I didn't see this up on the site yet, but I'll delete if I'm mistaken. This is an Insider feature, so enter at your own risk. Here is the relevant information (and why can't we blockquote in the link area of Fanshots - or am I just missing something?):

"FREE AGENCY: Diogu's return to Kings unlikely

The Sacramento Bee reports Ike Diogu has not heard from the Kings since they declined to tender him a qualifying offer.

"I was disappointed (the Kings declined the offer), because I felt that I handled myself extremely well in a very tough situation last year," Diogu said. "I felt I could've helped the team a lot earlier than I was given the chance to, and I felt like they knew what they were getting."

Diogu's agent told the newspaper that he has no reason to believe his client is in the Kings' plans.

"I haven't had any conversations with them (since the offer was declined)," Thaddeus Foucher said. "With the way they finished up, I thought we could've got something done really quick, but obviously they went in a different direction and that's their prerogative. (But) if you look at the team and what they need, I think he'd be a perfect fit."

I've sort of weened myself off of the Sports Guy over the last few years - for many reasons, but primarily because he's been insufferable since Boston turned into Title Town. He's also anti-blog and anti-small/middle markets, and has become more of a bully and less of a voice of the common fan IMO.

But this is a pretty damn good read. You may disagree with his solutions, but I think he hits the mark regarding this year's playoffs. There have been some potentially all-time great series going, but the officiating has made them more of a disjointed mess than they should be.

Mark Cuban should just call the man and his mother and apologize. He started this nonsense and he should take the high road and end it.

I enjoyed this Kenyon Martin quote though:

"The world got to see it before the person who it was meant for got to see it. That tells you how that goes. I ain't never known nobody apology to somebody through other people."

That statement is reason #1235 to cross the University of Cincinnati off my daughter's list of potential college choices.

Well, this will give ESPN something to obsess over for the next month or so...

No agent, though.

There is now a Sam Amick amongst us.

As much as I dislike KHTK, it really is the only place to hear Kings discussion in Sacramento. Three things you may want to take a listen to:

First is the John Moag interview from March 2nd. Kudos to Grant and Mike for a solid interview, asking all the right questions.

Second is the Gavin Maloof trainwreck of an interview from March 11th. Lord knows I've defended the Maloof brothers regularly around here, but this was unconscionable. When are these guys going to get a VP type that can elucidate the direction of the franchise in a better manner? Grant and Mike bent over backwards to try to lead that horse to water (aka not sound like a jackass), but he wouldn't drink. Say what you want about a guy like Ralph Barbieri, he wouldn't have beaten around the bush and would have (rightfully) hammered Gavin for the nonsense he was spewing.

Third is the item at the top entitled "Bobby Jackson on REVENGE". Let's hope that Donté isn't in the car when Bobby burns it down.