You do understand that the Kings made every effort to resign Bonzi and he ended up playing for less money than the Kings offered. Exact history is just that. You can't just revise it to fit your scenario. Yes the Kings made a lot of mistakes, and were not sure just who to point the finger at, but its been debated to death on this fourm for the last 5 or 6 years. The point is, that the Kings are doing it the right way now. How sucessful they'll be remains unknown, and thats the part that requires patience.
There are two ways to rebuild a team, well, maybe three. But essentially you have the Miami Heat way, and you have the Oklahoma Thunder way. The first is only possible if two things fall into place. First, you have to have the cap room to sign the players. And second, the players have to have the desire to sign with you. I don't think anyone believes the Kings could have attracted James, Wade, and Bosh to come here. Now its true you could just go for one big guy, but that only works if you have other pieces in place to compliment that player. Either way its a tricky deal with no guarantees on sucess. Its an either all in, or not in at all kind of deal. Its a commitment to big dollars. and if it doesn't work, your still stuck with the results for a long time. But its quicker than the other way.
The Thunder way is slower, and requires patience. It also requires having a good judge of talent on board. But there's less money up front required, and it also gives you short and long team flexability. If done right, you know what your getting before commiting to one of your original draft picks. There can be gliches, such as the one Portland ran into with Oden. He's on the last year of his contract and they still don't know what they have. But in general, its a safer way to rebuild a team and still have financial flexability. At the end of this coming season the Kings will have a better idea of what they have, and at the same time they'll be close to 30 mil under the cap.
Which brings us to the third way. And thats where the Kings will be at seasons end. Hopefully! They'll be able to get into the freeagent market to possibly put a final touch or two on what they have. So the third way is nothing more than an extension of the second way. If done right. By right, I mean bearing in mind that they'll have some decisions coming up on some of their players, so they'll need some money, or cap space if you will for future resignings.
I understand your frustration, but remember it could be worse. You could be a Cub's fan. I know you want a winner. So do I and so does every member of this fourm. Enthusiasim comes from emotion. So I know its hard to turn off that emotion when we lose, and become reasonable. For the most part, logic and emotion don't mix well, but there are times when logic has to rule and overcome emotion. Because emotional decisions are usually bad ones. Especially those that orginate from anger or disappointment.
