Well, I've been a Kings Fan since rather before Stojakovic's tenure in Sacramento, and I saw just about everything he did on the court in a Kings uniform, so when I say
"I've hated Stojakovic since 2002," I'll thank you kindly to take it as understood that I am, in fact, aware of those achievements that you praise Stojakovic for, and I am not impressed with them at all, nor are they at all sufficient in swaying my opinion of him.
I do not like Stojakovic, and I do not like players who play like Stojakovic. I detest soft-ish, non-rebounding, 6'10"+ "forwards," who camp out by the three-point line. In fact, I'm old school enough in my point of view that I don't actually like the three-point shot at all, and tend to believe that it is largely responsible for the decline of good basketball. In my world view, to my way of thinking, forwards should not play like he plays, and those that do offend my sensibilties. If he were a guard, I might not mind him so much, but he's a forward, so I hate him. I also fully admit that I resent the fact that the organization decided to go with him instead of Webber in 2005, a decision that, in my opinion, he only added to the insult by proving rather conclusively that he was absoultely unworthy of being the beneficiary of that decision.
As far as rooting for him because of not winning a championship in 2002, I don't really give a ****. I'm just not wired that way. In fact, with the sole three exceptions Gerald Wallace, Chris Webber (who is the only King I ever rooted for before he came to Sacramento) and Lawrence Funderburke, I have an overwhelming propensitiy to not give a **** about "ex-Kings." Once they're gone, they're the enemy, AFAIC. I don't root for Stojakovic, or Bibby, or Miller, or Martin, or Artest, or Hawes, or anyone else who used to play for Sacramento. **** 'em.
it was always fun to watch him move with out the ball and somewhere lose his defender and launch that three. oh don't get me started on his pump fake jabstep shot that was always money.
