And he didn’t really need to mention Sam’s name. Lamb was speaking of the article and Napear went off on his indictment of taking any information out of a newspaper. He was immediately in full-support mode for Theus.

I bet Napear’s KHTK microphone smells faintly of Theus’ backside.

Makes one good point that I thought got lost amid all of the He said She said semantic sound and furry. That Martin came across as a little overly sensitive in regards to the whole situation. I’m not questioning Kevin or his arsenal or his capabilities in the clutch, all of which have been documented unendingly here, but we (at least I) crucified Webber when he made similar entreaties to the aforementioned McNeal four years ago during his ill-fated, Peja alienating “We need to play more street” salvo. I feel like our own perception of Martin as a theoretical franchise savoir, or certainly a cornerstone of that franchise salvation, biases our opinions occasionally. He of course is entitled to complain, and Theus’ shabby treatment all season has warranted Martin’s irritations. But Kevin Martin is still Kevin Martin, a burgeoning talent yet to fully prove himself. It’s o.k. to call him out for immaturity intermittently.

and you are correct: WTF? Reggie keeps trying to rewrite history, unfortunately for him, it’s all recorded. Sam was correct to get pissed and hang up. “Throw the ball to” has gone from “post up and draw a double team” to “draw a double team in the post, on the perimeter or on the short corner”. And everyone knows what he really meant was a guy you could count on in crunch time.

Kevin was pissed and rightfully so IMO. Should he have gone to the coach instead of the media? Maybe, but maybe he’s tried that in the past and felt like it hasn’t worked. After listening to Reggie on the radio, I’d guess he wouldn’t be able to get two words in, in any conversation. Maybe that’s also why the Maloofs went to the paper to request more playing time for the youngin’s.

Grant’s reaction is just fracked up.

Marty’s article is good, but is also very similar to Section214’s post.

I heard rant’s show and crandall’s
And all i know is this
Theus is wrong about artest
Martin is overly sensitive on the subject
Peachosaurus Rex is an asshole who only pushes his own agenda.
Sam did the right thing by hanging up in disgust
And Crandell did a good thing by letting sam air his concerns.

anymore? Really?

Reggie thinks this is the biggest area the Kings need to improve in:

Theus cited toughness and rebounding as his major areas of emphasis for next season. Entering Wednesday’s close of the regular season, the Kings ranked 29th in rebounds (40.1 per game) and 23rd in rebounding differential (minus-1.8) and were tied for 24th in opponents’ offensive rebounds (11.8 per game).

“This team, with a couple of more pieces, I think is a very viable team,” Theus said. “We have all the elements, except for that one area. Rebounding, to me, is the biggest thing we have to look at.” Hmm, why hasn’t anybody mentioned that in the media? Because Theus was too busy stirring the pot. Sam even mentions it, and might have mentioned it if he had time at some point on Saturday, had Theus been not so busy in spin mode.

For the record I still think that’s yet another argument against Artest. On a sub-par rebounding team, and where Artest is probably in the bottom 3rd of SF’s in per game rebounding, how does Artest really make your team better?

Peahces is the only guy I know that can take himself out of context!

This whole “throw the ball to” thing is complete bullshit. Reggie used the term “give the ball to” earlier in the interview, as if there is some huge distinction between “throw” and “give.”

I could care less about this entire situation.

Although Peaches’ answer to TZ was funny. Instead of responding to any of the questions he states that he didn’t rip Amick because he didn’t mention him by name.

Alright, somebody’s got to fess up, who’s messing with TZ by posing as Grant Napear? The more e-mails of his I read the more it reads like a characterization of him. No man can possibly have his enormous head stuck that far up his ass.

The whole thing has just gotten ridiculous. Reggie just kept throwing Amick under the bus over and over. He in no way took Reggie out of context. Kevin Martin being unhappy has NOTHING to do with Sam Amick and everything to do with Reggie, so Theus ought to quit blaming Amick.

But coaches/athletes blaming the media for sh*t happens all the time. It’s just what happens. I agree it’s Reggie’s fault, he could have been a lot more specific. But oh well, the media gets blamed for something every 6 minutes in Boston. Hell, Curt Schilling probably wouldn’t have a blog if it wasn’t for blaming the media. Amick handled it phenomenally and comes out looking better after hanging up on Crandell’s show. And Theus, yeah, spin mode wasn’t the best idea. He handled himself pretty bad, but is his passing of the buck to Amick really that surprising/deplorable?

Finished the season seventh among small forwards in PER:

Ranked ahead of him were LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Caron Butler, Paul Pierce, Corey Maggette and Andre Iguodala. Josh Howard was just below, and Hedo Turkoglu was two spots under him. Not bad company to keep.

You’re right, though, he was 42nd among small forwards in rebound rate.

I finally got the time to listen to all the interviews ‘cause so far I only read about it but I haven’t listened…
Lord, if I ever listen to the sentece “throw the ball to” again I’m gonna smash my head on the keyboard. So annoying.
I really think we should move on to something new, the more we dig, the worse it’ll get. I don’t even know who I think is right on this whole thing anymore.
But I definately hated the way Napear and Theus talked about Sam, it was ridiculous, that’s all I can say. I love Napear as the Kings play by play, I think he and Renolds are by far the most entertaining, so I had nothing but respect for Grant. But after listening to all this, I’m having second thoughts on my opinion about him, unfortunately. Just as i’m having second thoughts about Reggie as well.