2009 Sactown Royalty Draft Contest
by section214 on Jun 18, 2009 6:12 PM PDT
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I see a tall, soon to be rich stranger entering your life.
Last year, we held the first annual Sactown Royalty Draft Contest. Dozens of StR faithful matched "wits" in the hopes of correctly guessing the thought patterns of Geoff Petrie. Ball In Cup took the prize (a still yet to be designed t-shirt) with his shrewd choosing of Sean Singletary in the 2nd round. All in all, never have so many guessed so wrong for so little. Patrick Ewing, Jr.? Really?
Well, the stakes have been raised (though not the prize). Welcome to the second annual Sactown Royalty Draft Contest. This year we again have three picks, #4, #23 and #31. Utilize your cunning, guile, and inside knowledge, and you could walk away with the same yet to be designed StR t-shirt that we promised "Cup" last year. Talk about limited supply! (By the way, my idea for a t-shirt design last year – "Sactown Royalty…We drafted Sean Singletary and all I got was this crummy t-shirt" – was voted down at the Board of Directors meeting…stupid rbiegler!)
The rules? I tried to keep them simple, as I know my audience well –
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In the comments section of this post, let us know who you think the Kings will draft with each of their 1st round picks, and then their 2nd round pick. Whoever gets the most picks right wins the next Sactown Royalty T-shirt (coming soon!...?).
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In case of a tie, the correct selection of the #4 pick will be the tie breaker. The 2nd tie breaker will be the #23 pick. The 3rd tie breaker will be who posted their selections first. Ailene Voisin does hold veto power based on who she thinks is the sexiest, but TZ holds veto power over Ailene, so it’s all good.
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One entry per person. Once you have entered you may not change your picks, unless you can prove that you are Chad Ford. The advantage to entering early is the tie breaker edge, while the advantage of waiting is any extra bit of news that you may pick up between now and Thursday.
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Entry deadline is this Wednesday, June 24th, midnight PST.
Now go forth and think like Geoff. Speak in low, measured tones. Call out the kids in your neighborhood for a 2nd workout. Fill your gas tank to the full mid-level, no exceptions. You can do this. You will do this. You must do this.
Good luck. (UPDATE - 79 into the pool after the jump - )
| Order | StR Member | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick |
| 1 | betweentheeyes | Curry | Claver | Mills |
| 2 | STH114 | Rubio | Daye | Mills |
| 3 | jjham15 | Rubio | Hansbrough | Beaubois |
| 4 | Smills91 | Rubio | Casspi | Douglas |
| 5 | Citadel29 | Rubio | Casspi | Liull |
| 6 | NoceOne | Rubio | Hansbrough | Beaubois |
| 7 | otis29 | Rubio | Casspi | Summers |
| 8 | panzerfaust | Rubio | Casspi | Claver |
| 9 | section214 | Evans | Casspi | Heytvelt |
| 10 | LeaguePassAddict | Rubio | Casspi | Mills |
| 11 | Big ZK | Evans | Casspi | Mills |
| 12 | Exhibit G | Rubio | Calathes | Heytvelt |
| 13 | cbsf | Evans | Casspi | Calathes |
| 14 | sroufe | Rubio | Calathes | Brown |
| 15 | LA SportsCentral.com | Rubio | Casspi | Brockman |
| 16 | kangsfan | Holiday | Mullens | Calathes |
| 17 | vfettke | Rubio | Young | Mills |
| 18 | Ball In Cup | Flynn | Williams | Mills |
| 19 | Deleran | Evans | Young | Mills |
| 20 | Carl | Flynn | Budinger | Christmas |
| 21 | caesarpalacio | Rubio | Budinger | Taylor |
| 22 | dkons21 | Evans | Casspi | Mills |
| 23 | Aykis16 | Evans | Casspi | Brown |
| 24 | Darth_Ennui | Rubio | pick traded | Heytvelt |
| 25 | kingme | Rubio | Casspi | Mills |
| 26 | R-man | Flynn | Ellington | Claver |
| 27 | JohnSalmons19 | Evans | Lawson | Heytvelt |
| 28 | KingsForLife | Rubio | Casspi | Brown |
| 29 | dannyboy55 | Rubio | Casspi | Heytvelt |
| 30 | kingsoftheboxscore | Evans | Casspi | Gibson |
| 31 | dalt99 | Rubio | Casspi | De Colo |
| 32 | CloudyEyes | Rubio | Clark | Calathes |
| 33 | Red Reign | Flynn | Young | Pendergraph |
| 34 | left hand | Rubio | Heytvelt | Meeks |
| 35 | willski | Jennings | Claver | Calathes |
| 36 | PhutureKings | Evans | Teague | Claver |
| 37 | KillaFresh | Rubio | Casspi | Claver |
| 38 | SactownKing9 | Rubio | Williams | Collison |
| 39 | KINGSFAN80 | Flynn | Williams | Collison |
| 40 | CAB | Holiday | Young | Gibson |
| 41 | eduardo_m7 | Rubio | Collison | Heytvelt |
| 42 | Burrito3 | Rubio | Casspi | Mills |
| 43 | #1kingsfan4eva! | Evans | Young | Gladyr |
| 44 | passionforPERPS | Jennings | Teague | Adrien |
| 45 | gedrosian | Rubio | Williams | Claver |
| 46 | moproblemz | Rubio | Young | Claver |
| 47 | allbenji's | Evans | Casspi | Maynor |
| 48 | andy sims | Curry | Young | Claver |
| 49 | DougChristieKO | Rubio | Casspi | Beaubois |
| 50 | JuanPrimo | Evans | Casspi | Collison |
| 51 | SugaB | Holiday | Williams | Beaubois |
| 52 | Bushka | Rubio | Blair | Mills |
| 53 | SolidWar Snake | Rubio | Hansbrough | Thornton |
| 54 | furious.d | Curry | Young | Heytvelt |
| 55 | GreekKing | Rubio | Young | Collison |
| 56 | discorocket | Jennings | Teague | Beaubois |
| 57 | PurplePurple | DeRozan | Young | Douglas |
| 58 | clicc916 | Rubio | Blair | pick traded |
| 59 | bozotunes | Evans | Hansbrough | Douglas |
| 60 | markdog333 | Holiday | Budinger | De Colo |
| 61 | corbin | Evans | Casspi | Calathes |
| 62 | longtimelistenerfirsttimecaller | Rubio | Calathes | Heytvelt |
| 63 | Sactown Demos | Flynn | Summers | Claver |
| 64 | Dastardly D | Evans | Casspi | Collison |
| 65 | AnotherStupidSN | Rubio | Heytvelt | Calathes |
| 66 | MTBalla | Flynn | Summers | Mills |
| 67 | Nick the Quick | DeRozan | Brown | Douglas |
| 68 | mike murray | Rubio | Calathes | Casspi |
| 69 | ramon | Flynn | Casspi | Mills |
| 70 | OrangeLazarus | Jennings | Casspi | Calathes |
| 71 | rc360 | Evans | Casspi | Beaubois |
| 72 | SavageBeast | Flynn | Calathes | Casspi |
| 73 | jwill all the way 55 | Rubio | Williams | Mills |
| 74 | Ellimist | Flynn | Young | Brown |
| 75 | pookeyguru | Rubio | Brown | Beaubois |
| 76 | 27freethrows | Evans | Casspi | Daye |
| 77 | nbrans | Evans | Teague | Gibson |
| 78 | piratejp | Evans | pick traded | Claver |
| 79 | jwill is the best | Evans | Daye | Brown |
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Clarification question:
Can this be worded that the picks should be in order? If the Kings pick fourth but trade for the second an argument might ensue – one of the judges might be harmed. I am worried. Truly. Safety first and all that.
1st pick (currently #4)
2nd pick (currently #23)
3rd pick (currently #31).
And so it shall be
Regardless of where the draft slots may fall, your first player listed is who you think the Kings will select with their first pick, and so on down the line.
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I'm in bitches!
1 (#4)- Rubio (with the #2 pick- calling my shot here- I got glass!)
2 (#23)- Tyler Hansbrough (most likely Sam Young but a guy can dream)
3 (#31)- Rodrigue Beaubois
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
Dang! jjham got my picks! (or I got jjham's picks?)
Well, great minds and all that.
There can only be one Noce!
I choose not to bring the image of Sandler in my mind that often.
Thank you very much.
“Rock the Casbah” is way cooler too. Has a sweet hook to be played over the loadspeakers built in from the get-go!
Here is mine
1. Ricky Rubio (staying in the four spot)
2. Omri Casspi
3. DaJuan Summers
With the 4th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings select Rickeke Flynenningday, point guard from Europe, Memphis, Syracuse, UCLA and Parts Unknown.
Let's be positive
1. Ricky Rubio
2. Omri “the Zohan” Casspi
3. Victor Claver
Sweet dreams…
"Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game." — Michael Jordan
Go Kings!
Faust is a big Casspi and Claver fan. Probably more on Claver.
NBA draft probably copied him.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement.
I'm a fan of Casspi.
While I’m way more than a Claver fan!
"Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game." — Michael Jordan
Go Kings!
I'll jump in here -
and without waiting for the 2nd workout…
1-Evans
2-Casspi
3-Heytvelt
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My picks
1. Ricky Rubio
2. Omri Casspi
3. Patty Mills
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 18, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
Four minutes makes all the difference.
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 18, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this one a lot G
and I think it’s highly possible as of today…
"geez its like this site is so serious i jus wanna git mai opinyons on tha Kings out there ok" - TZ
Oh well
4 – Rubio
23 – Calathes
31 – Brown
I wanted to go Heytvelt at 31 though because I doubt Brown will last that long…
"geez its like this site is so serious i jus wanna git mai opinyons on tha Kings out there ok" - TZ
Three white guys (not that there's anything wrong with that)
1) Rubio
2) Casspi
3) Brockman
by LASportsCentral.com on Jun 18, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
Time to win my second imaginary t-shirt!
4- Jonny Flynn
23 – Terrance Williams
31- Patty Mills
Disclaimer: comments may have been made under the influence of alcohol. If the Kings start winning, this will probably change.
LOL
Hopefully if you repeat TPTB will get their act together! I like your picks – Williams is a no-brainer if he falls to 23, but I don’t see Mills at 31 because he hasn’t worked out in Sac. Nonetheless, good luck!
"geez its like this site is so serious i jus wanna git mai opinyons on tha Kings out there ok" - TZ
Never mind
Mills will workout after all!
"geez its like this site is so serious i jus wanna git mai opinyons on tha Kings out there ok" - TZ
You could wind up with a whole closet full of imaginary clothes
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Just like mine!
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 18, 2009 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I only wear imaginary clothes
It’s caused me quite a bit of trouble at work
Never forget: I am a complete idiot
Does that mean that you've come out of the imaginary closet?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
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The time has come for me to enter my vote
1 – Tyreke Evans
2 – Omri Casspi
3 – Derrick Brown
Father of the "Natt this!" movement.
Here goes...
1-Jonny Flynn
2- Wayne Ellington
3-Victor Claver
Assuming Rubio is gone, I would love to see this draft.
1) Evans
2) Lawson
3) Heytvelt
1) Tyreke Evans
2) Omri Casspi
3) Taj Gibson
by kingsoftheboxscore on Jun 18, 2009 9:00 PM PDT reply actions
Nando De Colo
If anybody out there is unaware of this point guard from France, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ti0fxUcfLU
Kings rule! (They are royalty - right?)
French?
We have enough guys that can’t defend.
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by section214 on Jun 18, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm pretty sure Eva is the man in that relationship
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson
Three foreign guys?
No way.
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 18, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Not just me
Citadel29 and Panzerfaust also have the Kings picking 3 foreign guys.
Section already took the three I was going to pick so instead of going with what I want, I just went with my gut!
Kings rule! (They are royalty - right?)
De Colo is way too inconsistent
I see him being taking near the back end of the 30s or early 40s. His teammate Beaubois will either jump to late first round (possibly Lakers to keep him in Europe a year) or early 2nd.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement.
Simmons Causewell Mays
Crap wrong year
by ElRonToro on Jun 18, 2009 9:25 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
For going old school. Anyone remember the fourth pick we had?
With the 4th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings select Rickeke Flynenningday, point guard from Europe, Memphis, Syracuse, UCLA and Parts Unknown.
Anthony Bonner
very athletic with no control
by betweentheeyes on Jun 19, 2009 5:48 AM PDT up reply actions
question
Are we picking who we think the Kings will end up with at the end of the night, or who will be selected at the #4, #23, and #31 slots? Like say I pick Evans at #4…if we trade up to #2 with Memphis, take Rubio, and Memphis takes Evans, do I get credit?
I'll let you go the trade route as long as you are specific
Like Darth Ennui above, who selected Rubio #2, with us getting him for the #4 and #23 pick.
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Continuing
If you choose Evans at #4 and we choose Evans at #4, you get credit, even if we wind up trading him.
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That's why I picked Evans
I think if we get high on Rubio, we’ll have to do a K-9 for Jaric swap along with 4 and 2. But then again, Evans doesn’t seem to fit in Memphis. Both him and Mayo need the ball in their hands. Harden or Thabeet maybe.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement.
My guesses
First Pick: Rubio (contract buyout will be too much to bear for OKC and Memphis who already have PGs)
Second Pick: Earl Clark (going out on a limb and having him drop to us. He drops to us, we pick him. 6-10 who can play 4 positions?? AND rebound? Enough said)
Third Pick: Nick Calathes (talented PG who can be a great long-term investment for the Kings…AND at a bargain 2nd rounder price, as well. He could be the potential replacement for Beno once Beno’s contract expires.)
Just to be different
1. Flynn
2. Young
3. Pendergraph
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson
Just to be differenter
1. Rubio
2. Heytvelt
3. Meeks
Lower their expectations and rise to met them
Yeah, but
I may have been less differenter than I thinked I was.
Lower their expectations and rise to met them
You're unique, just like everybody else
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson
All you non-conformists are exactly alike
by Carl on Jun 18, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson
I loved that bus!
Lower their expectations and rise to met them
just to be right
1. jennings
2. claver
3. calathes
SO...my REAL picks have been covered by others, thus I take the unconventional approach:
Evans
Teague
Claver.
Beno still starts for the first half of next year, until we trade (at the deadline) K-9 for Nate Rob. We end the season with Nate Rob, Evans (K-Mart out due to injuries), Noc, JT, and Gortat (because Hawes is injured).
We have the best odds at landing the 4th pick in the draft, and ironically, move up to first. We draft John Wall.
2010-11 season starting roster = Wall, Martin, Greene, JT & Hawes. Nate Rob complains about not starting and we package him and Noc in a trade to Boston for expirings. Beno is the new K9, and Evans gets consideration for sixth man.
"It would be my honor to be your new stepfather."
by PhutureKings on Jun 18, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
By the way dalt
Are you going to post your system anytime soon?
Father of the "Natt this!" movement.
Just got done talking to Petrie!! Here's how things will go..............................
1st pick: Johnny Flynn
2nd pick: Terrence Williams
3rd pick: Darren Collison
Petrie pulls one out of his ass
1. Holiday
2. Young
3. Gibson
And yeah… too much of the same above, gotta go out on a limb.
Bé foréwarnéd: I am a mémbér of StR Groupthink méntality.
A perple polo with your crowned basketball logo on the left breast, simple yet classy.
by passionforPERPS on Jun 18, 2009 10:52 PM PDT reply actions
My predictions.
1. Evans
2. Young
3. Gladyr
by #1kingsfan4eva! on Jun 18, 2009 10:56 PM PDT reply actions
what can i say,
we have the same alma mater(i hope i mispelled that for irony’s sake).
by passionforPERPS on Jun 19, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry
It’s spelled right.
But you didn’t capitalize your I’s, which is almost as bad.
Hope that makes you feel better.
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 19, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions
im just not that important,
i dont deserve the capital.
by passionforPERPS on Jun 19, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully half of us are right and we somehow get Rubio...
1. Ricky Rubio
2. Sam Young
3. Victor Claver
There now I've met the 75 word count. -pookeyguru
been visiting 4 a year this is my first comment i had 2 get in on this!
#4-tyreke evans, #23-omri casspi, #31 eric maynor. now this isnt exactly my preference i would b happy with #4-rubio/evans/or jennings in no particular order, terrance williams/sam young in that order, #31 omri caspi. i like caspi but not @ #23 if t-will is there i think he is gona b a defensive monster & leader sum1 to take on the kobe’s & roys of the west but if petrie likes caspi he wont risk him being taken 24-30
To hell with it
Curry
Sam Mills
Vic Claver
“CLAVIN!”
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.
by andy sims on Jun 19, 2009 1:09 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I think you should have picked Patty Young
over Sam Mills, but that is just me
by betweentheeyes on Jun 19, 2009 5:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Isn't Sam Mills dead?
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
Ha!
Rec’d for not taking the easy path and selecting Kent Brockman.
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Well
what’s a king without a t-shirt right???
So
1. Ricky Rubio
2. Sam Young
3. Darren Collison
Said Van Gundy about the situation: "(Spanoulis) says, 'I was [Tracy] McGrady back home.' Great. McGrady is McGrady here," ..
Thinking Rubio will be gone...
…and the Kings make a trade or two……I still see Nate Robinson getting to Sac, making a PG unneccesary with the first pick.
1st pick- Demar DeRozan (potential star swingman)
2nd pick- Sam Young (athletic, defensive specialist)
3rd pick- Toney Douglas (back up PG, defender at the point)
Rubio will probably be gone
4. Holiday
23. Budinger
31. De Colo
I'd like to wait a couple of days...
but I don’t want someone to take my pics. So…
4. Evans
23. Casspi
31. Calathes
fingers crossed
4. Rubio
23. Calathes
31. Heytfeldt
by longtimelistenerfirsttimecaller on Jun 19, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions
I really hope we get Runio, but...
I don’t want to be disappointed, so here are my picks
1. Flynn
2. Summers
3. Clavor
and the winners are...
1. Evans He’s already been endorsed by Obama, it’s as good as gold!
2. Casspi Petrie Loves his euro SF’s
3. Collison Petrie will play it safe with the senior in the 2nd
Grant Napier is a Ginger, he can't help it that he's annoying.
by Dastardly D on Jun 19, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions
Casspi is not a typical Euro SF
But I still think Petrie picks him anyway.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement.
oh and I wear an XL
thanks section!
Grant Napier is a Ginger, he can't help it that he's annoying.
by Dastardly D on Jun 19, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions
Make mine a small
1. Rubio
2. Heytvelt (is that how you spell it?)
3. Calathes
by AnotherStupidSN on Jun 19, 2009 10:54 AM PDT reply actions
I'm going with
1 – Flynn
2 – Summers
3 – Mills
Gonna go against the grain
Derozan
D.Brown
T.Douglas
by Nick the Quick on Jun 19, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions
This is best case scenerio...
- Rubio
- Calathes
- Casspi
I am really hoping for the best here.
I am surprised that not one person has yet to select either Harden or Thabeet
I guess to paraphrase Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
the only thing we have to Tier, are Tiers themselves
picks
4: Ricky Rubio or Tyreke Evans
23:Terrence Williams
31:Patrick Mills
by jwill all the way 55 on Jun 21, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions
I'm going
Ricky Rubio, Derrick Brown and Rodrigue Beaubois.
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.....
My board
Evans (traded for Rubio)
Casspi
Daye
Wait....Why is everybody clapping? Everyone around me is clapping.... I guess I should be clapping too... GO LAKERS!!! I hate living in So Cal
23
If I have to take a player, give me Maynor.
kings picks
- Tyreke Evans
- Austin Daye
- Derrick Brown or Marcus Thornton
kings better get evans
by jwill is the best on Jun 23, 2009 10:00 PM PDT reply actions
Either/Or
So I put you down for Brown, since you listed him first.
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Hopefully no one has these picks already
Tyreke Evans
Darren Collison
Derrick Brown
Sorry, no
Plus, you’re past the deadline…Watch, you’ll probably win the whole thing now.
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To hedge my bets
I’m going with who I want rather than who I think is most likely (see earlier Top 5 poll)
1) Rubio
2) Teague
3) Heytvelt
From the people who brought you Reggie Musselnatt.
by My Losing Season on Jun 25, 2009 2:08 PM PDT reply actions
kings
evans
casspi
pendergraph traded 4 rights 2 brockman and sergio rodriguez.
wow i dont know wat to think, any comments, this is NOT an entry, i repeat not an entry!!!
by jwill is the best on Jun 25, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions
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