Check Out Ray’s NBA Plays Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nOr a new arena. Or a move, perhaps all the way across the country to Virginia Beach. Anything but hoops.<\/p>\n
We may never reach get a grasp on how good (or bad) this team is because of the other issues that demand attention, but it\u2019s clear that what the team is doing now isn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n
Since the 2007-08 season, when Kevin Martin and Ron Artest gave the team some credibility on the way to a 38-44 record, Sacramento has struggled to win even one game out of every three they suit up for.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s 7-14 club, which takes on the league-best Oklahoma City Thunder tonight in a train wreck in the making, is not much different from any Kings club over the past half-decade. Coach Keith Smart\u2019s crew lost its first three games and immediately fell into last place in the Pacific Division. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n
Cousins (17 points, 10 rebounds a game) can keep them in games when his head in on straight and he\u2019s not serving a suspension for this or that, Tyreke Evans is a decent PG but is shoot-first, and Marcus Thornton (13 ppg) is OK at the 2. Beyond that, the Kings are a glorified D-League entry.<\/p>\n
But the schedule is the schedule, and the Kings will have at it tonight in Oklahoma City in a game that will be played only to entertain the locals and fulfill NBA requirements. <\/p>\n
The Thunder have won 9 straight since a hiccup in Boston, taking advantage of a soft spot in the schedule and two losses by the Spurs to assemble the best record in the NBA.<\/p>\n
THE PICK:<\/strong> OKC will be able to name its score in this one, especially if Thorton (who missed the Kings\u2019 last game due an illness in his family) doesn\u2019t play. <\/p>\nThe Thunder have won their last 9 by an average of just about 15 points, and so far bettors by a 2-1 margin have their money on OKC to cover. <\/p>\n
Sacramento has never won in OKC and is just 1-8 on the road this season (Portland), so it\u2019s just a question of how long the Thunder keep Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in the game before emptying the bench. OKC -13 is the play. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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