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Peja's turn, poll below -

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Retire Peja Stojakovic's Number?
Yes
18 votes
No
90 votes

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Hmmm another launch it seems
Peja doesn't belong in the Hall. Too many injuries, and way too much fading away when it mattered. I was always a Peja supporter, I think partly because of when he was drafted, but that being said as talented as Peja was I'll always wonder had several things gone differently:

  1. If he hadn't hurt his knee in 1998 while still playing with his PAOK team in Greece, requiring, what I personally believe, thought I haven't seen anything reported as such, a micro-fracture surgery
  2. Had he not hurt his groin or whatever it was(I forget what it was he hurt against Dallas in the 02 semis), I wondered how well he would have done against Dallas, and later against LA

However, that being said, they didn't go Peja's way, and highlighting Adelman's greatest mistake during his 8 year tenure, that included the ill-fated return in the 2002 WCF. Peja, like Mike, had the talent to get to the Hall. Injuries, and a seemingly lackadaisical approach in some area's, cost him over the long haul. Oh, 2002, how you have burned a hole in my heart.
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by pookeyguru on Mar 27, 2008 1:19 AM PDT reply actions  

I love Peja
He's my favorite player even if he's a Hornet now but I don't believe we should retire his number. I'm happy that he has finally recovered and NOH has utiized him properly though. Hopefully, he would get his number retired in New Orleans

by kingme on Mar 27, 2008 2:58 AM PDT reply actions  

Hmm...
I was more torn on Peja than Bibby. Still voted no.

I'm trying to imagine a Peja jersey retirement ceremony, and I'm not getting goosebumps. Love the guy, loved his game. Love his successor (Martin) more, though.

by Tom Ziller on Mar 27, 2008 7:27 AM PDT reply actions  

Peja guarded LeBron last night...
My biggest gripe against him while he was here was that he couldn't guard ANYBODY.  Now Byron has him matched up on the other team's elite player.  Granted Peja has better help D (Chandler, West) than we did, but still...

Where was that effort in Sac-town?  That being said, he was one of my favorite players here.  Not a rafter guy, but I wish him the best.

by misterbrister on Mar 27, 2008 9:05 AM PDT reply actions  

The bad defense rap on Peja
Was a bit of a myth.  He wasn't a great team defender, but a solid individual defender. And he improved greatly over his tenure here with the Kings.
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by otis29 on Mar 27, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

I agree
Remember his stops against Nash in the playoffs. That was outstanding one-on-one D against a future MVP. Very solid.

by Mityt on Mar 27, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly
This is what I remember and I think he did a pretty decent job guarding Dirk at times

by kingme on Mar 27, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Peja
I felt like that there was better stuff coming, but it never arrived.  He would have added a post game, he would just light some team up for an entire game rather than just a quarter.

by Murf on Mar 27, 2008 1:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Peja's my fav King
All-time. Yet, His tenure here wasn't long enough.
Had hit ever had been HIS team(as was the case w/ Webber and Richmond) He could be considered. I have a couple of rules for being inducted, Sacramento-wise:

1)Win it all. Do that, and all winning player jerseys get retired immediately. I then die post-haste, and happily.

2) Lead the team unchallenged for 5 years minimum. Said player MUST be the BEST player, have the main leadership role, and put up all-star numbers.

Sadly, this leaves out everyone except:
1)Mitch Richmond
2)Chris Webber

Votes could be had for Divac, but no friggin' LAKER should hang in the Sacramento rafters w/o a noose. I respect the man, but he was ALWAYS a Laker.

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by Psychrates on Mar 27, 2008 8:18 PM PDT reply actions  

I vote no, too
And yeah, he was my favorite all-time King, too.

One of my favorite Kings memories is once when Webber was being interviewed post-game, you could see Peja in the stands sneaking up behind him to throw a cup of water on C-Webb.

I miss those days of locker-room harmony. But I digress.

If you're going to retire Bibby, you pretty much have to retire Peja, too, but I don't think either of them deserves it. Peja was the team leader one year while Webber was out. He even showed some serious toughness when he scored his career high 41 against Posey and said Posey should be able to remember it because it was his jersey number. Ouch! But he just...doesn't...quite...belong in the rafters.

Sorry, Peja.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Mar 28, 2008 4:28 PM PDT reply actions  

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