The Key to Unlocking the Best Version of the Sacramento Kings | Locked On Kings
Matt George breaks down the Sacramento Kings win in Utah, and how their approach to the last two games is the key to unlocking the very best that this team can be.
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0:00 Intro
5:05 Effort and Outworking Opponents
10:10 Disruptive Play and Consistency
15:16 DeMar DeRozan’s Impact
25:32 De’Aaron Fox’s Role and Performance
30:07 Rudy Gay’s Retirement
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8 Comments
Play bad teams. Just joking it’s starting to come together. Liked seeing coach yelling at the 3rd stringers. Let’s see where this goes. So happy Kevin found his groove man the slump is over officially and Keon put in some serious hustle. Can they go from good to great? Will they ever be a team that plays well at home? Gonna be a fun season and our starting schedule is soft gotta get as many of these as we can.
When in Florida, go for the " Turn~key " business, and flow like water.
Genuinely super impressed and happy with Sabonis' shooting and scoring ability these last few games.
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I was a big supporter of DeMar being here over BI and Zach lavine etc.. (unless they can also add another center). I still have hope we get one by the trade deadline or next year.
DeMar smoothes/covers 2 things the Kings had holes in their offense.
#1. The middy percentages
#2. The ft opportunities and higher percentage of makes.
Demar does both … The metrics in 3 games proves it
Kings shooting 40 or more three point shots last year a game minimum!… This year its less than 35…so approximately 30 a game.
And having sabonis take 3-4 3 point shots a game.
Their overall FG percentage is worse than last few years…but inside FG with DeRozan is better in the 2 point range. It proves his impact in the flow smoothes out a historical kings Achilles heel FG perctage from 2 is more a steadying course throughout the game. Especially when the three point shot is NOT falling. Win by the three or lose. This was the Kangz ball in the past. Black falcon I miss you…but God bless DeMar!🎉
Sabonis haters need to recognize his impact of 15 points, 10+ rebounds and 3-4(less than last year assists) a game. For comparison… vlade's line of 12ppg 9 rebounds pg and 4.5 assists and 1.5 blocks a game was good for him to make an all star team (p.s. he was my secret weapon in fantasy bball for years). If sabonis can reach 18ppg, 10+ rb and 5+asts as a Kings fan id be happy although he may not get an all star shake…but I'll recognize him.
Fox is very good. Don't hate. Compared to bibby…if Fox produces 16ppg 6asts 3rbs .. he'll match bibby in production and if he's efficient thats all we need. To reach what he wants…he will need to hit 21-24ppg 5-7 asts, 3-4 rbs 3st /ppg. That will get him on a all star team barely . I see him around 18ppg,6asts,4rbs and 3 steals ppg.
Rudy gay… I loved him as a player…but i "hated" that the Kings wasn't able to get him 4-6 years earlier.
Sabonis is a BEAST
An underrated thing about Fox. A score first all star point guard , letting demar do his thing. Not trying to get his , just impacting the game every other way and getting his when he needs to
For example, look at Brunson adding on KAT, they are having problems rn