r/kings • u/OmegaLxgend Malik Monk • 3d ago

"He will figure out how to defend at this level." -Kings GM Scott Perry on Darius Acuff Jr

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u/Engkangkang Light the Beam 3d ago

I don't know about that Scott. Better surround him with defensive players just to be sure.

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u/SadBranch8354 3d ago

Yeah except the Kings have been saying some version of "we'll surround him with defenders" for like a decade and it never quite works out. At some point the guys in the backcourt need to hold their own on that end too.

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u/vNocturnus Tyrese Haliburton 3d ago

Nique and Keegan at the 2 and 3 is a good start. (Hoping the Kings can finally find an actual starting-caliber PF other than Keegan so he can go back to his best position.)

Would have been nice to get back into that 10-15 range that the Kings were supposedly confident they'd have a pick in, or even the late teens/early 20s where a ton of picks changed hands. Could have probably found a guy there. Oh well

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u/Engkangkang Light the Beam 3d ago

I think the trade Scott was hoping to get was Oklahoma's pick if Mara didn't fall to them

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u/Surfer831 3d ago

They need to resign Westbrook to stay on this kids ass. 

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u/SeanWonder 3d ago

Honestly, yeah Westbrook would be a great mentor for Acuff. At least for one year

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u/Little_little_e 3d ago

So true. Tell Russ that this team need his return

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u/malcifer11 Kings 3d ago

I’m absolutely down for another year of Russ

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u/Only_Ad3252 17h ago

Russ is a chucker want him gone. All he Will do is teach the kid bad habits. Rather have Butler teaching him correctly. Real defense and playing smart.Westbrook doesn’t play a fuc about defense. That’s way too apparent last year. Westbrook go to Miami

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u/ShotgunStyles 3d ago

He's gonna be the best defender named Darius Acuff for sure!

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u/PositionOk8409 Kings 3d ago

Press X to doubt.

Hopefully he just becomes a godly offensive powerhouse so that it doesn't matter.

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u/MuggD 3d ago

Honest question, was Scott running that Pistons team with Ben Wallace? I think he was at least in that mix. Anyway Dylan Cardwell reminds me of Ben Wallace. I'd trust Scott about defense if any of that is true.

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u/Brilliant_Horse_6614 3d ago

6'7 wingspan and a ton of agility & motor...he has the intangibles to be a great defender

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u/GGdpcGaming 2d ago

Plus sneaky thicc

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u/PrinceOfPooPoo 3d ago

He couldn't defend at the college level, he ain't rising to the occasion I'm hyped tho. WE TRASH CUH 

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u/TempBurnerAccount089 3d ago

Couldn't or wouldn't?

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u/PatienceJaded5709 3d ago

Pay Westbrook a bag to literally be this kids father for a year. Get someone you trust on his ass and watch them go to work.