I agree with most of your points (except misspelling Fesenko – get it right, he’s gonna be on the Kings soon :P )

It’s ok to hang around here, read the comments, take your time, and THEN write a fanpost. Much better than writing a one paragraph fanpost, that could’ve just been a comment, on your first day. Thanks for that Sac Strong.

Now, onto your ideas. I actually disagree with a couple things. I don’t think that anyone here thinks we can win now, no matter the move we make. I think we are all pretty realistic in terms of the rebuilding process. Some just want to speed up the process; they don’ necessarily think we are going to be ready to contend if we trade for Boozer or if we had signed Hedo. Patience is indeed the name of the game for this team and most of us realize that.

Also about Rubio, it was more the dissapointment of not getting him when he was there for the taking. I’m sure most people here are now behind Evans 99-100%. It was never against Evans, it was just that most of us wanted Rubio REALLY bad (I was one of them too).

I like the idea of “we made our investment, now we just have to wait and let the players grow.” I think sometime we understimate the coaching situation for the past two years. Musselman was a waste; I actually like Theus but he never implemented any kind of system, and let’s not even start with Turtle Natt. For all we know, our young players may have underachieve because of the lack of a system, that’s why I can’t wait to see the progress they can make this year under a real coach.

Interesting what you say about Martin as its true he’s still relatively young and he hasn’t hit his peak yet. I’m guessing that will come in the next couple years. He’s older in age (compared to other young players) but he doesn’t have that much NBA mileage and he’s still learning. Add him to the list of players that will benefit from having a system with coach Westphal.

Can’t wait for summer league and the season to start.

We have 4 small forwards (Nocioni, Garcia, Greene, Casspi) and 1 center. Nocioni and Udrih are also overpaid for what they provide to us, so it makes sense that people want to move them. Further, if you move Nocioni, you open up time for the youngsters. This all points to moving Nocioni. I don’t have a problem with the guy, and I think there are teams out there who want him for the price, he just doesn’t make much sense on this roster.

As to who you would send him to: The Kings are under the cap at the moment, which means that if the Maloofs were interested, he could be a part of a deal where we take on salary. This could be done quickly for teams who are looking to sign a player this off-season (like Utah) or you could wait as teams get desperate to make a move before the upcoming season’s trade deadline. Either way, you would expect some sort of compensation, either in form of a superior player (either a promising prospect packaged with a bad contract, or a someone being paid more) or draft picks. It’s also possible that there are teams looking to contend (like Cleveland) that could use an upgrade in talent. They could offer us some expiring deals or draft picks. In short, I’m going to have to disagree with you and say that a trade could really help this team. By no means would it have to be Nocioni, but I think trades are possible that could take very little away from our team and improve it substantially either now or in the future.

Do we really have a choice??

High draft picks x a few years and money to spare.

The points about waiting and being patient are about the most difficult thing for a fan to do. Improvement promotes patience and with 17 wins and hitting bottom, up is a welcome direction. As the start of season approaches and once the schedule is released a formualtion can begin as to what to expect.

I know that you pointed to a lot of all star players who are still with the teams that they were drafted by, and are making major contributions for those teams but very few teams actually have a starting five of their own draft picks……the kings will be one of them. All the great teams have a blend of the future mixed in with proven commodities, free agency and trades are the tools for buidling a contender (i.e. the Webber/Bibby deals; or the apparently unethical move of Danny Ainge two years ago).

However as you stated Patience is the key, we shouldn’t trade any of the players with potential until we fully see how the potential plays out. Neither should we trade Noc until we know who else is expendable, because him plus a young prospect after the all-star break will have a great return value.

Oh and P.S. i have some marshmellows and chocolate if you guys want to start a fire and continue all this man love for good newbies going around and sing Kumbaya.