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by Tom Ziller on Jun 23, 2009 12:00 AM PDT
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PrintIf Ricky Rubio is available with the No. 4 pick, and the Kings do not select him, instead picking Tyreke Evans or Jonny Flynn, I will feel ...
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like Petrie came over and personally kick me in the face
but really, I felt the same way when he drafted Thompson, and we all see how that turned out.
"Because they don't have four pointers."
- Antoine Walker, on why he shoots so many three pointers
like I was in a bukake film except I would be the girl in the middle of the circle.
There can only be one Noce!
by NoceOne on Jun 23, 2009 12:06 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
LOL
Awesome.
"It would be my honor to be your new stepfather."
by PhutureKings on Jun 23, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not falling for that again
the last time a post at StR made me google bukake I felt sick to my stomach, which is pretty much what my reaction will be if we pass on Rubio. Sick to my stomach and shocked but then if it was Brandon Jennings I would be super excited realizing that the ever staid GP and the Maloofs are willing to risk it all to get us the one pg in this draft who has the potential to be great.
"We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good." - Charles Barkley
Whenever I am feeling sick to my stomach
I log onto meatspin.com to make myself feel better.
FYI – Whatever y’all do…DO NOT LOG ONTO THAT WEBSITE.
It is what some people (myself included) consider to be wrong. Very wrong.
"It would be my honor to be your new stepfather."
by PhutureKings on Jun 23, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
like I just got the dementor's kiss.
/Harry Potter nerd
Oh crap...
Jesus Christ, I know I’ll be watching here to see what happens.
Honest to Moses, I hope to Yahweh that situation does not occur.
And if it does, I will earnestly hope that Rubio is either a huge bust or gets a disease and dies so you are instantly vindicated for not picking him and you feel okay about the future. Waiting to see if he is a bust takes too long, so I guess the “Instant Death” option is the better route to hope for.
Mortimer
confused
I will get over it by pretending that vfettke’s ‘hot girl’ scenario is real, but when she crawled back in bed we discover that ‘Alice’ had a phallus.
yup.
by VenomySnicket on Jun 23, 2009 12:30 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
like calling up the Kings and demanding my season ticket deposit back.
After 11 years, I had a tough time re-upping this next season, but loyalty and faith in Petrie lured me back. Passing on Rubio would be a heck of a punch to the gut.
by Slippery Otter on Jun 23, 2009 12:35 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Like Petrie is not long for the job- Like the Kings aren't long for Sacramento.
Rubio is a long term fix with a very high ceilings. Flynn, Evans, Harden, Curry are nice picks but they don’t have the IT factor that this team needs now and Rubio does. Rubio fills the seats, brings excitement, brings ESPN and TNT to the arena and makes this roster an up and comer in the western conference. Not taking Rubio tells me the team is concerned with winning more games this season regardless of what the team really needs long term and that is just desperate.
I see this pick as a very similar situation to the recent use of the MLE by the Kings. Instead of trying to hold a creaky ship together by adding SAR, Salmons, Moore- even Beno(resigned) and Garcia(extension), the Kings could have hoarded their money and made a big one or two player splash to go along with higher level draft picks (due to more losses). IMO, Rubio is a player that other players are going to want to play with. He is a guy who improves your team today but really his long term prognosis is top tier NBA point guard.
If Rubio is still on the board and the Kings don’t draft him there will be a lot of long term concerns I have as a fan of the Sacramento Kings.
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
by jjham15 on Jun 23, 2009 12:40 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Huh?
Wouldn’t passing on Rubio indicate the team is attempting to take the best player possible for the long-term, not just worrying about ticket sales?
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.
Or
that the team is willing to take a more “ready” player to help the team next year at the expense of an 18-year-old who may need a couple years to adjust.
If Rubio is available, he is the best player available (unless Griffin falls 3 spots)
Rubio is still the consensus #2 pick in this draft, he just has made it be known that he doesn’t want to play for the team picking #2.
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
He is?
Just to clarify – are you talking about your opinion, or the consensus opinion?
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.
Not the StR opinion, but the opinion of the majority of NBA experts.
This has long been considered a two man draft at the top, I’m confused why we are arguing this point now.
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
Sorry, not arguing
Just trying to clarify my understanding of your point. It just seems like backwards thinking to me – if Petrie selects someone other than Rubio, I’d feel comfortable that this is Petrie’s pick, and if anything I’d feel secure that he really is in charge of basketball decisions.
If Petrie selects Rubio, I think most of us will be wondering if it is really his pick or if he and Levien were pushed by the Maloofs to make that particular selection. And we might be counting the days to the Jason Levien era.
Like I said, it seems like reverse logic to me.
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.
To clarify...
In my opinion (shared by many but still mine also), Rubio is a top two pick but might take longer to develop than say a Jonny Flynn or Tyreke Evans. So if the Kings were to pass on Rubio it would appear to me that they are more concerned with a short term, quick fix that yields more wins day one. To this I would argue that regardless of wins and losses, Rubio is the correct choice for the long term viability of the franchise both on the court and off. Winning sells tickets but so does an unbelievably talented point guard who lands you on the opening of SportsCenter every other night.
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
Gotcha
I think it boils down to a simple difference of opinion. I see Rubio as probably the most NBA ready of the point guards in the draft, but Evans or Flynn might well be the better player long term. You see it the opposite.
Thanks for the clarification…
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.
Evans and Flynn are better scorers year one and probably year 8.
But I think Rubio brings a lot to the table that can’t be measured, things that make a team win.
We can agree to disagree.
"Or, as Randy Jackson would say: Not feelin’ it, dawg."
-bench-blob- posting virgin.
like unleashing a stampede of porcupines in the land of the balloon people
Disclaimer: comments may have been made under the influence of alcohol. If the Kings start winning, this will probably change.
like a bullet to your brain. Come On!
Upside, inside out she’swe’re livin la vida loca
Ricky
(Martin)
by betweentheeyes on Jun 23, 2009 12:56 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I will feel...
…relief that this years draft is over and we can move on.
like as long as the pick can begin the season as starter, I'm cool like Fonzie.
And what’s Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda what’s Fonzie like?
Cool?
What?
He’s cool.
Correctamundo! And that’s what we’re gonna be. We’re gonna be cool.
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.
by andy sims on Jun 23, 2009 1:08 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Deflated...
Until Evans starts dominating fools…
But seriously, not going to happen. Look at all the excitement on the forums, in the local media, on dumb ass twitter. It us ALL Rubio in this town. Excitement = ticket sales and large crowds at the games. Large crowds help defend home court, more wins, less filling!
by OrangeLazarus on Jun 23, 2009 1:32 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I think this is conclusive proof Tom Ziller is drunk
(You said finish the sentence bro.)
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.....
Like drinking a lot of Jack and Coke at our draft party...
and just praying there is a big trade or some other news to make me feel better. Then when I sober up, I’ll remember that I do trust Petrie and just hope that this is another Peja over John Wallace and not his second Douby over Rondo.
The Best thing ever
But only if we get Brandon Jennings the best pg in this draft by leapes and bounds
baffled
and then sorry for Kings fans who will be subjected to an entire season of Rubio’ s highlights, starting with the Eurobasket this fall
Petriefied!
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 Jun 23, 2009 5:05 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Like it's time for Petrie to go...
I’m sick and tired of having every last player we get crammed down my neck. It would be cool to FINALLY have a draft where we were able to pick the guy we WANT as fans. Hasn’t happened around these parts in a long time…
If Petrie kicked me in the nuts like that, I would want his head. So if he goes that route, the King better win 40+ games or he can go with Beno…
I'm a limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun!!! Wooooo!!!
by Noble_Bloodlines on Jun 23, 2009 6:22 AM PDT reply actions
Oh god no
Petrie shouldn’t pick who the fans want, unless it jives with who he wants.
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.
by otis29 on Jun 23, 2009 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
... like the hot chick who was in my bed the night before decided to leave for another guy
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No, but she has toe thumbs
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by Gallagher's Watermelons on Jun 23, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
There is something very wrong about that statement
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.....
....Geoff has proven me wrong before,
and he’s probably done it again.
His track record speaks for itself. He KNOWS talent.
the disappointment and shock that only a Kings fan truly knows...and expects
Never forget: I am a complete idiot
Hopeful but generally disappointed and alienated from the team
…until the season starts. Then, who knows?
I will feel...
like I am in for one helluva thread!
Denial – Wait. Stern must have effed up and gone right to Washington’s selection. There is no way that we pased on Rubio.
Anger – I-do-not-effing-believe-this. Eff-the-effing-effers.
Bargaining – There’s a trade in place. I know that makes absolutely no sense, but there’s a trade in place.
Depression – I think I’ll turn on the Giants game…and I sure hope that Zito’s pitching.
Acceptance – Darko Milicic, Nikoloz Tskitishvilli…
SACTOWN ROYALTY - Try our thick creamy shakes!
by section214 on Jun 23, 2009 8:10 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Exactly.
Blessings.Love.Peace
by lifestyleforthesellout on Jun 23, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
I will feel.....
Sadness, dissapointment, shocked. It seems like Rubio would be a Petrie type of player.
Haha
Awesome.
Look, it’s not my fault a disturbingly large contingent on this blog has gotten all woozy in the knees about one player at the expense of everyone else in the draft.
I seem to recall
a certain poster here with a Thabeet sized man-crush on Jeff Teague.
Don’t throw stones and all that…
Teh Dego Dagger
The difference
I’m not going around saying I’d feel like a girl in a bukakke film in the event the Kings don’t draft Teague. I personally think he’s the best point guard. I also don’t think I’m smarter than Geoff Petrie, and will be fine with whoever he chooses, including (brace) Ricky Rubio.
No offense
(I know, as soon as someone says “no offense” something potentially negative is coming)
Some of your comments seem like you might be against the Rubio rhetoric simply to have a contrary position.
You don’t seem to really be against Rubio landing in Sacramento, but you’ve spent the majority of the last few days pushing an Anti-Rubio campaign. I just don’t get it.
Again, the feeling I get is that you’re taking an extreme position (that you may not actually have) to “counter-balance” the Pro-Rubio camp’s presumed love fest.
It’s ok to be “just ok” with Rubio (many people here are, believe it or not) . . . but at this point in the game you aren’t going to be changing anyone’s opinion on him.
If I’m wrong and you really don’t want him on the Kings at all, then the second part of that last sentence still stands.
To end on a positive note: thanks for contributing so much to the conversation.
I feel like I've pretty consistently been a Rubio skeptic
My first post as a Rubio skeptic was in January of this year. My opinion hasn’t really changed: I don’t think he’s athletic enough or can shoot well enough to justify a top 5 pick. I believed that in January, I believed that now. If that’s an extreme position it’s an extreme position, but it’s an honestly held position.
That said, I’m a Kings fan, not an individual player fan. If the Kings draft Rubio, I’ll root for him. I also recognize that he has some pretty unique talents, so I don’t feel like I have to criticize every aspect of his game to get my point across.
And I’m not really here to change people’s minds, just to weigh in and join the discussion. If I stick out it’s probably because the prevailing tone around here (with some definite exceptions) tends to be pretty in the tank for Rubio.
That's not really it
I guess I didn’t word my comment the way I should have, because I was referring more to the point that it seems like you’re trying to respond to any/all Rubio comments with a strong Anti-Rubio tone. It’s as though you’re trying to overcompensate for a perceived Pro-Rubio StR bias.
You’re beating the drum on a few points, and it’s becoming noise instead of counter-point (to be fair, the same could be said of the Rubio apologists).
Someone (who need not be named) was beating the Thabeet drum so loudly & repetitively that it became more comical than informative . . . and I just don’t like see any valid opinions/comments being marginalized by overuse.
As it is, whenever I see a comment with “nbrans” at the bottom (recently) I pretty much know that it’s an Anti-Rubio comment and I’m usually right.
I think you bring a lot to the table, but that your apparent need to singlehandedly stand up against the entire Pro-Rubio contingent is taking away from that.
The only reason I even bring this up is that I’ve seen too many circular arguments ruin an otherwise good back-and-forth.
Again, I hope you don’t take offense to any of this, and unless you ask for more information that’s the last I’ll say on it because in the end who am I to say what anyone should and shouldn’t comment on, right?
T-minus 48.5-hours until this whole debate is moot anyway.
...ok
As long as the pick was Evans or Jennings. If it was Flynn I would be a little angry.
I’m not completely sold that Rubio is our cowtown messiah. If he was available at the four spot and the Kings chose another pg instead I wouldn’t really be upset.
"I'm too weird ta live but much too rare ta die"
like this:
"geez its like this site is so serious i jus wanna git mai opinyons on tha Kings out there ok" - TZ
Like breaking into a birthward
and repeatedly punching new born infants in their goddamn adorable faces!
"It would be my honor to be your new stepfather."
like it may be time to start rooting for Portland.
They already have a Spanish heartthrob to help ease my pain. Especially if they steal Washington’s pick and land Ricky.
Tears coming down my is
I almost cried during the draft lottery this year, so it’ll probably happen this Thursday.
"Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer." - Julian Casablancas
I will feel
drunk. Regardless of what happens.
Bé foréwarnéd: I am a mémbér of StR Groupthink méntality.
by CAB on Jun 23, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Stay thirsty my friend
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.
by otis29 on Jun 23, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
...fine.
And I will look forward to seeing the team improve w/ either Evans or Flynn (probably Evans). And I will be glad that Petrie didn’t pick Holiday or Jennings.
wat if we pic thabeet????
then i lost all faith in the kings
Confused, dissapointed and pissed
But I’d get over it after laughing my ass off with the craziness that will sure be the draft thread
I can't wait for that
I’m working early that day just to be home in time for the draft
www.mancancook.net
Trust Petrie
If Rubio isn’t selected at #4 then he probably wasn’t the best player on the board (either overall or specifically for our team). I won’t pretend to know more than the Sacramento braintrust.
That being said I will be a little disappointed because I’ve had a man-crush on Rubio for a while.
by thekangarooster on Jun 23, 2009 12:10 PM PDT reply actions
Happy that at least we don't have two
scrawny punk asses being shoved around/walked over in our backcourt.
Kings could use another pair of testicles, besides Bobby Jackson’s.
Did you think that stealing rbiegler's avatar would make your posts look bettter?
It didn’t work.
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by section214 on Jun 23, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Wow
Thanks for pointing it out. I was really thinking it was rbiegler and didn’t get why he was so mad.
I would be stoked...
If it was for Evans. A little upset if it was for Flynn.
Either way, I would channel my inner Brandon Jennings and instantly tell myself that Rubio is nothing more than HYPE
that all of the excitement
for RR was just a huge waste of time. However, mama said, “don’t cry over spilled milk.”
I will feel....
…like a fan of the Sacramento Kings. Kings fans that have followed the NBA Draft have gone through this so many times before on draft night. Peja WHO? Who the hell is this Turkeyglue? Kevin Martin I was high on actually thanks to draftexpress. Douby over Williams or Rondo!!! WTF! Wow, Jason Thompson, etc.
by TheRaven on Jun 23, 2009 2:54 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
sad, like falling in love
with someone who is about to marry someone else.
Again.
Did that really happen to you?
Or are you just saying that’s how you felt after previous drafts?
Because if that did happen to you, that’s really sad. And if it’s just an analogy, it’s a good one.
The draft lottery has reinforced my belief that there are not enough bad words in the English language.
by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 23, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
excited
We are getting a great player that should hopefully be on the Kings for a long time. It’s the #4 pick, not the #1. Of course if Rubio turned out to be the next Maravich, I would be slightly upset.
Kings rule! (They are royalty - right?)
I've changed my mind
If Rubio is available at 4 and we don’t pick him I will feel nothing but unadulterated anger. I’ll get over it eventually and embrace our new player. But I will be pissed! I’m sorry. I know the kid probably didn’t have a great workout and right now he’s mostly just potential. But he’s got so many intangibles that will make him a winner. All he has to do is work on and improve the tangibles, which can be done. If he’s there and none of this was a smokescreen and the Kings really had soured on him, I’ll be angry.
www.mancancook.net
If Ricky Rubio is available with the No. 4 pick, and the Kings do not select him, I will feel ...
… all Five Stages Of A Geoff Petrie Draft Pick?
I can’t believe nobody posted this yet (unless I missed it, which I can totally believe).
Last year I went through the entire list within the first 5 minutes of the JT pick. This year I’ve been preparing myself ahead of time, so I think I’ll have it down to 4.
ok I posted this else where. but Evans would be genius if...
any of these guys—Martin, Cisco or Nocioni go down next year. I am gonna all of a sudden wish we drafted the best athlete in Evans who can play and defend the 1, 2 or spot 3 for us. He is not my favorite over Rubio, Flynn or Curry, but he is probably a better NBA ready player next year on the defensive end as he has good lateral quickness, is very strong, 6’11.25" wingspan with a 34" vertical leap to contest shots. He is an active defender and good in transition. We all know he won’t pass as well as Rubio or score like Curry or even lead like Flynn but overall he might be the best insurance policy at helping us get deeper. Just putting it out there.
Is anyone in love with a 23/31 pick that has curry’s shooting prowess that we could put up some numbers as a back up?
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by SactownheartOChouse on Jun 24, 2009 12:50 AM PDT reply actions
I am fairly convinced (as much as anyone can be convinced about anything prior to the draft)
that the #23 pick is to be sold if the price is $3M. Makes too much sense.
by betweentheeyes on Jun 24, 2009 7:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Fine
if the pick is Evans
"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!
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