Monday Footnotes

by Ziller on Feb 25, 2008 7:54 AM PST in Footnotes

It looks like the whole youth movement thing is what kept Kevin Martin on the bench so long last night. I fail to understand how the team is served by having its youngest shooting guard on the bench just because he's a starter. Unless you're going to play Quincy Douby at the two -- which you didn't for one second last night -- there's little need to sit Martin. He is part of your youth movement! Brad Miller? Not so much. (Though I understand why it's valuable to play Spencer Hawes and Miller together a little.)
Quote of the century from Ron Artest: "They were trying to bargain shop. They were trying to get government cheese, and I'm Kraft." What's worse: Eduaruo Najera as WIC cheese, or that Ron-Ron considers Kraft to be good cheese? We need to get our boy a gift certificate to The Melting Pot.
Gerald Wallace was unconscious for 13 minutes the other night. He suffered amnesia and will be out a few weeks.
Kevin Johnson recieved the John R. Wooden Lifetime Achievement Award over the weekend.

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I sure hope Wallace...

comes back OK. It really pained me to see what happened to him. I could not watch as he lay on the floor and had to change the channel. He's always been one of my favorite players and wish he would have remained a King but his career was almost ruined by Adelman. I guess the best thing that ever happened to him was getting taken by Charlotte in the expansion draft.

I can't see any fault in Mikki. It did not look like he threw any elbows. Just a freak occurrence.

by DaveL on Feb 25, 2008 8:12 AM PST 0 recs

He didn't help himself as much here

His fans don't realize his commitment to the game rose in Charlotte. If he had the same commitment as a younger player NOT keeping him would be a surefire mistake.

Now that having been said, it was a tad frightening to see the guy go down. I'm glad he's not dead, because Jerry kept mentioning he didn't move for like 5 minutes, and that he's only got a concussion and not some spinal paralysis or some such. I hope he returns and continues his excellent season.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Feb 25, 2008 11:06 AM PST up 0 recs

Watching G-Dub suffer this

This was Wallace's fourth concussion since joining the Bobcats 3 1/2 years ago. A team source estimated Wallace was unconscious for about 13 minutes.

4 concussions is alot to suffer. I hope it's his last.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Feb 25, 2008 11:20 AM PST up 0 recs

Ahem,

I was a fan when he played in Sac and recognized that he needed more work (3-Will, anyone?). Maybe the Kings did him a favor by exposing him in the expansion draft by showing him that he was both expendable here and desirable to other teams. (At the time, I wanted the Kings to leave Webber unprotected so we could keep Gerald, no way would a startup team have taken on Webber's contract and he was beginning to slide, but I digress.) Being exposed in the draft and being picked probably jolted him into working harder so that's a plus, but I hate that he's hurt so much.

I am always happy for Gerald to do well (except against the Kings) and am following the news about more tests being necessary following this injury. That's way too many concussions and I hope he will be better than okay. I don't want to see this injury end his career, and I don't want him to end up like Ali, Tyson, or too many football players to mention when his career is over. It's crazy that he's had this many concussions in 3 1/2 years.

I wish him the best, always.

Crash fan 4 life. : )

God bless you, Corliss. You always played as though you knew how expensive my tickets were. -section214

by KK on Feb 26, 2008 9:09 PM PST up 0 recs

Peter Vescey has a somewhat funny tidbit

about why the Denver Nuggets. It doesn't really pertain to Artest, but I thought some might get chuckle out of the article. Hat Tip to Mavs Moneyball poster Dirk Diggler for posting the story.

Vescey's column.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Feb 25, 2008 11:17 AM PST 0 recs

I think this quote is revealing

"Tonight was a good night to get the young fellas some touches," said Artest, who had 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting. "That was good because we're going to need them down the road. But if we didn't do that, we definitely could've beat this team ... . It's tough. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you and tell you it's not."

There isn't a better player when it comes to honesty then Ron Artest. (Of course there is the challenge of defining what's honest coming out of Artest's mouth.) This also is another point: you can't have a youth movement with a 500 team with veterans still driving the engine of that 500 team. This is, in a stupid perverse way, an argument for dumping every veteran by the summer.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Feb 25, 2008 11:38 AM PST 0 recs

artest

Wait, Kraft isn't the good cheese? If Good Ron doesn't end up sticking around, he's going to end up on a steady diet of government cheese when he's living in a van down by the river!

Sorry, couldn't help myself

Muff rules. http://vegaskings.blogspot.com

by Muff209 on Feb 25, 2008 12:26 PM PST 0 recs

Cheese jokes

Okay, TZ or Section. One of you guys have to come up with a list of if Ron were a . . . jokes. This is to good to pass up.

by SavageBeast on Feb 25, 2008 12:43 PM PST 0 recs

what type of cheese ron is jokes?

Wow, it must be a really slow day.

Muff rules. http://vegaskings.blogspot.com

by Muff209 on Feb 25, 2008 1:26 PM PST 0 recs

Interesting trivia

Johnson was the seventh selection overall in the 1987 draft. What team picked him?

Talk about a bad moment for a hometown team. Passing over a young superstar talent who WANTED to play there. Not quite Atlanta passing up Chris Paul (who isn't a homegrown talent) but it is high up there.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Feb 25, 2008 1:37 PM PST 0 recs

someone else too

yeah, the kings also passed up reggie miller.

by kingsfaninjapan on Feb 25, 2008 1:58 PM PST up 0 recs

Kings had Reggie Theus and

later traded Reggie for the pick that became Ricky Berry. That's entirely understandable. What's not understandable is why you would pick Kenny Smith over Kevin Johnson.

I am the stone that the builder refused I am the visual, the inspiration That made Lady Sing the Blues..I'm the spark that makes your idea bright...

by pookeyguru on Feb 25, 2008 2:04 PM PST up 0 recs

I wanted Mark Jackson

He came out that year, too. So in that respect I was not smart, but I was smarter than Axelson.

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by section214 on Feb 25, 2008 2:47 PM PST up 0 recs

I know....

From a very very close inside source who was in the war-room the day of the draft that year that when the topic of whether or not to draft Johnson came up.... The Legendary Bill Russell (who I respect and have gottan to know quite well over the years) responded "I like the kid, but he'll never be more than a home-town boy. He'll never be able to help our team"

Imagine what could have been had Johnson ran the 1 for his hometown squad.

Sorry Barnes....but Johnson is and will likely be "Sactown's Finest" for a long time-

by Hoops916 on Feb 25, 2008 10:00 PM PST up 0 recs

this is a slippery slope...

Yeah, it's probably not the best idea to go down the list of players we could have had. With the number of lottery picks we had just between 85 and 95...actually I'm going to stop now before I get too angry. Promised myself I'd try and be more positive this week.

Muff rules. http://vegaskings.blogspot.com

by Muff209 on Feb 25, 2008 2:47 PM PST 0 recs

Concussions are serious...

and that's especially true when you're unconcious for 13 minutes!

I'm no doctor but as I understand it, when a person suffers a concussion the odds are generally increased that he or she can suffer another one. And each new recurrence can be triggered by progressively less impact. Have enough of them and you risk cumulative brain damage.

That many concussions over the past few years has to be considered a career threatening situation for Gerald Wallace, (as it was for Troy Aikman, just to name one well-known example) which is a real bummer. I always loved seeing Gerald get up and down the court and Arco with total abandon.

"When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro." (Hunter S Thompson)

by jaredcar on Feb 25, 2008 6:11 PM PST 0 recs

Wallace

has missed 20% of his games since going to Charlotte. This can be attributed to his high flying, hard play and just plain bad luck. It's a shame. Give him back a chunk of those missed games and perhaps he would have developed into an all star by now.

Godspeed, Gerald. Everybody here is pulling for you.

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on Feb 25, 2008 9:50 PM PST up 0 recs

Ouch

Check Bibby's line 1/2 way thru the 3rd vs. SA:
22 mins, 0-4 FG, 0-1 3PT, 0-2 FT, 1 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 4 TO, 0 PTS. Wonder if they're having buyer's remorse in ATL.

by Kfan in Korea on Feb 25, 2008 7:05 PM PST 0 recs

Nah -

The year and a half will fly by in no time.

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by section214 on Feb 25, 2008 9:13 PM PST up 0 recs

But at least Denver's glad

they didn't trade for Artest. Look how well they've been doing without him. GP, even when he doesn't trade with you he wins.

by SavageBeast on Feb 25, 2008 9:52 PM PST up 0 recs

BOOK IT!

The Nuggets will publically regret not trading for Artest before the NBA finals.

Wait....Why is everybody clapping? Everyone around me is clapping.... I guess I should be clapping too... GO LAKERS!!! I hate living in So Cal

by 27freethrows on Feb 25, 2008 10:00 PM PST up 0 recs

Doh!

Nothing worse than mis-spelling the word you put in italics

Wait....Why is everybody clapping? Everyone around me is clapping.... I guess I should be clapping too... GO LAKERS!!! I hate living in So Cal

by 27freethrows on Feb 25, 2008 10:01 PM PST up 0 recs

At least

you didn't spell it "pubicly." :)

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by coolcatreportdotcom on Feb 26, 2008 9:50 PM PST up 0 recs

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God bless you, Corliss. You always played as though you knew how expensive my tickets were. -section214

by KK on Feb 26, 2008 10:37 PM PST up 0 recs

Fire Woody, fire Woody!

Um, yeah, we were clamoring for a PG but what we really meant was it's all Woody's fault!!!!

-Hawks Fan.

By the way, Sekou and the AJC stand by both Bibby and Woodson for now.

I had really hoped that Mike would benefit by the change in scenery. It could still happen, but not tonight. They do have a tough schedule following the trade but it could be another Petrie move trading a beloved player at the best time.

Tonight's final stats (brutal):
35 min,1-11 FG,0-5 3PT,0-2 FT,5 REB,5 AST,1 STL,4 TO, 2 PTS.

WTH did he do to his right heel? And, for that matter, WTH did Tyronn Lue do to his calf in his first practice with the Kings?

Better question since I didn't see the game, how the heck did ATL hold the Spurs to five points in the first quarter?
KK

God bless you, Corliss. You always played as though you knew how expensive my tickets were. -section214

by KK on Feb 25, 2008 10:19 PM PST up 0 recs