The Griz had Randolph, M.Gasol and Conley, and determined that Tayshaun Prince would be a better fit. Gay was traded during the 12-13 season by Memphis, in an attempt to shore up their defense. I opined in the threads earlier this week:ĭebunking the urban legend of Rudy Gay's "addition by subtraction"ĭid a little digging as it pertains to the two times that Rudy Gay has been traded. The only certainty with this team is uncertainty. The unknown is scary, and those are the waters the Kings continue to tread.
Worst of all, nobody knows what this team is going to do from night to night. They don’t want distractions and they hate being the butt of jokes (the latter is a big reason why so many feel the media is out to get the Kings). All Kings fans want is a team that they can be proud of and that competes on a nightly basis. Over the holidays, one of my uncles asked me “Why do the Kings always do this to me? They make it so that I feel like I’m done with the team, and then they go win three in a row and reel me back in.” It’s definitely frustrating. This past week has made me more anxious than happy. I hate this feeling of not being able to enjoy wins because I’ve been disappointed so much in the past that I can’t really just relax when things seem to be going well. While I don’t expect Tolliver to keep making his threes at a 70% clip, it’s nice to see him become a valuable player. Having a floor spacer like Tolliver who can reliably stretch the floor and punish opposing teams for doubling inside on Boogie opens up so many options for the Kings. Lawson scored at least 15 points in each of Sacramento’s wins this week, including 20 in a game against the Jazz where the bench led the comeback effort.Īnthony Tolliver has also regained his shooting stroke, hitting 10 of 14 three point attempts in his three games this week.
Lawson is starting to look much more confident again and is actually outplaying Darren Collison at the moment. Garrett Temple has already won fans over, but this week we also saw really good contributions from guys like Ty Lawson and Anthony Tolliver. I’d like to particularly point out the play of Sacramento’s bench, which has proven to be a bit of a bright spot this year. In and of itself, three wins in a row is pretty impressive, especially when the Kings managed to win both games of a home and road back to back against presumptive playoff teams, all without their second leading scorer. Is this the Kings team we will see the rest of the season or are we just being buttered up for more disappointment? The High Post They’re currently 8th in the Western Conference and are finally starting to play better team basketball. The Kings have won three games in a row for the first time this season, and have won four of five overall.