Next stop GSW vs Kings. Gary Payton II punished the Kings for not protecting the ball in the first quarter. He has 2 steals already for just 4 minutes of play time. The lead mostly came from the defensive end while Steph is looking for his 3 point rhythm.
Pretty predictable. The Kings just didn't have enough to match up against the Warriors. Interestingly enough these are both teams rumored to be in the Ben Simmons sweepstakes. It's a shame that the Kings don't seem to capitalize on their good fortune in the draft. They just seem to ride that player until they can't squeeze another dollar from them. Fox's situation reminds me a lot of Demarcus Cousins' several years ago. Management just refuses to spend the money to surround their star with talent. I think it's all been to move them to Las Vegas. Seems like they've been trying to make that happen for 20 years now.
Well, the Kings came back in the 3rd quarter after having a 15 point deficit in the first 2 quarters and they got a 2 point lead at that time but that was it. The Warriors took the Victory which is I agree that it is predictable.
I don't know but its good to see that they are giving more minutes to Kuminga at least since Wiggins isn't playing at this moment. He is a elite scorer when he is in the G-league and now the Warriors are developing him for the future of the team and we know how good the Warriors is when it comes to developing players. Just see how McGee is playing right now. He isn't like that until he went to the Warriors. Also Barnes who is scoring for the Kings.
With regards to Ben Simmons and if I will pick between these 2 teams to pick him, I think the Kings will benefit the most from him. The Warriors don't need Simmons because they are a good defensive team already without him. I don't think that the Warriors need to add or trade as of this moment because with how they are playing right now, they are a championship contender team.