I hope everyone enjoyed their little three day vacation from Kings basketball. It was kinda nice, right?
Who: Sacramento Kings (6-20) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (10-20)
Where: Moda Center, Portland, OR
When: 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET
Watch: NBCSCA / League Pass
In a battle among the most irrelevant teams in the Western Conference, the Kings find themselves in Portland to play the Blazers tonight. Doug Christie will be without Zach LaVine and Domantas Sabonis while Dennis Schroder remains questionable, an injury status it feels like he’s carried all season long. The Blazers are missing several rotation players, too. Scoot Henderson is out. Jrue Holiday is out. Matisse Thybulle is out.
With the Kings still missing a handful of their veteran players, the youth will get another chance to show the front office what they can do tonight. Unfortunately for both the Kings organization and fans looking for something to feel good about, there really hasn’t been a consistently good stretch of basketball for any of Nique Clifford, Keegan Murray, or Keon Ellis in a while.
For as much as I’ve been critical of the vets of this roster, the Kings youth, outside of Maxime Raynaud, haven’t exactly lit the world on fire. Don’t get me wrong, I still support playing them over the veterans, and I still prefer watching them over the veterans, but it would be a lot easier to campaign for minutes if the results were more promising.
Go Kings?
Prediction: Kings 115, Blazers 101