but Petrie will draft Jordan Hill, and we will all cry :(

can you guess that I am also a Raiders fan?

Rubio going to Memphis doesn’t change the teams stability. But Rubio coming to Sacramento would change the organization dramatically. He’ll put butts in seats. Everyone will love him for different reasons. He’ll make the Maloofs money. If the Maloofs are making money they’re more likely to be patient when it comes to the arena situation. If this team starts making money again and contributing to the local economy the arena is more likely.

If Rubio goes to Memphis, Memphis is still fucked. If Rubio comes here, he could be a savior

I’ll cut Rubio’s lawn for free as long as he’s a KING.

Hope IS a good, maybe the best of things, but…

After 2 months of hoping that we were going to land the first or second pick, let’s not set ourselves up for another disappointment. I’d rather be surprised than devastated…but Love Live the Kings!!!!!

Memphis should no longer be involved in league after the Pau Gasol trade to the Lakers. That deal stunk to high hell and the entire Western Conference has suffered because of the injustice. Memphis has no fans and no hope for a good, self-inflicted reasons. Let them suffer and let them learn.

I was around when Billy Owens refused to play in Sacramento. He had good reason. Lukenbill was only interested in running a profitable franchise off a shoestring budget so completely ignored his basketball guys if a moved involved any financial risk. Hence we were an awful, plague of a franchise for well over a decade.

OKC isn’t exactly on the up and up either. They have lots of young, great talent they have acquired from high draft picks the last few years. They are in a far better position than most franchises. There is record is so bad because they refuse to fill their roster in with role players to help them win. Instead, they stay artificially bad so they can continue to stockpile more top draft picks.

I might feel a little bad if Rubio’s agent was attacking the Clippers because that franchise has tried to win and compete over the last 5 years. They had a good nucleus and lost it because of injury. They spent big money bringing Baron Davis than their franchise guy, Elton Brand turned his back on them. Even then, they didn’t give up. They took big risks bringing in Camby and Zach Randolph.

Really, I’m not sticking up for either franchise. It’s questionable whether either of them are actually playing by the spirit of the rules. If Rubio, wants to stick it back to them than I am on board.

A winning or even a competitive team will help the Maloofs bottom line more than anything. I would suggest some fan friendly gestures like lowering ticket prices and concessions and some honesty in dealing with the public wouldn’t hurt either.

If I’m the Maloofs I would be very reluctant to risk my future on an 18 year old, would you take on more salary or deal a promising player (when you have a team the needs all the talent it can get) to move up in the draft I can’t see it happening.

Listening to Grant wax hopelessly and with a degree of hypocricy on this topic yesterday, when in the past he said the Kings would take Griffin if they picked first as he would probably be better than Thompson even in Thompson has looked like a real player, in that you take the best player as thats best for the team. Imagine a big man rotation of Hawes, JT and Griffin thats pretty good.

If you assume Rubio is the next best player in the draft

But last night he was saying Memphis and OKL would/could pass on Rubio as they have a point guard. If I’m the GM of either of these teams and think Rubio is better or could be better than what I have would I not then draft Rubio, so I could either in time trade the lesser talent, or use all the talents they have? To steal from Bill Simmons, OKL could use Westbrook at the 2 and start Rubio, that could be a pretty good team.

The Kings are a ways away from being good, to me you draft the best players you can and go from there

Neither team would want to take on an All-star’s salary, so they would have to dump contracts as well. I can’t imagine any team would love Rubio enough to give up an all-star AND take on a bad contract to get Rubio.

Prove your brilliance of your past greatness in your workouts. Show Oklahoma City that you’re more deserving than Rubio!

(Ok, that’s your cue to know this information contains no factual data nor is it based on reality.)

The entire Memphis front office is enthralled with Rubio however Memphis’s owner Michael Heisley is dead set on drafting Hasheem Thabeet. You go Mr. Heisley, channel your inner Maloof. Maybe it’s time fire back up that private jet for a pep talk if his resolve should waiver.

Washington Wizards are in hot pursuit of OKC #3 pick in order to grab Rubio. They are willing to swap #5 pick and JaVale McGee. The trade makes complete sense from the Thunder’s perspective.

However, it makes absolutely no sense from the Washington perspective. I’m sure Rubio and his agent would be thrilled with the inevitable looming cat fight with the black Zoolander, Gilbert Arenas. Spare me the argument that Arenas could move to SG, he’s a ball hog to the infinite degree and an insecure player to boot. Really, when would Rubio ever touch the ball? No one in there right mind is going to trade for Gilbert with that contract and injury history. The situation would be nothing but the most obvious, predictable disaster and I don’t see Rubio crossing the Atlantic to be apart of it.

Weren’t we the ones saying “you pick the best player available, don’t draft based on needs,” before the draft? Now what is making us think that Memphis and OKC aren’t thinking the same thing to themselves? This new news of Rubio wanting to come to Sac or LAC definitely helps our situation, but I just don’t see him dropping to 4. We gotta trade up in this draft if we want him.