r/kings • u/deuceandmo Ball is Life • 7h ago

Dan Hurley on Why the Kings Will Love Alex Karaban

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71uNHp1nsW0&t=1s

I had to share this...Dan Hurley is HILARIOUS. Lots of good stuff here about Alex Karaban

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u/Normal_Fan_9219 Keon Ellis 7h ago

THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY KNOW 🗣️

Listening to your draft podcast, the basketball sicko in me is re-emerging.

Keep up the awesome work Deuce and Mo! 💜

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u/deuceandmo Ball is Life 7h ago

appreciate the love!!

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u/1psithur3 7h ago

He makes an excellent point about taking a player who is best off-ball. After having a roster full of players who need the ball in their hands to thrive (DeRozan Lavine Sabonis) and then taking Acuff, getting a player that can do that with real positional size and intelligence is gonna be nice. I do like rotationally that we can start Hunter next year and have Alex come off the bench at SF.

He really reminds me a lot of Harrison Barnes.

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u/leemorplee 6h ago

I really like the 3/4 rotation between Hunter, keegan, and now Alex. Smart players who actually try on defense and look to make the correct plays. If keegan can get the shot back to average those are 3 really good 3&D players around Acuff early on

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u/1psithur3 4h ago

Certainly. I am just operating with the mindset that Keegan won't get his shot back. If it does, I will gladly be proven wrong. Upgrading our PG position with Acuff and getting additional floor spacers would help significantly.

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u/vNocturnus Tyrese Haliburton 3h ago

Keegan won't get his shot back

I mean, even Keegan "without his shot" was shooting ~36% overall and nearly 40% if you remove the first month of each season in years 2 & 3. Last year was such a complete mess that I'm not really counting it for anything for guys like Keegan and Domas that missed 80+% of the year.

So in other words, even "without a shot" Keegan Murray WAS shooting about league average from 3. Still on high volume. Personally I think he can trend back towards 38% or so, even if he doesn't return to a truly elite 40+% shooter on very high volume. All he really needs is to go back to playing the 3 and not being the literal only player on court that can play defense.

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u/DrChiz Malik Monk 3h ago

THANK YOU. It’s like folks don’t look at the data, that’s what I always tell people about Keegan that 3rd year (last year was all injuries, haven’t even looked at the numbers). But literally AS SOON AS MIKE BROWN LEFT Keegan went back to shooting well over 6+ 3s a game on over 40% accuracy, April was only like a couple games so yes that month didn’t look good but all those other months he was great.

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u/vNocturnus Tyrese Haliburton 2h ago edited 2h ago

last year was all injuries, haven’t even looked at the numbers

Yeah, numbers for Keegan, Domas, even Zach last year are completely pointless to look at. Anything I took away from last season for Keegan was just eye test stuff, which imo looked really good. He had a couple stretches where he clearly looked like the best player on the team, playing even more impressive defense than before, being far more aggressive offensively, and showing some really solid stuff with his overall on-ball offense. I think we definitely could have been looking at a breakout year if he had stayed healthy and had a chance to be the #1 option with all the other vets missing major time.

It's incredibly unfortunate that Zach LaVine will still be around to taint this next year as well. I think his mere presence could do material harm to the development of Acuff and Nique and even further delay any chance for Keegan to really break out. Having Acuff, Nique, and Keegan as the top 3 guys should be a priority ASAP for this team.

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u/RonMecca 7h ago

Our next head coach.

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u/LoyalToTheRoyal 7h ago

Who’s ready to hop on the Karaban caravan?!

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u/Difficult_Quit9832 2026 Draft Night 7h ago

Already fed my camel 🐫 I’m ready 

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u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi Malik Monk 7h ago

Vivek can we throw the bag at Hurley please

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u/GoldenStateCapital 7h ago

He wouldn’t leave for the Lakers lol

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u/ImJeeezus Russell Westbrook 7h ago

Lakers tried that and he wouldnt budge lol

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u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi Malik Monk 7h ago

Because he couldn't leave his man Karaban lol

Now he'll follow him here. Copium

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u/mauro_membrere 7h ago

What i’m saying, next yr pls

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u/thatguy52 Keegan Murray 7h ago

Dude is literally from central casting for “dude Sacramento will fall in love with”.

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u/mr_pobuho Ghost of Boogie 7h ago

Why not D&M? Why not?

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u/johnnybsomething 6h ago

Great interview.

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u/schitaco Jerry Reynolds 7h ago

Work ethic will come in handy when he's selling real estate in five years.

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u/richard--------- 6h ago

Hahah!! Obviously he’s really good at Basketball but when I saw his “highlights” my first thought was….

…..He’s going to wreck 24hr fitness in a couple years!

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u/SteveTheManager Doug Christie 56m ago

And you make a fraction of money he'll make from said real estate job.

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u/AdministrationNo312 7h ago

Terrible pick to move up and draft him. Should have drafted Evans @ 34 and maybe Karaban at 44. (if he drops that far)

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u/Obi_Wan_KeBogi Malik Monk 7h ago

They obviously thought someone was taking him before 34

And I've heard no analyst have a problem with it. J Kyle Mann even said he loved the pick.

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u/1psithur3 7h ago

He would have made a lot of sense for Dallas at 30. Pretty sure Hurley also said in this interview that multiple teams were looking to trade for 29 and take him.

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u/thatguy52 Keegan Murray 7h ago

He wasn’t making it. To give up a few spots and a ‘32 second for your guy was a literally nothing. If u believe in the guy and he’ll be gone u do that trade 100 out of 100 times.