Tyreke Evans Traveling With Kings, Listed As Day-to-Day

What you type and post on the internet in Las Vegas doesn’t stay in Las Vegas. So let me have a few drinks and maybe…..

But it’s probably some foreshadowing of stuff that we could probably guess if we were really dedicated to it. It would be more or less a public confirmation from whatever JJ says.

I would probably do the same thing if I were in Team Tyreke. And in no way is this as stupid as "The Decision" in my opinion. It has some similarities with the entourage making decisions, but that’s about it. Unless there are some drastic changes, the season is over for the Kings. Why not let Tyreke rest so he can at least get back to being an All Star caliber player. If Tyreke doesn’t look good, Team Tyreke’s future doesn’t look good. I agree that it’s unprofessional and disrespectful to not include management in the discussion. They probably should have at least picked up the phone. But, everyone already knows management’s view of the situation: play Tyreke unless the injury gets more serious. Team Tyreke was just putting a stop to that plan.

Gotta disagree with you on that. However, I do think there is some level of interest in protecting Reke at this point from their end.

Some of me (and a lot of me leans toward this) thinks it’s about protection of Reke’s numbers. A small part is wondering why you have to protect a player from himself though?

This has been strange however you slice it.

it’s DMC’s team, and trade Tyreke to the Rockets for Martin?

I’m going to try to stay on topic here, because Tyreke’s numbers warrant a whole separate topic altogether. (IMO, he didn’t get those numbers only by sheer talent and skill.)

Let’s say Tyreke hits the sophomore slump after a spectacular freshman year. Who are the Kings going to turn to to keep them from hitting worse franchise record? The Kings are currently on pace to win less than they did in 08-09 (17 wins total; 6 wins as of Dec. 13th, 2008).

Also, what does it say about the Kings and its management that we end up with a record worse than the year before we got Tyreke? What is our excuse? We can’t point our fingers at Tyreke, because he didn’t even play in 08-09 and we had a horrible record.

The obvious conclusion is that this team is underachieving (differences in roster aside; because I don’t want to even start comparing those stats) and if the only way for us to not get sucked into the trap of worst franchise season record (again) is to have Tyreke rip the team out of its pitiful situation, he can’t have that sophomore slump and he certainly can’t sit out more than a few games.

(All this being said, I sense I’ve been a bit over dramatic. I still see a brighter future for the Kings and I hope even without Tyreke, the Kings pull it together and keep themselves from at least not having the worst franchise season record again.)