First and foremost: Props to pretty much everybody who played. There's no such thing as a feel good loss, but this one hurt less than usual.
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I was drinking Jerry's kool-aid all night. The "Donte could be an amazing power forward" variety. I see it sometimes, I see other facilitating forwards and instantly compare Greene to them. I think of his ceiling in the ascending forms of players like Boris Diaw, Hedo Turkoglu, and if we're lucky, (God forgive me) Robert Horry (I hate myself), + great defense. I see in him the potential to develop into the type of spacer / creator that a championship team absolutely needs. I am very pleased with his new found dedication. It will be fun to track his improvement.
We'll probably get another extended look at him in this capacity on Friday against the Suns.
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Tyreke Evans is a beast. That dude never concedes the game if there is some sliver of a hope for victory. Was I hallucinating? Did he really score eleven points in roughly thirty seconds? I was almost as satisfied with that singular performance as I would have been with a victory. Watching Pop shake his head as he walked to the visitor's locker room was as memorable as watching Evans shut down Arenas. How can Evans get any better? It's freakin' spooky. He's not even a fully grown man! 20 years old!!!
Unbelievable.
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I suppose I'm obliged to bring up the boo birds at Arco. I don't really care that they're there. As to whether they were booing the Kings or Kevin Martin specifically, I say: "whatever." If you're playing, and you suck, you get booed. I can't imagine it actually having a real effect on a professional NBA player's confidence. At this level, being booed by someone should just mean to a player that someone's paying attention. Take note. Play better.
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AWARDS
TDM - Dejuan Blair. As he approached 15 points in 10 minutes I became green with envy. The Spurs found themselves a gem.
LW-VC - Matt Bonner. Chucker tonight, assassin tomorrow.
JHA - Kevin "I live to flop" Martin (part two!)
SAR - Michael Finley
RA&1 - Richard Jefferson - Thank you Donte Greene
WTF moment of the game - Kevin's weak-sauce layup attempt. Yeah, you get booed for that.
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As I write this the Suns are laying a 19 point whoopin' on the Nuggets...
Edit: the Suns won by 12
The Suns are 30-21, 12-15 away. So the only indication of supposed success on our part is this being an away game for them. They've won their last 4 - Stoudemire and Nash are pick and rolling everyone to death, and it would seem they have finally re-gained their early season stride.
Predictions:
Kings 108 Suns 115
Pts: Evans 30, Amare 29
Asst: Evans 7, Nash 452 (Huh? Not possible?), okay just 14
Rbds: Hawes 8, Amare 7
Blks: Greene 3, Lopez 1
Starting Lineups:
Evans / Nash: I want an epic level battle
Martin / Richardson: Richardson must be contained
Casspi / Hill: Casspi can win
Greene / Amare: Interesting, very interesting...
Hawes / Lopez: Keep on doing it Hawes.
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I am really considering attending this game. The ticker reads 18 losses in 21 games. They won the GS game I went to, I figure they could use my juju. Even if I do go, I still have to say that this one does not look very good for us. Here's to superstitiously increasing our odds of winning!
GO KINGS!!!
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I was drinking Jerry's kool-aid all night. The "Donte could be an amazing power forward" variety. I see it sometimes, I see other facilitating forwards and instantly compare Greene to them. I think of his ceiling in the ascending forms of players like Boris Diaw, Hedo Turkoglu, and if we're lucky, (God forgive me) Robert Horry (I hate myself), + great defense. I see in him the potential to develop into the type of spacer / creator that a championship team absolutely needs. I am very pleased with his new found dedication. It will be fun to track his improvement.
We'll probably get another extended look at him in this capacity on Friday against the Suns.
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Tyreke Evans is a beast. That dude never concedes the game if there is some sliver of a hope for victory. Was I hallucinating? Did he really score eleven points in roughly thirty seconds? I was almost as satisfied with that singular performance as I would have been with a victory. Watching Pop shake his head as he walked to the visitor's locker room was as memorable as watching Evans shut down Arenas. How can Evans get any better? It's freakin' spooky. He's not even a fully grown man! 20 years old!!!
Unbelievable.
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I suppose I'm obliged to bring up the boo birds at Arco. I don't really care that they're there. As to whether they were booing the Kings or Kevin Martin specifically, I say: "whatever." If you're playing, and you suck, you get booed. I can't imagine it actually having a real effect on a professional NBA player's confidence. At this level, being booed by someone should just mean to a player that someone's paying attention. Take note. Play better.
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AWARDS
TDM - Dejuan Blair. As he approached 15 points in 10 minutes I became green with envy. The Spurs found themselves a gem.
LW-VC - Matt Bonner. Chucker tonight, assassin tomorrow.
JHA - Kevin "I live to flop" Martin (part two!)
SAR - Michael Finley
RA&1 - Richard Jefferson - Thank you Donte Greene
WTF moment of the game - Kevin's weak-sauce layup attempt. Yeah, you get booed for that.
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As I write this the Suns are laying a 19 point whoopin' on the Nuggets...
Edit: the Suns won by 12
The Suns are 30-21, 12-15 away. So the only indication of supposed success on our part is this being an away game for them. They've won their last 4 - Stoudemire and Nash are pick and rolling everyone to death, and it would seem they have finally re-gained their early season stride.
Predictions:
Kings 108 Suns 115
Pts: Evans 30, Amare 29
Asst: Evans 7, Nash 452 (Huh? Not possible?), okay just 14
Rbds: Hawes 8, Amare 7
Blks: Greene 3, Lopez 1
Starting Lineups:
Evans / Nash: I want an epic level battle
Martin / Richardson: Richardson must be contained
Casspi / Hill: Casspi can win
Greene / Amare: Interesting, very interesting...
Hawes / Lopez: Keep on doing it Hawes.
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I am really considering attending this game. The ticker reads 18 losses in 21 games. They won the GS game I went to, I figure they could use my juju. Even if I do go, I still have to say that this one does not look very good for us. Here's to superstitiously increasing our odds of winning!
GO KINGS!!!
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