Sacramento Kings Thread

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Head coach Mike Malone is said to be revealing the starting five today in practice. Two things are certain: Cousins is a starter while all four are still uncertain. Injuries to Landry and sluggish pre-seasons make this bound for surprises. Second is that McLemore is rumored to be off the bench despite showing some strides for the pre-season game as Thornton struggled.

I will go with:

Cousins
Patterson
Mbah A Moute
Thornton
Vasquez

Left starters Jason Thompson and Isaiah Thomas from last season. Thompson gives us a center that is productive but we are sacrificing the cohesion he has with Cousins on this route. Thomas I feel is more focused and plays more in-control when off the bench. Someone like Bobby Jackson, where Thomas can provide a sixth man spark plug.

[CKR13]

Jason Thompson's rebound and basket off a Cousin's miss won the game for us. Cousins was focused and had the double double to show for it. Isaiah Thomas was our definite sixth man and got us a lift. Vasquez came through with his offense as the Kings players have yet to adjust with Vasquez's magic passes. Fourth quarter was won with hustle and points coming from Cousins, Vasquez and Thomas.

Good first win for the season. Weekend will bring us the Clippers and the Warriors.

[Bosnian 23]

Great opening nigt win for us. Demarcus dominated like a true star with 30 point and 14 rebounds! I liked the point guard duo in Greivis Vasquez and Isaiah Thomas, in terms of production. Rest of the team wasn't that good but hopefully it was just early season rust. The Clippers will surely be a challenge tonight, hopefully we continue to play great defene like we did against Denver, where we held them to just 88 points! I'd like to see a starting lineup of -

Vasquez
Thornton
Salmons
Patterson
Cousins

[CKR13]

We lost tonight. Crunch time favored the Clippers with a lot of fouls called that sent them to the line. Still, good effort by Cousins and Isaiah Thomas against Chris Paul. Tomorrow we play the Warriors as they are well rested and fatigue could be a factor for us.

[CKR13]

We lost to the Golden State Warriors tonight as the Warriors were all guns blazing in the first quarter. We could not contain the hot shooting duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Mike Malone lost against his former club in this match-up.

A late sally effort made the margin of defeat somewhat bearable. McLemore made the most of the catch-up game by showcasing his offense.

[CKR13]

Kings are now 1-5 after losing the two regular season games against Portland, who might I add have improved their ball movement and upgraded their bench by adding firepower. As for the Kings, it has been a struggle for Mike Malone to instill a defensive mindset in a trigger happy team.

Our guards like Thornton and Vasquez have been struggling in Malone's 1 out 4 offense where guards are supposed to press, and in three seconds or less either shoot, pass or attack. Isaiah Thomas though has welcomed such style given the latter's orientation of an aggressive playmaker and credit his quick read against the defense.

Same goes for McLemore who has the aggressive mindset to shoot or score with a drive. In this one, Kings got out-rebounded as Portland capitalized with second chance points.

[CKR13]

We could see a new starting lineup and a new substitution pattern in the game against Brooklyn. Mike Malone after six games has had enough. Cousins is the only starter assured.

[CKR13]

Sacramento breaking their losing streak with a home win against the Brooklyn Nets tonight. Demarcus Cousins powered us in the first half while Greivis Vasquesz found his form in which he registered his first double double game of points and assists in a Kings jersey.

Ben McLemore had a miserable outing in his first career start while Marcus Thornton responded in his bench role with 24 points. The other sixth man, Isaiah Thomas had 19 points. Jason Thompson in his return as a starter almost had a double double and same goes for Patrick Patterson.

[CKR13]

McLemore 8 points in 9 minutes. Keep up the good start.

[CKR13]

Kings winning 107-104 after a frantic scramble that consisted of free-throws, bad passes and shooting tons of shots. Cousins, Thomas, McLemore, Outlaw got us there. Fredette too, was instrumental in that 3rd quarter shootout.

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[CKR13]

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[CKR13]

Rumor has it that the Kings are looking to deal veterans for draft picks and young players. This means that Jason Thompson, Chuck Hayes, John Salmons and Travis Outlaw could be on the way out for the right deals. Looking at last night's game, it was youth ---- collectively that won us the game.

Tonight, we visit the valley of the Suns.

[CKR13]

Cousins had his double double despite shooting bricks but got to the foul lane with his weird post moves and Isaiah Thomas was again our sixth-man. Youth paved the way for our offense tonight. Kings are 2-0 against the Suns in the regular season.

[CKR13]

Kings rallied from a 20 point deficit to almost making a comeback in the 4th but Chris Paul was just too good, hitting clutch baskets. Demarcus Cousins with another monster double double while Isaiah Thomas was once again the spark. Good lost for the lads.