Glenn
Hall of Famer
Maybe perhaps the accurate phrase is that I am a fanatic, a fan of the Kings. I look forward to each game and yet unless we are playing the crumbs of the league, we look awful. Read the game threads and there is an awful lot of aggravation. I know that after many games, last night being an example, I am irritated after the game is over and need to be distracted to get my mood back. I don't drink or smoke so it is a struggle.
What's up? This is more than the fact that the Kings are the only game in town. Perhaps it is simply that I have followed them from day one and it's a horrible habit like heroin. Anyway, I am beginning to feel very silly following this team. It's just not so easy to make a switch. One explanation, the easiest, is that watching Cuz mature in front of our eyes is very, very interesting. He is marvelous and as great as Tyreke may look at times, Cuz makes him look like a child. So that's a skill level explanation for my mental illness. I enjoy watching people grow.
The desire to watch the Kings seems to be picking up and that clearly is linked to the FACT that I think local ownership will take over thus pumping much needed money into the franchise and being able to make all the changes that can add wins by a factor of 10-15%. I'm waiting and we will all know very soon what is going to happen. I hate limbo and even if they leave, I will probably follow them in a different city and the mere fact the Maloofs are gone will make them a better team to watch. Maybe that's rationalism but I would rather watch this team under competent and well healed ownership than having them in Sacramento broke and stuck on empty.
Finally, there are the fans. The fans on this forum and in the city are nuts also and in a very pleasant way. The BBIQ of this forum's group of fans is high. Some of the writers could get a job in the field of writing about the NBA. Some could be GMs. Maybe some could be coaches. We are fortunate to have them. The high class of posters is not an accident. When this forum began, it was decided that trolling and the like was not going to be tolerated. As a result, the better posters stayed because of the pleasant environment. It is far more enjoyable to have intelligent conversation than the opposite. We have attracted some of the best because they knew the jerks were held to a minimum. What we have lost in quantity, we have gained in quality.
So maybe I am nuts but to be in such a fine mob of other nuts makes this a special place to be.
What's up? This is more than the fact that the Kings are the only game in town. Perhaps it is simply that I have followed them from day one and it's a horrible habit like heroin. Anyway, I am beginning to feel very silly following this team. It's just not so easy to make a switch. One explanation, the easiest, is that watching Cuz mature in front of our eyes is very, very interesting. He is marvelous and as great as Tyreke may look at times, Cuz makes him look like a child. So that's a skill level explanation for my mental illness. I enjoy watching people grow.
The desire to watch the Kings seems to be picking up and that clearly is linked to the FACT that I think local ownership will take over thus pumping much needed money into the franchise and being able to make all the changes that can add wins by a factor of 10-15%. I'm waiting and we will all know very soon what is going to happen. I hate limbo and even if they leave, I will probably follow them in a different city and the mere fact the Maloofs are gone will make them a better team to watch. Maybe that's rationalism but I would rather watch this team under competent and well healed ownership than having them in Sacramento broke and stuck on empty.
Finally, there are the fans. The fans on this forum and in the city are nuts also and in a very pleasant way. The BBIQ of this forum's group of fans is high. Some of the writers could get a job in the field of writing about the NBA. Some could be GMs. Maybe some could be coaches. We are fortunate to have them. The high class of posters is not an accident. When this forum began, it was decided that trolling and the like was not going to be tolerated. As a result, the better posters stayed because of the pleasant environment. It is far more enjoyable to have intelligent conversation than the opposite. We have attracted some of the best because they knew the jerks were held to a minimum. What we have lost in quantity, we have gained in quality.
So maybe I am nuts but to be in such a fine mob of other nuts makes this a special place to be.
