Is there any satisfaction

[tyrant]

are you over being cheated out of a title

taken from learning this new information? I wanted to start a separate thread on this including a poll so this doesnt get lost in the land of 394 posts. I would like to see how many of us are completely over it and how many of us are not. I feel that after learning more about the incident that history has to change. It has to be made right.

 

[uolj]

The only satisfaction is that this makes it closer to "official" that the Kings didn't get an honest chance to win that game and that they could have and probably should have been champions that year.

It's not much, but it's something. If more evidence comes to light (like the refs involved acknowledging some bias) then it would help a little more.

P.S. Why is the thread question always different from the poll question?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

No satisfaction. Just reopening of old wounds, more what-ifs and what should have beens. Its actually made me quite upset to think about.

 

[gunks]

The only satisfaction is that this makes it closer to "official" that the Kings didn't get an honest chance to win that game and that they could have and probably should have been champions that year.

It's not much, but it's something. If more evidence comes to light (like the refs involved acknowledging some bias) then it would help a little more.

P.S. Why is the thread question always different from the poll question?

I really really want Stern fired over this. That would be satisfying. And good for the sport. Now we see why he had all those rule changes enacted to add more fouls to the game...More fouls means the refs have more control, the refs have more control means Stern has more control.

 

[NewMonkey]

I really really want Stern fired over this. That would be satisfying. And good for the sport. Now we see why he had all those rule changes enacted to add more fouls to the game...More fouls means the refs have more control, the refs have more control means Stern has more control.

Agreed that David Stern should be replaced.

 

[tyrant]

yes he should be replaced. he's too worried about the wrong things. alot of people sit here and talk about dress codes, too many tatoos, *cough* dui's. but its questionable calls and cheating officials that make you lose your fans. its crap like this that will cause the NBA to sink to the bottom. and it will sink accordingly; for the same reason people grew out of watching wrestling. because the acting was just too much to take seriously. how idiotic.

 

[hrdboild]

Well, there is certainly some satisfaction in a loud public acknowledgment of what we've known for years -- that we were cheated out of a championship. And coming at a time, six years later, when the franchise is still trying to recover from the effects of that loss, it helps I think to look back at where we were and realize that it wasn't a failure. That team was a success, championship ring or not. And maybe, by remembering this again, we can actually deal with all that frustration and finally put it behind us.

I'm still waiting to hear what the Maloofs have to say about all this.

 

[tyrant]

Well, there is certainly some satisfaction in a loud public acknowledgment of what we've known for years -- that we were cheated out of a championship. And coming at a time, six years later, when the franchise is still trying to recover from the effects of that loss, it helps I think to look back at where we were and realize that it wasn't a failure. That team was a success, championship ring or not. And maybe, by remembering this again, we can actually deal with all that frustration and finally put it behind us.

I'm still waiting to hear what the Maloofs have to say about all this.

great post. we as kings fans have known it for years. but other obtuse minds didnt want to believe or acknowledge it. they have no choice now. and in a way that DOES kinda make me feel better

 

[JerN820]

Well, there is certainly some satisfaction in a loud public acknowledgment of what we've known for years -- that we were cheated out of a championship. And coming at a time, six years later, when the franchise is still trying to recover from the effects of that loss, it helps I think to look back at where we were and realize that it wasn't a failure. That team was a success, championship ring or not. And maybe, by remembering this again, we can actually deal with all that frustration and finally put it behind us.

I'm still waiting to hear what the Maloofs have to say about all this.

Great post. Those teams from early this decade were a joy to watch. No doubt they were a success and the most exciting team in the NBA at the time.

 

[Superman]

You know what? I don't know how to vote in this poll, so I'm not gonna.

But I think hrdboild pretty much summed up my feelings here: http://www.kingsfans.com/forums/showpost.php?p=544929&postcount=255

[forrestgumpvoice]
And that's about all I have to say about that.
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[Aenadin]

there is satisfaction that the truth is known by all.... and that some hard core laker fans can stop ignoring the truth that we were robbed..

im satisfied if they show a video or a press release of the league taking down one of the laker's banner and taking the rings from kobe and shaq....

Fire David stern is what comes next in my mind.. he has let this league go down a notch... i think our next commish should be a FORMER player one who truly loves the Game and knows how it works from a player and coaches point of view.. Stern is just making it more like HE CONTROLS everything jeez...

 

[Vlade4GM]

Totally over it. It was 6 years ago, to still harp on it would be pathetic IMO.

 

[VF21]

Totally over it. It was 6 years ago, to still harp on it would be pathetic IMO.

You don't want to dwell on the past? You need to check your signature, dude.

 

[KingNation]

huge satisfaction for me. i've been telling people for YEARS that the kings were screwed over in game 6. never got anything back other than a laugh. to have a source finally come out and say something about it is huge to me.

 

[Rookie]

Need to add another poll... I'm long over it!

I was over it when game 7 started. I don't dwell on something I don't have control over. We were robbed, accept it and move on.

Just my opinion. Wanting that ring now to me is not worth even mentioning. Its value to me is not the same as winning it in an arena.

 

[ZZE916]

There wasn't a choice that espresses my opinion, so here it is. I am over it, but I am still bitter...at Robert Horry. If the Kings made some free throws in game 7, they would have won the series. Even if they were jobbed in previous games, the loss of the series was ultimately their fault.

 

[bozzwell]

No satisfaction. Just reopening of old wounds, more what-ifs and what should have beens. Its actually made me quite upset to think about.

Same here. Couldn't have said it better without copious "use" of *'s.

 

[kennadog]

Of course we had no control over it. There's a difference between not letting go of the anger over it and remembering how painful it was as a fan.

None of the possible answers describes how I feel. I don't dwell on that loss, but that doesn't mean I don't find it really painful all over again when it's mentioned. As a King's fan, that was crushing disappointment and anger over the officiating. I won't forget that, but I don't dwell on it.

Bottom line is it can't be fixed. We can't go back be in that moment and share the joy with the team and fellow fans. As crushing as the loss was, if the Kings had won, I can't even imagine the joy there would have been. The whole city was so pumped up. But imagine is all we can do.

So there is no satisfaction that anything or anybody can really give me and I'm reconciled to that fact and at peace with it. There's nothing anybody can do to give back what could have been.

 

[RunNGun]

Nothing will give us our WCC banner or our championship rings. However living for 4 years in LA for college I had to deal with 4 years of the most annoying Lakers crap about that series. I would explain how badly the game was called and they would dismiss it and say something about the Kings being "soft" or calling them the "Queens" or something else like that. They wouldn't even address the game. 4 years of this from my roommates, classmates, and even a few professors.

The worse comment was "It was never a rivalry, in those both teams have to win."

I'm tired of it. Thank god I am back in Sactown.

I want recognition for the team back then. The fans, players, and city of Sacramento put their blood, sweat and tears into that team. We were the better team. Lakers fans barely pay attention to their team unless they are in the Finals. With 14 championship rings, I don't think their city is exactly starved for another one.

 

[JerN820]

Nothing will give us our WCC banner or our championship rings. However living for 4 years in LA for college I had to deal with 4 years of the most annoying Lakers crap about that series. I would explain how badly the game was called and they would dismiss it and say something about the Kings being "soft" or calling them the "Queens" or something else like that. They wouldn't even address the game. 4 years of this from my roommates, classmates, and even a few professors.

The worse comment was "It was never a rivalry, in those both teams have to win."

I'm tired of it. Thank god I am back in Sactown.

I want recognition for the team back then. The fans, players, and city of Sacramento put their blood, sweet and tears into that team. We were the better team. Lakers fans barely pay attention to their team unless they are in the Finals. With 14 championship rings, I don't think their city is exactly starved for another one.

Very true. The Lakers are the New York Yankees of the NBA bandwagon-wise. It's sickening. Will Smith was sitting there last night claiming to be a Lakers fan. Give me a break. Dude is from Philly and I swear he claimed to be a Sixers fan when they played LA in the finals earlier in the decade. Heck, if i were famous, the only time I'd be spotted at the Staples Center is when they would be playing Sac-Town and I'd be reppin a Kings jersey.

 

[Kevin_Martin_23]

A little for me. it still hurts really bad though

 

[CruzDude]

The only satisfaction is that this makes it closer to "official" that the Kings didn't get an honest chance to win that game and that they could have and probably should have been champions that year.

It's not much, but it's something. If more evidence comes to light (like the refs involved acknowledging some bias) then it would help a little more.

P.S. Why is the thread question always different from the poll question?

The last week or so have pointed up the satisfaction that 98% of the NBA world, fans, players and others, agree that game 6 was the worst officiated game they had ever seen. Even the NBA admitted it in so many words and tried to smooth it over by saying, "everyone has a bad day sometime (maybe 2 of the 3 refs had same bad day, eh?). Heck, even some Laker players of that game agreed.

But game 7 was the Kings to loose. They were the better team but something affected their FT and they missed 14 and still went to overtime. Then their championship level inexperience did them in.

If Horry misses that 3........ if the Kings make 1 more FT in game 7......... ahh, well, water under the bridge, time to start over back up the ladder. It WAS fun while it lasted.

 

[Jerryaki]

If Horry misses that 3........

or if they just correctly didn't count samaki walker's in that game...

 

[NoBonus]

I just want it to go down, with Stern's Ewing/ Knicks get the first pick in the draft situation, as examples of corruption by the NBA to screw small market teams/ favor large market teams. Thus, no integrity to the game, just glorified pro-wrestling as I tend to see it.

 

[SacKings7]

or if they just correctly didn't count samaki walker's in that game...

Yeah i still remember that. Probably the only 3 he made his whole career, and it happened to be from half court