I'm okay with this

[ezekielbear]

because, in the end, it will just get things done faster, which has been the major problem. Too much treading water...trying to stay afloat.

When the negative reaction hits a high point, games aren't selling out, fans are backlashing, and money stops rolling in at the speed it has...the Maloofs will do something about it.

Petrie knows this isn't working...

And really, it will show what players want to be here, and what players are just going through the motions getting their paycheck.

It sucks, but, it's just an uppercut to the jaw in a boxing match. It hurts for a bit, but, you're still fighting.

And, look at the bright side. You could be a Hawk fan. lol

 

[nbrans]

I'm ok with this too. We need to be bad.

 

[KingsFan93]

who will we draft

 

[jcassio]

I'm OK with losing, so long as it is done with young players getting PT and playing hard, and, with each game, showing potential and improvement. I'm definitely not OK with a team that doesn't care. And what kind of player wants to be on a team like that?
I'm not saying that I prefer the Petrie method of moderate rebuilding, either. The solution, IMO, is somewhere in between. Yeah, we have to be bad in the win/loss column, but we have to find and maintain a level of competitiveness that will keep our hopes alive. Or, more importantly, the hopes of the players.

 

[Bricklayer]

I'm OK with losing, so long as it is done with young players getting PT and playing hard, and, with each game, showing potential and improvement. I'm definitely not OK with a team that doesn't care. And what kind of player wants to be on a team like that?
I'm not saying that I prefer the Petrie method of moderate rebuilding, either. The solution, IMO, is somewhere in between. Yeah, we have to be bad in the win/loss column, but we have to find and maintain a level of competitiveness that will keep our hopes alive. Or, more importantly, the hopes of the players.

No, you want/need to get worse if you can. Which is why the blow it up and bring in youth plan still appeals. Our old vets are boring and depressed. Been around too long to lose on a spiraling team. But if you traded for kids, picks, room + kept our own kids, those guys will at least give you effort. At least for a while. With turnover and new faces in town, we could probably get a little of youthful energy type games in the last half of the season. Be too short a time for the losing to be ingrained in younguns. Be more fun to watch than the vets slouch around out there. And then you get to the safe harbor of the offseason and get to work trying to rebuild. If the owner will let you of course.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I'm ok with this too. Which is probably why I don't post as much on the Kings part of the board right now. Just don't feel like playing the blame game when we probably stand more to gain by being worse than we are right now than being just better enough to squeak into the playoffs for the third straight year as a low seed.

My only concern is that casual fans don't lose enough interest in the team to kill an arena deal.

 

[supamari0]

Kevin Durant in 08

I'm seriously convinced he's better than Greg Oden at this point (although Oden's a big man which the Kings need more). He's 6-10 (not to mention a 7-5 wingspan so he'll be a defensive terror) with the handles of a guard and he leads the conference in scoring and rebounding, shoots around 85-90 percent from the line and 40 percent from 3 point distance. The guy is just mowing down everyone he faces and single-handedly carrying that team. The guy can do practically everything and now he started developing a post game.

Oh, and he's 18 years old.

 

[BMiller52]

Kevin Durant in 08

I'm seriously convinced he's better than Greg Oden at this point (although Oden's a big man which the Kings need more). He's 6-10 (not to mention a 7-5 wingspan so he'll be a defensive terror) with the handles of a guard and he leads the conference in scoring and rebounding, shoots around 85-90 percent from the line and 40 percent from 3 point distance. The guy is just mowing down everyone he faces and single-handedly carrying that team. The guy can do practically everything and now he started developing a post game.

Oh, and he's 18 years old.

You think that if we suck enough he can wind up a king? *prays*

 

[diggining]

Certainly, I do think most of us fans are overreacting. The Kings are in a slump right now, but they're still more talented than say the late Richmond-era Kings (or any Kings team in the last 15 years, tbh). Main problems are lack of ball movement on the offense (the least efficient players take ill-advised shots, and you just pray that they go in--oh boy oh boy I miss the Princeton), and lack of any interior defense and rebounding. The first is a matter of coaching and an adjustment in player mentality. The second, well, we need fresh bodies. Here's another plea for the Kings to play Justin Williams...what's there to lose?