All Is Not Lost
by haze0945 on Nov 6, 2009 3:58 PM PST
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PrintAlthough my prediction of us shocking the world and making the playoffs just got a whole lot dimmer, well damn right dark, all is not lost. True we lost one of the top 5 scorers in the league, top 10 sixth-man, and maybe for a few games Nocioni (nothing comes to mind) but we'll be o.k. Some of you may think Im crazy after this, but I believe our savior is already here, and no its not Evans. It's none other than Donte Greene (take a few deep breaths and here me out). If im wrong at least you'll have something fun to joke about while we're losing. I've been a fan ever since the big 40 point summer league game he had as a rookie. Some may say summer league doesn't mean anything, but 40 points is 40 points. The point Im trying to make is that he will probably get to see some time on the floor, hopefully a lot of time, as I've never seen him play more than 10 minutes. Don't turn him into Ike Diogu Pt.2. If Nocioni ends up missing a few games we will be down to 2 wing-men, so he could at least get 20-plus minutes. I say its time to let him play his game. We need defense, which he has been working on, but he can score which i think we'll be needing more of. We all compare him to Rashard Lewis and it would be great if he turned out that way, but the only way to find out is to let him play.
Rotation:
Pg: Tyreke, Sergio
Sg: Beno, Udoka
Sf: Casspi, Greene
Pf: Thompson, K9, Brockman
C: Hawes, Thompson, May
On another note, I read that the bulls were thinking about getting rid of Tyrus Thomas. Do we have a shot at getting him. We could probably get a back-up 5 also.
Kings: Tyrus Thomas, Jerome James/Aaron Gray
Bulls: Nocioni, ?
(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)
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So the Bulls would trade Nocioni last year,
just so they can trade for him back this year?!
Ty Thomas broke his arm lifting weights
He’s a perfect fit for us!
Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott
Terrible news
I hope TT recovers.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
"He tweaked his arm a little bit and he's pretty sore"
ya damn right he’s pretty sore.
It'd be nice if the Kings could acquire TT in the off-season
Assuming the Bulls don’t offer him a QO. Sigh, I can only dream.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
If we got Favors
we wouldn’t need TT.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.
Favors, JT, Hawes front court would be scary
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson
Lets trade for Tayshaun Prince
Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.
He's won championship
we had 17 wins, i don’t think he’ll be happy, Thomas is younger can play the 3&4 and is a better defender.
KINGS WILL BE 09-10 CHAMPIONS
And Tayshaun is now out too
Dude has played every game for 6 straight seasons, and you injured him by mentioning his name in this thread.
Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott
by Kfan in Korea on Nov 7, 2009 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
No, I think you need to do it like this:
I’d like to see this King’s team with Kobe. Wonder if they’d take Martin, filler and our unprotected #1 for him?
Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott
by Kfan in Korea on Nov 7, 2009 5:48 PM PST up reply actions
No cast, No rest!
Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott
by Kfan in Korea on Nov 7, 2009 7:15 PM PST up reply actions
A Brief Visit From the Grammar Police
Here = where we are
Hear = what happens when sound goes in our ears
(…I had to say it cause it was in bold…and now back to the topic at hand…)
So not happening
No trade. No Donté as a regular rotation player.
When was the last time GP made any kind of meaningful trade this early in the season?
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Nov 6, 2009 5:19 PM PST reply actions
It's hard because a lot of teams don't want to make trades around this tmie
And partly tha’ts the case because you trade newly signed FA’s until Dec 15th (at the earliest) anyway.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Iverson is available :)
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
by lietothegirls on Nov 9, 2009 11:17 AM PST up reply actions
I know but he can't play be traded until Dec 15th
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
nah,
you’re not crazy, haze. Just a bit wide-eyed about Donte’, which is a pretty common malady here among the Sactown citizenry.
We can all see the flashes of possibility, but boy, I’d be floored if Greene suddenly put it together and became a real-live NBA player during Kevin’s absence. To me (albeit with limited viewings) it just doesn’t seem like the he’s progressed much at all since he arrived in Sacramento.
As for Tyrus Thomas… wow, that’d be cool!
"When the going gets Weird, the Weird turn professional."
(Hunter Thompson)
Said it before & I'll say it again
Donte won’t progress with dis jointed minutes from PW. It’s now he functions well. He’ll play far better (and has) when he knew ahead of time he would get minutes.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
2 years on the pine
He probably changed his mindset, should be happy 2 c the court. Plus, he should be expecting minutes in their current situation.
KINGS WILL BE 09-10 CHAMPIONS
Disjointed Minutes or High Scrutiny of PW
Hawes looked uncomfortable at first, and now he’s playing better. Omri had the same problem, and got jerked out after every mistake. And Tyreke, he’s been up & down more than anyone. PW has a mission, to get the team to play better defense. And, to that end he played Mason. Well, Mason is gone, and unless he’s going to play Udoka at the 3, Omri and Greene are going to have to get minutes.
Based on the remaining talent, the young guys need to get major minutes while Martin is out. If not Omri & Greene than who? Udoka isn’t going to win us any games or even be here next year. The same could be said for May & Brockman, although they are one step above Udoka, but are on one year contracts.. Omri might even be a better option at the 2 then Beno especially on defense.
PW needs to look at that the schedule and decide which are the winable games. If we don’t have the talent to win, then let the young guns play, and play thru their mistakes. Don’t jerk them out everytime they don’t play like a vet. Maybe by the time Martin returns, we’ll have more talent than when he went out.
"If you don't have anything good to say, LIE" - Mom
He did!
I gotta admit. There’s definitely talent there, and it’d be cool if he can harness it. He seems like as great kid.
"When the going gets Weird, the Weird turn professional."
(Hunter Thompson)
Focus Changing
PW needs to look at that the schedule and decide which are the winable games. If we don’t have the talent to win, then let the young guns play, and play thru their mistakes.
This mindset is soooo last year. This is different. Every game is a winnable game, or at least that’s the way we’re going to play them. I find that really refreshing.
"The basis for winning an NBA title is having a superstar in his prime. Not an all-star, or a bunch of all-stars, but a superstar."
by coolcatreportdotcom on Nov 8, 2009 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
if Donte can add some versatility and scoring we would all be thrilled
Please please please, i hope and pray that he does. i would love to see him get minutes at the 4 spot. if he could just never shoot 3s he would be fine. he can play good D, he has long arms and can block some shots.
Unfortunately, he has an uphill battle. Right now he has Shock, Noc, May, Casspi, Brockman and even Udoka in front of him. Even if Nocioni is out for a few games, i see a lot of time split between Casspi and Udoka.
Still, if the right matchup comes along, and he can focus, maybe we can finally see something good from Donte. How awesome would that be?
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Vonnegut
Donte would be considered awesome if he could regularly hit 3's on the wing and play decent defense.
That’s it. That’s all. Know his limited roll and execute.
If he could be a Steve Novak that could actually defend someone, I’d be happy.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
Looks like he's going to start hitting shots now
but his D was still pretty bad.
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
by lietothegirls on Nov 9, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions
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