Wow. Well ... wow.
I won't bother to say too much more. I pretty much said it all last night as I tried to digest the end of an era. I've done that now and all I want to is THANK Jason Williams, Vlade Divac and Chris Webber for what they did for this franchise. Regardless of how you may have felt about any or all them, because of their arrival this franchise started a turnaround that took this team and us, the fans, to heights we had never before attained and we owe them a HUGE debt of gratitude. That's all I'm going to say because as much as it hurts me personally, the team goes on...and I LOVE THIS TEAM!
Tonight's game has got to be disappointing for TNT. After picking Dirk and Chris to tout the BIG rivalry week game, they get the rug pulled out from under them in a MAJOR way by that trade.
I will, as always, be here to do the play-by-play. Quite frankly, I don't see the Kings being able to pull it out but I'm going to be rooting for them anyway. As much as we're feeling the loss (at least some of us), my heart goes out to the rest of the team. For better or worse, everything had been revolving around Webber. He leaves an immense gap in our offense both in scoring and ball movement that is going to be very hard for them to step up and repair, especially on the road for the next games.
Anyway, I have a lot fewer totems to worry about now. In what could only be called cosmic irony, one of my purple slippers was damaged beyond repair when the edge of it was caught by my vacuum cleaner. It was hand-crocheted and ... well, you don't want to know the details. They're not pleasant. Let's just say the slipper was under something so the WHOLE slipper wasn't able to move and something had to give.
As well as the PBP thread, we have the game discussion thread generally started by piksi for you to use during the game if you want to talk with fellow Kings fans as the game goes on. If you're new here, be sure and check it out. I ask that people not use THIS thread for ongoing discussions, etc. as I do it as a service for our members who cannot see or hear the game. We also have chat at mIRC, server: irc.bludgeon.org, channel: #KingsFans. There is also live radio feed from www.thegamelive.com, but it is generally NOT Kings broadcasters as KTHK does not have internet broadcasting. It is, instead, from the other teams' broadcasters which some people enjoy but others find very annoying. The main thing is we give you choice!!!
Now, I have things to do before the game. For one, I have to talk Kingsgirl4 out of moving to Philadelphia.
See you all back here before the game. If this thread gets buried because of all the activity, an occasional bump would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Now and forever,
GO KINGS!!!!!
I won't bother to say too much more. I pretty much said it all last night as I tried to digest the end of an era. I've done that now and all I want to is THANK Jason Williams, Vlade Divac and Chris Webber for what they did for this franchise. Regardless of how you may have felt about any or all them, because of their arrival this franchise started a turnaround that took this team and us, the fans, to heights we had never before attained and we owe them a HUGE debt of gratitude. That's all I'm going to say because as much as it hurts me personally, the team goes on...and I LOVE THIS TEAM!
Tonight's game has got to be disappointing for TNT. After picking Dirk and Chris to tout the BIG rivalry week game, they get the rug pulled out from under them in a MAJOR way by that trade.
I will, as always, be here to do the play-by-play. Quite frankly, I don't see the Kings being able to pull it out but I'm going to be rooting for them anyway. As much as we're feeling the loss (at least some of us), my heart goes out to the rest of the team. For better or worse, everything had been revolving around Webber. He leaves an immense gap in our offense both in scoring and ball movement that is going to be very hard for them to step up and repair, especially on the road for the next games.
Anyway, I have a lot fewer totems to worry about now. In what could only be called cosmic irony, one of my purple slippers was damaged beyond repair when the edge of it was caught by my vacuum cleaner. It was hand-crocheted and ... well, you don't want to know the details. They're not pleasant. Let's just say the slipper was under something so the WHOLE slipper wasn't able to move and something had to give.
As well as the PBP thread, we have the game discussion thread generally started by piksi for you to use during the game if you want to talk with fellow Kings fans as the game goes on. If you're new here, be sure and check it out. I ask that people not use THIS thread for ongoing discussions, etc. as I do it as a service for our members who cannot see or hear the game. We also have chat at mIRC, server: irc.bludgeon.org, channel: #KingsFans. There is also live radio feed from www.thegamelive.com, but it is generally NOT Kings broadcasters as KTHK does not have internet broadcasting. It is, instead, from the other teams' broadcasters which some people enjoy but others find very annoying. The main thing is we give you choice!!!
Now, I have things to do before the game. For one, I have to talk Kingsgirl4 out of moving to Philadelphia.
See you all back here before the game. If this thread gets buried because of all the activity, an occasional bump would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Now and forever,
GO KINGS!!!!!
