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Who Should The Lottery Teams Pick?

caseycheesecake — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:05:18 -0000

Who Should The Lottery Teams Pick?

Similar to Dalt, here is some insight from Canis Hoopus - our friend vjl110.

Also, check out his earlier compilation called Draft Data: Comparisons, Expected Peak Values, Star-Starter-Bust Likelyhoods.
http://www.canishoopus.com/2013/6/3/4391606/vjl110s-draft-data-comparisons-expected-peak-values-star-starter-bust

Maloof Propaganda!

caseycheesecake — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:47:13 -0000

I wrote an email to my company's Kings season ticket representative about cancelling our season tickets. We requested an explanation as to why we're cancelling and this is an excerpt of my response:

I was confirmed to tell you that we do not want to renew our season tickets. The reason would be, like I said on the phone, that our entertainment dollars are better spent elsewhere. The Kings aim to spend near the league minimum as their winning percentage indicates. The Maloofs’ promises to spend money on a better team have gone unfulfilled, and Geoff Petrie can only do so much with a hamstringed budget. Owners that rely on a basketball team for their personal income do a disservice to the team and the fans. Most importantly, the Maloofs walked away from a new arena deal that any other owner would have accepted in a heartbeat – thereby disappointing the fans, the city and even David Stern.

I wrote an email to my company's Kings season ticket representative about cancelling our season tickets. We requested an explanation as to why we're cancelling and this is an excerpt of my response:

I was confirmed to tell you that we do not want to renew our season tickets. The reason would be, like I said on the phone, that our entertainment dollars are better spent elsewhere. The Kings aim to spend near the league minimum as their winning percentage indicates. The Maloofs’ promises to spend money on a better team have gone unfulfilled, and Geoff Petrie can only do so much with a hamstringed budget. Owners that rely on a basketball team for their personal income do a disservice to the team and the fans. Most importantly, the Maloofs walked away from a new arena deal that any other owner would have accepted in a heartbeat – thereby disappointing the fans, the city and even David Stern.

She responded with this email:

I personally sat down with the Maloof’s at a private lunch and asked them questions revolving around the arena deal, etc… What many people don’t know is that the arena deal would have raised ticket prices 40-60% and the team would have had to be sold out for every year across the loan, or would have faced losing roughly 22 million a year.

(She had no argument against how they stay at the league minimum and that the team is their only source of income.)

Being a Kings fan, I know the Mal**fs are full of poop.

Can somebody more knowledgeable than I please give me some facts that can call these guys out on their BS? I remember reading that through the money contributed by the NBA and AEG, the Mal**fs wouldn't have had to pony up any money or something crazy.

P.S. I know I have no reason except my bitterness to respond to her with anything but a "yes I'm sure we want to cancel", but I thought this would be more satisfying.

This is for you, Ninja

caseycheesecake — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:06:45 -0000

This is for you, Ninja

Links to Detroit Bad Boys' analysis of Brandon Knight's effect on their team.

How much each player is losing during the lockout! (To the minute)

caseycheesecake — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:06:17 -0000

How much each player is losing during the lockout! (To the minute)

Tweet this to the players!

Utah sports station contact in New York.

caseycheesecake — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:17:04 -0000

Utah sports station contact in New York.

Very nice news if this is true!

Jimmer's game televised tonight!

caseycheesecake — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:23:08 -0000

Jimmer's game televised tonight!

My homie "kwlarson" just texted me that Jimmer's game is indeed being televised and streamed online at one or both of the following sites:

deseretnews.com
ksl.com

YIPEE!!! Starts at [EDIT] 6:00!!!
Forgive the lack of professionalism in this post. I had to get it on ASAP.

Labor Talks to Resume

caseycheesecake — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:35:11 -0000

Labor Talks to Resume

Good news or bad news?

YOU DECIDE!

She's been Jimmer'd

caseycheesecake — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:38:07 -0000

She's been Jimmer'd

This was the response to a letter written by a disillusioned BYU student accusing the BYU basketball fans of "worshiping" Jimmer.

Hilarious.

How to Avoid Drafting an NBA Bust!

caseycheesecake — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:05:54 -0000

How to Avoid Drafting an NBA Bust!

This is a nice way to break the tension before the draft today.

Sports Pickle article

caseycheesecake — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:00:07 -0000

Sports Pickle article

Funny article about conspiracies. Read to the end.

Kings Meet and Greet at the Cafeteria 15L, Sacramento!

caseycheesecake — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:36:14 -0000

Hey everybody. Caseycheesecake here. I was able to go to an exclusive meet the Kings thing because my dad's company, that I work at, owns very expensive seats and nobody was able to go but me. There were about 40 people there. The Kings that were there were Petrie and wife, Carril, Dalembert, the Landry brothers, Cousins, Whiteside and Greene. I have a few pictures to show and a few stories to tell. Enjoy after the jump.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=239578&id=577427060

Follow the link and I'll explain the pictures.

1) Jason was really cool. He wasn't afraid to talk to anybody and was messing around with the Kings.com microphone for a while. DeMarcus was easily the best and nicest guy there. He talked to everybody, joked around, and ate lots of free food. And he didn't get pissed when some young kid came up and told him "hey this off-season, don't even worry about playing basketball, just work on conditioning." Yeah...they shouldn't have let those two kids in.

2) I asked Carl why Hassan Whiteside was so grumpy. He referenced him hurting his knee and didn't really elaborate. Hassan was just sitting down, literally frowning, and not talking to anybody the whole night. At one point, Jason and DeMarcus even tried to get him to stand up by grabbing his arm and he got pissed and walked away. I don't know for sure what his deal was, but I already forgive him.

3) I saw Pete Carril but couldn't talk to him very much. He was walking around with some young kid that I've never heard of. I think the kid is connected. Anyway when I was going to take a picture, DeMarcus ran in and made it 10x better. Thanks DeMarcus.

4) Donte Greene was the only one not wearing Kings stuff. He was the second best socializer, behind DeMarcus. He was pretty popular so I didn't talk to him much.

5) So, after it got a little dark, we all went inside and played Pictionary! That's right. We divided into 5 teams, each led by a player, and the winning team got a prize! Each player got 1 minute to get as many as possible. Jason went first and got 4. Donte got 4. Sam was next. He SUCKS at Pictionary! Look at that picture! The top left was "spoon". To the right of that is, get this..."underwear". He was in the middle of drawing "hill" and he ended with 3. Marcus was my leader and we only got 3. :( Then Carl got disqualified because he wrote the word "BOB" to help with his "bobcat" picture. Donte and Jason battled in the second round. Jason's team couldn't guess a single one. Donte got one and everybody on his team won 4 suite tickets to Tuesday's game.

6) That's some of the free stuff we got.

*Not pictured: Marcus Landry, Hassan Grumpyface, Geoff Petrie and wife.

All in all, the night was super fun. I was totally out of place. Everybody there was uber-rich and chatting about their jobs and establishing contacts and stuff. I was hoping people would be intimidated by my youth and assume I was another Zuckerberg teen-millionaire. Unfortunately, nobody bought that.

P.S. Dalembert confirmed to me that he would only play the last 2 pre-season games. Also, DeMarcus drives a black Cadillac SUV, Whiteside has a sick black Mercedes, Donte has an Infinity Coup or something. Somebody there had a Bentley and Ferrari. I have a Sentra. Haha.

About 20 million too much?? http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5363686

caseycheesecake — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:47:53 -0000

About 20 million too much??

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5363686

2010 STR Draft Board - caseycheesecake

caseycheesecake — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:12:49 -0000

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Caseycheesecake. Nice to meet you. I'd like to take this opportunity to blow your minds with my basketball knowledge. I wrote in the perspective of us actually drafting them...and how I could spin it in a positive way.

1. John Wall - Ladies and gentlemen, we have another star. Tyreke and him, both being so young, will learn to play together. And together, they will ravage teams. It's that simple. GG NBA.

2. Derrick Favors - I'm still high on Hawes. I'm also perfectly fine with JT being a C. What I want is another quality PF that can bump Landry back to the bench and into his 6th MotY role. Favor is going to solidify our oft-infuriating defensive rebounding and defensive presence at the rim while becoming a constant threat for back picks that lead to alley oops. Hopefully he'll also develop a killer instinct to just throw down nasty dunks on defender's heads. Also, a 12-15 footer would be nice too.

3. Evan Turner - Here's Tyreke's new backcourt mate. He brings us more size, defense, playmaking, rebounding...he's a great, great addition. This will push Beno back as possibly the 6th man and an important offensive piece and leader off the bench. We will probably have the highest rebounding backcourt in the league and give Landry a little help in that department.

4. Demarcus Cousins - Scary. Scary for us and the teams we play. This boy has all the pieces to become a monster. (Is this ambiguous enough?) Hopefully Westphal and Co. can develop this young, goofy kid into a focused, goofy, slim, All-star center. Demarcus is going to provide us with a better inside game, defensive presence at the rim, and better rebounding. He will work well with all our currect frontcourt who can all hit the open shot.

5. Wesley Johnson - Meet our new SG. No, he will never see a minute as a SF. We have Donte and Casspi for that. Wesley and Tyreke will form a lockdown defensive backcourt. We have now, at SG, what Ime did for us at SF. What I mean by that is - we now have a defensive focused player who can hit an open shot! This type of player is exactly the kind we needed for our backcourt.

6. Cole Aldrich - If this guy's skin was black, people would say he was the next Emeka Okafor instead of the next Joel Pryzbilla. Consequently, he would be higher on the draft boards. This guy is a solid, big country boy that knows how to play inside. He defends, blocks, has some post moves... What more do we need? He won't become a star, but he will do his share to help our team win games.

7. Al-Faouq Aminu - Wow. What a specimen. I'm torn between wanting him to be a SF or a PF. He has the length and athleticism to defend power forwards. And if he does, he'll be in better positions to rebound, which is a major strength of his. Whatever position Geoff and Paul feel he should play, I'm okay with because I know this kid can be great. Now, I haven't interviewed him myself. I haven't hung out with him at the mall. From what I see from his interview, he's...different. I don't really care how he is off the court, so long as he doesn't make trouble. What I love is his love for rebounding and dunking - two things we lack on this team.

8. Hassan Whiteside - I equate this to when the Lakers took Andrew Bynum. I figure, we have a "servicable" frontcourt right now and can let Hassan blossom from a defensive role player into a starting C or PF. This kid has almost bad a rep as Cousins when it comes to maturity and what he did at school and such. But thinking of a possibly Marcus Camby (even though I doubt he would develop his passing skills) makes me grin uncontrollably.

9. Greg Monroe - He has skills. If you have skills, you can play. Forget that Spencer hasn't lived up to our expectations so far. Greg isn't Spencer. He isn't the savage dunker/intimidator I crave, but he can rebound and block some shots. He has confidence in his game and says that he could adapt to anything from GS's run n' gun to SA's half court slugfest. And I believe him. But I think he'd be best fit as either the playmaker off the bench, or, if he starts, I think he should have the ball the 2nd most and let guys, including Tyreke, cut off of him in the high post. That would make our offense much more versatile.

10. Xavier Henry - We need a shooter. Xavier can do that.

11. Epke Udoh - The "Nightmare"! Or, the Vulture might be more realistic of a nickname. Prey on the weak shots, Vulture! Feast on the sick, dying post players, Vulture! Here comes a fadeaway teardrop but the VULTURE swooped in gorged himself to the point where he could not fly anymore and he had to urinate on his own feet to avoid infection because he blocked it from the weak side! ...Anyway, basically we now have a defensive power forward. That's good, right?

12. Paul George - This guy, I believe, is not going to be better than Casspi at the SF position. But he is a great athlete and a great shooter. We can possibly trade him or Casspi, who would demand a great return because of the revenue he can bring a team, in the future.

13. Donatas Motiejunas - If he doesn't become the next Dirk, oh well. The kid is super young. He can basically go in any direction our coaching staff and training staff lead him. Why not do it with a 7-footer who can shoot?14. Kevin Seraphin - Well, he's not TECHNICALLY French...but he IS a big boy that will help our frontline. And his last name reminds me of Final Fantasy? Okay that's cool kinda.

15. Ed Davis - Here's a fun project, guys! Let's hope he becomes a great player.

16. Patrick Patterson - He's big, smart, he graduated in 3 years, and he is very personable. We could do worse.

1. John Wall - Ladies and gentlemen, we have another star. Tyreke and him, both being so young, will learn to play together. And together, they will ravage teams. It's that simple. GG NBA.

10. Xavier Henry - We need a shooter. Xavier can do that.

15. Ed Davis - Here's a fun project, guys! Let's hope he becomes a great player.

16. Patrick Patterson - He's big, smart, he graduated in 3 years, and he is very personable. We could do worse.

Poll

Wow wasn't that the most insightful post you've ever read, possibly?

WTF does GG mean?

3 votes

The Vulture! YES!

0 votes

You actually have not researched 80% of the guys you wrote about.

1 votes

Nice to meet you. You are awesome.

2 votes

6 votes | Poll has closed