The Handoff – The Problem With the Sacramento Kings Roster
Let’s welcome in Damen Barling of dowlo and KC for the handoff uh how’s it going man good man it’s been a hectic day in here yeah that’s all right hey hey always remember always remember it’s a radio show if the stream goes down if the computer blows
Up you’re still on the radio and there’s a lot of people listening on the radio no I knew that I just wasn’t 100% sure what I should be doing with my buttons back here well yeah because I sounds like a talk between you and your dad
I oh you guys do it I don’t I didn’t come on I don’t know what I don’t know what I’m doing back there that’s um is there is there a larger problem with the Kings right now than yes what is it I don’t I don’t I don’t
Even know what was going to come in but there I maybe maybe larger problem there’s a large problem with the Kings for sure yeah yeah I don’t I don’t think it’s just a roster construction and know they they need to make their free throws there’s something like well wrong well
Well I I’ll tell you one thing that I I liked yesterday uh courtesy of of of James ham uh was domas at his locker talking about the locker room and I thought that was an important I thought that was an important note because not that you need that type of reiteration
But like Malik said it last year a couple of times not going to let a splinter apart I’m not gonna let this happen we’re right there we need to do a couple of things like he he Malik was kind of that voice a couple of times do
Said that yesterday and I thought that was really important because I probably would have gone in today wondering not whether not not not if the Sacramento Kings are the Philadelphia Eagles but like what what exactly is going on in there they do I disagree a little bit
With what you said I the issue they do have a roster construction issue you’re getting nothing from a starter and that’s a problem as much as I like Harrison Barnes he can’t keep contributing nothing in being a starter sure that was compounded by the fact that you’re bench gave you nothing
Yesterday mhm shout out to Sasha who scored the first non- Malik monk bench baskets late in the third he just steps onto the floor he’s a three that I swear hit the top of the golden one Center and went in and that kind of got him like he
Wound up I think with seven but that was it yeah that’s what you’re getting from your bench this bench used to be extremely reliable and that is I think the Crux of the issue Mike’s Allin is gone that’s that’s done yeah and I feel like with with the with the
Little I don’t want to say Mike’s playing a game but whatever what he had going on with Kevin herder I thought that was harmful I think that did far more bad than good and now it’s created this situation Chris dorte don’t play anymore Davon Mitchell don’t play anymore Keon Ellis don’t play anymore
Like I think you have a I don’t think you have a fractured locker room but I think you have a fractured rotation that’s not all bought into achieving a goal so I think there are guys in Sacramento Kings uniforms who are waiting for February 9th to get here
Oh no and that’s that’s what I mean that’s what I mean by a larger issue than just the roster construction yeah the roster is flood the roster is not a championship roster I don’t disagree with any of that but it’s really clear that the way they’re losing these games
And the way just the vibe is really bad there’s something more than just oh they’re not getting enough from Harrison Barnes so they didn’t get enough From the Bench like there’s something there’s something at the core there that is but I think there’s an important distinction
Though just the onc court product is the but that the I think there’s an important distinction is the vibe them or is the vibe us they’re losing games they know they’re losing games they’re trying to correct it this is something Kenny and I talked about yesterday we talked about
This team’s ability to respond the ability to respond the ability to respond and I said yesterday like are they just going to keep responding and last night was the first time where it was like No And then we drew the parallels last year they had
Lost three games in a row going into the Indiana Pacers game at the golden one Center last year and it was domas sabonis who after the game said look everyone was wrapped up in Indiana and Tyrese and Buddy and all that that’s F we couldn’t let three become four last
Night under very very similar circumstances three became four the ability to respond is getting more difficult for them you’ve got a Pacers team that plays Kings basketball better than the Kings play it now and so a larger rooted issue maybe I don’t know what it is though I’m I’m I’m if if the
If the vibe in the locker room isn’t bad I’m gonna put the Vibes just on us we don’t feel good we watch this team play we see them getting blown out we see them blowing teams out we see them falling apart late in the fourth quarter
I don’t buy the run in the final two minutes worth nothing that meant in my mind the Kings got blown out yesterday yeah the little it was cute there was no point hey I’m sorry Malik missed those free throws for his for his brain for his mental makeup
That’s the only reason I care because what like do do we believe he was gonna make two foul like everything was GNA go the King’s Way or he was gonna make one miss one get the rebound put it back over the top circumstances right so
I don’t buy anything I saw in the final two minutes and 20 seconds yeah but it did leave me with the question is why did y’all start playing like that then yeah yeah I I’d say too like hey the vibe issue okay we gotta run uh but real
Quick like I I do feel like a lot of players are not only looking who whether they’ll be there but who is going to be missing and I think they’re feeling that as well no doubt they’ll continue this discussion on DLo and Casey I’m sure stay locked into ESPN 1320 Sacramento
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