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Fool me once…
“I'm against this trade. I always have been, and yesterday didn't help. Artest will not be good for Sacramento.”-SacKid 1-25-2006 Now just hang on, let me explain myself. When I saw Artest destroy a television camera in January of 2003 after he was ejected, I disliked him.
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All I want for Christmas
Yes, it's Christmas time but I feel as though Kings fans have been left with a lump of coal. So, as a fan I thought it would be cool to compile a list of things, obtainable things given the current roster, which I would like when it comes to Kings basketball. In other words, don't let me down, get them all, wrap them and put them under the tree. These are the things I want to tear into on Christmas morn:
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My how fast things change
In the world of the NBA things happen quite quickly. As of late, far too quickly for me, in fact. It may not seem like it but I write Kings articles constantly. Most of them you never see. Why, you ask? It's simple really. Too little time and too many games.
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Pre-Season Chatter
Okay, okay, okay already! I hear you! So I took some time off from writing. Give a guy a break. I had to mow the lawn and wash the car or something. But I get the idea from the numerous emails, countless personal encounters and from my own guilt that perhaps my absence has been far too long. And in some strange way I'm enjoying the thought that someone actually needs me! But enough about you...
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KEVIN'S CORNER
It's that time again
So you bought your brand new HD big screen, you upgraded to DVR, heck you’ve even got a brand new armchair, now your ready to see all that wonderful Kings action.
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KSF LEAGUE ANALYST REPORT
Warning! This article is technically a Blog
Yeah, it's another blog, and you're going to have to deal with it. I'm bored, it's hot, there are things to write about, and I can't creatively collect my thoughts into an original piece, so I'll give you my thoughts in the form of a blog. So, in my first, and hopefully my last blog, I'll discuss the NBA Finals, the NBA Draft, the new CBA, and my disgust for the neighborhood mailman. If you wait long enough, I might say something interesting.
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B-ball in June, WNBA, thinking "outside the box"
Anybody out there? Hello? Is this thing on? Man, what a long, boring off-season and it's only June! Basketball is still on TV, and I'm not talking about the kind that I still think that I could dominate as a short, white, balding guy who sits in front of his computer all day (ahem, that would be the W-NBA). And do you mind if I do one "bit" on the WNBA? It has been a while, I think I'm due for one, small comment.
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My goodness! The playoffs are coming!
It's play off time and can you feel it? I mean can you FEEL it!?
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The Dotties, the KSF Forum, CWebb trade talk and Peja
Only 18 games left in the season! That’s what shocked me just as much when I read the report on Brad Miller breaking his leg and being out for the rest of the season. 18 games, Brad is out 4-6 weeks and is expected to be ready for the playoffs. Kingssuperfans.com sources have told us, by the way, that the Kings big man broke his leg after experiencing a near super-human rush of energy which took him a solid 8 inches off of the ground during a lay-up drill.
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Look no further, we have the arena issue solved
We've found a solution for the arena issue! Although, we doubt it will be a popular idea especially to those fine homeowners that live in the Natomas/North Natomas area. Nonetheless we think it has the potential to solve many, if not all, the major issues. Those issues have been money, location and, well, money.
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The fan in me
There's a fan in me that hates all these trades. It's the same fan that longs for the days of yester-season when the Kings competed every single night and blew teams out by 15, 20, even 30 points. Other teams never knew what hit them as the Kings' highly efficient offensive machine steamrolled the rest of the league to franchise high wins for a season and a very special trip to the Western Conference Finals.
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Kings give Webber the boot
Some people said that an era in Kings basketball ended when Vlade Divac decided to sign with the Lakers. If they weren't right then surely Doug Christie's forced exit made people take notice that an era had ended.
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Kings grades at the All-Star break
It's All-Star break and there's no better time to rate the Kings performance. We'll start with the Starting Five, hit the bench guys and round out with a grade for the team as a whole.
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Fool me once…
by Sackid
April 20, 2006

"When I decided I wanted to leave the game or take a month off, I'm a grown man."

“I'm against this trade. I always have been, and yesterday didn't help. Artest will not be good for Sacramento.”-SacKid 1-25-2006

Now just hang on, let me explain myself.

When I saw Artest destroy a television camera in January of 2003 after he was ejected, I disliked him. After I saw Artest flip, then Trail Blazer, Bonzi Wells over his back and onto the ground while fighting for a rebound in March 2003, I despised him. After he gave the Cleveland crowd a pair of matching fingers in April 2003, I thought enough was enough. After he asked for time off to promote his rap album in November 2004, I thought he had gone around the bend. And after the brawl that same month, I though he should be banned from basketball.

So when people started suggesting that the Kings trade for him I thought it was, to borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, the craziest f#@king thing I’d ever heard.

I thought he had been given enough chances, I thought that if the brawl did not wake him up nothing would. I thought that while the city had had an impact on other players who came here with problems, he was beyond Sacramento’s rehabilitative power.

But it turns out I was wrong. Dead wrong. In 40 games, there has not been a single incident. Not only has he been in full control of himself, it looks like he is just what the team needed. After a loss in January, Artest said:

"We're far from done. Our goal is to come out this year No. 1, win the championship, so we've got a long season ahead of us. ... I don't know who we're going to play (in the playoffs), but we're not losing in the first round. We're not losing in the first round. Everybody on this team is committed. We're going to walk the walk."

Saying that a .400 team that is five and a half games out will make the playoffs is no small thing, especially when talking about a team with whom you have only played two games. But he did not just say it. He meant it.

He took the lead on a team that looked like it had given up long ago. He proclaimed the Kings would make the playoffs, and here we are. When he said it, they were a .409 team with an 18-26 record. Afterwards they managed to go 26-12 to close out the season winning .684 of their games. Of course, the journey was not without its ups and downs, but somehow Artest was finally able to succeed where others had failed and give the Kings exactly what they needed; a swift kick in the pants.

“We're not losing in the first round. Everybody on this team is committed. We're going to walk the walk.”

So now I am conflicted. I said no good could come of the Ron Artest trade and he managed to turn around a team that I was ready to blow up. I was wondering how we would fair in the lottery and he had the gumption to say that the team will make the playoffs.

So now here we are. In two days the Kings will face the reigning NBA champions in the first game of a seven game series. A team against whom we have never matched up well. A team we have never faced in the playoffs before. A team with whom we lost the season series 2-1. A team that has won three rings in the last seven years to our one in the last 50+.

Everything tells me we lose in the first round. I say we do not stand much of a chance. They are the Spurs, they have the rings, they have home court, they have the #1 seed, they have the, well, 2nd best record in the league, they have the season series and they have Tim Duncan. We have the most bipolar team I have ever seen. I do not see how we can make it out of a seven game series… I say the Kings will lose.

But it would not be the first time I have misjudged something this season.

“I don't know who we're going to play, but we're not losing in the first round.” –Ron Artest, 1-29-06