the other day when looking at the schedule. Luckily we have thusfar beaten (most) the teams we are supposed to beat. Hopefully we can start stealing a few games here and there as the schedule gets harder.

I will say that the easier schedule has benefited the team, as these wins have worked to get the city and the nation thinking about the team again.

“I think the Kings are already beginning to explore their options with Kevin Martin. Clearly Tyreke Evans is the teams new alpha dog and they’d be better off with him playing the 2 and getting a real point guard on the team. I think there will be a lot of interest in Martin when he comes back and could definitely see the Kings making a move by the trade deadline. I wonder if the Wolves would send a package of Mark Blount and Oleksiy Pecherov’s expiring contract and the rights to Ricky Rubio whether the Kings would bite. Would be a great deal for both teams.”

I am thinking kaman over Okafor due to contract, that is if we could get him

One, I like it when a poster actually identifies a big man, rather than just saying “we need a good defensive 4/5”, because every team needs that. I like Kaman a lot, but I doubt the clips are going to give him up, when they have a nice young starting five working with him, Davis, Gordon, that SF and Griffin.

Finding centers, finding centers, making trades , making trades…I will show ed! Him andhis little dog too!

While the kids were still young. That worked out pretty well.

If the people in Sacramento can’t go to Arco with what this team is doing, I don’t know if they (we) deserve a team.

The whole upper arena was $10 for the Wizards game and we still couldn’t sell out. I still sense a lot of apathy among people that considered themselves “Diehards” back in the glory days. As a matter of fact, the 3 other families I used to split tickets with don’t even catch the games on TV anymore. We need something, a surprise playoff run, a big name free agent or something or the team will likely be gone in a couple of years. Of course an Arena would be nice…

But given Toronto’s penchant for players internationale, you know Casspi would be on their wish list.

He and Donte are important for the Kings’ future. What would you say if they asked for Hawes in the deal?

it’s about getting assets for Bosh. Martin is a good value at his contract. He would benefit Toronto whether he played there or they dealt him for something else. Swap in Thomas if you like, but I would think that Toronto would prefer Martin over Thomas.

and be better than most in that position

- but I’d also go for Okafor, Kaman etc.. myself. You also probably give up much less.

and a great perspective.

Plenty of vets, still good players but not Stars, have signed with teams to try to win a Championship.

SA has been full of those guys for years.

Because the Nets have their own budding star (Brook Lopez) they will need to sign very soon. He has an extra year on his deal, but it doesn’t hurt to open up space now. For all intents and purposes, the Nets are probably looking to sign 2 big contracts just as much as the Knicks.

Their draft pick might end up being higher than the Kings.

By “fits the bill” I mean a team looking at a high draft pick, wanting to have a ton of space open for the 2010 offseason. I have doubts that they would actually be willing to make a trade like that.

We don’t get a single worthwhile player in that deal. No thanks.

Is that I worry about Hawes as a starting center. I don’t know that he is good enough to be a starting center if we have hopes for contending.

A voice of reason. Getting rid of K-Mart is ridiculous in my eyes, as he is one of the top SG’s in the league. Beno has value as a third guard, but if he is starting and getting 36 minutes a night, is his value/performance going to be as impressive? If our 90% of our backcourt minutes are going to K-Mart/Reke/Beno, isn’t that going to be the most dynamic threesome on offense in the league? I think holding on to K-9’s contract, and giving ourselves some wiggle room to see if a Chandler, Gortat, Beldrins, or someone we are not thinking of yet has a discount sticker on them next year, or even if Hawes takes a step up in his fourth year from 10 and 6 to 13 and 8, he will be all of twenty two years old.

Not so long ago (1996-1997), in a land not so far away (Sacramento), I participated in fantasy basketball via The Sporting News and this was the name of my team. Actually did quite good that year. Finished like 630th overall out of 20,000+ participants, yet only finished 3rd in my individual league- go figure. (In their structure, you were ranked as part of a league (25 teams) a division (10 leagues) and overall.)

You don’t make a unilateral move just to say a guy is untouchable.

I suppose it will never happen. My point is that we could at least attempt to get something back for helping Utah avoid the luxury tax. Even after dumping Harpring’s contract they are in tax territory. Boozer seems to be the most likely big guy to move.

Eliminate Hawes and Fesenko, it would be our expirings for Boozer’s larger expiring. They save 6 million dollars, and we maybe make the playoffs, and get an extra first round pick, still have the same amount of cap room next summer.