AleksandarN said:
So are you saying that keeping Pedja would be for nothing? That is totally underestimating how much he has meant to the Kings.
The decision to keep Peja should be made based on what he can do for us in the future, not for what he's meant to the franchise in the past because, quite frankly, there are others who have meant MUCH MORE and they're gone. And it's not just one player I'm referring to.
Peja has used up ALL his good will as far as I'm concerned. Yes, he actually showed up in a playoff game - too little and too late, IMHO.
If he's Petrie's darling and gets a free ride, so be it, but he's not going to get a free ride from me any more than any other player. I want my Kings to give their all every night AND to be willing to go the extra distance, doing whatever they can to improve themselves for the good of the team.
I'm very tired, to be brutally honest, of all the arse kissing that seems to go on in the media over Peja Stojakovic. Yeah, he's good but he's not Michael Jordan or Larry Bird. He's not irreplaceable, especially the 2005 version.
This article, to me, was more of the toadying that's gone on far too long about Peja.
"Oh, we should all be so happy. The mighty Peja is not demanding a trade any longer. Fall down and worship him."
Barf!!!
I like Peja and I like what he brings to the team when he's on, but I don't like the fawning all over him 24/7 by some members of our local media.
I'd like them to be a little more balanced, but maybe I'm still trying to deal with seeing my beloved team blown up in the middle of the year...
It will be an interesting off-season, to be sure.
If the team taking the court next November has Stojakovic on it, I will applaud and cheer him as I've always done and I'll wish him well, and I'll be genuine about it.
If, on the other hand, the team taking the court next November has someone else starting as small forward, I will applaud and cheer them, too.
It's about the name on the front...not the name on the back. And I want the guys whose names are on the back to think the same way.