Kings Lose Game of the Century, If the Century is the 1300s
by Tom Ziller on Dec 19, 2009 5:27 AM PST
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PrintYou see, because in the 1300s, things basically sucked, what with the Black Death and all, so I figure there wasn't much time for basketball, so the games were bottled disaster, much like Friday's loss in Minnesota. At least with most Kings losses this season there has been entertainment value -- like the final Lord of the Rings film, you can be aggravated at the ending (a Hobbit tickle fight?! what the Frodo!) but still have enjoyed those three hours of your life. Not this game. This game was like paying $6 to see Phantom Menace in the theater: it blew, you're never getting that time back, and it actually helped ruin that which came before it (the Washington win, in our example; the New Hope trilogy in the malformed analogy). I'll never look at you the same way, George Lucas!
Just a brutal, brutal affair. In some losses, the Kings have had multiple runs at the lead -- like a half dozen, in the case of the second Spurs defeat. The Kings had negative two runs Friday night. I don't know how that happened, but it did. Tyreke Evans had his worst game in ages (despite eight assists, would have been more if the team had shot better than 43 percent from the field), Donte Greene didn't score a point in 18 minutes, Kenny Thomas didn't score a point in 20 minutes, Spencer Hawes had zero defensive rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench, the team shot 4-27 from three against a dreadful defensive club, and the team gave up 112 points in 106 possessions to the league's third worst offensive oufit. BRUTAL.
You want a bright side, beyond Omri Casspi (another brilliant scoring effort)? As this Sam Amick video attests to, Kevin Martin is shooting again ... and he's even dribbling with his left hand.
Holy talent infusion, Batman!
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Fuck your fantasy team
Hurry back Kevin, The Kings need you.
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 Dec 19, 2009 6:54 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
No, if I was angry I would've wrote
Fuck you and your fantasy team.
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 Dec 19, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions
Hard game to watch
Between the charges by Tyreke and Hawes’ ungodly amount of missed layups.
The NBA: "Where 27 free throws happens"
I watched the first part of the game and listened to much of it a la Gary Gerould
It seemed from the start that there was cold air in the basketball.
Somnambular play – lazy offense, unfocused defense. Just sorry it had to happen against the awful TWolves. Makes me worry about the Kings going to New Jersey (March 24th, but still I worry).
As for the Phantom Menace – Spencer Hawes has been playing like JarJar BInks. It is still early in the season, but Spencer continues to regress. I hope he comes out of this extended slump soon.
The one mantra of the season: Compete even if you can't contend
was not to be spoken. With the other large margin losses the Kings demonstrated effort until the end. This time there was no punch to their fight.
Disappointing, but as TZ points out – it was yesterday’s loss and there is a game to be played tonight.
by betweentheeyes on Dec 19, 2009 10:08 AM PST up reply actions
Now that's the kind of news I like to start my day with!
Video of Kevin Martin shooting like Kevin Martin.
(sniff) I’m getting all misty.
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by LeaguePassAddict on Dec 19, 2009 7:50 AM PST reply actions
Kevin out on the court but that left hand just dangles
and yet he makes every shot. Looks like he is All Right.
by betweentheeyes on Dec 19, 2009 10:11 AM PST up reply actions
Land of the Rising Sun
As Sean Connery said it so well, “in Japan when somebody screws up they are concerned about one thing, fixing the problem. In America when someone screws up, they are concerned about one thing, who fu…ked up.” I knew in the first 10 minutes that the boys just did not have it. Hopefully tonight, they take it out on the Bucks. We need you Spence and Donte tonight. Otherwise someone’s pinetime could be increasing.
by noreboundsnorings on Dec 19, 2009 8:03 AM PST reply actions
Inharmonious play
Kenobi: "The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together."
This quote seems to reflect the underlying mysticism of the universe and life… I am just wondering if there is the anti-force.
The existence of this other type of the anti-force would cause disruption in the force, tearing asunder and destroying harmony within the force. Perhaps this is the true dark side… Leaving behind events like last night’s game.
We need KMart back. We have an up and coming padiwan, but Kev is the closest thing to a Jedi Master we have.
Worst loss of the season
Could not believe the score when I checked my phone. The Kings better get they’re act together in Milwaukke and Chicago or else they might not see .500 again this season. This game was one they were supposed to win, and they lost badly.
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is that you donte?
unfortunately the vids in the sam amick link only show donte shooting the 3 while every one is is practicing midrange j’s….
Hard to believe
But I think we missed Brockman last night. It would have given us another option against their bigs and might have given us an energy lift to snap us out of our lethargy and lack of aggression.
"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 Dec 19, 2009 9:21 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Bad loss
awful, truly. Sometimes happens, I think it was a night where we lacked of energy, passion and adrenaline to put on a good game. This team is young, and energy is the key to all of our Ws. I hope that tonight’s challenge against a good team will bring back the energy.
I can tolerate a loss (hell, we tolerated 65 last season!), but I’d like to see the guys put on a good effort tonight.
For the video at the end of the post, I’d say that this guy is so damn good that makes me cry!
GO KINGS!
"Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game." — Michael Jordan
Go Kings!
Hopefully we never see a game like this the rest of the season.
Which means it all better from here on out.
""Balance your right to dissent, with your responsibility to contribute."
Gordan Ryan
by SavageBeast on Dec 19, 2009 9:49 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Ah, the good old days
Hopefully after tonight, we’ll be feeeling much better.
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Seriously, Phantom Menace was horrible . . .
and so was the Kings loss last night.
Today is a new day, I believe we will see a different team tonight.
Ba-da
Holy Palpatine!!! After watching that video...I felt aroused.
I don’t think the dancers had anything to do with it.
Welcome back, Silver Surfer, welcome back.
With all the Christmas music in the background…it was like an early Christmas present. Weeeee!
Yeah, man. That game took some weeks off my life. BRUTAL indeed, son.
33 Wins. Yeah, I said it.
If not aroused, I think It’b be distracting trying to concentrate on shooting with the dance team doing their routines 10 ft away!
I wanted to adopt, but all the good looking babies were taken
by joeytothelimit on Dec 19, 2009 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Calling all trade machine wizards
Can you find us some interior help?
Only parameter is that it’s a deal that could actually happen (because I seriously doubt Orlando would trade us Dwight Howard!).
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Huh, I'll be damned
Kevin was in that video.
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.
by andy sims on Dec 19, 2009 11:14 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
This game showed the Kings exactly what they need
A decent big man, like Kevin Love. Starting K-9 was a mistake. Hawes isn’t any better.
Great to see Speed shooting
He can’t come back soon enough.
Maybe we could’ve used some of his ‘unnecessary skills that allow him to get to the line’ last night. Though I heard somewhere that those shots are ‘free’ so they don’t count in the final score. Nevermind, we don’t need him (/sarcasm)
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Maybe if they were $1 throws instead of free throws,
it would be easier to see the value. (Note piling on sarcasm).
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Good idea
Though if he gets to the line about 10 times a game, that’s 10 bucks a game. That times 82 games is $820. We may be overpaying
But now that I think about it, he’s probably going to miss 102 games a season with ‘softness’ so let me check my math again. 102 games times 10 bucks each is $1020 that we save.
So 820 – 1020 = about $632 we save in a season.
In your example, Kevin Martin actually saves this organization 632 dollars so I don’t see why you would want to trade him, unless you can get expirings for him of course
Godfather of the "nice ass" movement.... the future begins now...
how come no one ever trades for inspiring
jes’ asking
by betweentheeyes on Dec 19, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
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