Early Tests Positive For Spencer Hawes

…but then I also think of myself as Obama’s co-president.

and he’s played well in the last 3 games. He played well last night, he was dominant, he played Nene tough, his foot work near the hoop was excellent and he showed why dubs picked him 9th in the lottery. His best game for the Kings was better than Spence’s best game for the King’s so far. The way he started last night was impressive and early signs were that maybe he was on his way to his best game before he got hurt. But as you say it was the second to last game for a 16 win team.

Does this make Spence expendable? No, all it means is that Diogu’s got game and if we could renounce him and still manage to resign him to a reasonable contract it’s something to think about.

This isn’t the last time in Spence’s career that he is going to have knee problems. He’s still 20, just about to turn 21 and he’s already had 5 surgeries including a microfracture surgery. All anybody is saying is that Ike had a heck of a game last night and it’s “possible” that if the price is right and we don’t draft Griffin he might be a good addition to the frontcourt.

Was fun to watch. I understand all the statements here discounting his performance, and the value of Spence going forward, but when did Spencer ever have 32 points and 11 rebounds?

1. Pick a story that should have been mentioned more than just as a tag to another story. 2. Point out to the editor he was wrong not to write about it other than a “lame” reference to it. 3. Mention the word ‘master" and that someone will get “mad” if you disagree with them. Sit back and wait.
Observations:
 Ziller- thought as editor you would attempt diplomacy, but you jumped right in. That surprised us.
Pookey reacted as predicted, but he comes with a warning label.
214- give you credit for the DeNiro- like handling of the vagueness.
Expected cursing, but predicted the group beat-down and the tactic of don’t attack the arguement, attack the man/men.
Got a predictable responses from the usual suspects.
 Did not think so many would look up mi714.
Never expected someone would think it was Diogu.
Did expect more would have spoken up for Ike, but there were a couple.
Did expect to be corrected- he had 11 rebounds, not ten.
Was surprised by the guy who said this was a place for people of different backgrounds to have a discussion, and then called our viewpoint stupid.

What did we learn- On any given day, Ziller, you are better than that. We chose to read your work because the we wanted to know what was going on with this team in a way that isn’t being served by the “Bee” or the team’s website. We still think you, in your position as co-editor have a different level of responsibility. True, you are not responsible for most of the riff-raff, but this is your forum and you set the tone, and how low it goes. We still think you or 214 should have mentioned Diogu when he scored 13,8, and 32 -at least for his effort. We will continue to think of him as a King’s player as long as he wears the uniform, on the bench or otherwise. We will continue to consider ourselves King’s fans even though we are not true enough, or haven’t been around long to suit some.

I , myself, won nothing out of this experience. Others just bought beer. Sorry to Ike Diogu, if he gets judged by what we wrote. He didn’t pick us, either. Will we ever post again? Maybe, not.