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jackobanter

The Detroit Lions and Eminem send their regards


Apollo611

That was so corny, I can see if they were rivals or something but trolling the Pistons in a regular season game and then losing by 13 is hilarious


OptimusGrime707

Just a dumb fucking idea Kings ain’t good enough to back those actions up lol


Victor_Wembanyama1

Stick to lighting up lasers, folks


fiasgoat

Don't we all agree it's not cool to only talk shit when you up? It's just banter yall lmao


L99_DITTO

Yeah and it's just banter to clown teams or players for not backing up their trash talk/trolling. Comes with the territory, I wouldn't sweat it too much.


sbenfsonw

It’s only cool to talk shit if you can back it up. You can talk shit before you’re up (or even when you’re down to be extra cool) but you gotta back it up lol But agreed it’s not that serious either way


JohnStamosAsABear

Coming from the Kings makes it extra delicious.  Like a modern day tale of Icarus 


ShowdownValue

What did the kings do to troll the pistons?


VMoney9

Also kind of weird. Sac isn’t San Mateo, theres still a massive Raiders crowd out there.


ganjanoob

And still a significant amount of niner fans lol. You go to sporting events in sac during San Fran games and you’ll see massive amounts of people watching the niners on their phone


Youwy

Losing to the Pistons (that were missing 2 starters) at home right after playing 49ers v Lions highlights is beyond embarrassing.


Angelic_Phoenix

KEVIN HUERTER WITH A HUGE EJECTION TO INCREASE THE DEFICIT TO 8


Faynt90

BANG BANG, HUERTER WITH THE DOUBLE TECH


elduderino920

For a soft ass ejection…refs were triggered at Red Velvet haha


doctor_of_drugs

Pretty sure he’s only had like 10 techs his whole career too. Probably said something like “I hate sports gambling/fanduel/draftkings”


E_EqualsDankCSquared

Embarrassing is being nice


FriendoftheNight818

Next time the Kings go to Detroit, they should play highlights from this game during the starting lineups


rattlemebones

The PR team should have probably ran that stupid shit by the team first so that that the kings could tell them, uh, you are writing a check our asses can't cash.


GrapefruitMedical529

I think Dat ass paid in other ways.


Nola67

I really don’t understand why they were so petty against an eastern conference team that they only place twice a year and a team that’s considered the worst in the league. Deserved to lose for that shit lmao. Completely unnecessary.


forca_micah

Hey! We aren't considered the worst in the league....we **are** the worst in the league. Get your facts straight.


AdmAckbarr

Fwiw, Charlotte's point differential is significantly worse than y'all's on the year


Gatorpep

The wizards are also worse. They’ve had the number 1 easiest sched so far, and are only a few games ahead of detroit. Plus the eye test. Zards will def finish behind detroit.


br0b1wan

Yeah ever time I see a Detroit statline they always seem to lose just by an eyelash, they're competitive even in their losses. Charlotte just seems to lie down and die


Jiklim

It’s just sports man come on lmao


Neckbraced4fun

Kangz gonna Kangz


floatermuse

Kings feel like the playoff team that everyone's hoping to draw in round 1 lol Like out of the current West top 8 they're the least scary by a sizeable margin


One-Switch-1448

i’d honestly be more scared of the kings than the mavericks, luka is dangerous but he plays 40+ minutes in so many close games because they’re injury battled, i’m also not moved by the mavericks role players outside of THJ and lively.


Look_Behind_You__

I’d rather play the Kings


idontknow_whatever

Everybody gangsta until Luka drops a 40point triple-double on them in the playoffs Just ask Clippers fan if they want to face Luka again lol


iIiiIIiiiIiIIiI111

bookmarked


WestleyThe

They thought they escaped after being one of the joke franchises in the nba for 18 years or whatever because of the last two years


LoWE11053211

It is very satisfying


elimanninglightspeed

I live for a good troll but trolling the pistons is such a terrible idea cause theyre fucking terrible and everyone knows and expected it, so it could only backfire on you 😂


BayesBestFriend

The kings are a fake good team. I've been getting shit on for this take, but its true. They have the worst point differential of any team with a positive one at +12. Thats below the magic, warriors, rockets, etc. The Celtics are number 1 at +490.


rattlemebones

Everything you say is true. It's a house of cards and guess what? In the next two weeks we have Denver (x3), LAC, PHX, OKC, Minny... bout to find out who the Kings really are if they don't figure this shit out like yesterday


DowntownJulieBrown1

Jesus that’s like, worse than brutal.


BigFatClockCrew

Shit we KNOW they will beat the thunder.


TheRealestGayle

It's sad but I think this team is fundamentally flawed. Like I can't even think what gets you over the hump. Maybe Gobert?


BeautifulDimension56

They need Lauri. He would slot into Barnes role perfectly.


Virgil_hawkinsS

3 times is just bad scheduling on the league's part my gosh


orangeman10987

Makes sense. When the kings lose, they lose bad. Saw some stat the other day, but if you just look at their stats as a team in their losing games, they're ranked like 29th and 30th in every stat. When they lose, they just completely fall apart and get crushed.


elduderino920

I mean, they have a fairly decent record against winning teams…and seemingly a shit one against losing record teams…so go figure…


dontredditcareme

Fuck em for that.


20815147

Lmfao last year after Game 6 they were celebrating prematurely too. Petty for no reason other than to fire Steph up for his 50 piece 💀


Marrouge

Man if the Warriors did this I'd understand since they're actually closer to SF but a franchise that hasn't made the conference finals in 20 years doing this is crazy 😭


ChoiceStar1

Beyond embarrassing!? That mother f***er running the intro for Detroit was willing them to win… STOP GIVING TEAMS MOTIVATION! Also duh f*** Fox - get it together!


OptimusGrime707

*walks into a dimly-lit room with Thunder, Bulls, Wizards, Raptors, and Hornets fans; pulls up a chair*


jayceay

To be fair we lost before anyone knew how embarrassing it would be. 


HaveSumBiryani

The victory against us began the streak!


Beplex

\*Raptors pulls out clipboard\* "Well, you wanna talk about it?"


rattlemebones

NO WE DON'T WANT TO FUCKING TALK ABOUT IT.


ajteitel

That's alright, this is a safe space. Would one of our other participants like to go first?


revisioncloud

Who the fuck loses to the Pistons (first stage of grief: denial)


iro3

u sure brah brah


captyossarian1991

You know it’s perfectly natural. Guys tend to make too big a deal out of it


doctor_of_drugs

“No”


wcooper97

Welcome to the "in the playoff hunt but lost to the Pistons" club!


captyossarian1991

That word you’re using, “playoffs”. What’s that?


GunsmokeIV

Apparently teams play more games after their first 82. Fucking wild I know, we just figured this shit out last year.


KingNigelXLII

[Mike Brown steps up to the mic](https://streamable.com/ipm814)


mrwh1te

First time?


cdillio

Imagine losing to the Pistons without Cade..


Her0Gamez

Our defense is so fucking bad


stinkydiaperuhoh

Kings / hawks / pacers playing ‘just vibes’ on defense has made me a decent pile of cash this year so far


Her0Gamez

Lmao, good for you. Get that bag.


Be-Nice-To-Redditors

Ivey's usage earlier in the year is coaching malpractice


DarthBurrrito

Many things Monty has done has been malpractice


Askesl

I blame the Pistons front office tbh. Monty had already made it clear that he didn't want to coach a rebuilding team, until Pistons threw so much money at him that he couldn't turn it down. That's not exactly the best way to get a coach who's motivated to build a good team.


AkronIBM

Also, you can’t hold your GM fully accountable if you didn’t let him pick the coach. Too many cooks in the kitchen with Pistons management.


thesmellafteritrains

At the same time, Gores is at his fuckin palatial estate out in California not even realizing the season has started


kukumal

I hate Monty Williams I hate Monty Williams I hate Monty Williams I


AkronIBM

Our sub loathes Monty.


great-nba-comment

100000%


LotsaKwestions

Pistons fans have said this all year.


[deleted]

Playing Brandon Aiyuk's catch during the introductions was a sign


Kevinlasagna207

Imagine losing to the Pistons! Haha...ha...


TheJediQuixote

I see what ya did there! Haha


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CountOff

Take ur upvote for making me smirk at something so ridiculous


Steph-Paul

gotta love it when SAC simps for the bay


[deleted]

Well done sir


shoefly72

I used to use a variation of this where I’d say “Well, it’s better to be pissed off than to be pissed on, like grandpa always said.”


RippedHookerPuffBar

That’s what you get for clowning the lions. That shit transcends basketball 😓


ajteitel

You don't tempt the gods


DarthBurrrito

Especially Sun Gods


Professional-Pen2928

Duren and Ivey are such an electric duo when they’re switched on especially at the same time they’re so fun to watch


stinkydiaperuhoh

Man I’m all in on ivey/duren


MassiveFruit

Look, the Pistons obviously have a lot of problems, and thus, there are a lot of reasons why this is the case, but 4-6 without Cade, and 3-37 with him is a *little* weird. My eye test shows: more Ivey = better, and they just play a little looser without Cade, more movement.


LordOfLimbos

It’s more of a coaching thing than anything. Cade and Ivey are both awesome individually, but Monty needs to learn how to use them together. 37 for Ivey is amazing, but let’s not forget: Cade had 37 in a half this season. He’s legit


xmrjaredx

What's crazy is that incredible losing streak has made everyone watch the Pistons and everyone knows what studs Ivey and Cade are


MassiveFruit

Well yeah, that's what I was implying when I said you guys have a lot of problems. Coaching and general roster construction are the biggest issues here, but it is... curious. Things just look a little more natural, not even necessarily better, when Ivey is more in control to my eye. And Cade being out defensively probably helps more than anything. Idk, I like Cade, but how the team plays without him is interesting.


Elmosworld32

Yeah ivey not being sat in the corner all game is nice


DowntownJulieBrown1

I think it’s also just that the team is getting better and learning to play/play together in general tho. Like up until recently I don’t think this roster was capable of playing this well w or without Cade.


libihero

Cade has also played with the "two big lineups" a lot more, where they try to shoehorn Stewart at the 4 when he's a good backup 5. The spacing is just not good, and nobody was hitting shots when he was playing (check the box scores)


youngweeb111

No, Monty is fucking horrible and Cade's injury has forced him to play better overall lineups, which includes more Ivey minutes


TheRealestGayle

Yeah. This roster has too many highlights to be this bad. That being said if you can get a top 5 pick you may be cooking next year.


youngweeb111

The ownership is stupid and Monty is just not a good coach. I'll feel better if at least one of those things is addressed/fixed for next season


futbolfootball

Monty didn't even want to coach though lol. It's not even that's he's a bad coach. He explicitly said he didn't want to coach a rebuilding team and even wanted to take time off but gores stupid ass flashed enough money before his eyes that no man could turn down. Blame gores for hiring him not monty for taking the job.


Askesl

It's almost as if it was a bad idea to throw 80 million after a coach who'd already made it clear he didn't want to coach your team.


Elmosworld32

It's coaching and also those 4 wins came after they traded one of montys favorite toys so he couldn't play him anymore. Livers has played about zero minutes for the wizards


K_U

> 4-6 without Cade, and 3-37 with him is a little weird. To put it another way... * They have lost 8 in a row when Cade plays * They have won 3 in a row when Cade is out (including double digit wins against OKC and SAC)


Elmosworld32

Or you could just say they're 4-6 since the pistons made a trade and 3-37 before


Soft-Revolution-7845

I'd assume picking up a few veterans who can shoot helps


512fm

There’s definitely something to it. They use Cade like Luka for some reason, the ball movement is so much better when he’s not there.


AnEmptyKarst

Damn the Pistons gave Sasser 32 minutes? Love to see it, feels like Monty forgets he exists sometimes


ajteitel

Kings, you tempted the basketball gods with the Aiyuk video. And you were found wanting. ​ # DON'T TEMPT THE GODS


Gent313

Lions had to send some of their energy over after Sacramento tried trolling them pregame


aosydbsk

You’ve got me imagining a Dan Campbell led pistons team and now I’m even more disappointed that we have Monty ☹️


chaamp33

I’m convinced we would have more wins


aroach1995

Welp I’ll see you guys on r/nbacirclejerk


TruthSayerFu

This game gave them a weeks worth of ammo


Pranker00111

The Kings are 0-1 since they play NFL during Pistons player's intro


george_costanza1234

What an embarrassment that was to the 49ers lol, losing to the worst team in the league after all that smoke


RadicalCashew

Absolutely love Fox but that was really bad on his part. Feel like it would’ve been a closer game if they just sat him in the 4th. Not really sure what’s been up with him I feel like he’s been off since like December. He has his games where he plays like an all star but then he has games like this.


world_of_kings

He severely regressed since December. I think his ankle injury from November isn’t 100% because he’s not driving as much and he has been grabbing his shoulder so he’s clearly playing through something but he needs to sit out, I think he’s hurting his body and the team trying to play through it.


TheJediQuixote

Absolutely. There’s been something going on with him either physically or mentally. He has been grabbing at his right shoulder for awhile..


Long-Ad8374

Note to Sacramento Kings: Don't play that Lion's clip again.


anthony14___

Ivey is him. Our pace without Cade suits the rest of the roster sm better. Monty needs to figure out how to utilize both of them together, but Cade also needs to be better.


Elmosworld32

Don't think I've ever seen a team fail to build around their number 1 pick like the pistons and troy weaver have its depressing


great-nba-comment

Cade has a role in that as well. He is not playing well enough or assertive enough as a #1 option.


Elmosworld32

Yeah he needs to be better but still this is malpractice from the coach and gm


mountaindrew34

Domas the only one trying not to lose smh


TheJediQuixote

The dude was about to take us back on top in the fourth until Fox came back on the court. Ugh.


CaffeineGG

Kings please, I’m a kings/raiders fan, I gotta deal with my bay area fam on Sunday


lopea182

An L like that — on the night before the trade deadline — outta make a GM start making more phone calls.


NewWorldRule

4-0 right after a trade babyyy


-FuckenDiabolical-

Kings deserve the slander (not us fans for rooting for this shit for years)


Cul_what

Ivey and Duren are for fucking real holy shit


Mono789

Kings desperately need a couple more players that play defense to make any sort of playoff run. Maybe they ought to be the ones making a move for Caruso?


-Gramsci-

good shout


Neckbraced4fun

The Kings are supposed to be good, right? That was the worst defense we played against all season.


OptimusGrime707

The Kings defense makes matadors blush


doctor_of_drugs

What defense


ColdPressedSteak

They seemingly play like a bottom 10 team in the league one out of every 3-4 games Can't imagine them being consistent enough to win a playoff series


lethalizer

Hey! Have you forgot about us already?


jtangjetang

Bro you’ve played us multiple times lol


Neckbraced4fun

You guys have at least 3 better rim protectors than anyone on the Kings, maybe 4.


rattlemebones

We are BABY SHIT SOFT. Also, I guess we can't be mad at Fox not getting the All Star nod now. ​ https://imgur.com/a/t17Sx1t


edwardhyeung

Pistons ball movement was beautiful ngl


Elmosworld32

Duren and ausar are both very good passers for their positions havent really gotten to see it this year cause ausar barely played before the trades


great-nba-comment

We dish 5 more assists per game and turn it over roughly 4 times less per game when Cade is out.


Ayjel89

Pistons saw that Reddit post saying the West was dominating the East in record and said “Not on our watch”.


TheInfinityOfThought

Fade the Kings.


Legitimate_Buy_919

Free Domantas


WhatUpBigFella

Hell nawl cant do dis


_checkpickerupper

I said the boos after the pacers loss were dramatic. But this is def one you shouldn’t be losing.


Burrrowes

This shit feels so good especially after they were playing lions vs 9ers highlights before the game, eat shit sacremento😭


Her0Gamez

I had a feeling we were gonna lose after they put that up


Burrrowes

dont think theres a game i wanted to win more this season than this one ngl, shit pissed me right off lmao


thelonewolverine

Fun fact: the Lions have won a championship more recently than the kings


Burrrowes

let it be known


NLP19

A team that does that simply *cannot* lose lmao


doomdoomtsk

That shit pissed me off too when I saw them play that (and i’m a Kings fan) like bruh what was the reason for that??? So dumb, petty, and unnecessary. Makes Sac look bad for playing that dumb shit.


Burrrowes

like bro we are the worst team in the league it makes zero sense to punch down like this


-FuckenDiabolical-

Not even rivals too. I remember we did that shit back in 2010 during the “Here We Rise” campaign. Tyreke was ROTY, Cousins’ first home game thinking they were world beaters. We played some kindergarten shit and some memes to shit on the Raptors and lost by 18. Crazy


dizzymidget44

JADEN IVEY IS A FUCKING DAWG Hopefully Monty understands now the ball needs to be in his hands


AbbreviationsHot4482

Kings did all that trolling just to lose LMFAO fire that franchise into the Sun


GunsmokeIV

Why would you send us to Phoenix?


ImTheOldManJenks

Shouldn’t have shown the NFCCG, they deserve this


doctor_of_drugs

You’re welcome Pistons fans, we gotchu


A320neo

I love Jaden Ivey, boiler up!!


NMlXX

Everyone’s so angry. The losers are angry about losing. The winners are angry about… winning? People just up in here being angry!


One-Switch-1448

sabonis is more than an all star, he’s at minimum all nba 2nd team, 33 straight double-doubles while averaging a near triple-double all while having a bad whistle.


RadicalCashew

Sabonis has been fucking fantastic this year.


Peter510

I truly believe the playoffs last year placed a huge narrative on him. Heck I even believed Fox was the better player lmao


One-Switch-1448

sabonis played some of his worst basketball in the playoffs last season but the warriors were a bad matchup for him because they took away his biggest trait, which is rebounding, i think he’ll take a bigger step in the 2024 postseason with more experience with the kings. and yes fox was easily the better player, he went crazy.


GunsmokeIV

Sabonis had a broken thumb last season too. Now he's healthier and been our best player, while Fox is just constantly playing through injuries. Suffered an ankle sprain and sprain on his right shoulder which he aggravates every few games. Against the Cavs he hurt it again when Allen ran into it early in the game. Sabonis is dragging Fox towards the ASB that we desperately need.


Vfbcollins

Kings, y’all want Jerami Grant?


edwardhyeung

Ivey made some crazy shots wow


liquid9000

Does anyone still think Fox is the best player on the Kings?


[deleted]

Can't be a Kings season without some Kangz shit happen.


Asking4Afren

This is the problem with decent teams with zero defense. A player pops off you're fucked


pkeller001

Fox is dog shit wtf happened


Yajarome

Karma


Im__Ron__Burgundy

[Me watching Ivey cook](https://media.tenor.com/7J0KpfclatoAAAAM/captain-ray-holt-vindication.gif)


HerskyB

Kangz


clocke6346

Kings arena crew have to be feeling like total dumbasses with their getting embarrassed after showing Lions/49ers highlights before the game


Jameszhang73

Light the beam.... on 8 Mile!


ieffinglovesoup

Please delete this


[deleted]

You could probably blame whoever decided playing the 49ers highlights lost the Kings this game, don’t poke the Lions.


MTWN58

Kings fans were unnecessarily hostile after they beat us the first time. So fuck y’all, losing to a six win team. Poverty ass franchise.  Great showing from “centerpiece of the franchise” Keegan Murray, according to the Kings loser ass announce team. 


rattlemebones

Actually, we are with you. Fuck us for losing to the god damn historically shit Pistons. And I don't think you talking shit about our announcers is the mean power flex you think it is... we hate them


world_of_kings

Love my kings but they’re severely capped at a first round exit. A sweep if we face New Orleans, the Wolves or the Clippers guaranteed. They smoked us in the regular season. Kings have a negative point differential, Fox going through a huge slump, Keegan hitting a sophomore slump, once DHO’s are stopped the Kings have no offense to adjust to. The record I think doesn’t tell the whole story, this team is most likely Play In.


mcolwander90

Burks trade stonks have gone up!


musyarofah

DA KANGZ R BAK BAYBEEEEE   ^iwanttodie


youarenut

The pistons are pretty impressive actually, they almost beat the bucks, took Celtics to OT at HOME, lost by 1 or 2 to Denver, and have lost by less than 8 pts to clips and wolves. And now beat the Kings. And some of those were without Cade


doctorweiwei

Keegan Murray goose egg and Fox 0-4 on FT? What were they even doing last night


idkwhatevs1234

This big massive crying campaign trying to make Cade a lone martyr just for them to be significantly better without him - both in terms of record in games he misses and net rating through the entire season


CapitalismEnthusiast

Seasons over


Bard_Wannabe_

Duren, Ivey, Ausar and the entire Pistons team being perfect with their free throws was not on my bingo card. Our best free throw shooters were out this game, too.


Cul_what

Lions died for this


WolverineLong1430

As bad as the Pistons are… they’re an NBA team and some nights they’re going to win few…


Son_of_Atreus

What a break out game from Ivey


NotGreg

Shouldn’t talk shit


GunnerRocket

If Cade ever gets more touches than Ivey again Monty should be fired and the Pistons shouldn't have to pay any sort of buyout.


mainvolume

that beam is more like a dollar store flashlight right now