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Why the F*@k is Cooper posting Lakers stories on the Kings Blog?

Kfan in Korea — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:01:21 -0000

Why the F*@k is Cooper posting Lakers stories on the Kings Blog?

Seriously that has got to stop.

"Yao reacts how like a Coca Cola would want him to react or maybe how a McDonald's exec would want...

Kfan in Korea — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:41:31 -0000

"Yao reacts how like a Coca Cola would want him to react or maybe how a McDonald's exec would want him to react, you know Ron Artest is different."

From Ron Artest Podcast on Rockets.com via writeup about said podcast on HoopsWorld

HoopsWorld Grades the Kings offseason

Kfan in Korea — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:27:11 -0000

HoopsWorld Grades the Kings offseason

A good review of the off season so far. Mentions Singletary and Ewing as possibly being part of the Artest deal.

"And perhaps best of all, it finally establishes Sacramento as Kevin Martin's team. For the past...

Kfan in Korea — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:55:14 -0000

"And perhaps best of all, it finally establishes Sacramento as Kevin Martin's team. For the past two years the Kings have appeared to have a hard time understanding that their most efficient scorer should be getting a bigger chunk of the shots; now that the option of forcing it to Artest or Mike Bibby are gone, Martin can get on with pumping in 25 a game and not worry about going entire quarters without seeing the ball."

Hollinger's take

Ron Artest: Crazy or Just Misunderstood?

Kfan in Korea — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:03:01 -0000

Ron Artest: Crazy or Just Misunderstood?

From Hoopsworld. Nothing really new, but some interesting quotes, I hadn't seen before.

I'm Worried About Minutes aka Trade Someone Please

Kfan in Korea — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:16:03 -0000

(From the FanPosts. - TZ)

I was thinking about playing time for some of our younger players, and came to a frightening realization. We're now too deep. As our roster currently stands our 5 starters are Beno, Martin, Artest, Moore and Miller. The first 4 off the bench would be Garcia, Salmons, Hawes and Williams. The last 3 on the active roster(end of the bench guys) are Douby, Thompson and Singletary.

Based partly on last season's minutes, and knowing that Theus will be trying to win every game(rightfully so), I would predict a breakdown something like this:

Martin - 35, Artest - 35(closer to 40 last year), Miller - 33, Beno - 32 and Moore - 30 = 165 minutes

Garcia - 25, Salmons - 20, Hawes - 15, Williams - 10, and Douby -5 = 75 minutes

= 240.

That would assume Garcia backing up at the point and SG to get him his minutes and a few minutes for Artest at the 4(same as last year).

The problem here is we really need to be getting Douby 10+ minutes a game, because we need to find out this year what he can do, and I'd like to see Thompson get similar minutes to what Hawes got last year(10-15), without taking minutes from Williams(who is in a similar situation to Douby).

We're getting to the point where we need to start seeing what we've got with some of these guys. Our team isn't contending, so we don't have the luxury of letting a Gerald Wallace waste away on the bench and then blossom elsewhere. If there are players on this team we know for sure are not a part of the future, it is time to look at moving them now(Mikki, Brad, Ron).

The trade/trades kind of need to be for young talent, picks and expiring crap, similar to the Bibby deal(but hopefully with better picks). If we did the Odom or Marion trade, it would free up some minutes at the 1-3, but take even more time away from the young bigs. Odom or Marion getting 35 minutes at the 4 and Mikki taking 15-20 off the bench doesn't leave much playing time for Spencer, Sheldon and JT.

I'd hate to see Douby, Williams and Thompson sitting on the end of the bench, not getting a chance to develop as fast as they might, just so we can win an extra 5 games.

Clips get Camby for a 2nd round pick

Kfan in Korea — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:38:58 -0000

Clips get Camby for a 2nd round pick

Wow, talk about a salary dump and getting nothing in return.

Jason Thompson is so BigTime he has his own website

Kfan in Korea — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:28 -0000

Jason Thompson is so BigTime he has his own website

Via Sam Amick's Blog.

Martin & Turkoglu among HoopsWorld's Top 20 Best Value picks

Kfan in Korea — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:19:17 -0000

Martin & Turkoglu among HoopsWorld's Top 20 Best Value picks

Though I'd have ranked Martin a lot higher than 18th.

Whack-a-Mole AKA the 2008 NBA Draft

Kfan in Korea — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:12:48 -0000

Whack-a-Mole AKA the 2008 NBA Draft

Seems everyday a new player is on the rise and up for selection at the 12. Today it's DeAndre Jordan.