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Hall of Famer
horrible woss
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On April 8th 2003 Kings beat Sonics @ ARCO to improve to 57-22 for the season. That was the first game after the road trip but with end of the regular season in sight - Kings didn't allow any surprises and won the game easily. Webber lead the Kings with 20/6/7, Pedja had 18/6/1, Bibby had 15/5/3, Off the bench, Bobby had 15/5/5, and Hedo had 11 pts.
After a successful road trip, the Sacramento Kings picked up right where they left off at home.Chris Webber led five players in double figures with 20 points as the Kings pulled away in the second half for their fifth
straight win, a 107-85 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics. Playing their first game at ARCO Arena in nearly two weeks and coming off a 5-1 road trip, the Kings posted their fifth consecutive home win and improved to a league-leading 33-6 at home.
"This is a game you always have to worry about because you don't know how the players are going to get into it," Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said. "They played well tonight. We only had one day between the trip and the game and it's hard to get into. We came in mentally prepared."
"This team understands what we have in front of us," Sacramento guard Doug Christie said. "We want to go out there every night and put forth a crazy effort. We just want to go out there and play hard until we get subbed out. I think that's how we did it the remainder of the road trip and tonight, I just tried to get a hand up on Ray's (Allen) shots tonight."
"Sacramento played liked they were on a mission," Supersonics coach Nate McMillan said. "We never had any control over this game. They set the tone from the start and never lost control of this game and had full control for 48 minutes."
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After picking up an unexpected and unnecessary woss, Kings are 31-44 for the season which is the 8th worst in the NBA. As for the "post season hopes" - we are finally running out of possibilities which means that if Clippers win tonight - we are officially done. With 7 games left Kings have 2 priorities. Playing the kids and trying to improve their draft position should be fairly doable at the same time. We have nothing else to play for.
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Last night while still in shock because of the horrendous woss that we suffered - I was asking myself - does this franchise really deserve to have better future considering that it seems - they can't do anything right. When You get all the breaks and then You don't help Yourself - do You really deserve anything ? Last year if I remember correctly, we had 19 pts lead against the Suns in the 4th quarter and we gave it away. Because of that we faced Spurs in the first round instead of Suns. This year it is totally the opposite. All our lottery competition win games and instead of catching up - we pick up a woss and everything is back to square 1. With 30 wosses - we would have been tied for the 5th lottery spot. With 31 - we are 8th. Sometimes You just have to "force' or "earn" some luck especially if You aren't lucky to begin with.
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Whatever option You have been supporting - we are at the point where our season is over. There will be no playoffs for the Kings this season and as much as it hurts - we just don't deserve it. We have nothing to play for except for the fact that we have some young talent and that we have a real chance to get a good draft pick. Sure - draft pick might not change anything considering there is always a Previs Ellison hidden in one of the prospects but it is a start and it gives hope and HOPE is what we really need these days.
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Have You consider the worst case scenario ? It would go something like this: A mediocre draft pick + same veteran core (most of them untradable) or new flexible pieces acquired from bad deal that we were "forced to make + same coach = even worse season with less hope and it is hard to get out of that vicious circle. Just ask Yourself this - Can You stand another season like this and can this franchise afford another one ? I don't have the answers - just opinions
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During this whole season I have been going between "big picture" vs. "small picture" depending on how Kings were doing. It wasn't easy because every time-You get Your hopes up - there is a setback and then another one and so on. Things have changed. The "small picture" is gone. Every win means a loss now - literally. It is hard to root for the team that You love to lose and it surely isn't natural but this isn't rocket science anymore, it isn't complicated or difficult. If You want Your team to get better, to improve, to get some help, to be exciting, competitive etc... - You have to want it to lose the last 7 games and that includes the Lakers game. Most of You know how hard this is to accept but this isn't about us vs. them anymore. It is just about us and it is hard but it is so desperately necessary.
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Veterans - best indicator of what kind of team You have or don't have. Right now most of them have quit on a coach and the team and they just run around on the floor like bunch of chicken. For them - it is all about booking the right vacation and staying healthy so the can enjoy the summer. For a fan that stays up late at night to watch them - it is at least aggravating. No effort, desire, commitment - nothing. I am tired of this. They are responsible for 31-44 - not us. They sucked and failed if the goal was to get into the playoffs. They got themselves into this situation. Show some pride here!
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This gets me to the only real bright spot that we can hang on right now. Kevin, Ronnie, Cisco and Justin want to play, they are dying to play. It shows on the court. They are trying as hard as they can. They aren't playing for post season or to increase their trade value. They are playing for the right to stay under the NBA sun. They want the chance to succeed. It is refreshing to watch and their efforts from last night got lost under the disappointment of winning the game by a large part of the fans. It is unfortunate and they deserve better because with every spent second on the floor - they earn their "right" to wear this uniform. They "eat" what they "kill." It should have happened lot sooner but that is a whole another story
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Loyalty - interesting concept in professional sports. This is business and the loyalty has limits on both sides of spectrum. A team will trade a player or the player will opt out or sign somewhere else or what not.As a fan You have to loyalty to the team or to the favorite player. Nothing wrong with either one. Since this is business first it is about "what have You done for me lately? Support isn't required or granted - it is earned over and over again by performing here in now- not in the past. we have seen Webber, Vlade, Pedja and co leave and we will see others leave too. We will always have issues about support ad loyalty etc... So far we have manged to keep it "Kings first" for them most part. That is where loyalty needs to be.
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Coach's corner has run out of sponsors because even Steve Wonder isn't blind enough for it. Muss did everything wrong again which resulted in a woss but then again - his goal is to compete for the championship. It took him only 74 games to start developing young talent and as our luck goes - it paid off the first time at the worst possible moment.
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What can You say - Kings woss the game that was great to watch right until the moment that Jazz faded also due to injuries. We absolutely didn't need it. Ronnie, Kevin, Justin and Cisco with some help of certain veterans made a big comeback a You certainly can't blame and have to aplaud them for the desire and effort. It just shouldn't have gone all the way. We certainly played a great 2nd half.
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AWARD TIME
Giricek yet again won the TDM award but unfortunately choked at the end.
Fisher won the LW-VC award by default
JH-KT award went to Mike Bibby mostly because Brad only played 5 minutes.
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Rockets are next and Yao and TMac have back problems. We desperately need a lin but if those 2 don't play - it will be hard. What we definitely need to see is more PT for the kids at all costs. Hard to predict anything for Sunday night mostly because we don't have a clue what lineups will look like. I hope for another good performance by the youngsters and a lin.
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Cisco - doing well lately
Justin - finally alive body in the middle
Kevin - almost over kid
Ronnie - good stuff
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rest - mateen
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Muss - kool aid flavor of the night - roach spray
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Rockets have made the post season and they will play Jazz in the first round. They have injuries at the worst possible time for us. If Yao and TMac play thing will look differently. Other than that just 3 bad teams playing. TDM award will go to Head. Rest is reserved for Kings. We need a lin here!
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On April 8th 2003 Kings beat Sonics @ ARCO to improve to 57-22 for the season. That was the first game after the road trip but with end of the regular season in sight - Kings didn't allow any surprises and won the game easily. Webber lead the Kings with 20/6/7, Pedja had 18/6/1, Bibby had 15/5/3, Off the bench, Bobby had 15/5/5, and Hedo had 11 pts.
After a successful road trip, the Sacramento Kings picked up right where they left off at home.Chris Webber led five players in double figures with 20 points as the Kings pulled away in the second half for their fifth
straight win, a 107-85 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics. Playing their first game at ARCO Arena in nearly two weeks and coming off a 5-1 road trip, the Kings posted their fifth consecutive home win and improved to a league-leading 33-6 at home.
"This is a game you always have to worry about because you don't know how the players are going to get into it," Sacramento coach Rick Adelman said. "They played well tonight. We only had one day between the trip and the game and it's hard to get into. We came in mentally prepared."
"This team understands what we have in front of us," Sacramento guard Doug Christie said. "We want to go out there every night and put forth a crazy effort. We just want to go out there and play hard until we get subbed out. I think that's how we did it the remainder of the road trip and tonight, I just tried to get a hand up on Ray's (Allen) shots tonight."
"Sacramento played liked they were on a mission," Supersonics coach Nate McMillan said. "We never had any control over this game. They set the tone from the start and never lost control of this game and had full control for 48 minutes."
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After picking up an unexpected and unnecessary woss, Kings are 31-44 for the season which is the 8th worst in the NBA. As for the "post season hopes" - we are finally running out of possibilities which means that if Clippers win tonight - we are officially done. With 7 games left Kings have 2 priorities. Playing the kids and trying to improve their draft position should be fairly doable at the same time. We have nothing else to play for.
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Last night while still in shock because of the horrendous woss that we suffered - I was asking myself - does this franchise really deserve to have better future considering that it seems - they can't do anything right. When You get all the breaks and then You don't help Yourself - do You really deserve anything ? Last year if I remember correctly, we had 19 pts lead against the Suns in the 4th quarter and we gave it away. Because of that we faced Spurs in the first round instead of Suns. This year it is totally the opposite. All our lottery competition win games and instead of catching up - we pick up a woss and everything is back to square 1. With 30 wosses - we would have been tied for the 5th lottery spot. With 31 - we are 8th. Sometimes You just have to "force' or "earn" some luck especially if You aren't lucky to begin with.
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Whatever option You have been supporting - we are at the point where our season is over. There will be no playoffs for the Kings this season and as much as it hurts - we just don't deserve it. We have nothing to play for except for the fact that we have some young talent and that we have a real chance to get a good draft pick. Sure - draft pick might not change anything considering there is always a Previs Ellison hidden in one of the prospects but it is a start and it gives hope and HOPE is what we really need these days.
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Have You consider the worst case scenario ? It would go something like this: A mediocre draft pick + same veteran core (most of them untradable) or new flexible pieces acquired from bad deal that we were "forced to make + same coach = even worse season with less hope and it is hard to get out of that vicious circle. Just ask Yourself this - Can You stand another season like this and can this franchise afford another one ? I don't have the answers - just opinions
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During this whole season I have been going between "big picture" vs. "small picture" depending on how Kings were doing. It wasn't easy because every time-You get Your hopes up - there is a setback and then another one and so on. Things have changed. The "small picture" is gone. Every win means a loss now - literally. It is hard to root for the team that You love to lose and it surely isn't natural but this isn't rocket science anymore, it isn't complicated or difficult. If You want Your team to get better, to improve, to get some help, to be exciting, competitive etc... - You have to want it to lose the last 7 games and that includes the Lakers game. Most of You know how hard this is to accept but this isn't about us vs. them anymore. It is just about us and it is hard but it is so desperately necessary.
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Veterans - best indicator of what kind of team You have or don't have. Right now most of them have quit on a coach and the team and they just run around on the floor like bunch of chicken. For them - it is all about booking the right vacation and staying healthy so the can enjoy the summer. For a fan that stays up late at night to watch them - it is at least aggravating. No effort, desire, commitment - nothing. I am tired of this. They are responsible for 31-44 - not us. They sucked and failed if the goal was to get into the playoffs. They got themselves into this situation. Show some pride here!
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This gets me to the only real bright spot that we can hang on right now. Kevin, Ronnie, Cisco and Justin want to play, they are dying to play. It shows on the court. They are trying as hard as they can. They aren't playing for post season or to increase their trade value. They are playing for the right to stay under the NBA sun. They want the chance to succeed. It is refreshing to watch and their efforts from last night got lost under the disappointment of winning the game by a large part of the fans. It is unfortunate and they deserve better because with every spent second on the floor - they earn their "right" to wear this uniform. They "eat" what they "kill." It should have happened lot sooner but that is a whole another story
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Loyalty - interesting concept in professional sports. This is business and the loyalty has limits on both sides of spectrum. A team will trade a player or the player will opt out or sign somewhere else or what not.As a fan You have to loyalty to the team or to the favorite player. Nothing wrong with either one. Since this is business first it is about "what have You done for me lately? Support isn't required or granted - it is earned over and over again by performing here in now- not in the past. we have seen Webber, Vlade, Pedja and co leave and we will see others leave too. We will always have issues about support ad loyalty etc... So far we have manged to keep it "Kings first" for them most part. That is where loyalty needs to be.
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Coach's corner has run out of sponsors because even Steve Wonder isn't blind enough for it. Muss did everything wrong again which resulted in a woss but then again - his goal is to compete for the championship. It took him only 74 games to start developing young talent and as our luck goes - it paid off the first time at the worst possible moment.
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What can You say - Kings woss the game that was great to watch right until the moment that Jazz faded also due to injuries. We absolutely didn't need it. Ronnie, Kevin, Justin and Cisco with some help of certain veterans made a big comeback a You certainly can't blame and have to aplaud them for the desire and effort. It just shouldn't have gone all the way. We certainly played a great 2nd half.
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AWARD TIME
Giricek yet again won the TDM award but unfortunately choked at the end.
Fisher won the LW-VC award by default
JH-KT award went to Mike Bibby mostly because Brad only played 5 minutes.
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Rockets are next and Yao and TMac have back problems. We desperately need a lin but if those 2 don't play - it will be hard. What we definitely need to see is more PT for the kids at all costs. Hard to predict anything for Sunday night mostly because we don't have a clue what lineups will look like. I hope for another good performance by the youngsters and a lin.
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Cisco - doing well lately
Justin - finally alive body in the middle
Kevin - almost over kid
Ronnie - good stuff
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rest - mateen
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Muss - kool aid flavor of the night - roach spray
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Rockets have made the post season and they will play Jazz in the first round. They have injuries at the worst possible time for us. If Yao and TMac play thing will look differently. Other than that just 3 bad teams playing. TDM award will go to Head. Rest is reserved for Kings. We need a lin here!
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