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Well and how excactly do you determine if he is an upgrade?

Honestly - what do you expect us to say? I assume your comment about constant negativity was caused by my posting. All I did is mention the Orlando ties. I even pointed out, that we don't know how Perry was involved in the decisions that led to Orlando's current situation. Now Suicide King gave...

This is indeed a concern. I hope the Kings didn't settle for a compromise solution, who would accept Vlade's final say, only to keep Vlade Divac as de facto GM in place. Always difficult to figure out individual contributions of an assistent GM, so basically we don't know if Henningan just...

They guy is used to the fans of AS Roma. SAC fans are basically a cakewalk when compared to the italian Ultras. In SAC people might be disappointed with the overall result of the past decade, but in Rome the Ultras boycotted several games completely resulting in an empty curva sud in the arena...

True, but it's more likely that Vlade is removed or some additional professional is hired to make Vlade's life easier or to make him more of a figurehead for the fans, than a change in ownership occurs.

Respecting a person, doesn't mean I need to respect every decision they make. When people make decisions, they always think they have good reasons to back up their decision. That doesn't necessarily mean that's really the case or that a different person wouldn't net a better overall result, when...

Why try to make Willie style of play something nebulous, that only a chosen few can entirely understand? Willie's game is nothing uncommon in todays NBA. His style of defense is nothing uncommon or special. The only thing that is special is, that Willie is actually 7 ft tall, while most guys...

No - it would be downright insane to give up on another prospect and trade Willie. I just hope the coaching staff or the veterans are getting after Willie, constantly challenging him to become more aggressive. We need him. We can't afford to have just another miss in the draft. I think Willie...

I think people criticizing Willie for his defense isn't related all that much to his shotblocking numbers, but more that it feels like Willie isn't playing with full force on that end. I hated the sometimes lackluster effort of DMC on D. The way he picked his spots on which shot he would...

Fair enough - there is hope for Willie. But when you watch the Bucks versus the Raptors and keep asking yourself why a presumedly 20 year old and super thin Thon Maker can be a disruptive force on D just with sheer effort and aggressiveness it brings things into a different perspective. Now I...

One thing that bothers me is, that Vlade seems pretty adamant on not drafting guys, who refuse to work out in SAC. After this season and the media backlash on the Cousins trade (at least the few sports writers I read didn't use a lot of kind words when covering the Kings during and after the...

Both the Lakers and the Magic GM were fired for a reason. Trading for DMC would have meant altering their playstyle completely mid season for the Celtics, while they were playing really good basketball. Not that big of a suprise, they were reluctant to do that. In the offseason with a full...

:D Oh well I guess it's cool the way it is, because your online persona is all about neverending optimism. Helps to keep the balance on this board. For me it just isn't a great thing, when all the GM can talk about is, how excited he is that players are having fun and how happy he is, that...

I couldn't agree more.

So obviously all is well in Kings land. Guys are having fun, have high character, which is what matters most and the process...oh boy the process is so great. :rolleyes:

Vlade didn't built accordingly. KK, Papa and WCS (that's pretty much why Willie got no minutes at all in the beginning of the season and was mainly backing up KK after Joerger put more trust in him) are almost entirely redundant. Skal too can't guard SF's. You pick BPA when you don't have...

So you need 4 redundant bigs just for defense and rebounds? You need them more than actual wing prospects like Johnson or Winslow or guards like Baldwin? If Vlade truly wanted to built a team around wings and guards one defensive big man prospect on top of KK would have made sense. Everything...

We will have a very young team next season. I don't think we will be forced to lose on purpose. Usually young teams don't win a lot of games.

I agree with everything but your take on Vlade. If Vlade saw that fundamental change, why did he draft 3 bigs in 2 years and passed on quite a few decent guard or wing prospects to draft those bigs? A team with decent wings and guards around a lone big named DMC could work. Instead Vlade gave...

But the league hasn't changed anything yet. So up until a possible rulechange, tanking for a better pick makes sense in all areas, but short-term revenue. And what's actually remarkable is, that the 76ers example seems to indicate, that the fans come back as soon as there seems to be a glimmer...