Nash, Barnes Suspended for Friday's Game at Sacramento
Steve Nash earned a one-game suspension for pushing Tracy McGrady in Wednesday's scuffle with Houston. Matty Barnes got two games off. Rafer Alston was also suspended two games.
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Wow
No Nash, Barnes, or Barbosa? We are closer to a win already, but the excitement of this game may be lacking. Who’s going to run the point for them? Stoudemire is still a beast and Shaq is still a douche so the game is not yet a gimme.
Napear: "Going in to the final timeout what did the coach tell you?"
Bibby: "I asked the coach if I should go and he said, I don't really know what he said."
PG for PHX
Our briefly a King 2nd rd choice Sean Singletary and the Goran Gragic (sp?) kid, both rookies
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Douche?
Why is Shaq still a “Douche?”
I disliked him during the Kings v Lakers years but cmon man, I always found him entertaining and great for the league. No player has done as much for the NBA in terms of marketability in the post-Jordan years than Shaq has ( Only Yao and Lebron can make cases for that). He brought an attitude / personality / talent level to the league that was in need of it at a time when the Dream Teamers were slowly fading out of the spotlight. Not to mention, he could easily go down as the most dominant player anyone of us will ever witness play ball. I could go on for days, but Douche is probobly the last thing I’d call him.
Bzzt
MumbleMouth could have been the most dominant player in the history of the NBA, but he never worked on his game or conditioning enough to reach that peak.
Top-10? Sure. Jackass? Indeed. Douche? That’s an insult to the Massengill company, IMO.
Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.
by otis29 on Nov 14, 2008 2:03 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
right
refer to my
“Thats called a ‘hook’ shot” comment I’m going to toss at him.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 2:18 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
Ima have to say I disagree with you on this one Otis.
Name one player who could EVER guard Shaq 1 on 1 in his prime? I can’t think of anyone.
Hell, even Jordan had trouble with Dumars and a (very) select few. Lebron & Kobe can also be mentioned in the same category but I’ve seen the both of them get stopped by excellent defenders one on one over the years. Shaq simply COULD not be stopped barring foul trouble, to me, thats a key ingredient for being considered dominant.
That Jackass and Douche has also done more for charity work than 99% of the league has if what I’ve heard about him is true. Its all relative I guess.
He never worked on the fundamentals was the point
Just leaned on his freakishly large size.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 2:34 PM PST up reply actions
Wrong-
He is easily one of the best passing big-men in the modern era, for which he is often underrated. He has freakishly quick feet / low post spin moves for his size as well. Hell, I saw him freeze Yao with a spin move 2 nights ago. Low post moves and passing ability are indeed fundamentals.
His free-throw shooting % has always been a source for criticism, for which I can’t defend. But to me, thats the one fundamental of his game he never “worked on” as you say.
Dunno
I guess if you look at career scoring averages, you’d have to think that SOMEONE was able to contain the Diesel from time to time – certainly moreso than Jordan. Or maybe his lack of concern for his free throw stroke kept his numbers from where they could have been. Funny, I don’t remember guys like Jordan/Bird/Magic just sluffing off those portions of their game, or their conditioning (I’ll work myself into shape as the season goes along…pffft).
I agree he was a great player. But he could have been better, maybe even the best. Regardless, most of his success is due more to his size and athleticism, and very little about his actual basketball skill.
As far as charity work goes, I’ve heard Shaq does quite a bit, but there are plenty of guys who do the same. I doubt he’s done more than 99% of the league, but it will probably be difficult to find statistical evidence to back that up either way.
Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.
Can't say I mind this development
The Kings should do better tonight as a result.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
Both happy and sad
as we’re going to the game tonight, love seeing Nash play and there might not be too many more chances.
It sure equals out the wings missing though.
GO KINGS!!
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
If the Kings don't win tonight
I’m going to really wonder a lot about this team. For a team that started so poorly on the road, it’s been given a ton of gifts since coming back. At this point, it’s hard not to see why Hollinger has the team ranked so low.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
cynical cynical
we have guys out for every game as well (like our leading scorer now and our center the first 5 games and our 6th man forever) – and trying to work in some much young guys . . .
Every game is going to be a struggle w/o a shooting guard, or a back up SG, or a back-up back-up SG
This team is coming, if we can get healthy.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
I said the Kings should win tonight
And if they don’t, there is too much for Reggie to fix.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
Really??
Wow, that seems…drastic. Don’t forget, our best player and arguably our best sixth man are on the sidelines. This isn’t a gimme, when you’ve got Shaq and Amare on the other side.
I agree that we should win this game, but I’m not ready to throw up my hands and give up on the team if we don’t.
Kevin Pritchard has Chuck Norris tied up in the trunk of his car.
right
as long as they play well I could see Amare and Shaq possibly being dominant enough to pull it out.
After all, we don’t have our SG, our back-up SG or our back-up back-up SG (well, maybe him)
I just don’t want to see Dragic or Singletary winning this, that, I would find unacceptable.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
But I think we'll win
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by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions
No Otis I agree with you
But see the thing is, the point is not that the Kings aren’t fixable. It’s that Reggie can’t do it without having Kevin Martin or Francisco Garcia around. All my point really was. (It’s moot now that the Kings have lost by the time I posted this.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
LOL!!!!!!
Plus Mike Singletary time. (I know his first name is Sean. I’m just saying.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
oops
got a call and was late hitting ‘post’ on my comment above
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by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
Another thought
So much for the Kings getting screwed by the NBA. Nash & Barnes not being there in Barbosa’s wake? Yeah, clearly the NBA is out to get the KIngs. LOL
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
Definitely
As far as the conspiracy theories/bad luck goes its been us complaining for the last few years as our team’s gone downhill. Suns fans will be the next generation of the coulda won it all teams that got screwed.
Kevin Martin, line 1 holding for you. Your destiny is calling. - Section214
I don't know
took them a while to announce it, maybe a painful decision for them
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by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
The NBA
Always takes forever to announce this shit. I think it’s Stern’s dramatic sense of bullshit theatre.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
Dragic and Udrih
By the way, Dragic and Udrih are countrymen and played together with the Slovenian national team in 2006 and 2007. As Dragic is Udrih’s back-up there, I have a feeling they know each other’s game extremely well. Probably a slight advantage for Dragic on that, but clearly Udrih is the better NBA player at this point.
I didn't know Dragic was Slovenian
Thanks for the heads up. I’m just as interested in “Mike” Singletary tonight myself.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
Melee this, melee that
I just get blamed for everything
by melee on Nov 14, 2008 12:12 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
funny
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
Not that it matters about the "best" perse
But this is definitely the best fanpost I’ve ever seen anywhere under any circumstance. Probably shouldn’t be a surprise it’s off blog-a-bull.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
Interesting
I think those mathmatical formulas can be useful, but so much about winning is TEAM play. How a team is contstructed to balance strengths and weaknesses. When a team jells, all those numbers tend to change, go way up – and not necessarily because the talent level has.
I give you the Pistons and the Spurs, both teams essentially based on team defense, whose offensive numbers would not be impressive in that or most systems at all and who individually, though there are some standouts, would not have significantly higher defensive numbers than many others if they were on a poor ‘Team’.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions
By this measurement
Kevin Martin shouldn’t be an NBA starter and Jamario Moon is an All-NBA player. I recognize that a lot of work went into it, but I’m not impressed with the results.
Shut up and Coach
right
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Adding...
It ranks Kevin Martin as the worst starting defensive player in the NBA, nearly twice as bad as Mike Bibby and ten times as bad as Beno Udrih.
Shut up and Coach
Hmmm didn't know all that
Well, if that’s the case, then I’ll shutup then. (I haven’t read it all. Didn’t really have the time to go through it.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. It's simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get tangled, you tango on
No way is this game in the bag
I hate to be the pessismist realist here, but they’ve still got Amare and Shaq out there, and no one on the Kings can compete defensively with either player. The Suns don’t need a point guard to beat the Kings. I could play point guard and throw it to Shaq/Amare, let either of them bowl over the nearest King and they’ll get the call/basket.
That’s not to say the Kings can’t win, because they’ve obviously been playing pretty well, but dealing with big or athletic big men is not the team’s strong suit. That being said, the three big man lineup will be well-suited to fight the Suns tonight. Even Shelden is likely to get some burn due to the inevitable foul trouble for the other guys on the front line.
Shut up and Coach
No way is this game in the bag
I hate to be the pessismist realist here, but they’ve still got Amare and Shaq out there, and no one on the Kings can compete defensively with either player. The Suns don’t need a point guard to beat the Kings. I could play point guard and throw it to Shaq/Amare, let either of them bowl over the nearest King and they’ll get the call/basket.
That’s not to say the Kings can’t win, because they’ve obviously been playing pretty well, but dealing with big or athletic big men is not the team’s strong suit. That being said, the three big man lineup will be well-suited to fight the Suns tonight. Even Shelden is likely to get some burn due to the inevitable foul trouble for the other guys on the front line.
Shut up and Coach
I'd definately throw Sheldon at Shaq some
He has some chance to lean on that fat boy.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
Where's Garcia?
Hey guys – what’s up with Francisco Garcia? All I can find is that he’s “day to day” but it looks like he’s not played this year at all.
What how about Douby? I saw that kid light it up in Vegas. Is he in the dog house?
Blogging Suns Basketball
Both injured
Garcia – leg, trainer extended his recovery time a bit more.
Douby – ankle, practicing but hasn’t been allowed to play yet. Who knows, maybe tonight’s the night.
Got it
Good luck for us I guess given how thin our back court is tonight. Might just make it a fair fight (for your guys).
I kid! I kid!
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by Seth Pollack on Nov 14, 2008 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
and Martin is out as well
our leading scorer, still, I think we win.
Cisco? Cisco? CISCO!!!! #*$!%! !
by lietothegirls on Nov 14, 2008 2:20 PM PST up reply actions
I got 20 on it some how the kings are +140 to win even after the suspensions....
Not that StR endorses gambling which is a horrible horrible thing.
There now I've met the 75 word count. -pookeyguru
Hmm that didn't sound right.
I meant to say that gambling is a horrible horrible vice.
There now I've met the 75 word count. -pookeyguru
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