"PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Philadelphia 76ers will interview Boston Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau for their vacant head coaching position."

"We were seven games below .500 and nine games out of the playoffs. After 15 games here in Reno, we are now finally a .500 team and only one game out with two games to go. We have two very winnable games remaining to achieve the seemingly impossible. At that point, if we did get in, nobody would want to play us, since we are the hottest team in the D-League. My summer vacation plans in Vegas might have to go on hold for the chance at a title. We’ll just have to see what happens this weekend." -Bighorn player, Rod Benson from his spot on BDL.
Also via BDL, Ron Artest freestyling. If your masochistic its a must watch.

Pictures of shot mechanics for funky shooters, with some video to accompany it, including one wreaking of Kings nostalgia. And video of Barkley's golf swing, its a must see. Via Truehoop.

From a Magic blog, thepunsarestartingtoboreme.blogspot.com Theres a little bit more about the kings and then the spurs, bucks, suns, and sonics. Its not the most in depth analysis but at least he's complimentary.

"First up: The Kings.
From Anthony Johnson, to Spencer Hawes, and everyone in between, what has Sac Town done to deserve our highest honor? First of all, in this span, they have only 15 selections overall. A smaller group is more easily impacted by one or two good draft choices. Their three "best" selections overall? Would you believe that Kevin Martin, and Gerald Wallace, both taken late in the first round (26, and 25 in their respective drafts) come in as only the second and third best selections in this ten year span? Number one? Jerome James."

"If the Euroleague sent their two best teams this year to play Sacramento and Washington, I'd think the Euros would win. No matter what the rules were."
Thats like saying the best two MLS teams could take on the worst two Premier League teams.

He goes onto say, "The game could potentially energize depressed fan bases in Sacramento and Washington who haven't seen their teams play meaningful basketball in months."
Depressed my ass, who hasnt been taking their Xanax? Perhaps happily medicated but not depressed, not any more at least. But i shouldnt get defensive, lord knows the kings dont.

Context- Ideas to improve All Star Weekend- instead of the Rookie v Soph game have 3 games, Rookies v. Dleague All Stars and then the two worst NBA teams play the best two Euro teams. At least our whole team goes to the All star weekend in this hypothetical but we LOSE... no matter what the rules are and we'd be playing a home game in another city, scary thought.

In terms of the cookie rating system we are Fresh Out of the Oven Warm Gooey Cookie. This is just the intro to his analysis which will be upcoming in future posts.

PG DeMarcus Nelson (Sacramento, CA)
SG Chuck Hayes (Modesto, CA)
SF Matt Barnes (Sacramento, CA)
PF Robin Lopez (Fresno, CA)*
C Brook Lopez (Fresno, CA)*/Ryan Hollins (El Dorado Hills, CA)
"BG Analysis: This team will have problems with such young players (2 rooks) but they have talent. They just don't have any playmakers that can create and nobody except for maybe b. Lopez can create their own shot. So this is a relatively weak squad with no real guards or swingmen.
My Take: Probably worth seeing the Lopez twins out there together, I'd love to see them play two-on-two with the Collins twins. This team is garbage, though."

Finally a team the Kings could beat, the link does this for all the bball cities.

"After they put up monstrous lines against the Kings, the league's 3rd best defense was able to hold LBJ and Mo to a combined 14-42 from the field..."

Here's to the joy of misreading.