah we can go to break yeah no that’s a good idea why why you killing
The vibe we were rolling I didn’t even say that all loud talking to we can keep going no hey Jesse just said you didn’t hear the Jesse just said the hell with Pablo we don’t want to hear what the hell he has to say I mean we can keep
Rolling if you want it’s too late now he already told us we got to go to break 916 9091 1320 Pablo uh we’ll get to your call and everybody else’s when we return here on Sacramento sports leader ESPN 1320 I had no idea it was 43 or 44 I thought it was like
41 I thought it was like 12:30 I looked at the clock the whole segment oh Alex don’t do that he’s not a clown he’s just he is dramatic though let beat that cracks me up every time they put the L in front of something traffic I didn’t see uh I didn’t see
This till like they just talked about on or NBA today the the little uh Ruckus with the Jazz and the Bulls did you see that oh yeah you ain’t see that I didn’t see that Andre Drummond was about to beat John Collins ass John Collins was a
Little out of pocket don’t be touching the coach oh look at we got winhurst in the court again I I gotta know the significance behind that background what’s the point it’s probably better than showing his it’s where wior used to be a team manager for his High School Missouri
House or whatever a green screen I was gonna say something that was mean well it’s a green screen though yeah why why that Court why not New York City behind yourself like why what’s the point of this this isn’t even a what’s I I want to know the significance maybe licensing I don’t
Know why not Cleveland Ohio or Iowa wherever he’s what or any other court maybe that’s the Windhurst court that would be I think that’s the windurst court see I was gonna say something be don’t be mean to Brian Windhurst at least they don’t have the camera three inches from his face
Wasn’t wasn’t LeBron eating like Chipotle with a fork and a bowl on the yeah just be doing anything and who got mad at him for that someone got hella mad at him for that I don’t know I don’t know I felt like I wanted to say Pat Riley like
From afar Oh I thought it was someone on TV maybe so probably so probably so so disrespectful to the game that was that was rid him and and then he uh didn’t he have wine or something on the bench on no drunk on the bench ridiculous he did have one he had
Tequila at a game not a not a Laker game I think he brought it to the p no there’s no way LeBron James had wine on a bench he brought I think I remember him doing that he brought his tequila to a game that must have been at the arena
And had the bottle sitting underneath him he was drinking it but he but it wasn’t a game he was playing in no okay so he wasn’t on the bench he was walking he was doing the tunnel walk with the and I don’t think he was playing that
Game and he had a glass of wine there is a jayen and jacobe tweet asking if LeBron was drinking wine on the bench too oh c he’s got a he’s got a he’s got a the thing with the Black Bottle yeah there’s a oh no that’s Gatorade
Okay first of all Lebron wasn’t eating Chipotle he was eating something out of like a a dish but it was Michael Cooper it was Michael Cooper who was pissed off that’s right that’s that’s right that’s right he got a whole Bowl Anthony Davis ready to check in and he
Out here Street Clos with Chipotle Anthony Davis say you want some real quick you want some before you go out there LeBron fool man LeBron fool I didn’t like that again he’s LeBron James but you still got to have respect for the game man he’s over here I don’t mind
The guy eating but go eat in the locker room and then when you come out come out and be a part of the team not just sit on the end of the bench eating that is a good point why didn’t you just eat that in the locker room he’s sitting
Right next to Anthony Davis what do you mean can you imagine like you’re on the Hornets down 20 to the Lakers and you look to the bench and you see LeBron taking a shot or something LeBron James did not have alcohol on the bench you guys stop it
Absolutely had a little taste I on the bench come on man why you got that black Black Bottle if it was water then you just have the water bottle yeah you just take the label off too if you’re not with that company had a covered Black
Bottle well it happens Leon fool man and that’s a good point so on that gay I remember that he wouldn’t well clearly to get the food you weren’t out there when the game started so you were already like not out there on the bench while the game started why not just
Finish the bowl in the locker room why well it’s the third quarter so he might have gotten it at halftime finish it bro fo fool bro he’s hilarious oh he’s comedy there’s a Reddit thread titled what is LeBron eating LeBron is com killing LeBron my man trying to keep his body
Healthy and y’all mad at him oh this hella funny the BR character bro that’s why I love him I love him uh we gon miss him when he gone let’s get Pablo in here man 91699 1320 Farmers dog talk line what’s up Pablo hey what’s up fellas how you doing
Brother I kept I kept the engine running because I kind of deserve that I haven’t called in for a minute but hey I just want to do a few quick shout outs if that’s okay go for it my man absolutely shout out to Ohio players for their this s love roller Coter poster
Yes and to Matt George because he was talking about this that’s the theme of the game and of the season I I tend to agree with that Matt George said Ohio he said love roller coaster like he was taking he didn’t mention that he just I
Was about to say I was about apologies to Matt George I was not familiar with your game I didn’t it is also shout out to Darren Fox for raising the roof yeah I would uh I would have preferred if he did the invisible Crown you know that that LeBron does but uh true
Raising rof was that was a good thing Mason Jones would have had to put the crown on De yeah yeah that’s how it goes somebody gotta put it on you boss I’m with that well okay I’m walking a thin line right there pal I’m just dying at the idea of
Matt George starting locked on Kings talking about wo it’s the high Ohio Players out here love roller coaster is that coach JT on hold who’s that oh maybe maybe maybe no one’s on hold I don’t know that that’s what I get for trying to look at the screen this is
The second time I’ve gotten cute with the call screen in the last two games Jess I tell you just tried to answer the phone it didn’t yeah I did that it was a terrible that was a terrible idea coach JT what’s happening baby yo what’s up
Man how y’all doing man what up man talk talk with Coach JT what up big dog yes sir all right question man I’m back on my grind with the with the game breakdown so look last night how effective y’all think we can be going forward without hoarder and Barnes
Giving us defensively what we need out of them in the game man because Mitchell and uh my uh Ellis guy man they look effective we look more energized look more physical to make a run though we need efficiency out of Barnes and hoarder on the defensive end what it’s
Going to look like going forward but do we because this was the question we asked this was the question I asked when dearon came back is what does this do for Keon like you know because davon’s gonna continue to play because he’s played well
Um but Fox is back so how does you know how does Keon factor into this and you were like you know he might not I said the only way Keon probably gets minutes is if Kevin doesn’t Kevin committed that fact against Anthony Davis it was a
Cheap ass n one I hated that foul and I knew the second Mike took him out he ain’t coming back not in this half he ain’t coming back and he got he got a little bit of run in the in the in the second committed uh his third foul and
It kind of like a run is the Lakers were on he didn’t get subbed out immediately got subbed there out out shortly there afterwards and didn’t come back um coach JT I think it falls into herder’s not going to be effective defensively not the way Mike wants I
Think the way we Judge Kevin sometimes is he was better than he was last game or he was better than the game he was before he’s been better on the defensive end than he has been all of that and I know I’ve said that before we’ve discussed that before I don’t think any
Of those Maybe with the exception of one or two is what Mike wants and Keon click Like Mike couldn’t sing Keon Praises enough last night following the game talked about how he’s 4 and0 and as a starter talking about how uh he steps on the floor and he energizes game no M
Whether he plays the game before or not when his numbers called he’s ready uh he was extremely effective last night for whatever reason it just worked perfectly Kevin and Harrison weren’t Harrison was fine offensively but he wasn’t the best defensively and I don’t think he had another statistic beside a point last
Night you’re correct well well no you’re actually wrong I’m sorry he had two turnovers well I I take that back he had a block okay all right yeah but he didn’t have any rebounds he didn’t have any assists he just he just had the and
And he to his credit he had like 11 points 11 points to okay five of seven from the pH I don’t know man I I don’t I don’t know I don’t know I we as recently as yesterday Kevin’s got to be a part of this absolutely and I think in the long
Run that’s still the case I I agree 100% um because let’s not forget the team is the team is who they are the team is who they are I want everybody to remember that through the good times and the bad times the team is who they they are and
Yes you came in and there was activity on the defensive end but you made that game what it was he scores because you scored 130 points we may want them to be somebody else Mike Brown may want them to be somebody else defensively it’s not who they are you’re
Going to have to score last night you didn’t need Kevin because Fox was unguardable they weren’t guarding the paint the or guarding at the point of attack the Lakers weren’t so Fox monk sabonis all these guys were able to get whatever they wanted and you didn’t need
That extra element uh that Kevin herder brings to the offensive table last night but there will be games when you do need that you need to be prepared to let him play through whatever it is that if if he’s playing poorly let him play through whatever it is that he need he’s playing
Poorly with so you can get at the very least the floor spaced all this other stuff this team if they want to be successful they have to score they have to score once again I’m not saying fundamentally that’s how I’d want a basketball team to be or anything like
That I’m just looking at this team the same team for almost two years now they gotta score to win and you’re gonna need Kevin herder as a part of that but they didn’t last night they didn’t if I’m Mike Brown and I’m Challen ing Kenny carway on this I’m saying
You’re right we do but part of the scoring comes from what we did on the defensive end last night I think is the perfect case they played as well on both sides of the floor as we might have seen the entire season it wasn’t a 110 to 99
Game it was 130 to 120 but the Kings defensively were incredible part of the reason it was 130 to 120 was because every time the Lakers scored even with five minutes left six minutes left it didn’t really change Till There was like two minutes left kings make or Miss take
The ball and run Daren take the ball and run they’re moving their pace is what’s dictating everything if I’m Mike Brown and I’m looking to counter your point I would say Casey you’re right we need to score but what we need to score is we need to score off of what we’re doing
Defensively everyone remembers the 15 straight made field goals but you’re forgetting how we got there to those 15 M field goals the stops the steals the contested shots the rebounds the closing out the defensive possessions and perhaps most importantly the pace we set which doesn’t have anything to do with defense but still
It’s the pace we set off of the defensive end I would say to Mike Brown you’re right I don’t think you can do that on a consistent basis but is it a chicken or the egg question because we talk about like like they they like to say oh you know great
Defense leads to Great offense well sometimes great offense leads to great defense yeah I think that the defense has something to do with the activity and I would tell Mike Brown I you’re not built to do that on a regular basis you can do that in spurts you can do that
Maybe in a game but you you’ve shown like you can’t guard on a consistent basis that way um and you don’t have any Rim protection to be able to defend at a high level on a consistent basis this team is currently constructed more times than not they’re
Going to need to score out I also say de Fox had 44 points last night you expect in and carrying the offensive load I know he’s cooking and everything else like that but you gonna ask you’re gonna sacrifice Keon Keon uh played really well he have five points you’re gonna
Take Keon’s defense and Five Points again and expect dear to have 44 and a leak to have 28 again well it that’s a smidge bit unfair because you’re taking the 44 away and you’re you’re you’re making it as if they just missed shots off of that rather than points coming
From someone else like domas only had like yeah 16 that’s four off his average ke uh Keegan had I think he had seven I think that’s like seven off his average so maybe they go to him but you still at who had seven off their average
Uh uh Keegan he had seven on night Kean I’m sorry I heard Keegan he had seven on the night okay but he had you know that’s I 14 or 15 Malik was well above his Fox was well above his Davon was well above his so you’re gonna you’re
Gonna expect that to happen on a consistent basis I don’t I don’t I just don’t think so I think and you and you play it by ear not this is the Golden Rule you play it by year and you say hey we got other guys cooking or we can
Score in other places right now I can play Keon a little bit more and keep Kevin on the bench but if if you’re struggling to get defense or excuse me struggling to get points you’re gonna have to say ah I gotta stick I gotta stick with uh Kevin a little bit longer
Right now because we we need him to get his 12 points or something like that but he’s so inconsistent in doing that this season and you we can and we have faulted a variety of different people outside of Kevin herder for why that might be the
Case it felt like in the first half first quarter Mike was like we got to get a stop our priority is we’ve got to get a stop and let that lead to something on the offensive end and that’s where your point talking about earlier that he played he coached a phenomenal game
Comes into play he realized and it goes to I think we can we’d be fine with Fox and Monk and all these guys against this Lakers defense we got to find a way to get some stops and he goes to Keon a little a little earlier he goes to Davon and it’s a
Great call by him that’s that’s understanding that the situation the opponent and what you need at that particular time I’m just saying I think you’re saying the same thing you got to be prepared to do it the other way too understand what you need you may need
Kevin in another tonight you know more than you needed him in this game against the Lakers the thing with Kevin is he probably has to be good out of the gate and his mistakes have to be minimal now we can argue whether that’s fair or not because it’s not the case with
Dearon but he’s earned that it’s not the case for domas he’s earned that it’s probably not the case for Keegan either he’s earned that but Kevin you can’t you can’t commit bad fouls you can’t commit bad turnovers you can’t and probably more to Mike’s frustration than anything else you can’t pass up good
Shots like he has to be locked in at the start of the game every game and that could dictate what happens the rest of the way if he’s off and the team’s off then Mike’s going to look elsewhere and as was the case last night particularly
In the first half you might not get another shot it’s facts that’s what it is and you know Kevin Kevin can either be frustrated by that or and I’m not saying he is but I’m just saying he can be frustrated or complain about that or you
Can know what it is and be prepared to be prepared for it mhm like to a certain degree I’d rather know hey my my leas is short I got to be on point and if not I know I’m coming out yeah that’s frustrating I don’t dispute that but at
Least you know what it is uh Anthony Davis scored 30 points the first time these two teams played at the golden one Center October 29th he scored a combined 23 in the last two games he got played off the court last night that was 14 points yesterday nine the game
Before and he and and to be honest with you he scrambled to get 14 last night he scrambled he it was awful frustrated for what people try to say about sabon is that whole soft thing or whatever like not even trying to diss Anthony Davis but I feel like he’s one who struggles
With like guys who just are physical down low and stuff like that like he’s the one guy if you’re gon to call anyone soft probably him yeah you’re always too busy flopping I mean that that play Early in the third quarter was a perfect illustration he fumbling around fading back
Hey that go again hey good if and then you see the replay and nothing even happened to that was Casey’s Andre the Giant impression right there you look at the replay nothing even happened to him it was just domas meeting him at the at the point of attack and and playing solid legal
Physical basketball and he flailing and flopping all over the place he D my my my cousin he was talking about ad on Saturday when he went up against joic and I was like man why you always on ad man because he always just like be be on
His head when ad do something crazy he’s like cuz man he a fake Superstar I was like that’s a little harsh he not a fake Superstar are but he he it’s for a guy that that has as many games like last night as he has it’s interesting that we call him a
Superstar we feel like Uncle Phil we we do or maybe we you don’t think he’s a superstar I don’t think he plays like a superstar I don’t know that he ever has he’s top 75 like that’s Superstar status no that no he so that’s the that’s the thing we’re having two different
Conversations they believe he’s a superstar why is Anthony Davis different than dearon Fox because they don’t say dearon fox is a superstar again not we they what’s the difference I don’t know the difference is the Lakers that’s the difference but they even tried to sell us on on ad when he
Was in because he was ordained coming out of Kentucky first pick how many times did you hear the story about how he grew seven feet between his this year and that and that’s why he’s a point guard he’s a point guard who grew into a center body you heard the story
Over and over and over again Anthony Davis was phenomenal but you measure hype versus production and they don’t add up very very good very good doesn’t match the hype today he’s very good he doesn’t match up to the way they they talk about him Anthony Davis is having a
Good season he’s having a really good season Anthony Davis is having an Allstar potentially perhaps likely an all NBA season because it’s Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers that’s why and I mean and his numbers are really good it’s just if you if you you he’s good
I’m not questioning whether he’s good or not no his his numbers are all NBA caliber his numbers are that which is which is bizarre because I don’t know how you get to those numbers with games like he had like he it feels like he routinely has those
Type of games the only answer is he has like these massive games to balance everything out but 24 and eight or 24.8 12.3 rebounds I only have it in front of me probably a couple blocks a game or a block and a half I mean that’s all NBA
Numbers but if you if you watch him on a consistent basis he’s not that like the numbers do not equate to what he actually brings to the table unequivocally Anthony Davis is one of the 15 best players in the league okay I I’m not I don’t know his
Numbers say his numbers say they are how many people do you I watch him play I don’t think he’s better than sabonis how many people do you think or he’s more skilled I don’t think he impacts winning more than Damonte sabonis how many people do you think would answer in the
Affirmative if I asked the same question about Damonte sabonis top 15 player in the leag not not as many as ad that’s what I mean like if Anthony Davis is having all NBA numbers what the hell is damont sabonis doing he’s having all NBA numbers ex I
Mean they both having all NBA numbers I think we know they both Ain going to make it no and I think domas is more he’s more consistent first of all than than Anthony Davis um and it it ad just has too many moments like he has last night where he
He just got he got played off the floor they can talk about his his foul trouble and all this other stuff he couldn’t play last night he he had nothing for Damonte sabonis the game against Sacramento not the last the the one in November that was his lowest output of
Of the Year tied with a nine-point outing that he had like a week prior in Miami nine points bro you supposed to be Anthony Davis what you doing nine and like I said he had 14 last night he had to hustle to get the 14 I
Don’t I don’t know if I’m stalling him out I don’t even know if I’m making a point with this statement he has 16 games with 19 points or less what’s his average 24.8 yeah 16 games with 19 points or less it’s a lot of games and it feels
Like yeah for him in my opinion for his talent level and it just feels like I know the math is mathing but it’s not math it don’t feel like it’s mathing how does how do how do I see so many games with him playing like that and he averages 24.8 points per
Game what number did I say 16 what number did I just 16 19 points and I said it was 16 yeah is it just maybe that we’re so tuned in like when he faces like the yices and throwing the sabonis is like the top centers and you see those
Matchups like we’re all tapped in it’s just like against the top centers he does struggle but it’s just it’s only like three guys right there everyone else he does dominate when he goes against the Pistons you know maybe he’s unguardable the top guys Joel all these guys like it’s dogged
Out so I think that’s maybe why it looks like that why it doesn’t match up it’s good point it’s good point all right this this is a this is a rabbit hole we need don’t need to go down because that’s not like true what his worst outings were against
Sacramento Miami Dallas New York Phoenix Sacramento again last night Portland in a game they won by 24 Utah New Orleans which that now that might be a little bit different because New Orleans that’s a big night against Denver what they have 14 against them too we talking about 14 points Davon
Mitchell had 12 I don’t I don’t I don’t think he had 14 against Denver oh there he is March 2nd he had 17 okay my bad Anthony Davis will you take that sign out of the screen this one actually rais it for the class they kind all see it a little bit more
Yeah that’s funny I didn’t even know that was I was just s here yeah will you stop look they can barely see that it says KC hates HP I don’t hate HP shout out HB tell him to get a rebound once in a while it’ll be interesting to watch the
Rotations tonight that’s for sure we’ll come back we’ll talk more about Mike Brown again I thought he was masterful got to talk about de Fox and probably we were talking about deont sabonis I’m sorry that’s 9 and0 damont sabonis versus Anthony Davis uh will give the Superstar the accolades that he deserves
Uh when DLo and Casey return here on Sacramento sports leader ESPN 1320 Alex what up man I I already I already gave him a little bit of the rundown I told him you know the release where to get it all that other stuff but yeah you tell them you tell them
Whatever else you need to tell them in the chat I told him there was a little something special for the chatty house but I I will leave that to you who’s this guy I’ve never seen him before I didn’t know mea K’s at her own
Show I just thought she was a part of the NFL stuff I think it’s like one like um The Hoop Collective they’ll play that on there sometimes if they need filler I love that 2020 just brought us TV shows with people doing shows out of the house I mean I ain’t hating that’s
Literally what we did for two and a half years but I just love that that’s ESPN finally realized hey we don’t have to pay like $10,000 in travel anymore you could just do the show at your house what do you guys like better doing the show here or from
Home Frozen cons I like it here I like it here I mean way we do things currently we couldn’t do it at home no more yeah it’s true I can’t yell at home I was get in trouble when I rais my voice at home we wouldn’t have our collection of
Office characters if we were at must be me sprouting occasional appearance from Rees it’s lit forgot what time is that thing again 11 Jesus Christ every time every time without fail Russell fight’s a damn shame but I’ll watch I’ll watch but they got me I’m I’m definitely gonna check it out I hope
There’s some type of uh understanding is Mike Tyson fighting Logan Paul too is that at WrestleMania is that at WrestleMania backlash Tyson’s Revenge could we get a better walkout song for Tyson too that against Roy Jones was embarrassing does he still use Tupac records no whatever it was against
Roy Jones was like some like EDM or whatever they call it or something it was disgusting Tyson look man he doing what he want to do he can do it he might get knocked out though if there’s no agreement between the two you think he get knocked out
Hell yeah yeah Mike can get he’s almost 60 and did you see him against Roy Jones well yeah but I also saw Roy Jones so maybe that like warped my brain cuz Jones look a lot worse this dude this dude uh Jake Paul is on the juice and in
The prime physical prime of his life if Tyson was your favorite fighter don’t watch this fight maybe yeah don’t watch your Heroes go down Tyson I like I said I hope this isn’t a real fight right it’s it’s an exhibition we’re not sure yet what do you mean
We’re not sure could be real or it could be exhibition but yeah it couldn’t it the the people have and said whether they’re sanctioning the fight as like a WBC fight or anything it really shouldn’t it should you can’t possibly sanction a 27y old versus uh it’s boxing
If the money’s there sure you can you can sanction anything that’s what boxing’s about Mike Tyson is 57 years old come on man if an athletic commission sanctions a 57 year old versus a 27y old more people need to start acknowledging these athletic commissions aren’t real well Berard Hopkins money
Hoes Bernard Hopkins was what 50 years old fighting people younger and stuff like that 57 versus 27 he’s not right this is bordering on a crime the way look at this stuff now is if it’s an exhibition then whatever it’s whatever because you don’t need athletic Commissions in an
Exhibition if this is a real fight because Floyd and Connor was a real fight right yeah because they moved him to 50 and0 this is see I know it’s not the same I know it’s not this is where the whole sport loses me it’s stuff like
This I understand it’s not the same but athletic commissions oversee all of this this is where I just look at the whole entire sport of boxing sideways it it shouldn’t be sanctioned but I know you talk about like um age or whatever I mean it should be an exhibition or
Whatever but I I I guess I’m at the point now where like people are outraged by uh Jake Paul and Tyson and ganu and all this other stuff look man these are some grown ass men no but here’s the if they if that’s what they want to do then that’s fine
Means as long as it’s not a sporting event if this is an entertainment event where these dudes can make millions and millions of dollars yo do it well it’s it’s uh to me I mean in my opinion it’s going to be a sporting event if they’re
Not wearing headgear so it could be an exhibition like you can still get and and like I’m fine with that I’m fine with that do that like you’re all signing up for it my problem is if there’s a a board of directors if there’s a board that has to stand over
This and go all right Mike is perfectly okay to do this and this counts towards the w mln gcx y That’s all that is is this the sanctioning body saying this counts towards something they ain’t gonna be like like they but that’s where commissions get involved and that’s
Where you can’t convince me any of this is real that’s but that’s also not uh boxing that’s like the they’re going to be in Texas but that will be the Texas athletic commission that’s not I’m pretty sure the Texas pretty sure the Texas athletic commission was the one
That got Kimbo Slice killed yeah and that’s that’s Texas the Texas athletic commission that’s that’s the that’s different than the WBC and boxing so to speak that’s the Texas athletic commission okay so they’re not so so the people that would say the the um like the WBC if they sanctioned it they’d be
Like Jake Paul would go in our rankings because of that that’s all they would do they wouldn’t determine whether or not he was fit to fight but how could they determ okay this is too long of a conversation the day after the Kings beat the Lakers this
Is just the stuff I don’t know I’m all for Jake Paul by the way he’s getting all these guys paid do it I’m with it feels like Mike I’m with it need that type of bag Mike want Mike want to do it for fun you see all these videos of
Fighter mik a fighter Mike probably believes he could beat Jake Paul’s ass he’s probably wrong but he believes that he can’t I hope there’s a a gentleman’s agreement for this fight n get a bag you know give some people some entertaining moments but we’re not we’re not looking to uh you
Know knock each other out I hope that’s the case like yeah but I also feel like it might be like what’s worse a couple punches that knock you out or TW 10 I don’t know how long these fights are 10 rounds of getting punched Mike’s 57 years
Old if you’re gonna fight fight and knock his ass out and get it over with I’m not for the repeated shots to the head just for entertainment purposes yeah I watch it though this won’t be on Pay-per-view either it’s going to be free on Netflix Netflix that’s that’s the X Factor there I
Wonder how that works out with like making money and all that this is Netflix messing around with the uh the live broadcast stuff again yeah like they did with the I think it was Chris Rock they did a live Chris Rock special they’re doing a tennis match too aren’t
They a tennis I think they already did that with Roy on the doll or something like that I think it just happened if I’m not mistaken but yeah either way they did something with that too they’re they’re they’re they’re working out the Kinks getting ready for WWE yeah yeah
All right man good luck Mike yeah I hope everybody comes out of that safe that’s crazy though come out of it safe and very very wealthy I gu yes that is a true maybe Netflix is paying that’s that is a that is an interesting question fig they have to
Pay him probably like a set purse or something yeah probably you get the sponsorship money um Netflix is probably paying for it Netflix might cover production cost yeah there’s probably a a few things there July 20th that might be at my birthday party all right you catch D Casey on
Netflix Netflix let’s work let’s work let’s do it let’s do it let’s do it uh 9169 91320 the farmers dog talk line if you want to get in here uh talk about your Sacramento Kings Matt George is going to join us in the final hour of
The show will Z is going to join us a little under an hour from now as we’ll shift our Focus from the Los Angeles Lakers to the San Antonio Spurs who uh the Kings play tonight without Victor wanyama certainly change my plans for the night because I was like well you
Know I don’t know how badly I want to see the Spurs in person again in uh with Victor wiama not playing uh we’ll put the stats out that the Spurs are 0 and six without win minyama in the lineup so we’ll talk about that uh as the day
Progresses and of course we’ll talk about that with our man will z uh when he previews the Kings and the Spurs tonight uh we did mention this damont sabonis N9 and0 against Anthony Davis 44 straight double doubles for domas and a league leading 22nd triple double uh last night we
Mentioned Anthony Davis had 14 after having nine in the game prior but man domas you know what’s been interesting about like and I don’t know if this goes back to the Minnesota game I feel like it happened with the Chicago game Dom’s points are like the last stat that he’s
Getting he’s racking up the assist he’s racking up the rebounds in like absurd right frequencies he got that by a half sometimes almost by the quarter he’s hitting the double double numbers or the triple double numbers with his points like in the second half late in the third quarter fourth quarter like he’s
Scoring late he’s does not look to score very often no last night he had I think it at one point it was like six points he got the double double with his assists it was like six points 13 rebounds 10 assists and then you know he started doing some stuff later but he
Took eight shots yeah that’s just I’ve said my piece my man took eight shots but he could be so much more like he could put up we talk about Anthony Davis numbers all we’re talking about the difference in scoring that’s all we’re talking about it’s like a four-point difference maybe maybe
Close to five that’s all we’re talking about rebound numbers are good assist numbers his number his rebounding numbers are better his assist numbers are better he just doesn’t look the score but every metric that you have from domas shows yeah he’s capable of doing that not only capable of doing he
Could do it kind of easily he just doesn’t do it for whatever reason saying you’re wrong he’s skips and then finds Keon Ellis in the pocket to get a yeah I I don’t I don’t know why he doesn’t you know and I feel like um the coaching staff has probably talked
To him about it like hey look look for your shot I’m sure dear has probably looked told him look for your shot or whatever he just doesn’t do it for whatever reason and stays in his comfort zone usually when it comes to that um but this is
Where I feel like you could have an argument that sabonis is better than ad because you look at the the just the talent level just the Raw Talent the skills you know being able the bag that you know ad may have offensively I had
The old stat line in front of me he was seven to 13 last night sorry I had I had an early stat sorry still the fact that it happened at any time is is still crazy yeah but um and you’re like man come on man sabonis
He’s not more talented than than ad he can’t do more but this guy does anybody believe that ad you could run an offense through Anthony Davis absolutely not and he gets other people involved he scores he rebounds he does all this other stuff to me absolutely not but why not is it because
He’s a Score first player or you don’t think he’s capable as a player of running an offense I don’t think he’s capable to be able to consistently do it night in and night out if you if you asked ad to lead your team your team would fall apart because
Some nights it would just be too much for ad and he’d give you nine points he they he is not he’s not even close to a number one in my opinion because he’s just not consistent enough people say what they want about domas skills and all this other stuff he’s
Pretty damn consistent he gives you like I know number one is domas number one I mean he could I I don’t feel like it’s just because he doesn’t shoot enough but his consistency is there maybe that changes if he have a box around 22 shots a night his percentage could look like
Everything could look a lot different teams know hey he’s going 22 to 24 times tonight exactly exactly I mean hell you can make the argument and this this may sound like disrespect I’m not trying to ad might not even be a number two that that feels like a little when
He’s not a number two look what happens they don’t they don’t win they don’t make the playoffs they don’t make first round they they’re not successful they’re not success the Lakers are not a team that’s a championship Contender they got LeBron James who’s a who’s averaging 288 and8 again and your number
Two is only good enough to get you to nine seed they didn’t get to the Conference finals last year I mean they were swept so you’re only there for a second but but you just made the argument that he was an all pro player an all NBA player
His numbers say that so is he or isn’t he if it came down because it started with me saying I don’t think that he is and then you said well his number say is number so is he or isn’t he an all NBA player I just I just said that first of
All I just before I answer it I just said that to say his his numbers dictate that he should be on the all NBA I’ve watched the season watched the whole season I’ve watched everything this goes on really it might come down to him or sabonis I would pick sabonis
Over him for all NBA I think sabonis should be on put it to you like this ad should not be all NBA in sabonis isn’t and I could probably make the argument Fox should be ahead of him too okay and I’m I’m not I don’t have a
Problem with any of that I guess what I’m just confused by and maybe it’s not even that important you don’t think ad is a number two on a championship team I don’t know won a championship he had he had one moment yeah had one moment in the bubble
Whereas a number two he was phenomenal he had another moment where as a number one I also want to be clear when we acknowledge that like that was the the Lakers were favored to win the championship that year played like a championship team all year and then won the championship there was nothing
Stunning about that no there was not like you people can try to diminish the title all of the that that they want to the Lakers were the favorite they played like a championship team and they wound up winning the championship it only started getting diminished when oh we
Didn’t even try in the bubble or this happened in the bubble or this this guy was depressed or this happened it’s like okay dude you could diminish this all you want to the Lakers were favored to win the championship and they won the championship we talked about it in the
Moment though before all that stuff it’s just different I don’t want to I don’t I’m not gonna say it’s not a title or anything like that I’m just say it’s different that’s that’s what I’ve always believed but ad at that time yes number two on the championship team ad’s not
That player no more he’s not that type of guy anymore and we saw it that one time I mean like I said Austin Reeds was closing games for him last year in both both of the first two rounds yeah that’s a roster problem and both of but he
That’s a roster problem Austin Rees was also pretty good too he was he was he’s not better than Anthony Davis no he’s not better than Anthony Davis but that that’s my whole point like you couldn’t couldn’t even go to Anthony Davis to close out the games you have to go to
Austin Reeves or Lebron Maybe I’m remember you’re saying Austin Reed you’re saying they were going to him offensively are you telling me maybe I’m just don’t remember Anthony Davis wasn’t playing at the end of games no he was out there they’re running it through Austin or
Lebron uh let’s get Maddie in here now I don’t know why we’re talking about Anthony Davis this locked on Lakers here with DLo and KC um let’s get MD in here 91699 1320 on the farmers dog talk line what’s up Maddie what’s up with the homies how we
Feeling today don’t laugh at the farmers dog talk line bro I heard that little s don’t do that my bet hey ky ky ky tell me tell me while I was uh I was walking through a doco this morning right and uh you know it’s a little chilly it’s a
Little chilly so I got on my DLo KY hoodie yeah yeah hey good looking casy Casey Casey tell me why I look up I see HB giving me a dirty look what that mean oh man wow I don’t know why that happened I don’t know man I don’t know we getting
Some bad information the media out here is saying I hate HB no I expect more out of HB and and since HB has given me something every game I don’t say nothing about HB yeah I’m guilty by association now so thank sorry about that MD didn’t mean to
Ruin that experience for you hey uh hey real quick man just for some you know sake of conversation trying to put some good vibes out there uh let’s say let’s say the Kings finished seventh in the western conference right and they end up winning the
Place game and they end up having to uh let’s say they play the timberwoods y’all think um we’re favored in that series and and and if we and if we do if that ends up happening do you think uh think we end up having the um my bad I’m
Getting a call right now y y’all think uh we’ll be favor that series and then and then would you be disappointed if we didn’t win that series uh no obviously the complexion of everything has changed a little bit with the news we got about Carl Anthony towns
Earlier today uh Carl Anthony towns out indefinitely with a torn miniscus just brutal timing for the Minnesota Timberwolves I don’t think the Kings would be favored no in that series not that it not that that type of stuff in any Series yeah I don’t think yeah
That’s that’s a great call right there I they they wouldn’t um and no I wouldn’t be disappointed if if they I mean again don’t don’t be very clear we we do this we did this last year we’ll do it again doesn’t mean it won’t sting mhm doesn’t mean it won’t suck when the
Season ends right but when you have that moment to take a deep breath and reflect getting to a playoff series and that that was MD’s question getting to a playoff series is what we want from Sacramento this year we expect more from Monty mcar in this front office in the
Off season but you know we’ve got to be realistic with what we’re looking at we can make the argument this team can beat anyone four times in a seven game series when they hit on all cylinders four times in a seven game series there’s 20 other teams in the
League that can make that claim MH right there’s a handful in the there’s there’s far more teams in the league that can make that claim than can’t make that claim that’s just not how Sports work yeah uh very rarely does a team play perfectly I I I uh I agree
With you I don’t think they’d be favored uh I wouldn’t be disappointed if they lost in the first round uh but I also look at as thinging I was thinking about this last night the Kings there isn’t a team outside of New Orleans actually the only teams that I don’t I don’t feel
Confident them against playing against is um the Clippers and the and the Pelicans seems like a bad matchup but other than that the Kings can beat anybody in this conference they have they need them to beat Houston on Sunday I need him to beat San Antonio well
There’s that too yeah um well they’ve beat San Antonio they haven’t beat that’s true good point good point but uh they um the trio of fox domas and I put monk in there that’s as good as any Trio in the NBA I think you might be hard pressed to find five better
Trios in the league than those three they can go off they they can get you they can get you 30 30 60 they can get you 85 points in a night those three there’s not a lot of trios I mean you can talk about Phoenix can do that maybe maybe OKC maybe
Minnesota it’s the Clippers can Minnesota yeah I’m think I’m thinking I’m thinking like if goar’s Really Cooking oh okay if goar got 20 I was trying to figure I was trying to okay I got you I got you sure and that’s that’s a stretch yeah yeah I think so I think
So too but I got you yeah I mean there’s that I don’t think there’s five teams with the trio like that in the league or if there is five teams there’s five what’s Al Horford good for these days W Horford’s like the seventh best guy on yeah that Tri is brown Tatum and
Porzingis now what could give from Dereck white out there oh yeah we ain’t even mentioned Dereck white or uh holiday yeah you could there’s a revolving door for those three I guess well there’s three trios right there who’s your who’s your third guy who is third man it’s porzingis for sure
Okay the Derek white for the allstar campaign was pretty tough though hey you know what Pat on my back we worked hard for that and I feel like we raised a lot of awareness for that feel like that’s there for next year at least maybe at least people now respect Derek white
February is now Derek Derek white Awareness Month yeah I was just trying to bring respect to Dereck white I think I did that going to wear little white ribbons job well done every no it was good it’s good okay okay you know what would make the king’s Trio like Unstoppable better than
Any Trio you name is if you had Mel Bridges wow we’re doing this again well go ahead I mean you’re probably right but I was thinking angry dearon Fox give me angry dearon Fox pissed off is a problem yeah Darren Fox I feel like he at a point just
Talking about his mid-range too like you know how KD Demar D Ro and those guys do you take any mid-range shots like you’re not stopping this don’t matter I feel like Darren Fox is kind of like that’s his shot anything he takes like from the mid-range or whatever like you’re not
Stopping it at all I had a scary realization last night that like cuz LeBron can’t do it is regularly he did it a lot last night uh and it you know wound up with him limping off the court not flexing anymore but he can get to
The basket at will he’s still at 38 39 years old whatever it is can get to the basket whenever he wants to and you can’t do anything about it yeah that’s very literally the case with dearon Fox you can’t stop him all you can do is
Foul him and hope the refs are tired of calling it right which is what happened last night the one the the one layup that he missed after three straight they just got tired of calling the foul and let it go it feels like you can’t even
Typically with a guy like that like as fast as he is you uh my bad I clicked to a different Tab and up were the images of LeBron drinking wine and the Black Bottle and all F LeBron funny but usually with a guy that fast sometimes you guess which
Way he’s going it feels like you can’t even guess which way he’s going like even if say he got the ball on the left and you’re like I think he gonna keep it in the left and keep going you try to get over to the left to beat him to the
Spot he still get by you like he’s I know Tyrese was on a podcast talking about he’s the fastest guy he’s ever guarded Jeff Teague just said number of times y he retired me I was like I can’t I can’t can’t keep up with this guy this
Is what this is what the league is now this is where I’m at in my career I need to just go ahead and call it a career that good that fast yeah man he gets where he wants on the court any time he said as much he said as much which is
Also why we get frustrated and we’re like bro just this game game against Chicago put put it up get to the cup get to the cup get to the get to the mid-range like you talking about that’s something that’s automatic for you he’s doing it right now though
Chicago game aside he we we read off the numbers earlier since it got real quote unquote got real in the NBA he is cooking I’m not even paying attention anymore uh oh I’m just looking at the LeBron drinking okay y’all need first of all that’s not the same game he’s in a
Completely different outfit yeah that yeah I know the the different outfit was the suit yeah he’s walking that’s not the same one where he walked in yeah that one he was just brazing with it he was like I’ve got this glass of wine I’m twirling it around here in the
Tunnel I’m drinking wine the other one he tried to secure the secure the drinkly on do we have do I have video of this no damn it no wait maybe this is maybe this his video LeBron out there slurring his words during the Huddle oh there’s a whole montage of LeBron drinking
Coffee on the bench hold on okay wait he’s re wait what’s this oh wait a minute oh maybe oh wait a minute s oh yeah that’s that’s not water well did he do a little something after he Dr like he took he took a he
Here he took the drink like this he he gets he gets the bottle he opens it slowly and he does a little you don’t drink water like that that was water hey my bad okay my bad you see hey no okay I said my bad you
Don’t have to rub it in I said my bad yeah LeBron LeBron LeBron LeBron’s out there tasting on the out there uh cause he sneakily say Let me let me let me get my prince out there fighting for his life and LeBron just drinking his favorite
Charday my favorite one is when he in warm-ups he’s next to kyus is in Cleveland he’s got a cup of coffee with him we’ll come back our man Conor Sutton’s gonna join us we’ll talk Kings we’ll talk Republic we’ll talk much more as DLo and KC continue here on Sacramento sports leader ESPN
1320 there’s there’s two there’s two games with the with the little black bottle oh I only saw one no there’s two your thing bro there’s two life gets hard sometimes Connor what up what’s happening baby how are you man I’m good brother how are you I’m great man I’m great yeah excited for
Uh a new season here yeah man yeah I’m I’m so I’m not as excited as Kenny who just left because I’m about to join the chat I don’t know what’s up with that yeah he said I’m I’m I’m I’m done with this I’m out of here I’m out of
Here ah this is fun man this is fun hey the farmers dog uh text chat line I’m a big fan big farmers dog fan here so are you yeah do you use it I do use it do you no I I looked into it uh about a month
Ago and just didn’t do it like I I switched I switched Foods I switched to a uh a food my my my vet was like make sure it has grain in it like they you know some of these foods that remove grain are pretty pretty bad um so I
Looked up Farmer’s dog and it it was like man this is this is some good stuff it’s just really expensive as you know yeah yeah I know it uh I know people who like have older dogs and they’ve like changed to it and then it’s been
Gamechanging so oh man you you all right all right you might make me do it then just letting you know because my baby’s my baby turns 10 tomorrow uh Monday no 10 yeah she turns 10 yeah wow yeah so if I can whatever I can man to keep her
Around as long as possible for sure I’m going to do it that’s good stuff though it’s good to know that you use that yeah I saw someone laugh at it earlier I was like man don’t laugh till you try it that’s basically people food you can try
Puts good for you man that’s what it looked like yeah yeah yeah man yeah I got the website pulled up right now it is really food it is is just it’s real food yeah right that’s good stuff how’s everything going man how was the off season short but
Good man good yeah yeah quiet we you know we resigned 17 play players um so only a couple new guys and uh we’re you know we’re set man we’re I think we’re going to be really solid again this year so looking forward to that I think the biggest thing is uh is
Just trying to get to that championship hump I feel like we’ve been on knocking on the door for two years now and so which you know that’s that’s the toughest hump to get over right um but we got the continuity and things um so I’m fired up good stuff
Man Conor what’s up man what’s up brother how are you I’m good man I’m good uh hang on Conor we’re coming back right now C all right we’re back here we get back to Kings basketball will Z is going to join us 30 minutes Matt George in the
Final hour of the show happy to be man joined by our man Connor Sutton uh Conor and I just talking Farmers dog there during the commercial break he’s a user of the product go uh good stuff right there Connor um talk a little Republic as well as you guys are gearing up for
Another season and we’ll just bring people into the conversation we were having we’ll bring the radio audience into the conversation we were just having here on the stream obviously the Republic Conor over the last couple of years have been extraordinary just absolutely incredible the entire city has been behind him but that
Championship hump that’s tough to get over yeah no it’s it’s a big thing and listen I’ve talked to a lot of the the players uh talked to our head coach about this and you know the way we got knocked out of the playoffs was tough
Last year we’re up 1 nil in the 60th minute um and let up a couple goals and it’s only a couple minutes where we didn’t play that well and and we basically got knocked out for it so but that’s on their minds that that that is the driving Factor especially for these
Returning players is is they know what it takes to to get to that point and now they realize like if you blink man you can you can be knocked out especially in the playoffs so being top team in the western conference is great um but you
Get to the playoffs it’s a whole other animal and obviously this team knows that a lot of these guys were on that open Cup team two years ago that went to the open Cup finals so they know that knockout style um which is so fun to
Watch but um you listen I think they’re going to be they’re been confident they know we know that this team is good they know this team is good it’s just now they know that the job was not done last year and they know that and so heading
Into 2024 that’s the goal again is to win a title do do you think these guys may suffer a little bit from a little bit of a of a hangover you know I think about this as a 49ers fan right you get all the way there and obviously they
Didn’t get to the finals but it was close enough uh but you get all the way there and you know you have a tough loss and it’s like man we got to go back up the hill again and it may take you know a month or two to kind of get the gears
Going again have you seen that earlier or they just kind of of energized maybe by the loss and the the Heartbreak last year and using that to prepare prepare them to be W for the start of the Season yeah look that’s a great question Kenny
Because I do feel like we have seen that happen just in sports in general just doesn’t matter what sport you’re right with the ners that is a concern right but I think for the Republic the thing that is so important is that for two years really the defense has been so
Good the backline has been so solid and the fact that all those guys are coming back they’ve added a couple pieces to just kind of chime in back there as well that makes me feel good that they’re going to be so good defensively again which then leaves the the chance for air
So much smaller than what it would be if you didn’t have a good backline good defense so I feel good about that aspect I think that this team there’s no hangover I think they’re fired up I think based on what I’ve seen in training camp they know that they it’s
You know they want to win a title and they know that they talk about it they know the way they got knocked out it’s a bad taste in their mouth they feel the pain that a lot of fans did last year and they want to come back listen it was
A great year but they all they also know like that’s how the sports is man if you don’t win a title it’s kind of a disappointment at least for most teams who are wanting to win a title what what do you add when you have a defense like they had last year when
You had a record like they had last year like what what do you how do you evaluate and go okay here’s what we’re missing how here’s how we get over that hump I mean it’s it’s that’s the that’s what our general manager and president Todd dunan has been working on the
Offseason with with our head coach Mark Briggs like it’s a good problem to have right you got to figure out so it’s not a lot it’s bringing guys back who were who were really great last year Russell Cerone is returning who was our top goal
Scorer last year um we brought in a goal scorer from League one who had over 20 goals last year um in League one that’s the league lower than USL Championship so we’re looking to see if he can score some getting guys back healthy we did have some injuries during the playoffs
That kind of hurt us a little bit Sebastian Herrera as our as our Striker was a little bit injured so it’s not a lot of changes it’s a lot of just hey we got some new guys to bring in some new blood but I think you know you see it in
Sports a lot and I think soccer is the biggest one especially in the USL Championship when you have continuity and you have players who’ve been playing at the top level of this league for a couple years together that makes it easier to start at a higher Point than
The rest of the teams would be who have a lot of new faces coming into the new season so that’s what Sacramento has you know in their favor going into this season Conor for somebody like myself who i i f follow the Republic I don’t necessarily follow the league as a whole
Who are some of the guy some of the teams that we’ve got to look out for uh this coming year I know Phoenix and Oakland that’s always a rivalry uh type game but who who are some of the other contenders that that we gota you know be
On the lookout for I mean Phoenix they’re the defending champs they’re the ones who knocked us out last year so I think we’re going to definitely have some Vengeance to return there San Antonio FC in the Western Conference always a top team um they got a couple
Former players there um so a little bit of uh of of rivalry within those two teams on the Eastern Conference you have Tampa Bay rowdies Louisville uh FC those are the teams that have typically been the top of the East and the West uh last year Pittsburgh riverhounds on the East
Were were some of that was was a top team in the East so you know it depends uh it depends year to year I think in the in the Western Conference we play Orange County on uh on Saturday night in our home opener and that’s the team that
We lost to twice last year we played them at that giant Hughes match that I think both we’re both you guys at at least I at least Kenny was at it I can’t remember both you guys were but uh but we lost to them that night and so we’re
Going to be looking to get Vengeance there as well these the home opener Saturday yes Saturday right when when like because we always follow like with the Kings man these guys have been together since such and such they’ve been working out all offseason they’ve been doing this they
Went to Dom’s house for wine and all of that different stuff when when when do these guys get together and start to prepare for the season so early February actually a week earlier than they ever have this year um and they you know obviously there’s a lot of games and a
Lot of training that comes into into training camp but they also went to Tucson for some games but they also you know they did a couple days of just team bonding Top Golf I know a lot we have a lot of golfers on the team that like to
Get out and and uh and hit the hit the range or hit the links um and that’s what’s so cool about the culture of this team is everybody’s really close and good friends and I think we’ve seen that with the Kings too you guys have talked about that is you can tell everybody
Likes each other and I do think that matters and we’ve seen the same thing for the Republic we have great leaders like Kenny’s guy roro uh who’s such a great leader I don’t know why I said Kenny he’s he’s D’s guy too I don’t know why it’s just Kenny’s but boy it’s your
Boy no it’s fine be careful what you say just remember you know be careful what you encourage Connor because it’ll end up on a hoodie it was coming I I was waiting I was gonna wait well Conor that’s fine Connor that’s got to be careful on this show man gotta be
Careful I was gonna get Kenny a custom jersey with it on the back oh go mind you mind you coner have you ever seen me wear the shirt no well I’ve seen it photosho Jersey don’t waste your money in your resources I think it would be a great uh
Use F carway number five is just fine I would send it to I would send it to Damien and then he would give it to you on air is what I would do so you weren’t ready for it that’s what I so many so many bad influences around here man I
Tell you so many bad influ and it’s your fault I in fact I’m blaming both of you to be to be clear well I I just wanted the Republic to win I was I was confident that they were gonna do you couldn’t say go Republic I
Did but I also said they were about to smash them boys like Roman Reigns would say but now it’s not Conor wants to get you a jersey and you won’t like how how rude is that Connor wants to get you a gift and you’re like no don’t do that carway five
Will do just fine one of the best fan experiences in the city by the way is Republic games this is so much fun heck yeah I I’ve I’ve been on the outskirts I’ve never been to a game yet I gotta go I’m definitely going this year bro
Definitely going this year but uh we got get you on mik out there man both you guys you know I’m with that you know I’m with that man I got the gear I’m ready to go got everything you you talk about you talk about um my guy roro it’s funny
You say how long they’ve been working out together and everything because I saw him at one of the Kings games they’re playing the Hawks so that was before the allstar break and I saw him and he I was like man what’s up man how you doing he said good man just we
Got uh we got practice in the morning we getting ready I said practice what you talking about he’s like yeah we’ve been going at it for the last two three weeks so yeah man they they’ve been they’ve been getting together working on that that team bonding the the camaraderie
And I think this is their year how I felt about the 49ers now we all know how that ended I’m not ready to talk about that but remember coming yeah but it’s still coming into the season I said this was the year yeah this was it this was the year where they’re they’re
Going to put it all together and this is the championship season that’s how I feel about the Republic this year I I think so too I think this is the time for this team to to really show out and get a title I mean I I you you’ve seen
Teams knock on the door knock on the door and then finally break through and and it feels like this could be the team to do that um I I’m excited because we also got really good depth this year um we got you know Jack G who’s returning
We have really good depth at the goalkeeping position videll who’s been great for a couple years brought in Jared Mah um who’s who’s a top-notch uh goalkeeper as well I I really think that this is the year man and I will say um since this group has come in The Vibes
At hard health park has gone to another level man like you this team puts on a show you don’t have to know soccer you don’t have to be a fan like it’s just you come out it’s such a good time because it’s fast-paced it’s no there’s no stoppages other than halftime um and
Yeah man I mean celebrating a goal with those players they go right to the fans to celebrate so the uh the vi for this team at hard health park that’s what we’re excited about for Saturday Conor we always catch up during the big moments man we need to uh we
Need to make this a regular thing this season come in and visit we talk Republic yeah let’s do it I’m game I’ll bring Kenny’s Jersey next time let’s go let’s go Kenny who’s man who’s man right there what you mean that’s my man right there Connor uh great to catch up with
You uh Republic home opener this Saturday um beginning of another great season uh I’m certain for this franchise can’t wait thanks fellas we appreciate you my man thanks Connor our man Connor suon right there sa Republic again you heard it it’s on wax man we’re gonna
Spend some more time with Connor uh this year talk Republic as the season goes along for what might be a championship season yeah uh for them once again the culmination of an incredible uh twoe to some odd year stretch here yeah uh for that soccer team I think this is the
Year man I do I think this is the year hey can uh while there’s a little break in the action here you know we talking Kings with Will Z coming up Matt George coming up later in the show as well can I can I tell you guys about my my my
Dream oh yeah yeah so last night I had I had a dream right and I was sitting there and I don’t know what I was doing but I was I was KC from DLo and KC for sure right radio personality sometime TV personality Kenny carway KC and you know I’m
Walking I’m walk I don’t know where I was at but I was somewhere I was walking and all of a sudden I heard hey can I talk to you for a second yo yo what it’s like can can I talk to you for a second it’s Draymond Green for those
Who don’t know I’m like yeah man what’s up man what’s up so I forgot the whole dialogue but essentially Draymond was basically like yo man like let’s get on the same page and I told him I was like Draymond I ain’t gonna lie to you I never like disrespect you called you out
Of your name but I didn’t I didn’t talk I didn’t talk bad about you on the radio and I told him why like you did this you did that I thought it and draymond’s like I I understand I get it I understand and he goes look man can
Let’s go let’s go grab a bite to eat I’m done with practice let’s go grab a bite to eat let’s really talk about this it wasn’t a dream it was a premonition so he let’s let’s go grab a bite te I hope he doesn’t do what Pao do
And I said well and then I’m sitting there and I’m like all right man and he like goes to get his car or whatever and I’m like yeah I guys I don’t I don’t know if I’m really going to go to dinner withay drove himself he drove himself to
No look well look I was like I don’t know if I’m really like how do I kind of ghost this guy or whatever you know I’m like kind of looking on I was looking on my phone I was thinking like maybe time will pass and you know maybe I lose him
Or something and then he he pulls up in his car next to my car like hey what’s up man are we still going to get let’s go this way like oh man let all right all right following you and then I’m sitting there and I’m I’m driving I’m thinking my
Head how am I going to explain this to the chatty house how am I gonna explain this yo what is this picture gonna look like on Twitter on Instagram me and Draymond having dinner no and then I woke up oh that was it yeah and then and
I woke up and I was like it was just a dream oh it was just the dream can you imagine the rule of the dream was Kenny had to go to dinner with Draymond or else he couldn’t wake up [Laughter] Oh man it was all a dream I love that even in your dream you were worried about how you were going to explain this to the chatty house it’s a lot better than poo B Carol trying to sh way better than Palo B Caro trying to take you out
Was not happy with me yeah that’s Palo B Caro trying to take you out was pretty wild but yeah had a dream about having a conversation with Draymond and I kept to a stack like I would I be like look bro was I ain’t been the nicest to you and I
Explained it though I said I never I’ve never called you out of your name I’ve said you’ve acted like something but I’ve never called you out of your name and this is how I feel about you you call him a scrub maybe I think it’s I I thought he
Say he plays like a scrub because he does play like a scrub like all the kicking and Diving around that’s how scrubs play but I don’t know if I’ve ever called him a scrub on air do you ever have dreams about work cuz Cy’s clearly about like um like NBA players
Coming back at him like I have dreams about work too and it’s like inserting like the wrong music or something like those were my bad dreams come from like doing the wrong thing do you have bad dreams about work I have dreams about KC hitting the wrong button when we go over
To K oh no that’s not a dream that’s not a dream for anybody that wanted to hear surround sound yesterday I apologize uh I don’t know I can’t remember a dream I I don’t know I’m sure I’ve dreamt about work before I have no idea yeah it was it was really
R certainly not in the Vivid detail that Kenny remembers his dreams in it really felt like yo I’m about to go to dinner with Draymond Green if so what was scarier going to dinner with Draymond Green or Pao trying to take you out well Pao was scarier because scary because he
Had a gun Draymond was just talking I was just like damn this is gonna be awkward so you know did at any point in this interaction with Draymond Green did you realize you were dreaming like do you have you ever been in like okay because like I’ve been in dreams before
Where there’s a there’s a situation and I’m like oh just go with it this isn’t I’m Dreaming like I’m dreaming it’s fine I don’t think I’ve ever been in that situation oh okay all right you so so in real life if if if the homie came through it was like yo we
We had darling ay man pull up on this I I I I have no problem doing that okay I wouldn’t either I thought I thought before you said you had no desire to no I don’t have a desire to I don’t but if if our if our man called and was like
Hey I want you to meet Draymond all right that’s fine I’d meet him i’ I’d be I’d keep it a stack I’d be like look bro I have not been nice to you on the airwaves I tell him exactly what I said but here’s the thing like he’s probably
Used to all of that like he probably well guess I guess got mad just a week ago well he expects Bon to be nice to him well while we’re mentioning in the hatch and all that you see he’s got um Paul Pierce coming on his
Pod no yeah the bigger story would be if Paul Pierce went on Udonis hen’s podcast I’m all right you Donis hasm need to relax bro have you seen it wait wa Donis hm has a podcast everyone has a podcast I think they’re called like the OG’s or something something like that wait it’s
It’s Udonis has and who Mike Miller have everybody really does have a podcast seen what’s been going on with that I don’t think so bro Udonis hasm talking about Paul piis needs to be quiet or someone’s going to end up hurt or something you Donis has them you
Probably grunt when you wake up bro like nobody is gonna get hurt relax no so what sorry second graders but uh but yonis he he told a story about how he hated the Celtics right and in that team specifically and he said something about
Like man I hated those guys man like I I took it more so in like a basketball since but like for real like no like we weren’t cool like I wanted to beat them I don’t like them or whatever not like I hate them right so I think Paul said something
Back and he said something to the effect of like just kind of downplaying Udonis hlin as a basketball player maybe or something like that so yanis hlin he’s on this this past week and he’s like yo Paul Pierce I’mma stop you know what I’m saying I’m G I’m G to stop even
Mentioning in this because I’m still my daddy’s son and somebody GNA get hurt like it just is what it is he’s like and then he go I like people talk me you know I talk to Adam Silver and all I’m representative y I’m still in these streets still in these streets so I’m
Gonna Leave Paul alone because if I don’t I don’t want to hurt dude that’s real all right well all right you Donis settle down yeah Udonis is one guy though that I wouldn’t Challenge on that i’ be like yeah that’s a good idea settle down yeah
No need for that the crazy thing about I’m I’m telling him to settle down not because I don’t believe him yeah because I want him to settle down yeah I don’t know Jesse you Donis has like it they saw each other Bu you’re 42 years old sending shots warning shots over
Basketball beef relax you’re an old man we don’t need to be sending shots at nobody he’d really fight Paul Pierce though the by Jesse Tapia are that of that’s fine brother you are like we’re well oh you’re gonna see like this along lines Stephen A Smith you’re gonna see
Me watch you on camera that’s fine like No One’s Gonna Do Anything all right this is podcast beef if you’re getting your little views up Paul Pierce tomorrow at two o’ Jesse’s dream of youon pulling up on will you promise to defend me in life the way you defend
Paul Pierce brother you got me health insurance I got [Laughter] you Donis Haslam spent last 10 years on the bench but he’s got a pod give me a break everybody got a pod everybody got a pod that’s for sure okay do what you do it’s just you got grind I guess got
Grind I just that’s I guess that’s just one I’m tuned out of I didn’t I’ve never listened to the show I just see Clips I know I know Boogie got got something going now yeah him and Rachel nich right the uh you know on all the smoke stuff I
Didn’t know I didn’t know Donis as and Mike m had a podcast yeah they I think this year is when it started what’s it called again I think it’s like the old or something like that something all right uh was an interesting dream yeah I mean it fine
Interesting like I said just think it’s more of a premonition yeah like I said hey man this is what it is this is this is this is how it’s been I don’t see that U lunch that we were told hey we’re going to do this one day I okay I’m not sure
That’s ever going to happen I don’t think so why would Draymond be in Sacramento anyway also hilarious Casey trying to find a way to ghost straight Mong greens to that’s funny I don’t want to hang out with this guy like jazz can you call me like I got to do Troys or
Something I was kind of like what kind of car did he have do you remember that I don’t remember it wasn’t like luxurious though it was but it wasn’t like a bum car it was just like a probably the way you two probably a Corolla the way you two were talking
Shout out to coras not I wasn’t saying anything wrong witha by the way I walked in and it sounded like y’all were trashing Corollas all I said was a Corolla was a liable car but it’s a playin car it’s like a first round maybe car that is that’s pretty disrespectful oh it’s not
Disrespectful it’s a play a lot of people that’s taking a Cora to the second round to the westal coras what you mean sometimes people get new Corollas you’re not the Piston I had a new Cora I’m thinking of an old school Cora then somebody might be buying a
Corolla that’s good look I’m not I’m not calling that a playin car that’s a good look that’s a good family car good solid car be proud of your get you to the first round yeah it’s good getting to the first round is good no people people talking about playing as a a
Failure no stop it no h no playing is a failure we’re not doing that either you just call he just call a play play if you get into the playin and don’t get into the playoffs after that it’s a failure okay how did the Cora get worked
Into this though I think I was talking about like maybe we’re expecting too much like maybe we think they’re like a high and car real it’s just a Corolla like so you think the Sacramento Kings are just a Corolla yeah like maybe like they’re not going to win a first round
Like we want them to be a Mercedes they’re just not that yet we gota upgrade like we’re all mad because they’re not doing well but maybe we’re just our expectations we’re want them to go 90 miles an hour but we can hit 75 the connotation is not friendly to
Corollas well the kings are good saying a Corolla is not good enough for what we want you’re not taking a Cora to the NBA finals well yeah I I but but to I’m not dissing on Corollas by the way well the connotation that’s what I’m saying the connotation the Corollas fire I’ve had
Two I had a Prius all the way up until like two years I had toyot I had Toyotas my like whole entire adult life until what two years ago this the first time I didn’t um it works it’s reliable that’s the Portland Trailblazers you get to the playoffs for eight straight years you
Just can’t win the finals but you’re gonna get there you can even wave goodbye to somebody that but you’re gonna get there that so then we should move up a Corolla second round is a Corolla that’s fine well Jesse said it’s a first round car well well we called it
A playing car playing car not all of us can drive what Jesse drives I know oh stop all right not all this has what you guys have lining up the tesas must Bley must they didn’t make a song about the car I you know what I mean because it wasn’t around
There I just try to get mine where I gotta go that’s all it is uh shout out to our man Connor for being with us Conor Connor’s a Mercedes oh the Republic have dreams of a Mercedes type here that’s that’s what they’re looking at they had
Dreams of a a Bentley type of year the follow up everything that they’ve done the schedule for tonight Miami is in Dallas Chicago’s at the chase Center and Phoenix host the Toronto Raptors all right all right it is what it is man I mean you gotta handle your
Business I think I think I think one of those teams are are gonna help out I don’t know which one you got to think Dallas is Dallas has got to snap out of this Dallas Dallas got you think so I mean I ain’t mad but yikes they might not not maybe
They okay that was not that good to go up against good teams and think they gonna get him they might they might because they got two unbelievable scores Chicago got a shot tonight I think Chicago does have a shot tonight well I thought that before I knew they played last night I didn’t
Know they played last night for whatever reason I don’t know why I didn’t know that but I thought they were having rest going oh we should talk yeah that Chicago clip was wild uh we’ll talk about that later will Z is goingon to join us we’re going to talk Kings and
Spurs when D and Casey return here on Sacramento sports leader ESPN 1320 I ain’t got nothing for y’all today tomorrow is the 13th round Ryan said he’s okay now whatever that means all right Ryan all right pal yeah the real story I thought I thought it was uh very
Foul I could talk about I’ll talk about a little bit more tomorrow too but I thought Adrien Broner was out of line yeah yeah that was way out of line also looks like canelo’s fighting Mangia so could we be nice to the guy now could we call him Canelo now as he still
Saul I’m sorry that David Benitas changes no no no a couple weeks ago you said you’d be fine with him fighting mongia and you played it up and stuff come on no I do like that I do like is it is it um is it back on PBC it’s
Looking like it yeah May fourth PBC crazy that I think Eddie Hearn messed up when he said um benas talk to me like he was calling the shots I don’t think you can do that with Canelo like we’re being real like you really got to let him feel like he’s running the
Show this gonna be that’s gonna be an exciting fight show some respect Ramsey well he’s trending that way um did you see mongia he’s just not a good enough boxer to beat highlevel boxers he kind of reminds me of like roelly Romero um like somebody that knows how
To box will give him fits which Canelo will but did you see the time mongia uh punched a piece of the guy’s lip off that was disgusting I think I did I don’t I I don’t think I realized the time it was like mongia who did it but I
Remember seeing that on Twitter I think oh man I could not believe what I saw and it wasn’t like it wasn’t a big old huge part of but it was like tip of his lip his his power is crazy man guy got crazy power yeah it turns out getting punched
In the face by boxing not fun no shout out Spence no yeah I don’t know if we’ll see him again is he you think he’s retired is he done should retire I don’t think he will but he should who is Keith Thurman fighting coming up Tim zooo okay yeah Tim zuo had
A fighing line I think Keith Thurman talk about Tim Zoo cherry picking opponents and Tim zuo said bro you on vacation like the last five years what are you talking about you guys still talking about cars in here huh yeah I mean I I guess I guess I
Mean yeah I guess oh yeah that’s that’s a good point we got to find out what the hashtags are for these people so we can support hold on I gotta maybe I should first first before we find the hashtag you got to come up with your round for them yeah we got to
Come up with their own yeah yeah yeah yeah set the pace that’s perfect like that I’ll just say that forever now what’s up will what’s up you guys what’s up will no the heat one I already know what that one is the heat one is a paragraph you got to remember
That the Bulls I don’t know the Bulls one yeah I’ll figure out what the Bulls one is game for the standings or big night for the standings potentially the Bulls one is still it’s hashtag still hanging on to the [Laughter] 90s our man Ken at the Eagle like hey
Man congratulations on the win last night and I don’t really know how to respond to that because I didn’t really help the victory but he’s a la guy he’s embracing the Kings but he’s a lake you know he’s from La oh man that was a great win for you guys man
Congratulations thanks kid thanks Ken I next time you say him you know what Ken Lakers [Laughter] suck well that works too K probably be like I know oh little ACC tournament action is that on yeah I don’t know oh you’re on the app though it’s onw I think is Men’s Basketball just reduced
To March Madness now because it’s like the season starts and it’s like oh March Madness is here now yes and no I i’ I’ve probably been a little little rough on on um men’s college basketball I’ve been watching the last week or two got some good stuff going
On oh yeah got ACC tournament action up here on the screen let’s go I mean we could we could get any four games on right now huh oh I don’t think that’s how it works I can try well I can try I don’t think that’s how it works oh snap
Howard North for state yeah that’s not how it works they have to make them available for the for the multi the multi screen what um this this it’s not perfect it’s not perfect look clearly they’re improving they’re improving little by little it’s not there are you
Are you a YouTube TV guy will um we share it with my parents but I have NBA I have leag pass through yeah now whoops I have NBA League Pass um separate though so I need you can only do do the Multi Screen through if you have it
Through YouTube TV yeah so a change up might be coming very nice very very very nice uh will Z of the zcast with us uh will you you got anything on last night’s game you wanna you want to talk about before we talk about uh Kings and
Spurs I know you were throwing out some statistics one of them made me laugh you had my assist stat that I love yep and and it was it 20 and five plus assist so we should look up 29 got it because the amount of times I think that they’ve had 29 assists and
Lost it’s it’s probably my imagination I see no I see it all the time I’m like thank goodness they didn’t get one more oh yeah let’s see because they’ve had games where it’s like hey look they played really well they hit 14 threes 29 assists oh yeah but they
Lost guess would be they’ve lost eight games eight with 29 assists yeah okay well maybe six okay all right because they have hit it seven times so this is exactly 29 they’re four and three so not as much as we all thought it would be yeah I
Thought it would be worse oh me too for sure 29 assists is a lot though so like to think that they hit that a ton of times that’s a great sign though like when you can get great number yeah remind me to come back to that when
We’re talking about the Spurs though uh that 30 assist Mark okay okay but yeah for last night I thought they did exactly what they had to do with attacking the paint relentlessly it was led by Fox we all know that I threw the stat out earlier today uh Fox had 32
Points in the paint That’s tied for fifth most points in the paint in a game this season the five players to do it embiid Giannis singon and joic who are all 611 or and then you have 63 and dear Fox and just he was so efficient the whole team was
So efficient last night I think they shot like 69 something percent in the paint which is just a ridiculously high number and they just never let up which is I think one of it’s a very interesting thing because Anthony Davis is supposedly this great defender I said
It yesterday I wasn’t too scared of him in that role and he didn’t really deter him at all no I mean we don’t have to get back into an Anthony Davis take but I mean he’s just not a guy that’s consistently you know that type of player on both
Sides of the ball when he’s locked in he’s amazing oh yeah he is amazing when on both sides of the ball when he’s locked in but sometimes like last night I just I thought they played him him off the court you know with uh the physicality um with the the movement and
The action and I think that’s something that he and the Lakers struggle with when they go up against the Kings is the kings that offense it it just moves so much and there’s so much going on I think that team in particular struggles to defend against
That I agree and then they didn’t allow the Lakers to kind of get going in transition and I thought they took care of the ball really well and won the fast break point battle They just won like all the little battles that collectively turned into a kind of Big Easy win in
The end the fast break points that was the swing stat right it was indeed very good very very good um let’s get to the Spurs tonight then uh we know Victor wiama will not be available tonight he rolled his ankle uh the last time they played wound up playing the rest of the
Game uh but is often the case with the ankle like yeah let’s chill now that that thing is cooled off let’s uh let’s chill a little bit uh so he won’t play tonight you put the stats out earlier 0 and six correct W’s out of the lineup Y which I think has everyone
Terrifi give yeah I was gonna say that doesn’t give any Kings fan Comfort no we’d rather play I think right but if you look at so the big drop off with wemi is on offense they have a 1077 uh offensive rating when he’s on the court 1079 when he’s off the court
So it’s about the same the big drop off is on defense 112. two when he’s on the court 11 19.8 without so that’s where you see the big difference when he’s not out there which opens up so much for the Kings the Spurs are not good at defending the
Paint so for me it’s like a lather rinse repeat just do exactly what he did last night if Zack Collins is the main paint protector just go at him over and over and over again whether it’s sabonis or Barnes monk Fox just keep attacking and
I don’t know if the Spurs are going to be able to stop them inside and see this is one of those situations where I would like to see especially coming off the second night of a backto back and you know you gotta be a little concerned
With what the legs are looking like if you’re asking somebody to continuously get into the paint is let’s let’s see James ask for him Keegan Murray post UPS get him on the Block get in the paint that way Harrison Barnes is great on the Block give him some looks on the BL and
And and get in the paint that way as opposed to relying 100% on penetration from Fox or monk you know from the three-point line all the way into the paint you know like get those guys some looks get them involved and try to get points in the paints that
Way yeah definitely share the wealth and they have so many guys that can do that it’d be nice to see a big game from herder not even necessarily a big game but a productive offensive game um he played what was it like 11 minutes last
Night I have it here but yeah I think it was yes I think it was closer to 12 or 1 11 42 yeah yeah so he’s another guy who’s really good in that two-point game very underrated aspect of his of his game so if he can get going in that pick
And roll with fox or pick and roll a bonus too another option to throw in yeah in part of you know Kevin herter being out last night the the bench was extraordinary y uh Malik has you know we we should probably start running some really in-depth numbers on Malik monk as
His six man of the year candacy is getting almost unchallenged at this point um but you tweeted something about Davon last night Davon has been really really good uh since Mike inserted him back into the lineup man and I’m so happy with the way that he’s playing and I think the thing
That’s really glaring right now is when he shoots the ball he’s shooting the ball with a ton of confidence yeah and it’s so true so over the last 12 games he’s shooting 60.9% from three and it’s just it’s not a very high volume 14 of
23 but if he’s taking two threes a game and even hitting like 40% I’ll take that any night from him and then go going back to the Bulls game I had this stat it’s always a bummer when they lose especially lose in the fashion that they did because it’s like there’s no point
In tweeting out a stat because no one’s going to Care they lost but he hit three mid-range Jumpers in that game coming into the game he had hit seven all season so it’s like you were saying Damen the confidence for him to take that shot and make that shot and you
Really just see it in how he’s playing on offense he’s doing things that he hasn’t done this year he was a really good mid-range shooter last year and it’s just not something that he’s brought to the table this season so far and I think that’s starting to come
Out yeah I think with him and it’s like any other player like let let them get a feel for the game let them get a feel for um being able to adjust the the shot not going in you know what I mean it shouldn’t feel
Like I’ve got two shots and I got to make them if I make those two then he’ll let me keep playing if I’m miss those two then maybe he’ll like and let him go one for seven you know what I mean have Let It Fly let him have that confidence
And allow him that confidence because I think his his truest attribute is what he can bring on the defensive end and you want him out there confident and not worrying about anything else on that side of the ball yeah I’ll be interested to see I like him and Keon both
Playing it’s hard with the size but they’re both so effective and we’ve seen the lineups kind of work when they’re both involved especially if you throw in like the Keon Fox monk minutes are really the Davon monk Keon minutes like they work somehow I don’t know how with
The size but it seems to be working well because those guys are physical yeah you know they’re physical and aggressive and I think a lot of the times we especially in today’s type of game where they don’t post up they don’t take advantage of mismatch I think we get too caught up
And oh that lineup’s too small out there on the perimeter these guys are shooting threes anyway you know what I mean so if there’s uh Davon and Keon out there that can put pressure on your wing players and make them uncomfortable I think that should be something that should be
Looked at more by Mike Brown and other people that talk about basketball as opposed to just how tall they are will you wanted to touch on the assist numbers again again I if memory serves me correctly the Spurs are a really high assists per game team aren’t they
They are second in the league so we always talk about how many times the Kings hit that 30 assist number they’ve done it 25 times as we said earlier that’s fifth most in the league the Spurs are second at 32 so for the Kings the Warriors a lot of other teams it’s
Like when they hit 30 assists they tend to win the Spurs they’ done it 32 times they’re 12 and 20 in those games wow that’s a 375 winning percentage it’s just a very interesting stat that usually causes has so much cause and effect on winning that really doesn’t
With them obviously that 375 they won one game when they didn’t do it you said 12 and 20 they have 13 wins yeah oh wow that means they’ve won one game where they haven’t gotten 30 assist wow I had to find that Game that’s amazing well the the the reasoning the reason why in my opinion why it doesn’t really affect them you know as far as like that’s a number that they get to and they’re gonna win is another reason why I think the Kings should handle business tonight they
Don’t defend one of the worst defensive teams in the game and you can do all that stuff on offense all you want if you’re not an elite offensive team and you don’t play defense you lose more times than not I expect the Sacramento Kings to have their way offensively much
Like they did last night and finding that game so it was the Suns they won 115 to4 so one point Victory well with 29 assists the the funny thing about that wasn’t that like this miraculous comeback game it was like a TNT game Vic hit a three and a
Tip and then Booker threw the ball away in bounds or something like that it was a miraculous win it was a win they should have the game they should have lost that’s uh will what’s the swing stat for tonight uh for tonight three-point percentage I always try and find and
Think of a way that the Kings will lose and I really think that it’s just if the Spurs get going from three so it’s not something where I think the Kings have to win the three-point percentage but but I think just like keep it within five percentage
Points because then that would mean the spur shoot really well and the Kings shoot really poorly so again I could see the Kings winning by just getting in paint or hitting their twos but that’s kind of the the path that I saw if the Spurs win is by dominating Beyond The
Arc Spurs hit 11 last time de Vel watch out for him sorry yep but I think I think what it I forgot exactly the the the terminology I think the suns were up three with the ball with 7 Seconds to go and lost the game oh that’s amazing that’s so Wild win
Probability baby yeah why I don’t gamble yep that’s why I don’t gamble anything else we need to keep our eye on tonight obviously we just saw these two teams play uh February 22 it was a it was it was a fight uh Casey mentioned Devon
Fael he had 32 in that one the they had and this speaks to what you were just talking about they had 37 assists in that game yeah and six guys and double figures one thing that actually caught me by surprise not I get I I just hadn’t really been playing close attention is
That vikor wiim minyama has only missed six games this year not because I expected him to miss more it’s just there was so much talk about how they would manage him this year the fact that we’re 60 something games into the season and he’s only not played six times uh is
An interesting little footnote or I should say yes six times to this point this will be the seventh game he missed that’s an interesting little footnote um but Vic in that one 21 shot attempts 19 points 13 rebounds four assists this is a team that that that moves the ball
Well so if if if you know you’re the wide open threes are there that’s where your swing stat could really come into play yeah so kings are gonna have to be on their rotation game tonight which they’ve done it’s been up and down throughout the season we’ve seen games
Where they’re really good we’ve seen games where they’re really bad and you just have to know that that Ball’s going to be moving around tonight the Spurs have so many players who are just solid I don’t like the full Talent isn’t there for them but just the fact that everyone
Plays together they can walk into a win on any given night and wemi has been like you said he was eight of 21 38.1 % from the field pretty much everyone else was at 46 or better who had a high amount of shots so like they’re an
Efficient team if they get going and just don’t let anyone get too comfortable like Vel great I was just gonna say this wm’s The X Factor though I feel I don’t feel like they have enough well they haven’t won a game without him but they they don’t have they got some dangerous
Players the veles the Keon Johnson Zack Collins they’re good but they they don’t have enough typically without wimy he’s the one that’s like yo they’re really dangerous so they play close games and stuff like that King chanal business well we say that all the time and been
Hurt get hurt that’s right we all get hurt let’s just play a nice good basketball game tonight yeah get some Mason Jones minutes a nice competition yeah nice nice little competition here uh will appreciate you as always my friend thanks for joining us thanks guys
Have a good one our man will Z make sure you’re following him across social media platforms to check out the zcast that he post every game day covering your Sacramento Kings uh last night’s game even bigger given the fact that the Golden State Warriors won again uh beat
The crap out of the Bucks you didn’t think Giannis was gonna play he wound up playing last night and I think the game I was following the game The Warriors I obviously I wasn’t watching Warriors were blowing them out bucks made a run looked like it got relatively close and
Then all of a sudden it went by like 40 or something yeah yeah they just beat the hell out of them yeah man the Warriors are playing some really good basketball right now right now I kind of feel like they could possibly get into the top
Six okay the the the team that could keep them from getting to the top six is the Kings but I don’t know if the Lakers got enough to get all the way to six obviously you know how I feel about Dallas um I still think despite what
They did the other night I think Phoenix is in for some tough sledding coming up and that’s three teams tonight could go a long way for that like they get a win tonight against Toronto I know Toronto’s not very good but now you’ve won a couple of games in a row right now
You’ve got momentum I just think the problem is is is Phoenix the one that has the Celtics twice yeah the schedule’s brutal yeah that’s tough like the schedule’s they got the Sonic or Sonics they got the uh the Celtics twice be interesting I don’t know what what where the standings go for that
One they got the Celtics two time I think OKC two times I think they still gotta play Milwaukee like the schedule’s too much Golden State’s playing phenomenal and I and I and I and I agree with you may maybe top six is in their reach scariest part about Golden State
They got the Bulls tonight they salute to Chicago it’s a tough team then they got the Spurs twice that’s their next three games got a game against the Mavericks and the Lakers both of those are on the road um and then you know we don’t have to go
Over the entire schedule they have a third game against the Spurs coming up they have a game against the Hornets coming up they have two games against the Jazz through the remainder of the season have a game against the Trailblazers the remainder of the Season you have to win those games MH
But that’s the schedule they have their toughest opponent boy is it the Pelicans it’s it’s yeah probably I was going to say New Orleans or Indiana but I think New Orleans probably better than Indiana their toughest opponent might be the Pelicans and they don’t play them till
April 12th the second to last game of the season yeah the road could the road could absolutely be there for Golden State to be a top six team yeah they look they look great right now they do and and you you look at uh like I’m
Looking at the the schedule they got the 28th rank schedule left only 30 teams guys somehow Boston has the easiest schedule left probably because they don’t have to play themselves but uh congratulations Golden State you know is there the Kings have now after I think last week they were as high as
Like seventh they’re now down to 17th toughest schedule left okay whatever man I saw 21 at some point last week I don’t even understand how this works oh no they were always at least on this one they were always in the top 10 that’s what I mean I don’t know where these
These these right I don’t know who determines this because what did you just say that we were doing this last week where you said the no the Mavericks weren’t a tough game yeah but the Lakers were who determining this stuff it was um the Mavericks and the warriors were
Not tough games for each other the warriors were a tough game for the Mavericks but the Mavericks are not considered a tough game for warriors and the Mavericks were ahead of them in the standings so I don’t know how that played out but um yeah the Kings and then after they
Get past Milwaukee on Tuesday yeah they there’s not a lot of above 500 teams left for the Gams okay so just opportunity that’s all it’s nothing guaranteed just just opportunities in front of them Phoenix ain’t never gonna be oh I take that back they’re number two now Utah’s number one with the toughest
Where do where do the Pelicans rank because I see they got the 76ers coming up the Cavs the Clippers they are ninth okay Orlando Thunder they still have a match up against the Celtics and the Bucks coming up um perhaps just as importantly this this is the these are the types of things
That could really help Sacramento and Golden State in this conversation the Pelicans got two games against the Suns yeah hey let’s beat the Spurs tonight huh let’s beat the Spurs and then go the games are in front of you whether it’s a good team or a bad team win as many as you can and let everything play out that way I do think
Um I just I think the kings are still one of the top six teams in the Western Conference I think they’re they’re better than the Lakers I think they’re better than the Mavericks I think they’re better than Phoenix are they better than the Warriors I think they’re better than the
Warriors Warriors are playing great right now though and you can make if anybody wanted to make the argument Drew Down Uncle Looney that the Warriors are better than the Kings you you’d have AR I don’t think it has to be Drew down or Uncle I think it’d be me they’re playing
Better like the kings are a 500 basketball team like last night’s game doesn’t I wish you guys would stop saying that they’re not they’re not a 500 team they’ve been playing like a 500 basketball team since January I don’t care I don’t care you don’t have to care
Over like 24 games they’re 12 and 12 what’s that is that what the schedule is I mean is that what the standings are no what I just saying better no no no no what I just say said since the first Warriors are playing better right now that doesn’t
Mean they’re a better team okay all right it doesn’t mean they’re a better team there was a three-week stretch last year where the Nuggets couldn’t beat anybody Mike Malone was talking about I don’t know what’s wrong with this team did that mean the kings were better than
The Nuggets no because Mike Malone does that stuff all the time Mike Malone does that after like two games I don’t know we’re we’re just we’re gonna be a playing team I swear to God this team wins a championship and gets lazy okay you’ve won eight of your last 10 dude
Relax Mike Malone does that at least twice a year he was pissed off at the allstar break last year we’ll come back uh Matt George is going to join us in about 30 minutes we’ll talk a little bit more uh oh we got to talk about the Chicago
Thing have you seen the full clip no I haven’t seen full clip okay pull up the pull up the clip from from from Chicago John Collins and just watch just watch Andre drumond boy that that c hey shout out to Andre drumond man how get get
Someone to have your back like he did and we’ll talk about the effects of the Carl Anthony towns injury on the west of the Western Conference and what that could mean for the conversation we just had is D with Casey brought to you by Sky River Casino continues on Sacramento sports leader ESPN
1320 Drew Down 14 and four in last 18 kings are [ __ ] like nine and n and I’m supposed to believe that the Warriors aren better right now okay okay yeah that’s pretty wild that’s pretty wild I’ll have to go back and well no I won’t go back and watch it they play tonight
But um I’m not Jan I don’t know who you talking to you ain’t talking to me I said that that that loss is a that loss that the Warriors had is one loss as much as I can’t stand Bob Myers on the call he was right disagree think
The Warriors should have to give the Rings back to the Celtics well well 14 and four that’s got to be one of the outside of the Celtics that’s that’s got to be one of the League’s best records we’ll get to that we’ll get to that I feel bad for him man really
Do and I genuinely think his career much like Lonzo might be over not to like I really think lonzo’s career is over like there hasn’t been a well he still can’t run right uhuh yeah he’s done nope you said is that what you uh let me find it real quick uh Liz I
Saw you sent me something I just didn’t get a chance to look at it the Ben Simmons’s experience oh man that’s terrible that is terrible he’s probably planning on it Blake but I don’t know if his body is yeah biggity blank he can plan on coming
Back if he wants to it just doesn’t sound like he’s it just doesn’t sound like he’s going to man be honest sorry go ahead I say Lonzo was tough too because he was like finally like coming into his own as an NBA player like he was starting to break
Out like yeah hanzo’s really good here’s what I hate about that Russ I don’t think Greg Odin’s a bust he didn’t get to play a bust is someone who sucks Greg and didn’t get to play like he kept getting hurt he’s not a bust Anthony Bennett is a bust Anthony Bennett is a
Bust Greg Odin is not Ben Simmons isn’t in that category though he’s gotten to play it’s just been a tough it’s been a tough break he’ll wind up one of those kind of what if guys how Lonzo might wind up a what if guy top five whiff guys are probably Grant
Hill Penny Derrick Rose and who else run that again I said the top five what if guys in the NBA prob Penny Hardway Grant Hill Derrick Rose I’d assume like who the other two guys Greg Odin could be up there Z throws in Len bi I think that’s
A good one oh yeah that’s a good one oh Brandon Roy that’s a good one yeah Derrick Rose and Penny will be Skyhigh on that list because Grant Hill I think is a Hall of Famer grant grant oh yeah he is we’ll touch on the conversation we were having during the commercial break
Uh just another little piece of news that came out in addition obviously to the Carl Anthony towns injury which we’ll talk about more here in a minute Matt is going to join us in about 30 minutes to talk Kings basketball both last night and tonight uh Ben Simmons
Won’t play again this season been a lot of weird stories around Ben Simmons and his agent and um people taking blame for for different things and it’s just it’s tough man because Ben Simmons is starting to trickle into the category where I wonder if he’s GNA play again
He’s not quite where I think Lonzo ball is because I do not think Lonzo ball is playing basketball again um I hope I’m wrong I really really really hope I’m wrong um just the things that we read reading between the lines I just I don’t have a lot of confidence he’s
Going to play again and Ben Simmons at being his back Ben Simmons coming back from a injury to his back that has plagued him for the better part of three seasons he probably would be the first human being in history to do that yeah talking about playing professional basketball I
I know man I I don’t know I don’t want to go as far as to say that he may have played his last game in the NBA I hope not but I mean he I can’t imagine what he would be able to do on an NBA court prob
High level probably not to his agent came out last week and said that he’s taking the blame for Ben Simmons’s back issues and stuff said he told him not to get the surgery and all that that’s okay so want fire that guy um you know time is
A Time is a funny thing man Ben’s 27 now he’ll be 28 this summer like not that he’s he’s not old he’s not 23 anymore right you know and that like now now now you start to become now you’re a 28 29 year old 30 year old with a back problem that’s a
Tough that’s tough and you know the on the positive aspect of that he is 27 years old and I remember I don’t know if it’s quite as many years but we we kind of talked about him a little bit uh and it’s a different injury but Grant Hill I think Grant Hill
In like three or four years where he could barely get on the court it’s like his ankles right his feet yeah a bad ankle situation and then he ends up going to Phoenix and he was able to play for another I don’t know maybe three or four
Years so them dudes who were in Phoenix that team that was in Phoenix the medical team were like like Gods because they did the same thing for Shaq when Shaq went to Phoenix for and I and I think someone man someone was telling me this I think that group went to New
Orleans to be with Zion I think I I I could be wrong but the head of that whole team I think went to to Zion to to New Orleans to be with Zion um I I could I I don’t think I have that wrong someone just shared that with me
Like the the when we were at the HBCU night at the the the Kings is that right yeah at the king Spurs game so that’s right he went to they went to uh they went to take care of Zion there in New Orleans nice um but point being that
That training staff they had found the Fountain of Youth maybe maybe I don’t know maybe Ben can hook up with those guys or something because something something because it’s uh it’s tough man it’s tough to see career said this like it is this his back versus his ankle like your back is
The that’s tough Yeah you mentioned the Suns guys working with Zion and like I’m looking it up and all it’s looking looking it up yeah Suns guy was there you also look Zion did not want to work with those guys at all yeah man Zion he be doing his own
Thing the only one he liked was spoon right wasn’t that the only person he allegedly yeah they they talked about how um an artic she got close to him and stuff like that yeah they fired her yep all right man what’s up with that guy Griff’s still employed huh Griff still employed
Griff still loved uh by everybody still loved Define everybody media well we’re media but you’re media I’m not you’re out here having lunch with Draymond Green well look while we’re at it can I can can I oh Lord you had to stop and think about this what is this I mean look I
Might I know what I’m about to get into I’m you doing a face turn on someone again no I’m not I’m just I just know what I’m about to get into I know no might be a oneman wolf back here oh no I’mma say it damn it salute to Don
Staley salute to Don St oh you okay no he’s trying to be funny no don’t do that don’t do that you’re trying to be funny salute to Don Staley that was amazing that’s amazing to me what she just did explain what she did Don Staley undefeated regular season she lost all
Five starters last year lost from last year from the team that went to the final four lost all five starters undefeated season going in the conference tournament week Don Staley she’s a hell of a coach she’s a hell of a coach she is I’m a big down Staley fan
I don’t like her Philadelphia fandom but I mean that’s where she’s from so I get it but other than that she’s she’s hell of a coach she did a great job with this team I mean I I’ve I’ve watched them quite a few times and I don’t know how
She got some of these girls or where they came from or how she found them but I’ll explain it to you off the air she got him and uh another undefeated season and I think even with all the talk of um Caitlyn and LSU and everything else like that I think South
Carolina’s the favorite to win at all going into the tournament oh yeah no Iowa’s not they’re they’re not the favorite to win anything like well I’m just saying they’ve got the ones that have all the excitement and and I remember when uh when uh my girl from
Louisville went to LSU they thought oh man how are they beating how’s anybody beating LSU yeah it still takes out South Carolina right now okay um since you’re big on South Carolina in that Squad no it’s good I’m glad you love them so much who’s your favorite player over
There who is my favorite what you mean who’s your favorite player on South Carolina to be honest with you I don’t remember all their names no no no that’s fine no no I and that wasn’t a trick I wasn’t trying to like out you for not no
That’s the way your favorite coach wants it know her don’t know them well that’s I do know some of the players okay the tall girl from Brazil she’s pretty good I can’t remember her name and then oh introducing number 10 tall girl from Brazil guard the point guard the um the
Uh they got a point guard you’re right you’re right you’re right I think she’s uh I think she’s Hawaiian I’m not sure but Polynesian she’s bad she can hoop and then they got the home girl The Freshman uh what’s their coach’s name though Don Staley okay of course I know
Don I’ve known Don Staley for 30 years course I’m not him that you’re no that’s good know her you’re really sounding LeBron what’s your favorite page of the book LeBron with the South Carolina team right here oh man but no I’ve I’ve seen their team what’s your favorite page of the
Book man there just so many so many of my favorite players on that on that team man it’s just it’s too much man I can’t that wasn’t my point my point never mind I’m not talking about Bill bich uh no I don’t think I’m saying that bill bich
Was about and and maybe you think Bill bich was about him no not necessarily about him but he was about the team it wasn’t about yeah no she’s not about that she’s about her she’s a hell of a coach she’s a hell of a coach I’m not I’m not questioning
That she’s a hell of a coach that’s all I’ll leave it at that she’s a hell of a coach and and maybe you know different but I always go back to this seems like her players love her past and present you ain’t no different but no
I’m sure her play I’m sure her players do love her it’s all that matter that’s all it really matters because if if because if if if she was nefarious or they felt some type of way about how she goes about business I don’t think they love her the
Same like if they’re like oh you know if they said the same thing oh it’s all about her it could never be about us and they thought it was not genuine I’m sure somebody Say Something by now and maybe they have and I missed it but they seem to love her just like
All those uh all the Nick Bosa teammates what a comparison [Laughter] now hey whatever she’s a great coach leave it at that I just I mean I even if it wasn’t her or whatever I I that’s the that’s a hell of a feat I thought just you know losing the whole starting five
And being able to recoup that and then go undefeated again coaching is difficult under that that that a roster turnover like that is difficult under any circumstances no matter how much you can pay players to come to you the the the Golden State Warriors landed Kevin Durant they didn’t
Go 82 and0 the next year you know what I mean doing what Don did is phenomenal feel it feels like Gino always had at least like one hold over right like somebody that would roll over to the new kind of group or something like that maybe he didn’t but it just
Feels like I hadn’t seen something like that before yeah I can’t I can’t remember um he yeah I think he I think you’re right he did um I think the only time that didn’t happen was the turnover into the bana Stewart era I don’t I think because Tina was gone by then
Obviously my was gone by then they were all winning other championships by then um I can’t remember who turned over into the Banna Stewart stretch of of Yukon but yeah you’re probably right like Maya and Tina played together um there was a kind of a a roll over there they need to
Get a chip though if they G for it to be remembered super finally they didn’t win last year and you go undefeated again in this regular season I’m saying you’re the favorite you gotta finish that off she has one I think just one yeah just with Asia right yeah yeah yeah
Speaking of Asia did you see your boy Mark Davis my boy I did not you see what he do with the aces they’re silver and black now baby they got rid of the gold yeah and the red they are silver and black wow yeah okay uniformity in Las
Vegas I don’t hate it but wasn’t the idea of the cards wasn’t that the point of the red I guess so I don’t know I don’t I don’t hey I’m not going to kill that’s cool they are silver and black are so so are the vas
The the veg the aces uniforms out there yes yeah they they had the whole unveiling I almost bought one I almost bought a a Asia Jersey I think on one of your mini trips to Vegas I was like hey take a look you did I was at manderlay Bay yeah I did
Look they didn’t have any that trip yeah I still give me I did look I I swear to you I look I look one for I I still give me an I don’t like this you’re not feeling it no kind of because they changed the logo yeah like the logo is
Different right hold on let me let me go back to Championship pictures right up here oh that could just be the I I like the aces down the side that was the uniform I always likeed I like the whole color scheme before but I mean it still
Looks nice I’ve always liked the silver and black color scheme know like that’s one of the dope thing about the Raiders I’ve always like the silver and black color when I tell people who don’t believe me like for the Raiders oh always like that oh oh oh you see it now
The white the white and silver that’s the Jersey the Jersey that’s the Jersey right there I don’t think I’ll get a Asia Wilson even though she’s my favorite player I won’t get one because she went to South Carolina I’ll get a different one but I’mma get one oh that is cold as
Ice did you see that um on their you see their starter jacket that’s got a fire too Boy look at Mark Davis out here doing things I I I don’t I I didn’t think I was GNA like it I do like the gold ones I do like the old uniforms though I do too but I like these I like these this is a good look listening to DLo and KC
On kfm West Sacramento 98.5 FM krxq HD2 Sacramento ESPN 1320 always live on the free Odyssey app um Carl Anthony towns out indefinitely torn his miniscus I haven’t really talked to you about that talked to insiders about it earlier um you writing off Minnesota now what like the the question they asked me
Was Minnesota currently where is Minnesota currently number one aren’t they TI for one are they are they one okay um where do you have them as the next handful of weeks progress they’re a lot closer to the Clippers yeah so they were so that’s that’s where I made my air the Clippers
Are a lot closer than I realized I thought they were I thought there was a pretty comfortable space between the Clippers and Denver and the Clippers and the Pelicans there’s a pretty comfortable space between Clippers and Pelicans it’s only two and a half games between the Clippers and where the
Timberwolves are right now and to think that they couldn’t possibly be two and a half games worse with Carl Anthony towns out is sketchy yeah I think they can fall when I think about the timber wolves team from last year um I think Carl Anthony towns is The X Factor he’s
The the he’s the piece that when he’s there they’re a good team when he’s not there he gets a little dicey and we saw that last year in the middle of the year when he was down he came back they they finished strong enough to uh make the
Playoffs and getting play in and all this other stuff and play well in the playoffs he’s there all the way from the start of this year they take off we’ll see what happens this year when he’s not there but that’s a that’s a tough blow to their title
Chances you know you you know I know what a lot of people say about you know needing to see him and all the this other stuff you one seed or one seed for most of the year one two seed you got a shot man you got a shot and they had a
Shot but nah I also think I see it now I also think if Carl Anthony towns comes back oh you know Carl Anthony towns will be ready for the playoffs Yeah Carl Anthony towns isn’t gonna be ready for the playoffs Carl Anthony towns might be able to play during the playoffs but to
Say he’s going to be ready you know it’s fun it’s funny I I’ll I’ll tie this together I always talk about these timelines that people have when when they say oh six to eight weeks the person could be back on the floor being back on the floor and be being ready
Aren’t the same thing you know who taught me that Don Staley we’re having a conversation with Don Staley because the king’s trainer excuse me the the Monarch’s trainer wanted Cara to have a surgery and was like for what like what is the purpose of the procedure we’re
Going to go in there and look around like no we’re completely resisting into it we were in South Carolina I showed you pictures from that trip like two weeks ago we’re in South Carolina Don was like don’t let him do it don’t let him do it because one it takes way
Longer to heal from that than they’re telling you and two if there’s nothing to go fix don’t let them do it they told me six to eight weeks I didn’t feel right for eight months this dude has a torn miniscus like how is he not ruled out
For the remainder of the season and I also think that’s a disadvantage when you’re out you’re out I used the example of DeShaun Watson earlier the Browns knew Deshawn was gone and they had to find a way to win football games without him I think there’s countless uh uh examples where you can
Use someone is out and teams find a way to survive I think it’s a lot harder when someone’s out indefinitely might be back for the playing might be back for the playoffs might be back if we make it to the second round like that’s you’re you’re you’re hanging on this like threat of
Hope that may or may not actually exist when it would be best for your coaches and your team to be able to focus and move forward obviously if you have the ability to get Carl Anthony towns back you want them I just think it’s much more difficult to operate with the
Thought of well maybe perhaps might rather he’s gone we have to figure out what to do right now I think those are two really different things no I hear you I hear you but you know I think about it on the other side and carony town if the diagnosis is six
To eight weeks you know you’re gonna try and get back so don’t rule me out for the season I’m I’m trying to work to get back um yeah I don’t know I mean we’re talking surgery we’re talking Tor miniscus I don’t know how that gets
Right how yeah I don’t yeah but um yeah I don’t know I don’t know I also don’t know how Eric Armstead played on the Tor miniscus for like six weeks I have an idea and Carl Anthony towns can’t do that salute to Eric armet that’s tough
That’s just a dangerous and I don’t know I don’t know how he played through but it’s the NFL I can guess how he played through and you just you can’t live like that gu eventually you have to fix it this guy’s always injured for the most part but like Rob Williams to Tes
Miniscus I think heading into the playoffs for Boston and didn’t come back to like right before the finals and then had to get more new yor that like right the offseason after so and he couldn’t remember he couldn’t play like he had to skip every other game or something like
Yeah he was on yeah he was limited in the playoffs coming back it’s tough like some we we just hey get F first of all get better Carl Anthony towns um this is it’s it’s tough for Minnesota they’ve had a hell of a year I don’t know if don’t think I saw
Them as title contenders anyways but like you said when you play as well as they did for this long they have a shot they’re they’re better than I thought uh for for me heading into this year y’all kept talking about him talking about him talking about him I like y’all blindly
Repping this team it’s like okay I didn’t think they’d be this good right now but now it’s finally come together and you know it it it it sucks to lose a piece as important as as Carl Anthony towns is for them yeah man all bad 91690
91320 we can get Ramsey in here Ramsey what’s going on brother not too much I was just calling in cuz I can help you I can help out with those names that you were looking for Kenny we know go ahead who’s the point guard who’s the point
Guard point guard is Malaysia full Wy yeah yeah yeah she bad she back and then who’s the Freshman what’s the Freshman I like that you know no that’s the Freshman she’s the Freshman no who’s the who’s the tahina powpow yeah she’s she’s a problem in the center is Camila cardoo
Yeah that’s right that’s right see them three together if again would you take them or would you take the field I’m taking don’t they have like a uh and I don’t know this young lady’s name either but don’t they have like a wing player that’s pretty good too that’s the only
One I can’t think of but yeah they got a wing player that’s pretty good and then um they got they got another another forward Off the Bench I think that’s pretty good too powpow is the one though she can go she can play I I didn’t know
Nothing about her until I saw I think I saw them playing against North Carolina and she was giving dja Kelly fits she was a problem how many players you know on Duke up here that we’re watching the point guard and then the center you know them positions boy you know them
Positions well yeah I know I know Duke Duke has you know the coach over there don’t you I do know the coach coach it’s C basketball it’s about the coaches it is about the coach I do need to know I need to I need to like really get into
My college basketball bag though so supposed to be your correspondent your CBS 13 correspondent for the tournament so I gotta really get I gotta cats yeah got a that um we’re doing like a Deon with Casey bracket challenge absolutely no I know you’re not absolutely it’ll be
Up right well I guess that’s not a bad thing because you have to fill it out all at once and it’s not a week to week thing get the women’s tournament shout out to whoever won the um pigum league in the NFL this year whoever yeah shout
Out to called to claim their prize yeah whoever that was they don’t even know they won shout out redacted I guess for that one too redacted I think put together a woman’s one woman’s turn gonna be fired I’d be down for that too yeah I’m just picking
Duke all the way so ain’t nothing wrong with that um Allison asked I think it was Allison asked earlier to to compare Kim Moi to Dawn Staley they’re virtually identical they’re they’re different because Kim’s talking to one group DA’s talking to the other but they’re the same and don’t there’s nothing there’s
Nothing wrong with the way they choose to do things I think i’ I’ve told the story about dressing a certain way and the shoes and all that stuff and how that got me in with uh uh Dave Jagger staff because of ston Turner because I already
Knew ston like that helped that was like a ice breaker right and that helped me get to know the rest of that staff dressing to stand out is not a big deal Dawn does it Kim does it very very different ways Kim be very very different ways love her feathers but
They do it oh she loves feathers and sparkles and glitter and uh everything but masks she hates masks um but that’s you know that’s that’s that’s what they do because it’s da Staley the head coach of South Carolina it’s Kim Moi the head coach of the LSU Tigers that goes to those living
Rooms it’s not powpow it’s not the point guard or the wing it’s not them it’s that person who’s on camera Non-Stop and to be to be fair that’s college sports it’s no different than calip Perry the the former coach K all these other guys it’s why every
Time C’s on PTI or whatever show they put him on there’s Kentucky NBA jerseys behind them there’s Demarcus or or or book or Dean whoever they’re all right behind them who who are the biggest stars of The Big East Jim beind and John Thompson and uh what’s what’s my other
Coach I always forget luk car cardelli I have no clue who the head coach of Syracuse is I don’t either no clue whatsoever I don’t know either you probably shouldn’t know that by it two Sundays from now two Sundays from now your NCAA expert K carway never
Asked me to do it thank God because I’d be up there like with a little point guard the little point guard over here you see how he see how he breaks down the little Center the center right there you see how he broke that down man that
Was crazy he can play he can play he can play we’ll come back Matt George can play that’s for sure he’ll talk with us Kings basketball host of the lock on Kings podcast abc10 gearing up for another Kings basketball game tonight at the golden one Center we’ll talk talk
With Matt when we return here on Sacramento sports leader ESPN 1320 first last sorry bring my mic over first last you can get it from drought is over.com tomorrow at noon shout out to my man Alex figs uh putting all this together he’s he’s he’s out here making moves all over
The place but he he’s got the drop drought is over.com tomorrow at noon they’ll be available I’m pretty sure they’re going to go pretty quick so you know what else is over just dead well bro they went like 0 and seven at one point yes dead like we
Were goldber streaking this and it went revers tonight is not a do exercise it today tonight’s not a drake bars game it’s just not a drake bars game but Drake bars back for the playoffs if they make it no let’s not that’s the real test you want to see if the Kings turn
It around put it on a drake bars game kings’s on a 16 and six run and then Kenny Drake brings out the Drake bars in their sweat to be fair getting rid of Drake bars hasn’t made him more consistent it hasn’t but they’re not a 500 team what’s up Matt they’re not 500
Team like nine games over playing like a 500 team that’s for story that’s what I said the Warriors no are playing good you said the kings are a 500 team that’s what they’re playing like what’s up Matt I really enjoy being brought on Mid argument like I’m supposed to add
Anything to the conversation I just sit here I’m in the middle watching YouTube like a game of ping pong just going back and forth yeah we just argue with each other for four hours and then for the next three we don’t talk to each other fair
Fair hey my uh my good buddy Tony East from the locktown Pacers podcast asked Rick Carlile today about Buddy hee’s recent comments about the end of his Pacers tenure and being traded have have you guys heard or seen these comments I haven’t heard anything but apparently Buddy’s complaining again was he
Standing in the corner I I didn’t I I haven’t in fact I’ve just tuned buddy completely out I I don’t know I had no idea until Tony just posted this video asking Carlile about it so I I haven’t even listened to the video so figured you guys might know
M no I had no idea Matt the question of the day did you I have not yet I have not yet to be 100% transparent I went to the website last night to see if like I can download it on my computer and it doesn’t appear
That I can yeah it it doesn’t matter anyway because the what we want to play GM mode it’s better it’s played in person like it’s like it’s almost like come to your house or I can come over to yours it’s like a virtual board game essentially okay I can bring something I
Can bring it I have a portable system I plug into your I don’t have anything every time these video games come out though it makes me wanna I want to get it just to see Vince McMahon’s blurred face I’ve heard about and Brock Lesnar is they did everything they could
To scrub him but they they it was so far into the the development of the game they couldn’t get rid of certain things about Lesnar so it’s pretty crazy when this goes down to we need it on Twitch twitch yeah yeah put on Twitch Kenny Kenny’s can play too Jesse can
Play too we can have all four GMS at once Bryce typed this in all chats as if I have any [ __ ] clue what that means steam is a it’s like a gaming platform that where you buy and download games I actually have it open on my screen what
Do I have to have to get it you just download Steam it’s a free free app and then you create an account and then you buy the game on Steam and download it to your computer oh no matter what kind of computer I have well you can download on any
Computer but depending upon your computer it depends on what you can run or not but you should be able to run GM mode on most computers because we’re not actually playing the matches we’re just booking them see it’s a PC platform I don’t have a PC your computer’s well it’s a PC it’s
A computer oh hang on what is that that’s a sack Hoops update that’s me are we on oh okay good I can’t hear you by the way oh okay okay no problem no problem we got a couple more seconds you got a 30 I don’t even I
Don’t I don’t know what you guys are speaking the strangest language to me right now RTX 3050 is a really really nice graphics card you need to have a good GPU and a CPU that’s your GPU okay now we’re now we’re really back all right you guys are are you
Still searching for Buddy Hills comments well I think I found it this doesn’t seem that outlandish I think I found it okay Matt George is with us locked on Kings abc1 he alerted us to some some some buddy heeled um Rick Carlile end of Pacers 10e stuff and I think Kenny may
Have found it maybe I the only real quote that I’m seeing right now his buddy was talking about his time leaving Indiana and being with Philly now and he says quote you want to go excuse me got choked up talking about Buddy oh man buddy you want to go to a team that
Wants you you don’t want to go to a team where you’re a piece and it’s like we’re g to try this out other teams are tra and jaw and bead so you have a three-point shooter to keep the guy honest I know the reason why I was traded
Here well I’m glad buddy is self-aware that the Indiana Pacers didn’t want him and the Kings threw him into the deal just to get get uh get him gone with Tyrese so I’m glad he’s aware of that because nobody else is at least he wasn’t standing in the corner in Indiana
Like he was but he played really well the other day I mean he only played with he did he only played with one the best point guard in the league that tried to get him the ball at all opportunities yeah dear Fox yeah which well him him oh
Yeah who who you talking about who you talking about I was talking about I was talking about Dar Fox oh just checking hey de Fox the most career assists Daren fox has are to buddy is that a shoot really no that’s a real thing dearen did a interview with I
I don’t remember what it was where they asked him like rapid fire questions about his career and he had to see if he got him right and one of the questions was who do you have your most assists in your career and he said budy healed and
He was right oh wow all right we gotta change that though yeah we’ll get there real quick I never don’t worry about it let’s just keep moving I think I found a different quote but it’s a little long is it salacious is it n he just basically talks about he knew the Pacers
Didn’t want him when they didn’t resign him and yeah that’s a good sign and he’s like yeah I got to come in here and be professional but we all know what it is yeah yeah that’s a pretty good sign when they tell you no we’re not GNA keep you
Around longer than we have to that boy buddy sharp what are you complaining about though like he’s on a title Contender where he has the green light to shoot as much as he possibly wants well he does have that like he’s he’s in a good spot that’s a great team for the
Kings were trying to get him to Philly for a while so so to be fair is he complaining or is he answering a question I don’t know somebody was doing an interview they asked him a question probably about your in the end of your time in Indiana and he answered
Honestly he didn’t say this on IG live unprompted like his Sacramento comments his unprompted comments about what Sacramento can do um okay how about we stop talking about Buddy hee uh for the foreseeable future and talk about the Sacramento Kings uh can we go back to the WWE video
Game first well no no because you you guys you’re talking about CPUs and graphic cards and they got casket matches now they got ambulance matches now come on I can’t wait they have a bar Live Match yeah okay all right well that might be the SE I might go buy a $600
Game doll gaming Council now so I could bury virtual Matt George Alive you’re GNA need you’re going to need more than $600 Jesus really gaming PCs you got it how much are those things my my rig’s about three three grand come on now all right dud well then I’m just out man my
Son’s not going my son’s not going to college but I gotta you a PS5 and call it a day no that thing’s trash that’s a little oh works just fine no it’s a it’s a it’s a lunch box I enjoy it no it’s a lunch box there’s a
Lot going on right here I just want to talk about dearen fox and Damonte sabonis I just want to talk about the bench having 50 points last night what stood out to you the most um in the Kings Victory against the Lakers last night Matt I felt like in so many ways
That game was a representation of the roller coaster of a season of ups and downs right the Kings get off to this terribly lethargic start where I mean you talked so much D on this show about how self-aware this team is they are aware of their circumstances they’re
Aware of their pitfalls they’re also aware of the standings and how important that game was not just for Sacramento but for Los Angeles in particular the Kings had to play defense in the standings last night because if the Lakers win that game they’re biting at the heels of the the Kings and suddenly
They insert their conversation themselves into the actually top six seed making the playoffs outright conversation so that’s one more team you have to contend with there and the Kings come out flat all their shots are short playing lazy defensively um uh turning the ball over
Again like it just was one of those oh God here we go the Kings just aren’t showing up and aren’t aware of the moment type start and then they dig themselves into a hole and wake up which is something they have done so many times this season is whether it’s late
In the game or or they they fall behind early and they have to play catchup but it’s like instead of being in attack mode they switch into survival mode and survival mode is when they start to really start to like step up and play then they explode in that second quarter
Shoot 80% from three-point range Miss only five shots the entire quarter put up 44 points so it’s that you started down now you’re climbing back up and then the lead gets to 22 the exact same lead as as the Chicago game and then LeBron starts waking up and LeBron by
Himself gets it down to 12 and it’s still late third quarter and we’re all thinking oh God here we go there’s so much time left the Lakers have momentum LeBron is alive like the kings are going to be put to the test on back-to-back games about can they secure a lead
Thankfully dearon Fox and Company were able to to slam the door shut so to me it was just a roller coaster that represents the kind of ups and downs highs and lows of this season and I appreciate that the Kings did get an opportunity to correct a mistake from
The game before and they were able to do so but once again they did it on the road it’s can they do it at home because for some reason they’ve been more successful outside of the golden one Center than inside it well that’s not true they’ve got a better home record
Than they do uh road record they play statistically better defense they play with better energy they’ve maintained leads and had I think more quality wins on the road this season than they’ve had at home they do have a better home record but the majority of their bad
Losses and blown leads have been at home granted the Phoenix one was bad the the the Milwaukee one was bad as well at least those were to two playoff caliber teams the the losses that are to the bad teams almost all of them are at home
Well then yeah very true and it’s it’s looked at worse because it’s at home right so if you if you would have lost to Charlotte and Charlotte you’d be like man you should have beat them but you kind of brush it off a little bit saying
Was at the road on the road at home seems there’s no justification for that right so I I look at that team and and how they played last night and I see a team that and they’ve got everything that they need to make the run that they need
To make to get into the playoffs right now and a lot of the times you know we’re talking about you know what they don’t have what they need all this other stuff I think they got it all I talked about it earlier with with with Damian I
Think they got one of the top trios in the league when you talk about fox sabonis and Monk you’ve got a a group that can go for 85 990 points anytime and really the thing with them is the consistency obviously but now’s the time for them to forget about all
That right what what you have in front of you is all that matters you think this group is up to the task yes I I I think so I think it’s going to be like we you you guys have also talked a lot about like this team
Is who they are right that was one of your shows earlier this week it was it was I think it was Monday after the chicag whatever I get all my days mixed up but at your guys’ first show after the Chicago game a major theme of your
Guys’ show was this is who this team is right and who this team is is they’re going to be in consistent they’re extremely topheavy and Uber reliant on their top three arguably top four if you want to insert Keegan Murray in there too and everybody else is just kind of a
Question mark maybe you might be able to make it five an insert Harrison Barnes but we know he’s he’s feast or famine at so many times everybody else on this roster like I’ve talked about with Mike Brown uh and he’s talked before games he answered one of my questions before a
Home game not too long ago where I asked him about like the the end of the rotation like that that eighth ninth tenth guy and he’s basically said nobody has separated themselves from the pack like to me that speaks volumes and what speaks even louder is his inconsistent
Rotations in him at times looking like he’s just throwing guys out there and seeing who’s going to stick to me Mike’s whether you agree or disagree with how Mike has handled himself and he certainly made some mistakes I think rotationally and with building this team this year and and how he’s trying to
Play or run this team this year I think everything Mike has done has sent the clearest message possible to Monty McNair in the front office Mike will make moves that might as well in my mind be turning and finding Monty in the crowd and doing and just putting his
Hands up and and going what do you want me to do here is what I got um so we I think at the very top the Kings absolutely do have the group to to make the playoffs and make noise in the playoffs they’re going to be super
Reliant on Superstar Fox and fox was fantastic during that Golden State Warriors series before he got hurt damanda sabonis hopefully can be that triple double threat on a nightly basis not just for the remainder of the season but in the postseason last night was playoff Malik monk who who’s capable of
Of of going offense going for you and you have this Keegan Murray presence who hopefully he can hit some shots and and be that perimeter threat that he is but he’s your go-to Defender that nightly is not just guarding the best player on the opposing team but he’s making good
Defensive plays on a nightly basis so even if Keegan’s not scoring he’s making an impact the rest of this roster you’re G to see what you get on a nightly basis you might have kns last night where Keon and Davon are balling out you’re like wow I’m getting a lot of production from
Four guards or you might have kns where it’s literally going to take 90 points from those big three for the Kings to have a chance man there’s a there’s a lot there 21 games with Malik monk having 20 plus points this year Um you mentioned Matt Keegan Murray I thought Keegan was really good last night he was uh not what not what you’d hope for off offensively but but it was kind of that whether the shots weren’t there for him or he wasn’t looking for him I felt like Keegan Murray absolutely
Made an impact on last night’s game and that’s where the kind of the plus this is what Kenny and I were talking about earlier when you get those you know overy your averages performances from Davon or or or Trey or Malik or insert you know King’s player here name it it
It takes the pressure off of Keegan Murray who’s doing a lot on the defensive end who’s blocking Shota he was talking to officials last night you feel like sometimes you see Keegan Murray do some things and it’s like yeah you know even here 60s something games into a second he’s starting to find
Himself a little bit he’s he’s starting to find his way around the court in in situations that maybe he hasn’t been before now that he’s such a you know such a a stronghold Defender he’s got to talk to officials more um I thought he was great last night yeah I think what
We’re seeing Keegan develop into is we still want to see more of him on the offensive end and showing that he can create his own shot he’s given us glimpses at times but not consistently enough which is one one of the main things we were hoping for from Keegan
Coming into this year of course he’s kind of leap frog that with his development on the defensive end of the floor but ultimately what we can say about Keegan Murray which again we’re talking about a second-year player he is a everyday starter in this league and he is an everyday impactful player we’re
Saying that about a seconde guy so I understand wanting more offense from Keegan the kings are going to need more offense at King from Keegan at times just to make the playoffs not just in the postseason itself but Mike Brown can rely on a second-year player his starting three four depending upon how
You want to match him up with Harrison Barnes you can rely on and count on getting a solid defensive impact and smart basketball player on a nightly basis when you get the shot making it’s a massive added bonus because Keegan is capable of going off for the what was it
47 points that he did earlier on this season which it looked like dearen Fox had that in the back of his mind at the end of last night’s game dearen was not just going for that career high last night dear was trying to trying to break uh break Keegan’s record I secretly love
How agitated he is that he can’t get there Malik too it’s so great it’s so great he looks so annoyed like I can’t get past 44 but I agree with you DLo I think Keegan played very very I mean you’re asking a secondy year player to match up
With LeBron James and make life as difficult as possible for King James and he he did the job like as best as he can do the job job yeah look Keegan is gonna be a huge part of this run I’m I’m I’m I’m excited for the win last night that was a big
Time win last night I said all day we everybody I think that talk said all day yesterday it’s a big game this is a big game and they went out even though they started off extremely slow they answered bounce back and they beat the hell out
Of the Lakers last night Matt of these teams that are competing for the final spot because I I Feel Like New Orleans is kind of in there I think the kings are the best team left I I know they’re inconsistent all this other stuff I think they’re better than the Lakers
Think they’re better than the Warriors think they’re better than the Mavs think they’re better than the Suns and they have the capability to if they reach their ceiling I think they they should get that six spot I think the the team that they’re trying to catch right now
Is fitting the I think the only team that can Challenge Sacramento for being the best of that group is Phoenix and unfortunately Phoenix is dealing with the injury issues that they’re dealing with right now and they’re also answering with their schedule a little bit although the Sacramento Kings didn’t
Get a second mini All-Star break after playing like one or two games coming back so everything evens itself out right No One’s Gonna feel sorry for the Suns that they put together a roster of guys that has Superstar Talent at the top but has question marks injury wise
And and the Suns just like the Clippers in many ways know that the biggest enemy of their themselves is is injuries and his health so the kings are not going to feel bad about taking advantage of that I think in in a straight up game between
The Kings and Suns I think we’ve seen repeatedly that the Kings have been the better team and they’ve just blown it a couple times but the Kings have outplayed the Suns basically every single time that they’ve played the Kings have dominated the Lakers this season every time that they’ve played
Granted the first game went into overtime but dearon Fox on an he hurt himself in that game that’s where he had that initial injury he came back finished that game and was Superstar fox in the fourth quarter we don’t even need to talk about how damont sabonis owns
Anthony Davis everybody in the league should be aware of it even if they’re not gonna talk about it yeah we can still talk about it no we can we absolutely can but like kings own the Lakers the Warriors are scary in the sense that they match up very very well
With the Kings not that they have an advantage but that both these teams are so similar and so even that I feel like it’s a coin flip almost every single time these teams play I think the Kings have the better roster the more sustainable roster but every time the
Kings and Warriors play it is a to me a 50-50 chance of who’s going to win that game that’s why I want to avoid that scenario in the playin uh altogether but for the most part Kenny I agree with you I think the kings are the best team I
Think the kings are when we’re all said and done whether it’s fifth or sixth the Kings and Pelicans deserve to have those secured spots and let basically the rest of the Pacific Division battle it out for who’s going to make that seven and eth uh Matt if you were uh coach Matt
George and you’ve seen the way Keon Ellis has played lately would you try to find minutes for him and if you would how yes absolutely I think Keon Ellis should be a a staple of the rotation for the remainder of this season and going into the playoffs
I think he’s earned that I don’t think it is a coincidence that Keon the game shifts when Keon steps in I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the king are 4-0 in games without dearen Fox that Keon Ellis has started now you have to be transparent with what that means it’s
Not that Keon Ellis is starting for the Kings and replacing Fox’s 27 points last night Keon had like Five Points a handful of rebounds a couple steals so Keon wasn’t offensively sparking that comeback in many ways Davon Mitchell was like Davon went four for four from three
12 points in that first half and and Di Davon made me eat my words last night because I was ready to take Davon out and have the Kings do a three guard rotation for the rest of the night I was ready to see Monk and Keon with davon’s
First stint because Davon came into the game and in that first stint he did not play well he played terrible defense and as usual he wasn’t really giving you too much on the offensive end he made me eat my words he was phenomenal in that first half the Kings do not win that
Basketball game without Davon Mitchell last night I would have liked to have seen it carry over into the second half a little bit but it doesn’t matter you got 12 points and four or four from three from uh Davon you should be winning that game we asked Mike Brown it
Wasn’t me who asked it I can’t remember who it was at practice before the Laker game when you’re what is the thought process choosing between Keon and Davon and and Mike basically said both guys are playing well right now I give the edge to Davon over Keon when both guys
Are playing well because of davon’s experience I understand that but to me the ey test is showing you the numbers are showing you the results are showing you that Keon Ellis makes winning plays with this king’s team he comes in and makes an impact that this
Team needs that is in the background a little bit you can put Keon out there with monk you can put Keon out there with Fox you can put Keon out there with sabonis it does not matter defensively he’s going to make the right plays and offensively he still he has a pulse he’s
There he makes a presence and he’s also capable of Distributing a little bit like moving the basketball as well so to me Keon needs to be the guy in the rotation knowing Mike though because Davon is playing well Mike is not going to give key on that spot over Davon at
This point in time where those minutes come from it’s Kevin hder right if Kevin hder is gonna continue to be the Target right out of the gate like he’s been literally every single game over the last week and a half the first or second play of the game for the opposing team
Is going right at Kevin it’s happening every single night now they the kings are not a good defensive team but they have a weakest link and I love Kevin because he works his ass off to and improve on that end of the floor but he
Is just not capable of doing the job the job at the level that that Mike is expecting and the kings are needing I would be shocked not that I want him gone I would be shocked if Kevin hder is a member of the Sacramento Kings starting next season I think he’s gone
This offseason I think the the writings on the wall with that and if Kevin continues to be a Target defensively and offensively is struggling to give you consisteny from from the perimeter I think it’s Keon and dve on time and and whoever’s the better of the two gets the
B of the minutes on that given night I think we’ve been a little too hard on Kevin herder uh based off the last night he there wasn’t an issue with him against Chicago you know what I mean like I didn’t I think I don’t I don’t think the criticisms of I’ll speak for
Myself I don’t think the criticisms of Kevin hder are just based off last night well clear I mean clearly not alone either because Mike sees the same thing but at the same time we we both agree like you need him to win yeah you you need him to be a
Winning team I agree and I think the way that you go about it you know maybe give him a little bit more of a leash or don’t be so quick to never go back to him or something like that I I don’t know what the answer is but well see
That right there what you just said I don’t know what the answer is that could be the uncomfortable truth with this team there might not be one it might be nights where herder is out there he’s getting picked on on defense but he hit three threes in the first
Quarter or you have the Lakers doing whatever they do or you know you have the opposing team doing whatever they do and that’s when you turn to Keon and Davon the uncomfortableness might be there’s not a universal answer to this yeah which what we talked about earlier you
Got to play by a and you you got to play a little bit more by field as well when you play by year um and that’s what he did last night and it worked you know he went with Keon thought Keon would give them a spark that they needed to get
Back into that game and he was 100% correct but I I just that doesn’t mean that’s how it’s going to be tonight sure you got to be willing to be flexible and have another field for the game yeah I I hear what you’re saying I I mean I think
Back to even the Chicago Bulls game like Kobe white didn’t take a shot and didn’t score at all in the first quarter of that game you know who was doing all the scoring was AO dum who Kevin herder was guarding like AO came out of the gate and he was the guy
Making the offensive impact he he finished in that game I I don’t I’m trying to get it right in front of me he finished that game with 20 points I would argue close to 10 of them half of them were in the first quarter alone he was attacking Kevin right out of the
Gate the Lakers did the same thing yesterday I’m I’m pretty sure the Timberwolves a couple games before did that and don’t be surprised tonight especially without Victor WN banama if Kevin herder starts which I believe he should because like you’re saying Kenny the Kings need Kevin herder to be the
Best version of themselves I fully agree with that but watch what I don’t know who he’s going to be guarding tonight but whoever he is guarding the Spurs are going to try to isolate him every team in the league is picked up on it and is
Aware of it and Kevin’s aware a couple of weeks ago San Antonio that’s the worst part Kevin’s aware of it too and it’s not that he’s just accepting I don’t play defense like a guy we talked about earlier like I’m talking about Buddy heeld like Kevin’s working he’s
Trying he’s putting in the work he’s just I there’s no other way to put it in in my opinion of just he’s not capable of doing what the Kings need and he is continuously being targeted and those breakdowns are leading to overall defensive breakdowns for Sacramento and
It’s starting on the perimeter with how Kevin is being targeted I I truly wish because on paper offensively I think Kevin hurder is a perfect type of shooting guard to have with this king’s roster he’s absolutely perfect off offensively but Mike has made it very very clear that the Kings aren’t
Interested in being the great offensive team that makes to the playoffs and Flames out in the first or second round every single year he doesn’t want to be that he has no interest in being that to me that is not directly saying Kevin hurder is that type of player but to me
That is that is the type of Kevin herder game in Sacramento is just trying to outscore You by getting hot at the perimeter Mike is saying we got to win it on the defensive end and repeatedly he’s the one being targeted on defense I just think his days in Sacramento are
Numbered because it’s a it’s a mutual parting of ways it’s just not working well he’s not going anywhere this year no that’s true they got to figure out a way to make this work over the course of the next 20s something games and it’s got to start tonight um
And I I think I think the point Kenny made is the most important one it it’s it’s there’s no Universal like it’s it’s Mike’s got to be you know one of the best games we saw last night wasn’t from dearen or domas I think it was from Mike
Brown uh and Mike is going to have to have more games like that uh than not because I was really critical of him following the Chicago game I think there’s a couple of things he could have done to slow things down get his guys back in you know back focused back back
Ready to sustain this run and respond just like did just like they did last night on the multiple runs that the Lakers made both at the beginning of the game when that run had Kings fans defeated and then that run that you were talking about with LeBron James that
Came out of the timeout with dearon dearon dearon dearon to the basket to the basket to the basket that’s a credit to Mike Brown he’s got to be that sharp again tonight and then he’s got to be that sharp again on Sunday like we talk about players having up and down games
Mike can’t have any up and down games I thought Mike was brilliant last night and that’s got to continue yeah going back to the Kevin herder thing really really quickly I will say I don’t I also don’t think Mike has handled the Kevin herder situation correctly this season I
Don’t think he has I think I think Mike is Lely responsible for the Kings losing the offensive PCH that Kevin herder was last season I think Kevin herder got into his head a lot and I think Mike was partially responsible for that with with the demands and expectations and not
Necessarily putting Kevin in the position to to to be himself and succeed at that level certainly not as much as last season so Mike is certainly not to blame or not rather Mike is certainly not blameless in the Kevin herder’s situation that being said I agree with
You completely I thought Mike made the right decisions last night um he he it helps you it makes you look a lot smarter as a coach when you’re getting the bench impact that the Kings got La when you get 50 points from your bench regardless of who you’re throwing
In there you look like a genius and again the the Kings got 50 points from their bench without Davon scoring in the second half he was the second leading scorer off that bench he didn’t score in the second half and I think Keon and and
Maybe Alex Len each had a bucket or two in the second half that was it like it was all basically Malik Monk and the King still had bench points so Mike looks like a genius last night rightfully so because his bench gave him that impact and got them back uh into
That game I also think what Mike did really really well last night is he had his starters come back in to start the second half but he had a short leash with them Harrison Kevin were giving you another opportunity here but if it starts unraveling I’m not letting it get out of
Control like it did twice against Chicago it starts unraveling Kevin sit down Harrison sit down we’re going back to the guys that got us here that were playing well I think the Sacramento Kings if they had the option to pass on overtime last night and keep playing
They would have chosen that option and beaten the Lakers by 50 it was just they were rolling rolling and and Kevin and Harrison weren’t necessarily a part of that last night but Mike Mike has had games where he has a short leash with some guys and way too
Long a leash with other guys I just think he needs to find the middle ground and be consistent outside of your top guys right if even if Malik is doing his his Malik chaotic stuff like ride with Malik ride with Fox ride with sabonis ride with Keegan everybody else be
Consistent with what you expect out of them and if they’re not performing don’t be afraid to to to use the hook quick but also don’t have too quick of a hook that you can’t let them ease into the game like I don’t want to see a scenario where Kevin herder gets targeted the
First two possessions of the game tonight Mike calls a quick timeout a minute in the game and pulls uh uh Kevin out at that point you’re not even giving him an opportunity to settle into the game so there’s a balance between a quick hook and not letting it go too
Long and Mike’s made the mistake on both sides at times I think he typically goes too long with guys then he has a quick hook finding that balance is going to be essential in this playoff race I believe how how confident are you in this this team uh and making the
Playoffs that’s really what we’re talking about here making the playoffs I’ve talked about it a lot I mean I still think they’re top six team I think they’re going to make it how how do you feel about this team right now especially after a win like last night
I’m glad you asked that Kenny because I was listening to your conversation with Will Z yesterday while I was driving into the studio and it dawned on me while I was listening like whether it is still the The Hangover from the The Vibes of last season or just the the the
King’s optimism that I naturally feel like I have or whatever it was I have not truly allowed myself to consider the Kings being a playing team that might be my own mistake my own fault but I’ve always had the confidence that the kings were going to be a top six seed and that
Hasn’t wavered like I I think the kings are going our top six team in the Western Conference I just think they are I think and what’s in their way from becoming that is really themselves right and I believe more often than not that the the top of this roster is going to
Be able to overcome the mistakes that they make like we know who this team is the negative sides of things jump off the page to us a little bit more here in Sacramento because we’re watching them on a nightly basis but this team is also really really good really dangerous and
Capable of exploding at any given time and they’ve given Mike Brown those flashes in important games and big games of the capability on the defensive end of the floor to lock in play well and win so I truly believe and this is I have not wavered from this the playin is
Absolutely a threat that I am terrified of from the king’s perspective but I’ve never felt that the Kings would end up there I believe this is a top six seed and I think they I think before the season is over they will be putting a little pressure on five but I think they
End up in six talking about putting pressure on five let’s talk about dear Fox for a minute there were moments last night where it felt like and he has these a lot and I think it was so glaring for me because LeBron James was doing it for the Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James
Going to the basket it’s been like this for 20 years now no one can stop him nope like you just look like like there like if he wanted to do that if he was physically capable of doing that every play could do it and there’s nothing
Anyone could do about it I felt the exact same way about dearon Fox last night when he gets downhill and he makes the decision to go to the basket no one can stop him except the officials make the determination of whether they’re going to blow the whistle on a foul call
Or not dearon was brilliant in attacking the basket last night and it started to make me wonder is he one of the most dangerous offensive it started to make me wonder could he be one of the most dangerous offensive players in the entire league and do let me add a little bit of
Context to last night too he’s doing that with Anthony Davis standing in the paint waiting for him like Anthony Davis was a complete non-factor last night a lot of that had to do with Deon sabonis completely outplaying him but Anthony Davis is a rim protector Anthony Davis
Changes shots at The Rim dearon was going right at Anthony Davis without fear and Davis couldn’t do a thing to stop him I love that what we’ve seen from dearon Fox really since the All-Star break when he’s maybe gotten healthier gotten kind of revamped uh uh
Got that little bit of a break he’s getting downhill again I love how de’arra has grown as a three-point shooter he is a constant three-point threat and that’s still a part of his game and that is making that’s made him virtually unguardable but at times this
Season and I felt after he got his first injury and when he was in the dog days of the season and getting banged up every time he attacked the basket I felt that dear was kind of going yeah I’m gonna take threes tonight I ain’t going
In there like I ain’t doing this I got I got 45 games left to play I’m not doing that I’m not feeling 100% I’m not going in in there amongst those guys recently and especially last night dearen said yeah I don’t care that Anthony Davis is
In there stop me somebody stop me try and if you go back and watch because I went back and watched he was getting to that mid-range floater that mid-range jumper that he loves but also getting to the rim three or four Lakers are collapsing on him almost every single
Time and he’s still scoring and shooting over the top of him so I agree with you when dear when dearn wants to he can be unstoppable now he also has to stay healthy too which is a big part of it and I think people forget because of how
The playoff series ended but de’arra had one of the best statistical scoring offensive playoff debuts in NBA history like he came out of the gate in game one first ever playoff game at home against the defending champs and said yeah this is this is light work for me and until
He got hurt he was dominating that Series so dearen is that guy and he he’s shown that early on this season when he was an MVP candidate dropping near felt like 40 a night and then games like last night where even if the kings were starting slow he was bringing it from
The beginning he had nine points in the first quarter I think nine points in the second quarter like he was he was bringing it all game long it wasn’t just fourth quarter Fox who fans have at times complained that he’s coasting until the fourth quarter starts now it
Was the same dear and attack attack attack all four quarters you talk about leading by example Fox did it in that sense his starters weren’t necessarily following him his bench did and then you have too who one of my favorite lines from Malik this season is they can’t
Stop both of us where Fox and Malik on the floor at the same time can both do close to the same things Malik can’t do it as well as Fox can but if there is anybody in this league that is as close to matching the similar kind of offensive impact and production of
Dearon fox it’s Malik Monk and both those guys can be on the floor at the same time so pick your poison in that sense you’re worried about Dearing okay Malik’s going to go off on you so I I I agree with you completely I thought Fox was Sensational last
Night I want to see it again yeah I want to see it again today man get this win and that’s what we’re looking for that’s the thing though right this that’s that’s the whole right now at this exact minute the kings are everything we said they were
Tuesday you have the big win against Minnesota you have the let down against Chicago you have the big win against Los Angeles okay now let’s change let’s let’s let’s sh Kenny says you’re not a 500 team well don’t be a 500 team this
Week go go go go go go two and 0 in the last two games go one and0 today shout out Russell Wilson go one and0 today ride let’s ride and they technically can be a 500 team this week oh well Sunday’s a new week so no they can’t be a 500
Team can they no they they only got uh four five games this week well just don’t be a 500 team right now then how about that just don’t be a 500 team right now uh just go get the dub and uh go subscribe you’re going to the game right
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No no I was making my own Ohio Players reference oh okay gotcha got you yeah I couldn’t you couldn’t to me Ohio Players is LeBron if you heard if you heard like one or two songs you you’d know the songs You’ just wouldn’t know that that’s done gotcha guys we got to shut
Down we got to go and giveaway stuff so um y’all I didn’t realize how rich this chatty house was did you hear him earlier talking about oh you can get a a gaming PC 2000 oh it’s A600 nothing no you can get a good one for for 2500
Like my bad bunch a bunch of Damian and Miss PS in the chat wow okay trying to get the show you the rig down there yo Matt project trying to show you the r down there that’s it that’s the massive graphics card right there that’s all the
Yeah that’s the rig that looks gigantic it is looks like something Jonathan has in the back room that runs six radio stations it’s massive it’s a space station maybe Jonathan can set up WWE in the studios for us we play here oh that’s a good call now we’re cooking I
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KC Hates HB. That should be their off season podcast together