Fire DC and let Ben Simmons coach the team. Ben Simmons is clearly our best player.

He was wrongfully disappeared; he deserved better. This is what we get. Bring back Roy Al and this all ends.

Watched the whole game.

1) Zach is having great chemistry with Ben

2) Keegan and Nique need a more defined role, and they are bad now...(Keegan best is just to shoot the 3)

3) Domas, Ben and Acuff should not be on the floor all together (They all need the ball to be efficient)

4) Either let Ben come off the bench and handle the ball (let him play with some guys who can run the floor, i.e. Plowden, Precious, Cardwell, and Lavine)

5) New lineup: Acuff/Zach/Precious/Keegan/Domas ; Bench: Ben/Sharp/Plowden/Precious/Cardwell

This means that Darius Acuff Jr., Zach LaVine, De'Andre Hunter, Ben Simmons, Domantas Sabonis and Precious Achiuwa are all available for tonight's game.

Just a discussion about what the team will do with the last roster spot and some of the potential targets. I will be going through some options from 4 of the teams that have more than 15 players on their roster. The teams that need to make cuts are the Grizzlies, Lakers, Bucks, and Hornets. I'd also be interested in hearing about options who may just be UFAs.

Grizzlies - Need to clear 2 spots

• Micah Peavy
• Kris Murray
• Walter Clayton Jr

Lakers - Need to clear 1 spot

• Dalton Knecht
• Bronny James

Bucks - Need to clear 2 spots

• Pete Nance (less likely)
• Jericho Sims
• Caris Levert
• Kyle Kuzma

Hornets - Need to clear 1 spot

• Pat Connaughton
• Tidjane Salaun (less likely)

Of all the options above, I probably like Kris Murray (#23, 2023) or Walter Clayton Jr (#18, 2025) the best if the team can get one of those guys, but if they can't then Tidjane Salaun (#6, 2024), Micah Peavy (#40, 2025), or Dalton Knecht (#17, 2024) might not be bad players to take on as developmental pieces as well.

Kris Murray was an amazing defender last season, but offensively was so terrible that he was borderline unplayable at times. Taking him on would likely just be betting on him becoming a below average shooter instead of a horrendous shooter.

Walter Clayton Jr. had some great shooting indicators, being one of the league leaders in ft%, and having great shooting metrics in college, but so far it hasn't translated. His playmaking efficiency last season was below average for his position, and he's been pretty inefficient around the rim, but is decent at generating rim attempts. However, he was extremely promising in college, which is what led to him getting picked so high for an older prospect, so maybe it's possible for some of his skills in college to translate to the NBA.

Dalton Knecht, even though he had a rough year, still shot at a 34% clip from 3 on over 7 attempts per 36 minutes, which is why I wouldn't completely rule him out.

Micah Peavy struggled from 3 last season as a rookie, but shot good on okay volume in college, is efficient around the rim, had an okay ft% last season which might indicate his 3pt shooting can improve, and was very efficient as a connector. He also has okay size for his position, but has a bad wingspan for his height

Tidjane Salaun has a high rebounding rate for his position, shot 3s at a decent rate and made them at a decent clip last season, but his ft% is pretty suspect so the shooting might not be real, and he has good physical tools.

I'd like to hear about any other players that might be intriguing.

I wont spend my energy with this crap.

Nice job Vivek. You killed the only glimpse of hope we had when you made Monte trade for Derozan, then made him fire MB, bring Lavine, then tou fired him.

Congratulations being an idiot

Thank you

How do I watch? The kings+ thing is just showing a blank screen. Is it on YouTube TV or anywhere else?

Forget wins and losses, here are some real predictions:

• Sabonis will get traded and despite this whole sub thinking he sucks, they'll complain the Kings didn't get enough in return.
• Ben Simmons will look good just long enough for us to believe in him. So... about a week.
• Hunter will not even average his jersey number in ppg.
• Keegan will have a stretch where he averaged 18/6/3 right before the trading deadline and the Kings will trade him to OKC for a second round pick.
• Acuff becomes the first player in NBA history with a shooting percentage lower than his ppg. (jk!)
• The Kings start 1-15 and Vivek fires Christie, replaces him with Mark Jackson who goes 10-56 and also gets fired and Vivek hires Becky Hammon.

I admit that I simply can't find today's game thread; can just one person provide the link please?

I know it has been said before, and I dont know why hes so set on taking jumpers with his left hand, he shoots every jump hook with his right... hes right handed... idk why he won't take jumpers with it?!?!?