I just think if you're a fan of the team than be a fan of the team, don't be a fan of some imaginary team that might exist just off the horizon when we're done mucking about with these losers. That's not fair to the players who are here right now trying to win games for Sacramento. I agree that much of the product has been unwatchable lately. There's no shame in finding something else to do with your time if that's how you feel. . The reality is Vlade built this team and he wanted Barnes here for 4 more years (he also wanted Dedmon for three and changed his mind in record time but I digress...) None of us has any control over it so what is there to argue about?
Not enough? Okay, here's the main point of contention for me. If you think the Barnes contract is a problem than unloading him for assets is really just going to result in us then moving those assets for another Barnes contract. How do I know this? Because the guys who built this roster brought Barnes here in the first place. They brought all of these players here actually. If the team is actually going to move on they need to move on from Vlade/Luke but as I already pointed out, that path of action feels equally futile to me. That would mean moving on from far more than just Barnes. So do we trade Barnes today for a different Barnes tomorrow or do we toss it all in the garbage and give someone else a shot? Or do we just shrug and appreciate that these guys don't play for the Seattle Supersonics? We can be lovable losers. We don't need to be seething disgruntled losers. Same record either way.
Also, I fully endorse the singing of songs around a campfire but I've never liked Kumaya, how about Mr. Tambourine Man instead? Have you read the lyrics to that one? It seems more appropriate to our situation.
I get it, I really do. This is something I would have written much earlier in this re-build. But right now I can't read it without laughing. I can give you a long list of reasons why this team is bad. They're all really the same reason though, aren't they? Opportunities are floating down the NBA river and we're very carefully and skillfully avoiding almost all of them. Kindof like the game of Frogger except the cars are All-Stars and most teams actually want to be hit by them. Picks? What matters is picks? Trades? Flexibility? Nice try but I wasn't born yesterday. I know exactly what this team has done and continues to do with their picks, trades, and flexibility. You should too. None of them is worth half of what they're made out to be. They sure do look nice in the brochure dressed up in Laker Purple and Gold or Celtic Green and White but they never seem to add up the same in Kings Purple and Black.
So I say to you again, what are we so angry about? We could write a million angry posts on the internet about how such and such veteran is holding us back... are they though? Are they really? That's why a hundred different players over 14 years have all failed in exactly the same way? I'm sure you think you're being logical, I once thought the same way. A man knows nothing though unless he first knows what he doesn't know. Or something. I'm paraphrasing. That is, what I really mean to say is that the players could be overpaid or they could be underpaid or they could just be paid but unless there's a system in place which maximizes the talent on the roster, continually develops the players we already have into better versions of themselves, and makes everyone happy to come to work everyday and fight like hell to be the best team on the floor that night, none of this even matters. I'll root for that. I don't care who is on the team, I care about the team culture being something I'm proud of. And yes, even the fans play a role in making that happen.
Not enough? Okay, here's the main point of contention for me. If you think the Barnes contract is a problem than unloading him for assets is really just going to result in us then moving those assets for another Barnes contract. How do I know this? Because the guys who built this roster brought Barnes here in the first place. They brought all of these players here actually. If the team is actually going to move on they need to move on from Vlade/Luke but as I already pointed out, that path of action feels equally futile to me. That would mean moving on from far more than just Barnes. So do we trade Barnes today for a different Barnes tomorrow or do we toss it all in the garbage and give someone else a shot? Or do we just shrug and appreciate that these guys don't play for the Seattle Supersonics? We can be lovable losers. We don't need to be seething disgruntled losers. Same record either way.
Also, I fully endorse the singing of songs around a campfire but I've never liked Kumaya, how about Mr. Tambourine Man instead? Have you read the lyrics to that one? It seems more appropriate to our situation.
I get it, I really do. This is something I would have written much earlier in this re-build. But right now I can't read it without laughing. I can give you a long list of reasons why this team is bad. They're all really the same reason though, aren't they? Opportunities are floating down the NBA river and we're very carefully and skillfully avoiding almost all of them. Kindof like the game of Frogger except the cars are All-Stars and most teams actually want to be hit by them. Picks? What matters is picks? Trades? Flexibility? Nice try but I wasn't born yesterday. I know exactly what this team has done and continues to do with their picks, trades, and flexibility. You should too. None of them is worth half of what they're made out to be. They sure do look nice in the brochure dressed up in Laker Purple and Gold or Celtic Green and White but they never seem to add up the same in Kings Purple and Black.
So I say to you again, what are we so angry about? We could write a million angry posts on the internet about how such and such veteran is holding us back... are they though? Are they really? That's why a hundred different players over 14 years have all failed in exactly the same way? I'm sure you think you're being logical, I once thought the same way. A man knows nothing though unless he first knows what he doesn't know. Or something. I'm paraphrasing. That is, what I really mean to say is that the players could be overpaid or they could be underpaid or they could just be paid but unless there's a system in place which maximizes the talent on the roster, continually develops the players we already have into better versions of themselves, and makes everyone happy to come to work everyday and fight like hell to be the best team on the floor that night, none of this even matters. I'll root for that. I don't care who is on the team, I care about the team culture being something I'm proud of. And yes, even the fans play a role in making that happen.
