piksi
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I will be out of town/busy – so it is early but I am sure that most of You are already tired of the preseason. If You don’t like reading a lot - You will have enough time to get it done till Wednesday. No “Cliffs Notes” available – sorry
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Disclaimer (mostly for new members) –
Whatever You read in here is MY way of seeing things. You don’t have to like it and You don’t have to agree with any of it. You don’t even have to read it. I don’t care. If You by some cosmic coincidence agree with it all the time – You need to see a doctor even though it already might be too late.
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New season is about ready to start which means that we are going to “see” about 87-88 Kings games with hopefully more good nights than bad nights. Kings still unbeaten this season will try to stay that way as long as possible but it might not last all that long considering yet another road trip to get things started.
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Another very long summer is behind us. Another summer where Kings got nothing. All the hopes, the speculations the talks etc and yet nothing really happened. Nothing worth remembering. The sooner You get eliminated from PO – the longer the summer is. To add insult to injury – the summer before that was a carbon copy. It just reminded me how much I hate the movie “the groundhog day.” Could we really handle another summer like this ?
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And yet – summer is not nearly as bad as preseason. or as I call it “The Mateen Cleaves Memorial Tour” Complete waste of time where people pay to watch players that will end up waving towels. The stars either don’t play or if the play – they don’t care. Pure garbage. If You want to find people that really like the preseason – You have to look at the owners of euroleague clubs or as I call them “The Vultures of the Mateen Cleaves Memorial Tour.” The wait till a player gets cut to get him cheap to fill out the roster places. Kings and preseason are at war since I follow Kings. Unfortunately we are the one with heavy casualties. It is too depressing to list all the injuries that we have suffered in this war. Basically, only good thing that ever happened in the preseason is DC’s fist that landed in Fox’s jaw. And even that cost us a 5 game suspension. Therefore – I boycott the preseason. We don’t need it.
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This season just like the last season will be the one where Kings are” too good to die but not good enough to live.” We got a new coach who apparently realized the true potential of the team quickly - which already caused him to turn to alcohol which is not a big deal. Can’t blame him. Unfortunately, he was dumb enough to go for a ride. I am not even going to compare him with RA because it would not be fair. However – there are some big shoes to fill and not just on court unless “class” has become overrated.
Other than that Musselman is not a miracle man. He can’t create a solid backup PG or a shot blocker or a rebounder or a inside presence or the bench.. He will bring in the fresh air, some more defense, some not so pretty offense but the end result will be the same.
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We lost Bonzi Wells who should shoot his agent and then himself. He was our best player in the short postseason and our best rebounder and inside presence. We brought in Salmons. Awsome. Pretty soon we will have a talking gecko as a mascot telling us how much money we saved (on postseason tickets). And I don’t care what Salmons or anyone else did in the preseason.
We brought in Mo Taylor in case that - god forbid – other 15 PFs of that type that we have – get injured. He was cheap and there is a reason for it. Isn’t it enough that we kept Jason Hart ? What is this ? Some stupid reality show called “Kingsfans fear factor” or “Survivor - ARCO” It is like someone has a “Kings fan woo do doll” and a very creative mind in a sadistic kinda way.
Oh don’t worry – I didn’t forget – there is still the majority of CWebb deal left and those “flexible pieces” seam to be harder to move than a bag of fresh spinach these days. Even worse – it doesn’t look like anybody is trying to do something about it. Last season I was able to get a hot dog and a six pack for KT. This season I couldn’t deal KT and Hart & co for a second pick in year 2357. I am also tired of expiring contracts that expire over the 3 year period.
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A year ago we were trying to address our weaknesses being backup PG, inside presence on both end of the floor, shot blocker, rebounder etc. Even FEMA is more effective. This season we are only deep on a position that shouldn’t exist and that no other team has. The position is defined as “no rebounding, no shot blocking, perimeter, short, soft PF” No other team comes close. We are one major injury away from a lottery. Yes, so are other teams but I am not a fan of other teams. Looks like we will at least start the season without Mike Bibby. It is a great opportunity to see how much we suck at that position when Bibby can’t play his usual 40+ minutes. None of the other guys is good enough to be a back up on a good team. And again - I don’t care who showed what in the preseason. I could start with what I think about our backup center but since our starting center is closer to a PG that a center and noone else is taller than 6-9 or so – it makes me depressed and I feel like drinking without the driving part.
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Disclaimer (mostly for new members) –
Whatever You read in here is MY way of seeing things. You don’t have to like it and You don’t have to agree with any of it. You don’t even have to read it. I don’t care. If You by some cosmic coincidence agree with it all the time – You need to see a doctor even though it already might be too late.
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New season is about ready to start which means that we are going to “see” about 87-88 Kings games with hopefully more good nights than bad nights. Kings still unbeaten this season will try to stay that way as long as possible but it might not last all that long considering yet another road trip to get things started.
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Another very long summer is behind us. Another summer where Kings got nothing. All the hopes, the speculations the talks etc and yet nothing really happened. Nothing worth remembering. The sooner You get eliminated from PO – the longer the summer is. To add insult to injury – the summer before that was a carbon copy. It just reminded me how much I hate the movie “the groundhog day.” Could we really handle another summer like this ?
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And yet – summer is not nearly as bad as preseason. or as I call it “The Mateen Cleaves Memorial Tour” Complete waste of time where people pay to watch players that will end up waving towels. The stars either don’t play or if the play – they don’t care. Pure garbage. If You want to find people that really like the preseason – You have to look at the owners of euroleague clubs or as I call them “The Vultures of the Mateen Cleaves Memorial Tour.” The wait till a player gets cut to get him cheap to fill out the roster places. Kings and preseason are at war since I follow Kings. Unfortunately we are the one with heavy casualties. It is too depressing to list all the injuries that we have suffered in this war. Basically, only good thing that ever happened in the preseason is DC’s fist that landed in Fox’s jaw. And even that cost us a 5 game suspension. Therefore – I boycott the preseason. We don’t need it.
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This season just like the last season will be the one where Kings are” too good to die but not good enough to live.” We got a new coach who apparently realized the true potential of the team quickly - which already caused him to turn to alcohol which is not a big deal. Can’t blame him. Unfortunately, he was dumb enough to go for a ride. I am not even going to compare him with RA because it would not be fair. However – there are some big shoes to fill and not just on court unless “class” has become overrated.
Other than that Musselman is not a miracle man. He can’t create a solid backup PG or a shot blocker or a rebounder or a inside presence or the bench.. He will bring in the fresh air, some more defense, some not so pretty offense but the end result will be the same.
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We lost Bonzi Wells who should shoot his agent and then himself. He was our best player in the short postseason and our best rebounder and inside presence. We brought in Salmons. Awsome. Pretty soon we will have a talking gecko as a mascot telling us how much money we saved (on postseason tickets). And I don’t care what Salmons or anyone else did in the preseason.
We brought in Mo Taylor in case that - god forbid – other 15 PFs of that type that we have – get injured. He was cheap and there is a reason for it. Isn’t it enough that we kept Jason Hart ? What is this ? Some stupid reality show called “Kingsfans fear factor” or “Survivor - ARCO” It is like someone has a “Kings fan woo do doll” and a very creative mind in a sadistic kinda way.
Oh don’t worry – I didn’t forget – there is still the majority of CWebb deal left and those “flexible pieces” seam to be harder to move than a bag of fresh spinach these days. Even worse – it doesn’t look like anybody is trying to do something about it. Last season I was able to get a hot dog and a six pack for KT. This season I couldn’t deal KT and Hart & co for a second pick in year 2357. I am also tired of expiring contracts that expire over the 3 year period.
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A year ago we were trying to address our weaknesses being backup PG, inside presence on both end of the floor, shot blocker, rebounder etc. Even FEMA is more effective. This season we are only deep on a position that shouldn’t exist and that no other team has. The position is defined as “no rebounding, no shot blocking, perimeter, short, soft PF” No other team comes close. We are one major injury away from a lottery. Yes, so are other teams but I am not a fan of other teams. Looks like we will at least start the season without Mike Bibby. It is a great opportunity to see how much we suck at that position when Bibby can’t play his usual 40+ minutes. None of the other guys is good enough to be a back up on a good team. And again - I don’t care who showed what in the preseason. I could start with what I think about our backup center but since our starting center is closer to a PG that a center and noone else is taller than 6-9 or so – it makes me depressed and I feel like drinking without the driving part.
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