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Sometime in the near future...

Joe Maloof walks into Geoff Petrie's office:

 

Joe:  Hey Geoff, how are the workouts coming along?

GP:  They're going well, Joe, there's really

Joe:  That's great.  Draft Rubio.

GP:  I'm sorry?

Joe:  Geoff, you know I won't tell you who to pick.  You're the best in the business at what you do, and I trust you to do your job.  But pick Rubio.

GP:  <sigh>  Well, Ricky looked good, but I'm eager to

Joe:  We need him, Geoff.  We're bleeding.

GP:  Talent will fill the seats.

Joe:  Talent will fill the seats?  Don't be a child, Geoff.  I don't want talent, I want a spanish sensation!

GP:  Okay, settle down, let's just

Joe:  I've got a fever and the only prescription is Ricky Rubio!

GP:  <rubbing his temples>  Alright Joe, if he drops to us at #4, we'll pick Rubio.

Joe:  Don't talk to me about dropping, just go get him.  I don't care, trade the skinny kid with the bad haircut, whatever.

GP:  I'll have to take a good look at our options, there may be... are you sobbing?

Joe:  <pulls out a handkerchief and takes a seat>  Have you ever been to a Jonas Brothers concert, Geoff?

GP:  What?

Joe:  Of course you haven't.  Even if you wanted to, you couldn't get a ticket.  It's sold-out before you can get your wallet out.  That's a sensation.

GP:  What are you saying?

Joe:  I'm saying Rubio.  I'm saying merchandise.  Do you know how many damn T-shirts we're going to sell?  Yo deseo Rubio!  That's one of my T-shirt ideas.  Pass that along to the apparel team for me.  <wipes his eyes and stands up>  I gotta run.  Good talk, Geoff.

GP:  As always, Joe.

 

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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Would you do it?

Thompson and the number 4 draft pick for Rubio?

"You can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but wouldn't you rather take a butchers word for it?"

by Sac King on May 22, 2009 11:45 AM PDT reply actions  

No

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on May 22, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

hell no

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 May 22, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

No

Donte? Donte'! Donté?!?!
'spect da 'xtra E'

by iashwash on May 22, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

No

Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....

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.....

by pookeyguru on May 22, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

What if

we picked up David Lee in the offseason- Still no?

"You can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but wouldn't you rather take a butchers word for it?"

by Sac King on May 22, 2009 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

As bad as I want Rubio

I don’t think he’s a whole “Jason Thompson” better than whoever else we could get at #4.

by AnotherStupidSN on May 22, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah

Im a huge fan of the play of JT, but man I really would want to see Rubio in a Kings jersey this fall…

"You can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ass, but wouldn't you rather take a butchers word for it?"

by Sac King on May 22, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Still no

The acquisition of Lee has nothing to do with the fact that you are giving away way too much to move up two slots to draft what is no more of a known NBA quantity than what you might grab at #4. You could probably get Amare (for example) for the #4 and JT. Is Rubio greater today than Amare?

Note – I’m not saying make the Amare deal, either.

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on May 22, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

There's one quantity that is known

If Rubio comes to Sacramento it’d be Ricky-freakin-Mania in this town during basketball season.

That’s nothing to sneeze at for a franchise on the ropes, and the difference in that regard between him and say Brandon Jennings is wiiiiide as the Atlantic Ocean.
Plus, he can do stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9YlC3KtDO0&feature=related

and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqAoUHUNKrA&feature=related

"When the going gets Weird, the Weird turn professional."
(Hunter Thompson)

by Mucho Moss on May 22, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice, That 1st one was sweet.

but can he pass it with his elbow?

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 May 22, 2009 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Would it really surprise anybody if he could

i’d love to see him bust that out in the rookie/sophomore game

www.mancancook.net

by vfettke on May 23, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

No

"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas

by submison on May 22, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes.

I don’t think it would take that much to move up two slots, and I’d rather deal Hawes than Thompson, but like I said before, Rubio is worth a lot more to a franchise like the Kings than simply his court skills. Sure, it would sting to lose one of our young bigs, but this franchise needs shock therapy more than it needs Shock and Hawes.

Those kids are talented but their ceiling will likely be somewhere around “Good-to-very-good player” not NBA All-Stars. And just as importantly, neither guy can’t keep this franchise afloat, make the turnstiles spin and rev up the fans until a new Arco gets built. Rubio could.

If we can come up with a 2nd tier Free Agent like Varajao, Paul Millsap, David Lee or Haslem we’d suffer little or no drop off up front. Diogu might be a lot better than people think as well.

We’re in very rough waters and we have a player two slots above us who’s agent says he’d like to play here and who would be the hottest thing to hit Sacramento since C-Webb. I say we should roll the dice.

"When the going gets Weird, the Weird turn professional."
(Hunter Thompson)

by Mucho Moss on May 22, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Rec'd

This was great, SN. Thanks for the laughs.

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on May 22, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Outstanding!

The Jonas Bros and yo deseo Rubio! There are some funny damn folks on this blog…

by Mcamp49 on May 22, 2009 12:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Rec'd

Nuff said.

Donte? Donte'! Donté?!?!
'spect da 'xtra E'

by iashwash on May 22, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Except Joe is right on this one

Even the worst of track records gets at least one idea for right. (see Jerry Glanville for example).

by bignerd on May 22, 2009 1:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Durrrr . . . . Are you serious?

You don’t think this conversation hasn’t already been had and is going to be had again?

Hey, Geoff . . . if you hadn’t noticed the team lost around $15-$20 million dollars last year and we had to lay a few people off because no one came to our games?

I believe you when you say a few of these kids might be really good players in 3 years. Just a little FYI, Gavin and don’t have $40 million sitting in the bank to lose. Maybe we ought to bite the bullet and get the guy who will put fans butts back in the seats? I dunno, we may have sell one of these other kids before they develop just to stay afloat.

by bignerd on May 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

My version was much more fun

I bet you give socks as Christmas presents.

(I’m just teasing you, not trying to start a fight)

by AnotherStupidSN on May 22, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm long-since married and moved away from home.

And yet I have never had to purchase socks. My mother gives them to me at every possible occasion. Christmas? Socks. Birthday? Socks. Various life achievements? Socks. Family get-together? Socks. I fully expect a matching pair of socks and booties whenever we have our firstborn.

This has nothing to do with this topic. I just thought I’d share.

A lonely Kings fan in a sea of gold and purple...

by Jaycee on May 22, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

That sox

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 May 22, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or Hanukkah -


8 pair!

SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!

by section214 on May 24, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Man

Santa lost his belly and got a gray beard. Wait a minute! Santa’s really a rabbi? I always knew Christmas was rigged! Damn Jews….

Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....

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.....

by pookeyguru on May 24, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions  

That's not Santa

It’s Dumbledore. He loves thick woolen socks!

The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.

by LeaguePassAddict on May 24, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Lol

rec’d cause I actually recognize that reference.

Father of the "Natt this!" movement.

by Aykis16 on May 24, 2009 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions  

LOL @ that reference

Thank god for Wikipedia.

Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....

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.....

by pookeyguru on May 24, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Great stuff.

IF this was a real conversation, I think I and GP happen to agree.

Incidentally, I would part with Shock if I KNEW that I could have El Rey and David Lee.

Lower their expectations and rise to met them

by left hand on May 22, 2009 4:09 PM PDT reply actions  

No not yet

Honestly, I don’t know how good JT is going to be. I don’t know if our JT love is objectively based on his talent and potential or because he was really based on homer love because he was really the only bright spot for the Kings last season. I like everything about JT but if you could get Lee and Rubio I think it would improve the team a lot and in the end I’d do it.

"We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good." - Charles Barkley

by Bluejohn on May 22, 2009 6:06 PM PDT reply actions  

JT was a revelation

because of the pitiul group we’ve had a PF the last few years.

I’m guessing he’s Varejoa (however spelled) a guy you’d want – but a star?

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 May 29, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

He has much more offensive ability than Varejao

That’s a really terrible comparison.

Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....

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.....

by pookeyguru on May 29, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

But he probably doesn't have the level of defensive ability either

So, whatever.

Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....

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.....

by pookeyguru on May 29, 2009 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Starting over

Its true that Rubio would provide a marketing sizzle that the Kings don’t have. But if he doesn’t turn into a flashy NBA all-star very quickly, that sizzle wil fade very quickly. We lost the lottery in a very, very thin draft. Unlike other drafts, the number 4 pick is not much better than the number 10, 12 or 16. There are three top tier players and then there are a bunch of players who would normally go between 12 to all the way into the 2nd round. The 4th pick is like having the 12th pick. We got screwed by the lottery.

Now to try to fight that fate we want to trade up to get a shot at Rubio. Understandable. And if it doesn’t take much to do that, I’m all for it. The 23rd pick, Donte, swap a bad KT contract for a slightly worse one, whatever. Also, the 4th pick would let OKC get Hardin if that is what they want. Hardin may well go early in this draft. (Shows you how thin it is when Hardin is projected at number 4 or 5)

The problem is other teams have more of a surplus of quality players to trade than we do. But if we trade one of the young bigs we are starting over at the PF or center position. Getting another journeyman in here is not what we need. All we have had since CWebb is a bunch of journeyman at that PF position. Do we really want to start that again?

by mr west on May 26, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions  

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