Ep. 22 of The Kings Beat Podcast: Kings start 2022 with a bang

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ABC 10's Sean Cunningham and The Kings Beat's James Ham continue the coverage of the erratic Sacramento Kings.

Topics include Gary Gerould, De'Aaron Fox's big finish, Tyrese Haliburton assists, should the Kings make a trade and another episode of The Business of Basketball.  

Thanks for joining us on this new adventure! Big shoutout to Paul Jinkerson (@paulitition) for creating a new intro and outro for the podcast. 

2:00 - Welcome in and Happy New Year!

5:20 - The Kings Beat Happy Hour 

10:30 - Sending good thoughts to Gary Gerould

13:30 - Tuesday's Overreactions: "New year, new us."

20:35 - "Mr. Double-Double"

24:00 - Trying to analyze a team during covid times

32:15 - Trade deadline only a month away

33:20 - Why not swing for the fences?

35:20 - Simmons, Sabonis and Wood

38:30 - All in on Christian Wood

43:00 - Don't let this team fool you

46:00 - Wallowing in mediocrity...or worse

48:00 - The covid impact on evaluating young players

58:00 - Has Damian Jones put Tristan Thompson and Alex Len out of a job?

60:15 - The Business of Basketball: Favorite trade

75:00 - Final thoughts, Happy Hour conversation, thank you and goodbye

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