The Sacramento Kings Might Have Been Trying To Hide This.. | NBA News (De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk)

We all heard that people were looking for that six-seed play against the Sacramento Kings at the three seed, so Richard makes

this

trade and puts the Kings in any kind of playoff race in the west, no, God no, but for the first time on ABC, let's play the Broadcast me when I say

this

, guys, while I absolutely know that we are in no position to overreact to the small sample size we currently

have

of the 2023 NBA playoffs, there are still some things that now we know and what we need to talk about. and the first is that King's Warriors could very well end up being the best first round series we've seen in a long time, at least from what we've seen so far in advance and the second, although yes, I know they still

have

a lot of work ahead of them The Kings have already solidified their capabilities in the national state and that is honestly something that many people did not expect to see from them but from everything we have seen from them in their very very short postseason so far it is fine, they are doing things that really we haven't seen from them yet this year and if they continue like this it could cause some problems, but also if you guys love playoff basketball as much as I do, no. forget to subscribe and activate those notifications so you don't miss any videos during the postseason.

Okay, back to the topic of the Sacramento Kings, this is a team that very early on in the course of the 2023 season established themselves as one. of the best and most potent offenses the game of basketball has ever seen and no that's not a joke or an exaggeration as they literally had the best offensive rating of all time this season but still, even with them claiming his dominance on this side of the ball. All year long, no one was going to believe he would continue to be this successful in the postseason until we got to see it firsthand and, well, yeah, in terms of his performance, I'd say they're pretty right about Pace with everything they've

been

. since opening night, but yes, although the numbers we are seeing are very similar, there is something very different that we are seeing within the Sacramento game and no, it is not the absolute dominance that we have

been

seeing on full display since darling and fox because That's been going on for months at this point, if you haven't noticed, it's not even the bench support we've been seeing, which has also been led by Malik Monk's ridiculous play so far, but Believe it or not , it actually has to do with the man who many would consider to have the worst performance in this postseason so far and that's DeMont to Sabonis now to give everyone a quick rundown of the Unstoppable Kings offense that we've seen all year long. anus.

Let's try to keep the first stop short and sweet with Darren Fox, yes he is clearly the heart and soul of this offense and well if what we saw him do in his first postseason game didn't make that clear enough to you, no I do. I don't know what he'll do, but with Fox's ridiculous ISO scoring rate along with his ability to take advantage of almost any Defender he faces, there's a lot of other things he brings to the table for these guys, but here it is, ultimately instance, where his impacts were felt the most, but as we mentioned, while dieren Fox is the heart and soul, demat is sabonis, on the other hand, is more the heartbeat of the offense, so to speak, or vice versa, which whichever you prefer and some of you may be wondering what I By this I mean, not only did he contribute the second most points per game for this roster all year, but he also serves as a volume playmaker for this team in the Five Spot of the rotation and with the two-way offensive giant that it is.

They have them in a way that has been nearly impossible for opposing teams to stop them all year long, well, until we saw what Golden State is

trying

to throw at them because what do you mean? Maybe Sabonis is just having a tough time. start of the postseason or if you want to give credit to the defensive efforts of the Golden State Warriors, it is very clear that his overall production, along with the way the Kings are using him, is very different than what we are used to and In terms of his scoring presence, this will never change, as the majority of his opportunities come from pick and roll situations, second chance opportunities or even the occasional moment where he takes an inferior defender off the dribble and with his typical high efficiency in all.

In these areas it's clear why he's one of the league's top scorers, but on the other side of the equation in terms of the way Sabonis plays, this is where the Golden State Warriors are doing everything they can to keep the ball out of his hands because when you talk about damatus, a bonus as a passer, I mean, I'll just say it, he probably gave the most gaudy seven assists per game you've ever seen and I say this because instead of relying on his court vision to facilitate the Kings rely on Damatus Sabonis' body and size to facilitate and I know that may sound strange but believe me it is 100 true and ultimately it is seen through the very simple use of the dribble handoff that Mike Brown has implemented to elevate this offense and while Sacramento has tried to use this in literally every game this season, it's not a huge surprise that we've tried to see them do the same in the postseason so far because it doesn't just work in the simple sense of clearing the lane for constant attacks the basket and again to mention the size of dolmas that uses this more as a block, but it also really forces this king's offense to never stagnate in terms of his movement and that further contributes to finding efficient looks for the big amount of outside shooting on this team and the entire formula of Mike Brown's offense has pretty much directly led to how this team has gone from being one of the worst offenses in modern basketball to one of the best in the span of just one offseason. , but with early defense in the front court.

The tactics we've seen from Golden State in this series have pretty much ruined Sacramento's typical offensive scheme and Demata Sabonis' numbers would definitely tell you that. Now the curious thing is to say that Golden State has successfully deflected Sacramento's game plan. is that there really is still prosperity despite this, so the question obviously remains what has changed now when you actually sit back and look at the Sacramento Kings roster outside of the two best guys of dieren Fox and demata sabonis, the high level of versatility that They have players in their role that really allow this offense to have a counter to virtually any defensive tactic that has been thrown at them all season.

Well, the fast breaks we've seen against Golden State are literally a prime example of that, for starters, let's take pace of play into account because while the stats will show you that Sacramento was more of a middle-of-the-road team in terms of pace of play. game compared to the rest of the League this season, as they were unable to execute their dribble handoff offense. so often through dematus sabonis they have played at the limit of the highest pace we have seen all this year and this not only resulted in more counterattacking opportunities for them along with a faster and more fluid offense, but it also dramatically increased the Sacramento iso appearance.

I mean, we've seen this consistently already, instead of the offense running through Damatus Sabonis with the ball in his hands, we've seen him perform a lot more in pick and roll situations or just as a straight Blocker that has allowed whoever is handling the ball is getting much more open looks from anywhere in the core, just having to worry about Sabonis' presence, so at least when you look at the stat sheet, even though it may seem like Sabonis' impact is much lower From what we were seeing in the regular season, you

might

want to think again because believe me, even when he's not scoring or facilitating, he still has a huge impact on the success of this team.

I mean, if anything, it's a positive sign of how well the Kings are doing even without him contributing like he usually does, but I also definitely know that some people will probably say that the Kings have been lucky with the success they've had. have seen in the series so far because I mean, are we really going to do it? Both Aaron Fox and Malik Hmong are expected to drop 70 for these guys in every game of this series going forward, obviously not, but on the other hand, we also expect Sabonis to do as little as he has done so far, obviously not.

I don't know them personally. I'd love to hear what you have to think about the Sacramento Kings and their current situation in the comments below, but what I do know is that this series could end up being one for the ages. It doesn't matter which side you're rooting for, but anyway guys, I just wanted to say thank you so much to each and every one of you for watching. I appreciate you all more than anything. You all know this and I will see you. guys in the next video thank you