Kingsfans.com Official Game Thread
Game 53
Sacramento Kings versus Boston Celtics
Game 53
Sacramento Kings versus Boston Celtics
By Stephen Tetsu, Kingsfans.com Unofficial Game Thread Snarker.
So many storylines, so little time.
Hey! We got a new coach! Sure, it took longer than it probably should have and made everyone in the front office and ownership group out to be incompetent nincompoops who both cannot seem to keep their yappers shut or make a decision that doesn't directly contradict their previous actions but them's the serpent's apples. And, heck, the guys apologized (about things not entirely related to what they should actually be apologizing for) so all's well that ends in a fiery ball of metal and glass.
And so starts the George Karl era.
Considering the guy's only been with his team and staff for less than a business week, there's really no telling what we're going to see against the mighty Boston Celtics tonight but I can almost guarantee you that we won't be seeing the gross timeout mismanagement that we've grown so accustomed to over the past three minutes. We also won't be seeing Darren Collison tonight as he recovers from his hip flexor injury.
We will be seeing a lot of Ray McCallum against the Boston Celtics because another thing we'll no longer be seeing as Kings fans is Ramon Sessions in the purple and black. After joining the ranks of Jason Hart, Orien Green, and Pooh Jeter in the hallowed halls of the Legion of Awful Kings Point Guards, the former Nevada star was traded to the Washington Wizards for the NBA equivalent of a coelacanth (look it up, kiddos), the seventy-five-year-old Andre Miller, who has ties to both George Karl and the Sacramento area but also is now old enough to the father of most of this year's rookie class. He also won't be suiting up against the Celtics, meaning Ray Mac is going to be the first point guard of George Karl's reign (keep that one marked away for your next game of Trivial Pursuit) and also going to have to play some serious minutes (which he has done before) lest we all want to see how unlike his father David Stockton is (also going to be in a future game of trivial pursuit).
Also lost in the madness of the last couple of weeks is the fact that Boogie Cousins appeared in his first All-Star Game and played pretty well. I mean, he wasn't exactly Brad Miller out there but he did alright, I guess. He was also getting doubled... in a game notorious for its lack of defense.
And, yeah, Isaiah Thomas may be making an appearance in Sleep Train Arena... again, after being unceremoniously dumped by the Suns after he singlehandedly blew up their entire backcourt situation. And the worst part of the situation if you're an IT fan is that the guy is going to be stuck being the third guard again, this time backing up Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley. I don't know if the guy is going to be playing tonight but if he does, I hope he goes full IT mode. It would be nice to start out the Karl era with a nice win.
GO KINGS!
Probable Celtics Lineup as recalled from memory:
C: A Zeller brother (don't remember which one)
PF: Brandon (The other guy in the NBA named after a fish) Bass/ Jonas Jerebko
SF: Evan Turner/ Jae "Clam" Chowder/ European dude from the Pistons/Guy from the stands/a pile of rocks/AIDS/Elderly washed-up corpse of Gerald Wallace
SG: Avery Bradley/ a rookie
PG: Marcus Smart/ Captain Heroball/ Elvis's grandson?
Injured: Dopey looking stretch big with long hair and hard name to spell/Jared Sullinger/ Guy not related to Z-Bo even though they have the same last name
Fun fact of the night: The Celtics still own the rights to Michael Olowokandi. Yes, that Michael Olowokandi. The Kandi Man. Yes, he probably still sucks.
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