[Grades] Grades v. Clippers 04/17/2013

[VF21]

The Emperor has no clothes folks. How can it be a great game when the Kings lose and Dimarcus cousins goes after Chris Paul?

You asked in another thread why people aren't all warm and fuzzy towards you. You get what you give. Great discussion kind of tends to get lost in the mix when you start off with some kind of smug superiority..

 

[kingsnation]

Good to see Grant tweeting to Cuz and admitting error and giving props. That needs to happen more often.

 

[Fear the Putin]

I'm gonna upload my videos and photos tomorrow from the game last night, but just wanted to share this one with you guys. I stayed with all those rabid fans who were chanting after the game and snapped this awesome poster.

 

[kingsnation]

here's some useful statistics for those of you with weak stomachs...

kevin garnett - technical fouls:

'00-'01 - 16
'01-'02 - 09
'02-'03 - 17
'03-'04 - 16
'04-'05 - 07
'05-'06 - 08
'06-'07 - 13
etc.

this season he's got 9. that's a 15-time all-star, former mvp, former nba champion, and future hall of famer right there. if demarcus didn't have that kind of potential in him, as evidenced by this game in which he downright dominated, then these the-sky-is-falling arguments might hold the tiniest bit of water. why would you want a mediocre player with unbridled passion that occasionally boils over in this fashion? ya wouldn't. but demarcus isn't that player, because he does have legitimate superstar potential.

I'm really glad that someone finally brought up KG. His intensity is often praised in the media and even when he makes a poor choice or draws a T, very little is ever made of it.

For the life of me, I don't understand why so many Kings fans want to see Demarcus fail. Or maybe a better way to put it is that they'd rather see us succeed without him?

However, I'd be willing to bet that the Anti-DMC people, are the same ones to marvel at the awesomeness of KG?

Most anti-DMC arguments seem to lack any real rationale anyways, besides of course the underlying tone of them hoping to one day say, "I told you so," to all pro-DMC fans.

 

[KingMilz]

Didn't know where else to post this but anyway

DMC Best of April Mixtape 2013, watch on 720 and hope you enjoy and there's one for every month this season including Preseason of him on the Youtube page

 

[King Baller]

What Would Charles Oakley Do?

WWCOD

You have to have the backs of your team mates and you have to send a message to the other team when they come skipping through the paint for a lay up.

Good job DMC!!!!

KB

 

[Padrino]

I'm really glad that someone finally brought up KG. His intensity is often praised in the media and even when he makes a poor choice or draws a T, very little is ever made of it.

For the life of me, I don't understand why so many Kings fans want to see Demarcus fail. Or maybe a better way to put it is that they'd rather see us succeed without him?

However, I'd be willing to bet that the Anti-DMC people, are the same ones to marvel at the awesomeness of KG?

Most anti-DMC arguments seem to lack any real rationale anyways, besides of course the underlying tone of them hoping to one day say, "I told you so," to all pro-DMC fans.

meh. it's just the same-ole-same-ole from a particular contingent of sacramento kings fans that has always loved their golden boys, their peja's, their fredette's, their thomases, but get their feathers ruffled over superior talents who don't necessarily flaunt such pristine attitudes, like your webber's, your artest's, your cousinses. unfortunately, this is a very loud, unwaveringly insistent minority that mars the collective basketball IQ of the fanbase around them. i know that i take it a bit too personally sometimes, but i do so because the sacramento kings have, since 1985, rarely been a team anyone would even consider to be "on the map." we had a good run from '98-'04, with chris webber leading the charge. that's six truly competitive seasons in twenty-eight years, which is just paltry when you look at, say, another small market franchise like the san antonio spurs, who have sustained much greater success across a much greater period of time, dating back to the late 60's...

the kings are a bad joke to much of the league, but when anchored by a potential superstar in demarcus cousins, with an excellent #2 in tyreke evans, this franchise actually has a legitimate opportunity to return to its once-former grandeur. and most of what i see at kf.com is that annoyingly vocal minority starting thread after thread about the weaknesses of demarcus cousins and tyreke evans, and why those faults are justification for their placement on the trade block, while also starting thread after thread about how inferior talents are going to save this team, rather than how a team might be constructed around the kings' two best players to help infuse true stardom back into sacramento. it's the worst kind of armchair gm'ing, and it's so contextually out of place in the contemporary nba, which is a stars' league through and through...

there's only three ways to do it, friends: you sign one, you trade for one, or you draft one. the kings are not exactly a hotspot for free agents. geoff petrie hasn't exactly been fleecing his fellow front office execs. however, he did manage to draft not one but two potential all-stars, much to the delight of myself and many others. but then he and the rest of the kings organization ****ed the dog by failing to adequately develop those two talents early in their careers (their growth often occurring in spite of the team's current mode of self-sabotage), and by failing to surround them with complementary and sufficiently veteran players that would help them turn into the all-star caliber players that their talent suggests they're capable of...

but, of course, the first order of business this offseason should be to acquire a head coach who will be able to successfully work with isaiah thomas, whose heart supersedes the developmental demands of any other king. that is how you get the job done!!