Tomorrow Will Be Better, I Swear
by Tom Ziller on Apr 7, 2009 8:37 AM PDT
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PrintTonight, the Kings face the Lakers. Sacramento feels a lot different than it did five years ago. We'll scream obscenities at Kobe, boo in Phil Jackson's ear and give the ol' BEAT L-A! BEAT L-A! chant some effort ... but it's not the same. The Lakers will probably be in the Finals; the Kings will probably finish with the worst record in the league. It's not the same any more.
But we'll be back, beating L.A. and winning 60 games and getting to the playoffs and winning postseason series. We'll be back.
In the meantime, to avoid thinking about the unfortunate state of our team, please watch this 10-minute Ricky Rubio reel set to "Free Bird" (HQ here) ...
... or watch Blake Griffin dunk for basically three minutes straight (HQ).
Tomorrow will be better. The Kings are coming for you.
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I look at it this way
We could be the Clippers. (And I say that with no disrespect to Steve.)
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
watching both those videos, I had two thoughts
(1) Rubio has more upside as the kind of “special” player that changes the entire NBA landscape — in the Spain-USA games last summer, he was arguably the single most compelling player on the court; and
(2) I could totally see GP picking Rubio with the first pick, shocking the world.
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
I've seen that for months
If Rubio enters the draft and is available when we pick he will be a King, end of story.
He’s flashy and fun to watch and will be a great PG in a high speed offense
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Flashy and fun is right.
He seems like a guy that can bring excitement and energize the fan base in the same way that Jason Williams did in his rookie season. And he can play defense.
Rubio
Knows his ethnicity. No one will be calling Rubio White Chocolate, but I’m sure Jerry Reynolds will come up with a great nickname for him (oh please, please let him be a king)
Italian Chocolate?
Smoooooooooth.
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by section214 on Apr 7, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
But he's Spanish sir....
Oh I get it. Italian < / spanish> dark chocolate. Mwahahahaha.
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
How about the fact that Rubio isn't from WV
I don’t wish to hate West Virginians, or anything, but umm, J-Will as just off the charts in stupidity.
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
Absolutely
Maybe I’m just totally waffling because I was sold on Griffin before, but now I’m kinda hoping we don’t get the first pick just so we aren’t forced to choose Griffin simply because he’s the only “can’t miss” talent in the draft.
I can also see Petrie taking Rubio with the first pick and I’d wholeheartedly agree with him.
Petrie takes who he wants, not who everyone else says he should
Case in point:
David Stern:“With the Number 12 pick, the Sacramento Kings choose Jason Thompson out of Rider University!”
Kings Fans:“Who?!”
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If we get the first and the wiz get the second or third pick
Is it possible we could do a pick swap, as well as Caron Butler for Kenny Thomas +change?
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If they really really really want Blake Griffin then it's possible
the better scenario is us getting the 1 and the Clips getting the 2. Assuming the Clips want Griffin we can swap the picks and nab Eric Gordon from them as well
“And how is this possible?” you ask. Easy, it’s the Clippers
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Why would we want Eric Gordon
when we have Kevin Martin?
my other thought is that it's not an offensive-minded PF's game any more
It’s a playmaker’s game.
All of the impact players today are playmakers except for D-Howard. And I don’t see Blake ever making the defensive impact upon a game that D-Howard makes.
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
What makes Rubio so compelling, especially for this team
is that he is a great leader. Yes, there may be a need for rebounding or interior scoring, which a Blake Griffin would definitely bring, but Ricky Rubio is not only an amazing distributer, a good defensive stopper, but he’s also a good leader at a young age. This team has needs for all of that, but the Kings especially NEEDS A LEADER. It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Rubio or like Griffin more, it is obvious that one of the biggest needs of the 2008-2009 Kings is someone who can provide leadership on the court. That’s why I want Rubio so bad.
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas
amen to that
I’m on the Ricky bandwagon. He has the makings of a real elite force.
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
agree with the leadership comment
Griffin is supposed to be a great teammate and has leadership qualities, so I think he would be a nice addition as well.
But man, that Ricky Rubio mix was awesome. Maybe its because they used Freebird! I’m hoping we get him.
put me in, Coach
Definitely need a leader
Our rebounding and interior scoring problems will get better as our front court gets better. Beno will not be a true leader or great playmaker anytime soon.
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RR is good but,
How many top flight point guards other than Tony Parker have won championships lately? I can’t really think of any. Besides, this is a pg heavy draft so they should find a pretty good one later in the draft.
I believe that
it is a time of a bit of transition between older point guards and the younger ones; i.e. Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Chauncey Billups, Allen Iverson to Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Tony Parker, and potentially Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook. Before Paul and Williams retire they’ll win a championship as the main cog on their team.
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas
uhm
None of those older guys (OK Billups, not a high pick) ever did win one.
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 Apr 7, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Billups was the 3rd overall pick in 1997
Link for Billups, and Nash was drafted 15th overall in 1996, and Tony Parker was drafted 28th overall in 2001.
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
And Kidd and Iverson
Went to the Finals and lost.
I don’t buy the top-flight PGs not winning championships argument. The deep-PG-draft argument, on the other hand, is valid.
Kidd and Iverson
Both nearly led their respective teams to the promised land, and neither squad had the talent to win out, so it’s hard to say that elite point guards don’t win.
Nash’s Suns though.. I don’t know how to explain it but they should have done so much more together.
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas
The Kings don't really need rebounders
they need people like Ricky that can defend on the perimeter. Defense starts at the guards.
Rubio is amazing….he will get us so much international exposure it isn’t even funny, including a brand spanking new Spanish fanbase. Blake Griffin is boring, if we pick him we will probably continue to lose.
Hope
Griffin is boring?
Did you watch the same video I did?
Member of play JT and Donte Greene 40 mins a game club.
Its the Rubio only channel today
none of those players looked NBA fast to me
Not that the kid wasn’t very impressive.
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 Apr 7, 2009 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
What about
when he was playing against the “Redeem Team”?
Shouldn’t somebody just ask Pau Gasol and Rudy Fernandez if Rubio has NBA athleticism?
He looked good
Not enough of a resume against elite talent for me to coronate him though.
These guys that are closer, that everyone sees soooo many games of them, get analyzed to death.
Familiarity breeds contempt and so forth.
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 Apr 8, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions
somebody send the Maloofs an E-Muss quality powerpoint on how much $$ Yao's...
…international fan base brings the Rockets each year.
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
by Holmdel on Apr 7, 2009 10:14 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs
HAHAHAHA!
Rec’d!
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by lifestyleforthesellout on Apr 7, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Rubio's playing in Europe so our expectations may be inflated...
…but the same thing is true for college players here so it’s not like Griffin is going to be able to fly to the rim like he does on a regular basis now without getting thrashed.
Sure Rubio’s not going to be able to make all those ridiculous passes in the NBA, but the fact that he has the vision to pick those players out while on the run is a very good sign. Sure he might not be able to make all those steals or stifle players like he does in Europe, but the fact that he gives as much effort on defense as he does is also a very good sign. The fact that a decent portion of those highlights came against our gold medal team is a good indication that he’s certainly good enough to have a significant impact on the NBA.
The more I see Rubio the more I want him on this team.
Damn children knowing stuff
How dare you make pertinent points! Go back to your room kid!
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
Can't stop thinking..
Rubio would be a better and a far more useful pick than BG (who is very good, but we need a pg more than anything else)
The Kings would have to buyout his contract in Spain...
With the cost cutting state of the Maloofs I do not see this happening.
Member of play JT and Donte Greene 40 mins a game club.
I didn't think they could?
Or they could only contribute a small amount? My guess is that an endorsement deal (Nike anyone?) would take care of the majority of the cost of his buyout.
500 K is the limit as to what the Kings could buy Rubio out Otis
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
That could be a deal breaker but until he declares it's a moot point.
Please don’t compare Yao’s international acclaim (primarily China) with Ricky’s, it’s apples and oranges. If you want to see how much acclaim Rubio will get, both love and money compare him to the Euro stars like Pau or Barnari.
Maybe KFFCE can tell us how many ads, both print and television the Euro NBA players are involved with over there. How many Gasol (or pick your Euro star) jerseys do you see people wearing on the streets of Europe? Frankly I have no idea but I’m guessing if people wear jerseys over there they are probably soccer jerseys and if they are wearing NBA jerseys in Europe they’re probably Kobe’s.
"We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good." - Charles Barkley
The Maloofs paid
the 500k for Stojakovic, and Rubio looks like he’ll have a greater impact not only on the team but in the NBA. The Maloofs should have no problem paying that.
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas
It was Jim Thomas who was the owner at the time
Regardless, it was probably the Maloofs who did pay it.
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.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
well
The Kings would “only” pay 500,000 $ for his buyout (they cannot pay more)….exactly the amount gained with the Cassel trade….
Maybe Rubio will not perform at Chris Pauls’s level…and he won’t be as Deron Williams or Arenas in his first year…but he has the skills to be an all-star pg soon…while I doubt Griffin will never be at an all-star level in his role…
I believe the point has been made before about highlight reels
don’t put too much stock into them. We could probably put together a highlight reel of Beno over the past 2 yrs that would rival RR’s.
Both players are young and the sky is the limit for both of them. Between the odds in the lottery and whether or not Rubio even enters this draft, there’s probably less than a 15% chance that GP will even have a choice in the matter. So, I still say that the player that we get with the Houston pick will decide whether we did well or great in this draft.
"If you don't have anything good to say, LIE" - Mom
this is an important point, but...
…I honestly don’t think you could put together a highlight reel of Beno over the past two years that could include a comparable number of clips of Beno exhibiting RR’s court vision. I don’t think you’d get there if you included clips from practices, too.
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
I want me some Ricky Rubio
Been saying it for a while and will not apologize. Can’t wait to see if he declares
This is turning out
to be a very fun time of the year. Instead of looking forward to the first round matchup of the NBA playoffs for the Kings, I find myself watching in amazement videos like the one of Ricky Rubio. Kid is amazing. Not as exciting as anticipating the playoffs, but exciting nonetheless.
Don't forget that a lot of the highlights on that tape
were from when he is like..16?
I am so far advanced on the wagon the band is riding upon i am holding a sign up saying “Get out of the way the draft ricky wagon is night”
Draft him draft him draft him please god draft him.
" Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. "
...the wagon is nigh...it is certainly not night..it is 100% nigh
" Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. "
Can we get both?
So imitate the action of the tiger!.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect
and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii
Ricky Rubio?? Didnt we have him on our team before?
Yeah…we did – his name then was Vinnie Del Negro…How’d that work out work out for us—-mmmmm not so much. This kid is flash, weak, and will not help the Kings for a long time if he ever pans out at all.
Griffin could end up being Domanique Wilkins or Gerald Wilkins—-we of course hope DW – if so we have an allstar for a decade and can build a team around him
Are you serious?
Rubio isn’t going to be good because he’s skinny? He’s an 18-year-old point guard. If you’ve seen a second of Ricky Rubio on the court, you know that he doesn’t need to out-muscle anyone to be thoroughly effective.
You say he can’t help us now. I say he absolutely can, so imagine where he’ll be when he hits his athletic prime a decade from now.
ah yes, remember when Vinnie took the NBA by storm?
Coming out of NC State as an 18 year old phenom, talked about as a number one over-all pick ahead of even the reigning player of the year, having spent time in professional leagues in Europe, having gone toe-to-toe with the Dream Team in the Olympics the summer before?
No, neither do I. Vinnie was selected 29th overall, as a 23 year old, and came in with zero hype, and modest pedigree.
The only similarity is that they are both “Italian”. ;-)
Life is every mammal's journey from very very wet to very very dry.
Why do you PERSIST in these lies
Vinny was heralded as the savior of the modern game.
" Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. "
Ricky Rubio?? Didnt we have him on our team before?
Yeah I think his name was Jason Williams oh no J Will was fast and flashy…oh wait maybe it was Jim Les…mmm no, but he could knock down the uncontested 3ball and thats about it …oh no it was Reggie Theus he was a tall rangy passer who could score well in blow outs and banged young co-eds….
The moral of this sorted rant is that do not get suckered in to an unknown commodity (Rubio) with no real track record against real pros who will play D (in the playoffs any way) and continually put him on his scrawny tortellini. a one trick pony that will most likely not translate well in the NBA- So he can cross up a 37 year old Jason Kidd who has played defense once and that was in his Divorce case.
Griffin is proven and will be a complete immediate contributor… Lest we all forget that the last time we had the opportunity to have the #1 pick in the draft- it was with one of the worst draft classes ever!!! we had to choose between Pervis Ellison , Danny Ferry, and Sean Elliot…. Come on now people!!!!
Say it with me in your best David Stern voice " With the First over-all pick in the 2009 NBA Draft the Sacramento Kings Trade the Pick to the Phoenix Suns for Shaquille O’Neal!!!!…..
OK just messing with you
“Blake Griffin from the University of Oklahoma”
Jason Kidd was
all-defensive 1st team in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006 and all-defensive 2nd team in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007. So yeah he has played defense only once. Oh, and Chris Paul was 2nd team in 2008.
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 Apr 9, 2009 6:09 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
dumb
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 Apr 9, 2009 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
BURN.
Kings fan? A's Fan?! Al Davis Run Raiders Fan?!!?!! ANNNND you're sacrificing 2 years of your life because you're LDS?!!?!?!?!?! Yeah, Masochist is the new sexy.
Wait..
What is this supposed to be? First you compared Rubio to Del Negro, then you, without batting an eye, compared Rubio to Jason Williams? In the same thread?
I envy you.
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas
Griffin
Griffin is a man, Rubio is just a boy. In the video Rubio looked SLOW too. I haven’t seen him in person but in the NBA looking at the video his first step is too slow. He doesn’t have the explosiveness Griffin does. And if Griffin has shooters (K-Mart), Oklahoma would have dominated UNC. He played SO SMART in that game. He knew sometimes he had to score before the double so he would. He does what he wants.
the difference is
Rubio doesn’t have to be lightning quick. He doesnt rely on being the main scoring threat on the floor to be of value. He elevates the game of those around him.
As far as not being able to make it in the NBA because he is too slow i can only guide your viewing apparatus to the highlights of Ricky Rubio Esquire vs the dream team. As a 17 year old kid he seemed to handle the pressure and pace of NBA level competition very handily.
Griffin is not some Tim Duncan type you are going to surround with shooters and work the ball in and out of the low post with. He is going to be a hell of a player. He will make someone proud, but for mine Sacramento needs a PG.
Not to mention that JT finishes like a freight train. You see how often Rubio ran a 3 on 2 break to perfection and it ends in a dunk for someone else. That kind of thing with donte kmart JT cisco etc would be so fantastic. I guarantee that he’d already run a break a thousand times better than beno.
" Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. "
ditto
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 Apr 9, 2009 1:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I just know....
Whoever the front office chooses I will support it and be really excited for next year.
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