'Trust Geoff'

by Tom Ziller on Jun 25, 2009 9:58 AM PDT in NBA Draft

Mitch Germann, the Kings VP of Business Communications, posted this photo on his Twitter this morning.

I asked Mitch what the balls say on them. His reply:

"Trust Geoff" ... haha.

I'm with it.

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I trust Geoff

I’m feeling much better now

by eduardo_m7 on Jun 25, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions

Wow.

That is stellar……

by Devastation Co. MMA on Jun 25, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions

BTW

I’m live chatting at FanHouse now.

by Tom Ziller on Jun 25, 2009 10:00 AM PDT reply actions

Have fun

I would hate having to be responsible for that.

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 Jun 25, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions

Having some major technical issues

But it’s probably just my work network.

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Jun 25, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions

nice chat Z

fun stuff

If you're not first ... you're last.

by Dub_TC on Jun 25, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Anyone get the feeling

that Petrie is just loves toying with everybody from the FO to the fans and even other teams?

www.mancancook.net

by vfettke on Jun 25, 2009 10:10 AM PDT reply actions

Seriously.

Blessings.Love.Peace

by lifestyleforthesellout on Jun 25, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions

very much so

If you're not first ... you're last.

by Dub_TC on Jun 25, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions

He is paired off against Chris Wallace

Talk about the cat toying with the mouse. The sad part is the Grizzlies believed they could shake the Kings down. Instead, they have witnessed a basketball management clinic to there interest’s detriment.

by bignerd on Jun 25, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm curious whether Petrie is really messing with anyone

He seems to place a lot of value on ethics and his relationships with players and other general managers. I just don’t see him trying to screw someone else over.

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 25, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Not about screwing the person over, it’s about keeping your poker face. Despite all the gasoline Memphis has tried to toss onto trade rumors Petrie hasn’t flinched. Now the rest of league cannot figure the Kings move. It’s mind boggling considering there has been 800lb pink elephant named Rubio sitting in Sacramento for over a month and everyone’s convinced they don’t see it.

by bignerd on Jun 25, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

Exactly

If Rubio falls to us at #4 and we take him (because he’s always been who we wanted, since before we got screwed by the lottery), to me that solidifies Petrie as one of the all-time great GMs in the history of organized sports.

by AnotherStupidSN on Jun 25, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions

How the Kings have managed not to get jumped for Rubio at this point is amazing. First they had to manufacture his value low enough to get him to drop to #4, than they had to keep every other team from moving up and getting him. The Kings already have a tremendous player at SG, yet Memphis and OKC are convinced they cannot trade down because the Kings will grab there SG. Petrie’s even managed keep Donnie Walsh from holding all the cards by targeting both Flynn and Curry.

by bignerd on Jun 25, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Unless Rubio is a bust

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 25, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions

I don’t see how Rubio can be a bust. Talking about a guy who can already dominate a game with ball handing and passing alone (Mark Jackson quote). I don’t see anyone being able to stop him consistently from doing it.

by bignerd on Jun 25, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree actually

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 25, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions

This is irrelevant to my point

which is that Petrie shows just how good he is at his job if he’s able to get the player with the #4 pick that he would’ve taken with the #2 (or maybe #1) even though every other team in the lottery wants his guy too, and many of them are in a pretty good position to move in front of us to get him.

It’s like everyone’s been staring at a red hat, but Petrie’s the only one that got a closer look and he’s been able to convince everyone that what they thought was a red hat is, in fact, not red at all. Maybe. We’ll soon see.

by AnotherStupidSN on Jun 25, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe the other GMs

Are on to Petrie and are hoping for that scenario because Rubio’s going to be a bust and a guy like Evans drops into their laps.

I dunno either way, I’m just sayin’ – I think the actual talent of the player Petrie might be working so hard to get is an important part of the equation.

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 25, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't think he'smessing with anyone

or tryint to screw someone over. He’s just being himself, a quite and different type of GM. Others go crazy because they just can’t read what Petrie is going to do. That’s just the way Petrie operates

by eduardo_m7 on Jun 25, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions

I agree with Otis

When does Petrie lie? He doesn’t lie. He doesn’t have a poker face. He just places a value on a pick or on a player and if he doesn’t get it he doesn’t accept less.

I really think what is coming out of the front office, assuming it’s accurately reported, reflects what’s really happening. I don’t think Petrie puts a lot of value on smokescreens and BS.

by nbrans on Jun 25, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Talk about the cat toying with the mouse. The sad part is the Grizzlies believed they could shake the Kings down. Instead, they have witnessed a basketball management clinic to there interest’s detriment.

Erm…the Kings have done precisely nothing so far. Not sure how that’s a basketball management clinic.

by Carl on Jun 25, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions

That's fair

I was arguing that teams have done everything they possibly could to shake the Kings into making a move or at least tipping there hand. Not only have the Kings not managed to flinch, no one has a gauge on them. In fact, everyone else is afraid of moving around on the top half of the draft board because they all believe the Kings are targeting their player. Talk about turning the tables.

by bignerd on Jun 25, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Can we trust a guy

that plays with his balls all over his office?

by PurplePurple on Jun 25, 2009 10:35 AM PDT reply actions

Ball don't lie.

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

by LeaguePassAddict on Jun 25, 2009 10:51 AM PDT reply actions

Thank You Mrs. Sheed

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 Jun 25, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions

i don't get it.

by Smills91 on Jun 25, 2009 11:13 AM PDT reply actions

Hey all - it is a crazy day, I am an hour behind schedule and running as fast as I can is too slow to catch up

and yet here I am. Is this a great time of the year or WHAT?!

by betweentheeyes on Jun 25, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, I stayed up til 4 am to write a post, cuz I couldn't sleep. I think it put everyone else to sleep...

Stop the insanity…

Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.

Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt — When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults"

by SactownheartOChouse on Jun 25, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions

I got butterflies in my stomach!!!!!!

Ok here’s how bizzare it is — (NOTE: I usually dont have these kinds of dreams)

Had a dream that GP picked a current NBA PG — some no name…. so there I was at ARCO ARENA yelling at GP like WTF and GP whispers to me that it saved the Magoofs $620,000.. WIERD WOKE UP IN COLD SWEAT….

I SAY WE PICK TYREKIO

by gandu on Jun 25, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions

WHO'S HEADED OUT TO ARCO THIS EVENING?

by gandu on Jun 25, 2009 11:40 AM PDT reply actions

Not me...

Need to be close to alcohol in case we blow it

I'm a limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun!!! Wooooo!!!

by Noble_Bloodlines on Jun 25, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

She looks prego.

by Smills91 on Jun 25, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I have a friend who says she is hot

I disagree

by 49er16 on Jun 25, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Does you're friend like dudes?

I'm a limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun!!! Wooooo!!!

by Noble_Bloodlines on Jun 25, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions

No, but he does like ladies who look like dudes.

by 49er16 on Jun 25, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I

Rec’d this because for whatever reason it made me fall out…

I'm a limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun!!! Wooooo!!!

by Noble_Bloodlines on Jun 25, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll be out there

by rc360 on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

LOUD NOISES!!!

by AnotherStupidSN on Jun 25, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Too funny

I am so excited. I can’t wait but if it’s a disaster, I am going to wish it was 4:00 again.

Kings rule! (They are royalty - right?)

by dalt99 on Jun 25, 2009 12:00 PM PDT reply actions

It seems awfully quiet so far today

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 25, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions