These Monk/Lavine/Deebo lineups are just backbreaking. Monk needs to move back to the bench. Balances the roster so much better.

Ellis/Lavine/Deebo/Keegan/Domas
Monk/Carter/Laravia/Lyles/JV

Two plus defenders and three (and a half) shooters in each lineup.

Can you imagine if Domas got the same whistle as his cheap Turkish impersonation?

No delay of game on the last play, no travel on two consecutive plays by Sengun, no foul on the pump fake by Trey…blatantly obvious calls the refs decided to swallow the whistle on just in the first 12 minutes.

Also; Sengun with 6 FTAs already.

Gonna be a long ass game.

If they move either DeRozan or LaVine to the bench and promote Keon they’re looking really formidable.

Monk/Ellis/LaVine/Keegan/Sabonis
Carter/DeRozan/LaRavia/Lyles/Jonas

Kings just added 18ppg to their bench and only lost about 11ppg while opening up two more roster spots. Should be able to shore up that bench scoring even more.

Probably need a backup PG (Jackson, Schroeder, DSJ) and another Forward (Cissoko? 🥺) to round it out.

LaRavia is NOT nothing - very much fills a number of needs and is a high-end bench piece - but is a far cry from the “Kings are Star-Hunting” rumblings.

Major misstep to hoard future assets instead of making a win-now swing. I wonder if Monte has assurance that his job is safe.

Telltale sign of Kings Addiction - you’ll talk yourself into any player, including Zach LaVine.

Finally got tired of X/Twitter’s bullshit. Gonna give this a shot.