The Sacramento Kings Aren’t Messing Around
Vložit
- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- Discussing the Sacramento Kings offseason so far and why they’re going all-in to make a deep playoff run
#NBA #SacramentoKings #DeMarDeRozan #MalikMonk #DeAaronFox #DomantasSabonis #NBAUpdates #NBAVideos #NBARumors #NBADebates #NBANews #NBAFreeAgency #NBATrades #NBATradeRumors
My Bulls channel: / bullscentral
People never give Fox credit defensively. He led the league in the steals. Now that they have DeRozan, he can concentrate on becoming even more of a two way player
he also led in total deflections by a mile and was .1 deflection per game behind caruso (who was number 1)
Just got done watching AlexHoops vids on the Kings. You are right, they arent messing around at all. Keep up the great content. Let's get you to 100k by the end of the year. Go bulls 😭
Appreciate it my man!
duarte and barnes solid defenders lmao, Kings will be much better with this move and their defense was not bad last season, it was their offense that really took a turn for the worse
The last parts true but you most definitely don’t watch kings ball based on the first 5 words. Duarte is an alright defender that fouls too much to play any sort of consistent minutes? And Barnes is by far the worst defensive starter in the league. He is the worst starter by almost any defensive stat on the team
@@Newshuckhomie that’s what he said. Hence the “lmao”
It took a turn when HUERTER AND MONK WENT DOWN. Huerter had an off season because of his injury BUT HE STILL STRETCHED THE FLOOR. Having that stretched was essential in Kings offense.
Barnes and Duarte solid defenders? 🤣 This video is an idiot. If you think they are solid defenders. THEY DID NOT WATCH ANY KINGS GAMES. Not even the play-in games.
@@Newshuckhe is laughing at what the video said who obviously didn't watch Kings games. The video said Duarte and Barnes were solid defenders.
@@Newshuck dawg, that's why he said "lmao".
demar derzon and dearon fox: two players in the top 5 in clutch. yeah kings are going be the best team in the clutch and will make the western conference finals
Nah lol
Finals *
I’m a kings fan , let’s win a series first please
I say they take 2nd round team to 6 or 7 games. Maybe conference finals. Go kings!
If the Kings get Kuzma then yes, they will make the WCFs.
I’m not too worried about the Kings defense. Barnes for DeRozan is a lateral move defensively; coming from a Kings fan who watched nearly every game, Barnes was a negative most of the time on defense and DeRozan, while not being much better, likely won’t be much worse either. Duarte and Mitchell do suck to lose defensively, but Off Night’s size limited his matchups frequently and Duarte barely cracked the rotation and played incredibly inconsistently on both ends when he did.
Post Monk and Huerter injuries, the Kings had a statistically pretty good defense with a top 10 defensive rating in the league. During this time, Keon Ellis was starting. He’s only 6’3” but has a 6’9” wingspan, is a very very high IQ defender in terms of floor management, and is a knock down shooter in the games he’s played, shooting upwards of 42% from 3. In the summer league and towards the end of last season, we also saw him be a solid finisher and playmaker on offense (not great but solid).
Rolling out a lineup of Fox/Ellis/DeRozan/Murray/Sabonis is very good on the perimeter, with Fox being a very good, very fast defender, Murray being able to guard 1-4 very proficiently, and Ellis seemingly serving as a defensive anchor and elevator for the entire team like he did last year. The interior is still a problem, as DeRozan adds little to no length and Sabonis, while being a competent defender, is not a good rim protector. In the bench, Devin Carter seems to essentially be Off Night but with length; once he’s back he will be a great backup defensively. Malik and Red Velvet both are not particularly good defenders, being decent at best. Trey Bae is a very solid interior defender but can’t guard the perimeter. Alex Len adds a lot of size and decent rim protection. If we can add more wings with good length to the team then I think we’ll be in a very good spot defensively, and as it is we’ll be solid staggering minutes between guys.
Kings are NOT fuccin around! Who wants some?
The Kings have 4 players now who averaged over 5 assists per game last year, the last and only other time this happened in NBA history was the 2020-21 Nets. The key difference between these teams is the King's 4 stays on the court.
And what did the nets do that year
@SKOOBZTERZ KD's feet are too big 🤣
Nets were 2nd in the east. Passing matters scooby
Many beams will be lit in the pursuit of the one ring to rule them all! 😂
Keegan is our sleeper. We coming for that ring! #KingsAllDay
Should’ve traded him for a true stretch 4 3 n D type or a true center that can defend. They need defense
People giving this a C grade and saying this trade won't amount to anything are fools. You switch out HB for a certified all star and clutch guy and that won't result in more wins? You kidding, right? Kings lost 10 games last season by 5 or less so put a few of those in the W column and you'll get 50 wins.
They act like Barnes WAS SOME GOOD DEFENDER 🤣 he became a liability as a starter. These idiots just yap the same false narrative. Can't do proper research. BARNES is the reason why we lost games.
I think Kings will win about 60 games. They were literally average on defense last season.
@@blowc1612 Kings are gonna be a 6 seed unfortunately and this is coming from a Sacramento fan
We’ll see
@@arrogen2831 well you're WRONG. As most Kings fans doesn't have understanding of basketball. I know, I've talked to a lot of them and doesn't understand simple schemes and sets.
Literally argued against the community in 2023 from BR and I predicted they would finish top 4 seed and they were gonna be top 2 until Kings decided to take off the breaks and locked themselves 3rd seed.
The way I can see how it plays out, Kings will be top 2 seed. Kings were beating every top seed besides Clippers and Pelicans when healthy for both teams last season.
The fact Barnes is gone from the starting line up alone makes the Kings better. You add DeRozan 25/5/4 will make the Kings miles better than they have been last two seasons. Kings were winning games in spite of Barnes.
It's the media who wants to bring the Kings down so badly, have everyone thinking wrong. While despite Fox would evenly match or play better than SGA, Ant, Luka and Kyrie he doesnt get the same praise. Fox have better stat line than the guards that made all NBA last season, and he didn't make it. Fox defense massively improved last two seasons, he lead the league in steals and yet the media still act like Fox is a defensive liability thats why many speak like Fox can't play defense or mediocre.
DeRozan doesn't improve the horrible defense... How is middle of the pack defense HORRIBLE? because of the media and idiots online. Kings were TOP 5 ON DEFENSE IN THE SECOND HALF BUT THEY PLAY NO DEFENSE. Literally only team get talked about of no defense yet finished in top 10 in the 2nd half of the season.
Kings were top 4 before the injuries started happening, and Kings were top 5-6 before Huerter went down, and then Monk went down to knock the Kings all the way to 9th.
Also the kings don't get to the line because of ref bias. This isn't like some whiny fan claim. It's a evey well known fact
Lol, no that sounds like some whiny fan claim
@@And.One.Hoops1 Didn't a referee literally end up going to prison over screwing the Kings out of calls for fixing games? lol
Only us Kings fans know how we get robbed
@@And.One.Hoops1Refs favor teams in games, Lakers with Leflop is a good example. They rarely favor teams like the Kings, it's not really whiny, NBA aren't very neutral a lot of times
@@And.One.Hoops1no, he’s exactly right. Sac Kings had more “bad” last two minute reports, than any team in the league last year. They were screwed in many games. Let’s not forget the rigged western conference finals in 2002. The NBA Riggs, its games towards the end of the season (for big markets to get higher seeds) through bias officiating. This has been a known fact for decades.
Kings were a top 5 defensive team when Keon Ellis was on the floor last year. Helped them take the jump up to 14.
That’s why I think Keon is the starting 2 next year.
Agreed, but also because Huerter starting playing less. The combination of some of Monk/Huerter/Fox/Another small guard was just not good defensively at all, Keon really was revolutionary for our team. It also helped that Keegan became one of the best 1v1 defenders what seemed like overnight
They were actually 4th in the 2nd half on defense. They were average by the end of the season.
Na keon is better as a PG. Unless we move Huerter having Huerter in the starting line up he helps the offense because of his spacing EVEN WHEN HE SHOT BAD. I knew his shoulder was bad and why he shot bad since his first injury last season and people don't want to hear it. BEFORE HE GOT THAT INITIAL INJURY HE WAS GOOD FOR 3 3s a game and shot over 40%.
@@lawrence8322na, Keegan wasn't over night. He kept working on defense all of last year. It was literally what was talked about Keegan coming into the season. He got better and better. They act like Keegan isn't an all defensive caliber player. Another year in, and 3rd year is when young players get their NBA body, he is gonna be all defensive GUARANTEED. Plus practicing in the select team, IF YOU WATCH THE SCRIMMAGES HE ISNT WORRIED ABOUT OFFENSE AND CLEARLY WANTS TO WORK ON HIS DEFENSE AGAINST THE BEST.
I liked the video but the bad defense narrative is not very educated. They actually had a pretty good defense to finish last year (post all star break).
The Kings were an average defensive team last year. You know, that thing you said they need to be
Monk isn’t a 3&D player
No he is ENERGY. He does it all
Came here to say this. I love Malik to death but he’s an ok 3 point shooter and definitely not a defensive guy.
He’s energy, playmaking and fearless.
Not a 3&D but he isn't a liability on defense. The offense he provides, more than cancel out any deficiency he has on defense.
@@thatstheway2429Monk is more clutch than people realize though. When Fox was out, we went on Monk to close out games and he answered. People ALREADY forgot how clutch Monk and Fox was against the clippers during that high scoring game. Kings easily makes the playoffs if Huerter and Monk didn't go down.
@@blowc1612 point stands
Kings fans I’m a kings fan .. but let’s pump the brakes and win a series first
Great video . I am a Kings season ticket holder and they really stepped up there defense in the last quarter of the season . If that can continue into this season this team will be a dangerous team to watch this year .
The kings were 9th in defense in March and in April they were 2nd in the entire nba. That's 24 games, large enough sample size to know it wasn't a fluke. Their defense will be top 15 and I personally think it'll be top 10. Unfortunate that Devin Carter's gonna miss so much time because his defense is no joke, I watched a game of his on youtube is he is relentless. Can't wait to have him healthy.
The Kings had the 4th best defense in the NBA over the last 2 months of the season. Keon Ellis was the reason why. As well as big jumps defensively from Fox who led the league in steals, and from Murray who had insane 1 on 1 defensive stats. They can’t trade for another starter. Their lineup is pretty set. Fox/Ellis/Derozan/Murray/Sabonis - Monk/Huerter/McDaniels/Lyles/Len - and Carter should see some minutes when he comes back.
A lot of people are saying they should trade Huerter which I get. His skill set is kind of redundant especially coming off the bench but he provides at least some insurance if Ellis or Monk or evn Derozan goes down for an extended period. Depth is the name of the game in the nba rn
The kings d isn't sub par. It's par.
Excellent video bro! I'm a Kings fan and I'm watching directly from Brazil. I think Bobby Portis would be an incredible fit on this team, and probably wouldn't cost us much, but I'd also be happy with Cam Johnson
Demar takes scoring pressure off everyone and it’ll be interesting to see how that allows Fox, Sabonis and Murray to contribute with more defense. Adding a high level role player for D would be great though.
Wow, you are spot on. Most espn, nba tv, and tnt analysts don’t know as much as you do about the kings. ~ frustrated kings fan that continues to hear bs from national media.
Appreciate the video and analysis! Agree with most of it and glad Demar is with the Kings too.
Not mentioning Keon Ellis or the defensive growth of Keegan and Fox last year shows that you probably watched a lot more of the Kings two years ago than last year. But that’s ok, Kings fans are used to that and the fact that anyone ever says the Kings are a must watch team is exciting haha
long time kings fan here. love the video. i would say though i dont imagine much of a defensive downgrade. Bottom 5 is a little rough for our main replacement being Derozan over Barnes who was our biggest weak point on defense. Would be hard for Derozan to be any worse.
Kings were ranked #3 in the league in defense during the time Keon Ellis replaced Kevin Huerter in March-April. Ellis, Murray, Fox and Carter are all plus defenders, and there's no reason to expect a drop off from the end of last season, when Barnes was doing about as much as we can expect DeRozen to do on defense.
Bro omg you're on your way to 100k Subs! I was there when you only had 1k subs on your Bulls channel bro the growth is amazing you really busted your ass to get here
i think the kings arent done and might add a wing like finney-smith or cam johnson
Wasn’t the stops last year, it was the scoring which Demar will definitely help with. #4 defense in the last couple of months last season. Agree they don’t need a star, but a solid role player and rim protector and/or athletic 4
Top 15 defense last season is a big step forward from the season before.Kevin Huerter is a big problem with on ball defense.Devin Carter was drafted and Keon Ellis fix that at 2 guard.A big who can defend and on offense set screens and shoot from 15-18 feet out.
kings were 16th in defense
@@justinalley339914th*
Nice upgrade on the video editing!
Jamaal??? As a DeMar fan, loved your coverage of the bulls lol. Didn’t know you had another channel
Can we please get Alex Len consistent playing time this season. He’s a dawg and a solid back up center to Domas. I really like this team and super excited to see them play this year! LET’S GO KINGS!!! 👑
Hb is a fucking terrible defender. The defense was top 5 after March when Keon was playing more
I like the video. As a kings die hard, it felt so awkward when you mentioned the lack of defense and then said we may have fallen off a smidgen; not because you make that point, but because you mention Barnes (okay) and then Duarte...but don't mention Davion Mitchell...his sole role sole strength ultimately is his defense
Love the kings live nonetheless
*love
As someone who watched all but maybe a couple Kings games last year I can tell you there were at minimum 5 games they had in the bag until their offense stalled out for half a quarter. With DeMar that is far less likely to happen.
If you think the kings are worse defensively after letting go Duarte and HB then you didn't watch the kings last year...
Maybe I’m crazy or nostalgic, but how about bring Serge Ibaka back to the NBA bench lockeroom vet who can give you some level of production. Also, Iblocka played with DeMar, same age as DeMar, friends with DeMar.
Heuter and Barnes missing all those 3s made our D stats look far worse than irl..
Its a tragic if we never see the kings light up the beam in 2nd playoff round once.... Forget about contending championship, getting that 1st playoff series win..
Im sure Demar wont be able to teach a thing or two to a young, willing and able to learn Fox.. this pick is going to go down at a CWebb level of change!!
Why does every commentator and youtuber Act like the kings were 30th in defense? They were 14th last year. And while I like Barnes as a person Trex was a McDonald's drive though on D, so that's a addition by subtraction
you must notknow about Keon Ellis. Kings Def Rating became top 5, last 2 months of season when Ellis step in for Huerter (while shooting career 40% from 3). Theres a reason Klay shot 0-10 in his last game in Warriors jersey.
Monk is not a 3 and d player though but he is our best playmaker and shot creator not named fox. When we lost him our bench was stale.
You wouldn't be surprised if they were a bottom-5 defense? They were 14th last year. Barnes regressed in the defensive department so he and Derozan are close enough on that end to be a wash. They still have no rim protection but outside of JJJ, there aren't many PF's that can shoot and protect the rim.
For real like BARNES WAS WORSE THAN A CONE.
It's a great video but omitting Keon Ellis is quite a huge omission. With Keon after the allstar break the Kings were a top 5 defense.
Kings are winning it all next year
Keon Ellis and Devin carter will be elite defense duo, after Keon became a starter kings were #4 in defense , i am sac local the way last season ended was bad and team have a chip on shoulder from all the stupid losses last season, Keegan and Fox also are incredible defense Keegan will take another huge step this year last year was focused on defense taking best guard every night etc, 2024-2025 kings will definitely make deep run in playoffs if not finals
Nah man I think you got it mixed up. Barnes didn’t provide nothing on defense and Duarte was horrendous. Keon ellis made our defense top 10 and Keegan turned into a really great defender.
Need to go all in now for a title within in next 2/3 years, then rebuild later, and compete again in 2036
Full mount mma type beat
3:47 is a lil inaccurate, monk isn’t a 3 and D type player, he’s more of a spark plug Lou Will Jamal Crawford type player
Were the kings a poor defensive team last season? Thought we were pretty middle of the road overall, had a couple months straight with a top 5 defense too.
Lets go kings!!!!!
Monk is the 3 with out the D player pause.
After they moved Keon Ellis from the G-League to be the backup PG after Fox's injury, and then made Keon start after Huerter's and Monk's injury, Kings finished as the 14th out of 24 in defensive rating. They arent the best, but theyre not the worst either. It was their offense that dropped significantly last year with all the injuries. They went from #1 offensive rating to #13.
I can tell you didn't do your research on how the Kings finished their 23-24 season and was stuck on the media narrative of 22-23 season.
Kings finished 14th in defensive rating last year. I checked and that is better than average. You don't watch the Kings and still repeat the same comments any other person writes.
seems your opinions are not your own, just bad journalism.
deaaron, demar, demarcus, demantas....
Domantas...
This is Keegans breakout year...mark my words.
Better be
What about acquiring JAKOB POELTL and Matisse Thybulle?
Those would be good options as well
Markeneen will make them OD and have great size
Markkanen is a no deal - Ainge wanted Keegan for him and Keegan is off the board for any trade deals.
Who will play defense assuming demar and kh starts?
kings were a top 5 defense after the all star break btw not that hard to find that out
they were also 14th ovr in defense for the year
I thought Kings were like 15 or 16 in D Rating this past year
There's no way they get Markkanen now. Maybe they'll go after Kuzma. Someone like Cam Johnson and or DFS from the Nets would make sense
They have to get one of these
The comments about their defense are just lazy. They finished middle of the pack last year and were above average after the all star break. They haven’t lost a plus defender as well.
Yea they’re goin for it alright. I like the team but dude.. 5 guards that could be starting on another team? No real presence on defense in the paint n nobody able to guard the 6’9-7’1 4s in the league.. they should’ve got a center
Kings were a top 10 defense in the final 50 games of the season and top 5 in the final 25 games. Duarte didn’t play much and switching barnes for DeMar is a wash defensively. Kings will have a top 10 offense and defense next season.
This is how I know you’re a casual. Kings defense was 4th overall after Heurter and Monk went out. Keon Eli’s started at SG and it turns out, he’s an elite defender. Murray is a good defender. Fox lead the league in steals. Kings fans know DeMar can’t be any worse than Barnes, Barnes was terrible.
Gilbert Arenas talking mad sh…..it about Sacramento
Kings need Jalen McDaniels to be that big, athletic 3 & D wing they need. They traded Davion and Sasha for him. Monte had to see something valuable there.
If they make a move to get jeremi grant, they would definitely be top 5 in the west imo.
Top 3*
Kings of the fourth quarter shout out Kenny
This is not going to help them come out the West. DeRozen is good but does not space the floor and a mid range player. They should be a solid playoff team but getting to western finals or coming out of the West. No........DeRozen is not enough. You look at Denver, OKC, Dallas, Minnesota. If those teams fall yes they have a shot but those teams 100% no they don't.
Yes, this is the biggest free agent signing in Kings history.
For context, here are the previous "biggest" names:
1. Vlade Divac
2. Rajon Rondo (post-prime)
3. Malik Monk
nice players, but Sac NEVER gets stars unless its through a trade.
Oof, that's pretty bad
Defense didn't help the wolves... its all about offense in the NBA nowdays
If you do your research, the kings were top 10 in defense in the last 50 games of the season. But yeah, there defense will be bottom 5
"he doesn't fit into the modern NBA because doesn't shoot threes"
I can't believe the Warriors conned the ENTIRE LEAGUE (through arbitrary BS "analytics") into unanimously adopting a style of play that ONLY benefits the Warriors, because nobody else has the quality of shooters to pull it off BUT them. Which is evident by the fact that we have YET to see a repeat champion SINCE the Warriors. It's just not sustainable. I guess you can say they played chess while everybody else was playing checkers. I guess we could also say that Jordan and Kobe and Iverson wouldn't fit in this "modern NBA" either, right? Since they were primarily midrange guys... 🤦🏾♂️
The game needs more complete scorers LIKE a Derozan and less one-trick-pony Steph wannabes. When the threes stop falling, teams have NO IDEA how to score anymore, which is why large leads evaporate so quickly and frequently. You CANNOT sit there and tell me that watching teams jack up 40+ BAD threes every night is good for the game OR represents the way basketball "should" be played. The pace & space era has NOT done well for the game, overall.
No spacing, not impressed. Derozan is too ball dominant for Sabonis and Fox
Here we go again… 2 CENTERS DIDNT WORK IN INDIANA. It’s like you guys don’t watch games 🙄🙄
Mf said Chris was a good defender 😂😂
Barnes is the worst defender for the Kings.
Plz go back to your original music
They aren't messing around at all, they'll have the 5th seed locked up
WTF YOU TALKING ABOUT?! Duarte and Barnes werent even GOOD defenders. Barnes WAS A DEFENSIVE LIABILITY. Length?! He got killed when he slides to the 4 and WAS TOO SLOW GUARDING THE 3. KINGS GOT DESTROYED BY LENGTHY TEAMS LIKE PELICANS BECAUSE OF BARNES.
Kings were fine against other teams. THEY HAVE 500 OR BETTER AGAINST THE PLAYOFFS TEAMS IN THE WEST EXCEPT FOR PELS AND CLIPPERS BECAUSE OF BARNES. Duarte was HORRIBLE.
Kings actually have over 500 against every top team in the west until they played those teams in the 2nd half, WHEN MONK AND HUERTER WENT DOWN AND LOST CLOSE GAMES.
Kings defense IMPROVED TO 4TH IN THE 2ND HALF OF THE SEASON. All these are the same FALAW NARRATIVES WHEN YOU CANT DO PROPER RESEARCH
Lauri's a very good player but he misses 25% of games every year.
Yeah that's fair, he is injury prone
Still won’t beat the Pelicans.😂😂😂
Too bad the bulls are
The kings got worse by getting demar
U didnt watch the kings last season… especially Harrison Barnes…
@@aligouhary4037 I’m always right about basketball stuff kid.
SAYS NOBODY
@@DevicCypherYou literally sound more like a kid in this comment Lmao.
@@SKOOBZTERZ says everyone kid
Click bait. They are a 7 or 8 seed at best lol DeRozan is not a needle mover
I don't see Kings moving up in the west in terms of power ranking even with Demar. I see the Kings landing in between 8-5th seed at best.
I don't think in this era of the Kings basketball with Fox and Sabonis are contender worthy because their stars aren't superstars that can carry the team to a title.
It's like Fox is a 1B tier star level, and Sabonis is a 2B -1C tier star level player. And in my opinion, contenders usually have 1A or 2A tier star level player leading the way to a title
Nah man I think you got it mixed up. Barnes didn’t provide nothing on defense and Duarte was horrendous. Keon ellis made our defense top 10 and Keegan turned into a really great defender.