ONEZERO said:
there aint no way in hell vlades gets retired and chris' doesnt plain and simple.... theyre both getting in.. BOTH!!
yoda, i dont know how u can say vlade was more the face of the franchise over webb.... we lived and died with webber... we didnt live and die with vlade... like brick stated earlier: webb healthy= title hopes one freakin shot away and and one controversial 4th quarter(game 6 2002 wcf)... webb injured= title hopes dwindled away.
i would agree that webb is the face of the sacramento kings franchise, and mostly because, at one time, he was a completely legitimate and dominant star power forward that was capable of lighting a team up for 25 10 and 5 any given night, with relative ease. he's only a shadow of that man today, and i dont care how much crap he gets, he was an amazing ball player.
but, i consider vlade and chris as like co-faces of a sacto kings era. for at least 3 complete seasons, those two were among the greatest big man duos in the nba with their versatiliy, finesse, and team-game prowess. they might very well have been the best big man duo at the time.
either way, if one gets retired jersey status, the other should. i think it should be a ceremony in which both are retired together. for 7 years, they redefined the role of the big man. they proved that big men could do more than just play down low, while at the same time creating from those low blocks with a finesse missing from most big men today. and, when injury and age prevented both from reasserting themselves down low, they redefined their skillsets again. they were incredibly versatile, and i think only kevin garnett has as complete a skillset today (not talking about overall talent. i'm talking about a set of skills that expands a players game beyond his position and role). i'm gonna miss those days, and i thank those @ chriswebber.com for the video highlights and the memories. thats quite a treat, if ya ask me.