SI.com: Under the radar

[Warhawk]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jack_mccallum/03/09/undertheradar/index.html

Under the radar

Role players offering big boosts to playoff hopefuls


So I'm going to take a different route and talk about a few players not even remotely in the MVP race -- in fact, they may not even be on your radar screen -- but who are having a huge impact on their respective teams.

5. Kevin Martin, Sacramento Kings

It may be presumptuous to include a King, since Sacramento is still fighting just to get into the playoffs. But I'm almost positive the Kings are going to make it and probably climb as high as seventh. Martin is one of the reasons why. A second-year player out of Western Carolina, he is a lightning-quick all-purpose guard who can shoot (he's close to 50 percent from the field and goes about 85 percent from the line) and defend. Rookie swingman Francisco Garcia is another relatively unknown King, but Martin has been GM Geoff Petrie's real find.

 

[atxrocker]

i am really starting to love reading articles like this. things are beginning to look alot brighter the way things are going.

 

[LPKingsFan]

Does this mean he's on the radar now?

 

[VF21]

Here's a thought:

Perhaps the gold lamé uniforms are actually equipped with Stealth technology.

 

[Warhawk]

Here's a thought:

Perhaps the gold lamé uniforms are actually equipped with Stealth technology.

If that's the case, should we be hoping to wear them more often?!?!?

 

[VF21]

I look back on the horror and revulsion I felt about those things at first and actually am amazed something as minor as ugly uniforms got me so riled. It's interesting how desperate things were around here if the alternate jerseys were the main focus point of discussions.



Now, with everything that's happening on the court, I don't care what color uniform they wear as long as the name on the front still says Sacramento/Kings. Everything else is just details.

Oh, and BTW? If you tinker with the color controls on your TV, you can get rid of the gold.

 

[thesanityannex]

If that's the case, should we be hoping to wear them more often?!?!?

No. They do not have stealth technology. Don't believe the hype.

 

[sActOwnGal]

I'm happy that kevin is getting some well deserved national attention. People outside of Sacramento is starting to see that he is going to be a very good player for years to come.

 

[kingsfan916]

Here's a thought:

Perhaps the gold lamé uniforms are actually equipped with Stealth technology.

they should use old-school stealth and use black

 

[16to93]

I look back on the horror and revulsion I felt about those things at first and actually am amazed something as minor as ugly uniforms got me so riled. It's interesting how desperate things were around here if the alternate jerseys were the main focus point of discussions.



Now, with everything that's happening on the court, I don't care what color uniform they wear as long as the name on the front still says Sacramento/Kings. Everything else is just details.

Oh, and BTW? If you tinker with the color controls on your TV, you can get rid of the gold.

Hahah!

 

[D-Mass]

It's interesting how desperate things were around here if the alternate jerseys were the main focus point of discussions.

I wasn't desperate...I hate those things...

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

they should use old-school stealth and use black

That will be the day I buy a retro jersey

 

[SDKing]

I look back on the horror and revulsion I felt about those things at first and actually am amazed something as minor as ugly uniforms got me so riled. It's interesting how desperate things were around here if the alternate jerseys were the main focus point of discussions.



Now, with everything that's happening on the court, I don't care what color uniform they wear as long as the name on the front still says Sacramento/Kings. Everything else is just details.

Oh, and BTW? If you tinker with the color controls on your TV, you can get rid of the gold.

I think you should change your avatar to Taz with the gold jersey on alternate days.

 

[VF21]

Um, we're not gonna go that far.

Ever.

 

[SDKing]

Um, we're not gonna go that far.

Ever.

C'mon, it'll show his softer side

 

[kingsfan52miller]

Um, we're not gonna go that far.

Ever.

how about just for 1 day?

 

[VF21]

Nope. It could effect the space-time continuum or the cosmic balance or Lord knows what else. I simply cannot take that chance.

 

[GoGoGadget]

I think that the Sta-Puft Marshmallow man was much more deserving of the gold unis, and we already got to see that.

 

[kingsfan52miller]

Nope. It could effect the space-time continuum or the cosmic balance or Lord knows what else. I simply cannot take that chance.

cant argue with that...oh well GO KINGS

 

[VF21]

I think that the Sta-Puft Marshmallow man was much more deserving of the gold unis, and we already got to see that.

True dat.

 

[SacTownKid]

I was a fand of the gold uni's about a month or two back, but now I just hate them. They wear on you after a period of time.

 

[GoGoGadget]

I was a fand of the gold uni's about a month or two back, but now I just hate them. They wear on you after a period of time.

For some of us, that "period of time" was about two seconds.

 

[TCH]

Here's a thought:

Perhaps the gold lamé uniforms are actually equipped with Stealth technology.

Maybe they're so shinny that they distract our opponents.

 

[kennadog]

I don't like the gold unis, becasue its so hard to see them against the color of the court. Or maybe camoflage was the idea? Anyway, they look awful on TV.

 

[tubiscus]

For some of us, that "period of time" was about two seconds.

That long????

 

[thesanityannex]

That long????

That's what I was thinking. I hated them before I even saw them. Hopefully they won't be back for next season.

 

[Bibby-4-Three]

I think that the Sta-Puft Marshmallow man was much more deserving of the gold unis, and we already got to see that.

I had to do this...I couldn't stop myself.