A simple trade poll

[NoBonus]

Do you think, knowing Petrie's monk-like silence and secrecy, that there will be a Kings trade of any sort by the February 24, 2005 trade deadline?

 

[KP]

Good poll. It's going to take me awhile to figure out how to vote.

 

[MrBiggs]

i think there will be but it wont be a blockbuster like everyone is expecting

 

[Bricklayer]

My sneaking suspicion is no. But we'll see.

 

[LPKingsFan]

I don't think there will be one. Now, should there be one? That's for a whole other topic...

 

[Rowdyone]

I think fundamental change is necessary but I don't expect it will happen by Thursday and here's why...Petrie, having been a player, is more inclined to believe players have off years and since Peja is obviously having one (to give him the benefit of the doubt as I think we should) and Peja was Petrie's pick over several others who have turned out to be as good or better than Peja I think he will give Peja (and himself, in a sense) a break. And since Peja is our top tradeable commodity anything that happens will be to a lesser extent (read non-starters).

 

[bigbadred00]

Does anyone remember that Mobley was the first and only mid-season trade Petrie has ever done? Will he make it a habit? Who knows? But odds are we won't trade again.

 

[love_them_kings]

I went back and forth between "NO" and "Impossible to tell", but finally went with no just because that's my gut instinct. Obviously I could be wrong, but I just don't think Petrie is desperate enough to trade just for the sake of trading, and I don't think any of the "trades" according to the trade rumors would really make us a better team.

 

[t5chris]

I definitely think YES. Kings are in a TOUGH situation, here's why I believe this: If you remember we got knocked out of the finals by the lakers and twolves then you probably already know what i'm going to say.

Kings are constantly scrutinized for losing that "window of opportunity" to win a championship. Commentators say our star player is too old, our bench lacks depth, idleman doesn't adjust to changes, and we have too many shooters and too little defense and rebounds.

Defense wins games. Spurs proved it, Pistons proved it.

Especially for a shooting team, if you have no rebounding, you'll never get second chance opportunities. In our case we have rebounders, but they're all shooters too. So we have them far from the basket to matter. Also, we're settling for low percentage field goals. And no chance for "and 1" opportunities.

As for depth, Songaila let's points go through like groceries on the checkout stand in the express lane with cash only 5 items or less. Centers? Tag, quoted as the most underachieving/ underperforming centers in the league. Kevin Martin couldn't guard mcgrady, kobe, iverson, carter, richardson, allen if his life depended on it.


Has anyone noticed that our games are always a back and forth exchange of buckets?
Our game is so sloppy now. If you compare our game to back in 2003, we were always on fast breaks, and always controlling the tempo of the game.

Now, we're playing catchup right from the first quarter!!!

Anyways if I'm anything like Petrie then we're eyeballing a flexible PF/Center like Stromile Swift: another sixth man like Bobby Jackson. I've heard Okafor was a possibility for Peja.

 

[LPKingsFan]

Anyways if I'm anything like Petrie then we're eyeballing a flexible PF/Center like Stromile Swift: another sixth man like Bobby Jackson. I've heard Okafor was a possibility for Peja.

Swift would be the ideal 3rd big man for the Kings, but for some reason realgm says he cannot be traded. He'll be a UFA this summer, so we should look at him then.

I don't think we could get Okafor. He's one of the few players they can really build around over there. They're not going to give him up already.