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Mark Kreidler: Kings' stars are united; their full-page ad says so
By Mark Kreidler -- Bee Sports Columnist
Published 2:15 am PST Tuesday, November 2, 2004
And now, for something completely different: the pre-emptive good wish.
Normally, franchises, players and/or owners wait until the end of a season before taking out the newspaper advertisement that thanks the fans for a great year. Not so with this Kings unit.
Nope, dig a little deeper into today's sports section, and you'll find the before-the-fact full-page ad from the Big Six. After a summer of upheaval, Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic, Mike Bibby, Bobby Jackson, Brad Miller and Doug Christie have something they want to say.
Go ahead, take a look. It's on page C5. I'll wait right here.
(Sound of idle whistling ... )
Interesting language, isn't it? Is there such a thing as defiant good cheer? I mean, "Our spirits will never be broken" is an inspiring sentiment, except that it seems to imply something is threatening those spirits in the first place.
If so, what, exactly? Dastardly media? Evil opponents? The enemy within? The occasional Arco catcall?
Unexplained - for now.
The ad was paid for through Webber's account at The Bee, though the word is the six players split the cost (roughly $12,000) evenly. Also, notice the handwriting: Each of the players took a turn scrawling one of the words.
It's different, let's say that. Joe and Gavin Maloof usually wait until late May for this kind of direct-appeal communication. But what the heck: It was a long summer, it's Election Day, Halloween is over, and it's time to play NBA games that count.
Unity, thy name evidently is newsprint.
• A Comcast official wants it clear that the company is offering its Sports Net West channel to every Sacramento area operator - including Dish Network and DirecTV - for the same price SureWest and Starstream, among others, have now accepted.
The implication being, of course, that Comcast is being fair by offering the same deal to everyone. Alternate reading: Comcast isn't negotiating the price ($1.60 per subscriber per month, sources say) in any sense or under any circumstance. It's take-it-or-leave-it for the competition - which, it probably ought to be noted, is what most businesses would do if they could.
Will it matter? Dish sent its customers an e-mail Sunday saying it hoped to add two Comcast sports channels, including Sports Net West, within the week.
• Good, solid and mostly undebatable cuts by the Kings on season's eve, leaving Matt Barnes and Maurice Evans, among others, on the roster. But there can't be any question GM Geoff Petrie will be scanning the waiver wire for a backup big man - not absolutely essential, but the kind of insurance competitive teams feel a need to possess.
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The rest is non Kings related.....
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Mark Kreidler: Kings' stars are united; their full-page ad says so
By Mark Kreidler -- Bee Sports Columnist
Published 2:15 am PST Tuesday, November 2, 2004
And now, for something completely different: the pre-emptive good wish.
Normally, franchises, players and/or owners wait until the end of a season before taking out the newspaper advertisement that thanks the fans for a great year. Not so with this Kings unit.
Nope, dig a little deeper into today's sports section, and you'll find the before-the-fact full-page ad from the Big Six. After a summer of upheaval, Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic, Mike Bibby, Bobby Jackson, Brad Miller and Doug Christie have something they want to say.
Go ahead, take a look. It's on page C5. I'll wait right here.
(Sound of idle whistling ... )
Interesting language, isn't it? Is there such a thing as defiant good cheer? I mean, "Our spirits will never be broken" is an inspiring sentiment, except that it seems to imply something is threatening those spirits in the first place.
If so, what, exactly? Dastardly media? Evil opponents? The enemy within? The occasional Arco catcall?
Unexplained - for now.
The ad was paid for through Webber's account at The Bee, though the word is the six players split the cost (roughly $12,000) evenly. Also, notice the handwriting: Each of the players took a turn scrawling one of the words.
It's different, let's say that. Joe and Gavin Maloof usually wait until late May for this kind of direct-appeal communication. But what the heck: It was a long summer, it's Election Day, Halloween is over, and it's time to play NBA games that count.
Unity, thy name evidently is newsprint.
• A Comcast official wants it clear that the company is offering its Sports Net West channel to every Sacramento area operator - including Dish Network and DirecTV - for the same price SureWest and Starstream, among others, have now accepted.
The implication being, of course, that Comcast is being fair by offering the same deal to everyone. Alternate reading: Comcast isn't negotiating the price ($1.60 per subscriber per month, sources say) in any sense or under any circumstance. It's take-it-or-leave-it for the competition - which, it probably ought to be noted, is what most businesses would do if they could.
Will it matter? Dish sent its customers an e-mail Sunday saying it hoped to add two Comcast sports channels, including Sports Net West, within the week.
• Good, solid and mostly undebatable cuts by the Kings on season's eve, leaving Matt Barnes and Maurice Evans, among others, on the roster. But there can't be any question GM Geoff Petrie will be scanning the waiver wire for a backup big man - not absolutely essential, but the kind of insurance competitive teams feel a need to possess.
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The rest is non Kings related.....
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I wonder if I could do it at work? At least there, I can scan 11 x 17, so it would only take a couple scans. I'm off today, but I could go by there.
