The Sacramento Kings made two signings yesterday from free agency. These players were Garrett Temple and Matt Barnes.
When the announcements came out that these two players would be joining the Kings next season, there were various reactions to the news.
The ARP team was able to fish out some of the responses swirling around the social media world, and to see what they are you can scroll down the screen to view them.
We're going full Vivexpendables now. No going back. We make last year's squad look like the little rascals.
— Brád (B.A.) (@flibbradigibbet) July 4, 2016
Kings signed Garrett Temple cause they don't care about winning but they won't sign Dion Waiters smh
— Green Bastard (@jrsmithgohome) July 4, 2016
Ready to start a new chapter. So happy to be back in SAC!!! Love the fact that I'll be here a little longer this time lol #SACTOWN #KINGS
— Garrett Temple (@GTemp17) July 3, 2016
Barnes is relatively cheap. Joerger and Boogie love him. Things could be worse.
— Greg (@gwiss) July 4, 2016
We need some bad boys some irritants and before you say cousins I mean someone who isn't the focal point of our team
— Dj44 (@dj3ptkilla44) July 4, 2016
I have a feeling if @SacramentoKings fans embrace their own hometown Matt Barnes, he is kind of guy who would take a bullet for us.
— Dave Lack (@DaveLack) July 4, 2016
The last time the Kings won 50 games, they also had Matt Barnes? Coincidence? I think not! #AkisRationalizesIrrationally
— Akis (@Aykis16) July 4, 2016
Matt Barnes is the guy you hate when he's not on your team. He's a little crazy. I'm guessing Joerger gave him a thumbs up.
— Deuce Mason (@DeuceMason) July 4, 2016
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With these acquisitions, it seems like Sacramento are looking to improve their team defensively. Last season the Kings allowed their opponents to score an average of 109.1 points per game, which was ranked last among their peers.
Say what you want about the two newest Kings, but one thing for sure is that they will bring a level of feistiness on the defensive end that wasn’t seen much last season.