Another team says goodbye to the playoffs, and with the Kings losing 90-109 to the Warriors, the Kings officially missed the playoffs and playoffs this season, which is the 16th consecutive year that the team has missed the playoffs, setting a new NBA record! The previous record was held by the Clippers and Kings (15 consecutive years without making the playoffs).
Netizens have ridiculed: Regardless of your vicissitudes, the only constant is that the Kings can't enter the playoffs; the Kings are simply a hundred million years of fish belly, and the NBA's worst team does not have one! More disappointing than the Lakers this season.
For many fans, it's no surprise that the Kings can't make the playoffs. Probably from the time they watched the ball, the King was a fish belly, and neither the Cousins era nor Hield could lead the team to a certain height.
Remember that the Kings were once one of the league's proudest teams. While stationed in Rochester, the team won the NBA championship in 1951! From 1988 to 2006, the Kings were a playoff team. From 2001 to 2004, the team reached the semi-finals in each season.
It's worth mentioning that the last time the Kings made the playoffs was in 2006, when Durant, Curry and Rose were all not in the league! Do you remember the NBA at the time? How old are you? What are you doing?
In the 2005-06 Kings, the team played a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, which was their most recent win rate of more than 50%, and the team reached the playoffs with the 8th place in the West, losing 6 games against the Spurs in the first round! At that time, there were also Artest, Peja, Wells and others in the team. It was after this season that the Kings never tasted the playoffs again.
What's more hurtful is that the impression is that the Kings have changed managers for many times and made large and small transactions, but the team still has not made much progress. First, head coach Luke Wharton was fired, and assistant coach Gentry took over.
Management then also made the decision to close a major deal with the Pacers! The Kings sent down core players Hield, Halliburton and Tristan Thompson in exchange for Sabonis Jr., Jerry Miran, Justin Holliday and a 2027 second-round pick. The fans were stunned and couldn't understand why the King did it.
Before it was over, the Kings then made a big four-way deal, trading Bagley to the Pistons, with Bucks guard Dont Di Vincenzo, Pistons forward Josh Jackson and Trey Lyles. At present, the core lineup of the team is Fox + Barnes + Sa + Di Vincenzo.
During his time as a Pacers, Sabonis averaged 18.9 points, 12.1 rebounds and 5 assists in 34.7 minutes per game. After coming to the Kings, Sam played only 15 games, averaging 33.6 minutes per game, contributing 18.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists.
In the previous game when the Kings lost to the Suns, Sabonis accidentally withdrew from the game early in the fourth quarter, and the results of the examination showed that Sam Suffered a left knee contusion, but fortunately there was no structural damage, so he has been absent so far. Now that the team is missing the playoffs, coach Gentry said he may not let Sam play again this season.
In addition to Sass, another core player, Fox, is also plagued by injuries (pain and swelling of his right hand) and may not play again this season. Fox has played in 59 games this season and averaged 23.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 35.3 minutes per game! Shot 47.3 percent from the field.
New signing Di Vincenzo played in 22 games and averaged 10.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals in 26.7 minutes per game. Although the team has missed the playoffs this season, Di Vincenzo said: "I look forward to helping the team back to the playoffs, that's my goal. ”
Finally, do you think the Kings are expected to make the playoffs next season if it weren't for the impact of the injury?