re: BI officially out against Sacramento.

While it would be really awesome if he was able to play tonight, it's not necessary.
The Kings have a very hard time stopping Zion. Our offense revoloves around him against them, so having CJ/Trey/Herb around Zion is what we want.
ANd the last time we played the Kings was the first time we really saw Zion gaurd an opposing big. He only did it a handful of times, but i thought it worked really well. I expect to see a lot of small ball lineups tonight with Z guarding Sabonis, b/c Sabonis cannot stop Zion and when they put Barnes on Zion it's even worse.
The Kings have been bad on offense without Huerter and Monk. Their defense has actually been elite since the all-star break. Play good D and let Zion control this game and we'll be alright.


I don't think BI is playing tomorrow either.

I think the only possible way he'd play against the Lakers on Sunday is if we absolutely have to win that game to stay out the play-in game, and even then he'd probably still sit that one out and come back for the play-in game.
If we beat the Kings and Warriors, and the Suns lose to the Kings, then we locked up the 6 seed. If it's locked up, then no one is playing that last game, and then we have a full week off before the playoffs start.