Voluntary Conditioning Program Begins Sept. 8
Sam Amick of The Bee reports the Kings will kick off its voluntary conditioning program on September 8. Players can come to Sacramento and participate in the program in order to skip the conditioning test at the start of camp, which is apparently a front office thing instead of a Reggie Theus thing. If you'll remember last season, Spencer Hawes couldn't make the voluntary program, and initially begged out of the conditioning test. Amick reports that Hawes will be in Sacramento to take part in the program this year. (We should also note that Hawes eventually took and passed the test when it became a media/fan issue, and he was in terrific shape when he showed up.)
Strength and conditioning coach Daniel Shapiro said he expects about seven players to show up. Donte Greene and Jason Thompson are both back East, but I suspect they'll return. (Greene has been in Sacramento working with Shapiro most of the summer. JT has constantly tweeted about doing his lifting in the mornings.) Omri Casspi and Kevin Martin have been working out with David Thorpe in Bradenton, Florida. (Martin actually showed up unannounced a week earlier than expected to get some extra work in.) Omri has been working on getting into the best shape of his life as well as working on some skills to help translate his game to the NBA. (He has told people that he's never worked out so hard in his life ... and he still has two more weeks in Bradenton left. Good luck, Omri.) Martin is ... well, you know what Martin does every summer: he gets in beastly shape and adds something to his bag of tricks. These two will be in Sacramento about 15 days before the start of camp, but you certainly aren't worried about their conditioning if they've each spent three weeks with Thorpe. (In fact, it's quite the opposite.) They'll pass the test on first attempt.
I've heard that despite the summer league blow-up, Hawes has been working his ass off every day. And again, this jibes with last summer -- Hawes came into camp looking much more fit than in his rookie season. Sean May has been tweeting about his difficult work-outs in North Carolina. Beno Udrih and Francisco Garcia are playing with their national teams (there's no way Beno will be back in Sacramento by Sept. 8; Garcia is questionable). Sergio Rodriguez is still in Spain as far as I know, and Jon Brockman (still unsigned) has tweeted a few times about various Seattle events, so he's up there. Tyreke Evans is on Mars learning the way of the Space Shaolin Ninja.
(Is that everyone? Oh, yes, Kenny Thomas. No idea, though I think he popped up at the ARCO training facility at some point. Being in shape hasn't been his issue.)
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OOOUUUEEEAAAHHHH!!!!!!!
Ouch. I think I hurt myself. Most of the Kings (and we know which ones) should show up in shape. A couple of the new ones (and we know them too) …ehh, who knows.
I note with some mild interest that the Knicks now are considering sign & trade for David Lee. I say mild, because I’m not sure whether the Kings want to be players…
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Translation...
“Tyreke Evans is on Mars learning the way of the Space Shaolin Ninja.”
Tyreke is living in an anti-gravity bubble in Yoda Coachie’s garage fasting and meditiating on the fundamentals of a good jump shot. Yoda Coachie sits right outside his bubble on a lotus moon cushion, holding a ball and net, reciting the chants that will open teh pathways of our Shaolin Ninja to embody the purity of eternalist views of the Vajrasatva Westphal, Buddha of pure HORSE thought.
Sep 8th is my b-day.
And this is totally relevant.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.
Time for a breakout season for Kenny.
It’s a contract year. He’ll average a double-double this year. Comback player of the year! Actually, that would be pretty hilarious. The Knicks will then sign K9 to a 3 year 28 million contract, and he’ll sit right next to Jerome James.
Ba-da
so Space Shaolin Ninja is Evans new nickname?
Because that is the best one ever. The Alien Bruce Lee of the Basketball World. I love it!
by Ice_9ine on Aug 30, 2009 12:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Much Tyrekery is bound to happen this upcoming season.
giggity giggity goo
by DougChristieKO on Aug 30, 2009 11:50 PM PDT reply actions
May
Since I jumped the gun and bashed Sean May for tweeting about his dining experiences, I should take the time to commend him. From his twitter feed, it seems like he has been working hard this summer, and working out often. Once again, I’m an idiot.
Never forget: I am a complete idiot
Humor has no mercy
but your act of contrition is well taken: May has been slimming and working out, has flipped his tassle at Chapel Hill and signed a deal to be first back up on a team where he can showcase his talents. It has been a good summer for the son of Don.
by betweentheeyes on Aug 31, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions

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