Quick Poll - Jermaine Taylor

by section214 on Dec 15, 2010 12:34 PM PST in Commentary

Continuing with my theory that you will never get everyone to agree on anything, I ask the following: Given that the Rockets are basically paying Jermaine Taylor's salary, and that the 2nd round pick involved is likely to never come to fruition -

Poll

Are you OK with the (free!) acquisition of Jermaine Taylor?

Yes

802 votes

No

140 votes

942 votes | Poll has closed

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ok? Yes,

Excited? Optimistic? No.

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 12:50 PM PST reply actions

Disappointed?

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 12:55 PM PST up reply actions

I'm being harsh

I think he could contribute to this team in a positive way. My lack of optimism comes more from the coaching staff. Right now the Kings seem like the worst place for a young player to play & develop. Which makes absolutely no sense to me.

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 12:58 PM PST up reply actions

Dude

It’s not like Geoff Petrie called a huge press conference with Taylor and Westphal on either side of him, going on and on about how this is the slam-dunk move the Kings have been waiting to pounce on for years, that the talent we’ve just added is exactly what we need to drive out of the dark abyss we’ve been mired in, that the return of the glory years is upon us (though, I suppose there’s still time for that to materialize). This was a simple act of opportunity, and it should be evaluated in the context of the circumstances that actually brought about the move, not the greater context of the Kings being a bad team that probably needs to add a big time player or two in the near future.

"If you're going to lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the audience." -Geoff Petrie

by AnotherStupidSN on Dec 15, 2010 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Well until that day happens I will continue to be underwelmed by BS moves like this

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 2:04 PM PST up reply actions

So this is a bullshit move?

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 2:13 PM PST up reply actions

If it doesn't equate to more wins the yes

It certainly isn’t a difference making move

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 2:49 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

oh okay

so we judge whether a trade is bullshit by facts learned after the fact. Interesting.

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 2:51 PM PST up reply actions

facts

learned after the fact?

but if they are future facts, doesn’t that make them potential facts and therefore not facts at all because they’re potentialities?

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions

exactly

We don’t judge trades by reality or weighing risk versus reward though. These are the new rules to being a Kings fan.

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions

yeah

Making this move makes a lot of sense, but it’s unlikely to be a huge differencemaker either. One thing that’s clear is that this move doesn’t hurt the Kings in any way, so I don’t understand why people don’t like it.

When you’re trying to improve you take any opportunity that makes sense, even if it’s a small improvement.

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions

Not the splashy move that will make people feel like the sucktiude of the last few weeks is worth it.

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by pookeyguru on Dec 15, 2010 3:09 PM PST up reply actions

and not by weighing the pros and cons of the move and what we give up for what we acquire

nope though still bullshit

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 2:52 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe we have different definitions of bullshit

I always thought bullshit was a bunch of talk or actions that mean nothing. By my defintion this is a move that does nothing for me as a fan. The team made a few bucks off it, GREAT.

Keep in mind I never once said this was a bad move just a bullshit one.

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 3:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

fair enough

I have a hard time seeing how this is a bunch of talk or action by the team though

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions

Owned him Wally.

"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!

by caseycheesecake on Dec 15, 2010 2:55 PM PST up reply actions

owned him wally?

“in yo face!” & “you got served!” didn’t want any of that?

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 3:32 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

But its not anything to be whelmed by at all

if whelmed is even a word.

We got a player. We got paid to take him. That is all.

"What the fuck did I do?" - McNulty

by vfettke on Dec 15, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions

I voted "Yes"

Free player and favored owed down the line. Can’t complain too much. The only thing is that I would rather have Marcus back from the D-League and get minutes if we were to add somebody to the rotation. I liked what I saw of him.

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Dec 15, 2010 1:11 PM PST reply actions

I’m not OK with the fact that you can vote more then once.

"There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third."
-Timothy Leary

by Quincy's Douby & Mark's Blount on Dec 15, 2010 1:14 PM PST up reply actions

Its just an opinion poll.

by 9K1NGS6 on Dec 15, 2010 1:19 PM PST up reply actions

You can't vote more than once,

unless you have several different accounts.

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by section214 on Dec 15, 2010 1:22 PM PST up reply actions

not necessarily true

if you are log off your user name you can vote a second time.

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions

Now we know who's been rigging the polls!

So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Dec 15, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

Son of a bitch!

How did you catch me? Oh, yeah I gave it away.

(In truth, I’ve never done it but noticed it can be done)

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 1:53 PM PST up reply actions

Exactly how did you notice :)

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Dec 15, 2010 6:06 PM PST up reply actions

I am not signed it automatically and sometimes too lazy to

and noticed I had the voting option after previously voting before. Not exactly exciting but it is what it is.

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 10:58 PM PST up reply actions

I voted once

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Dec 15, 2010 1:39 PM PST up reply actions

voted yes

but I’d also like to see something more and something better from the front office

"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!

by Panzerfaust on Dec 15, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions

I voted no but think yes

Or maybe I don’t…depends which me I am right now

I'm feeling like I want to rage...right now.
-#38

by kangsfan on Dec 15, 2010 2:05 PM PST reply actions

How can you guys say no to this?

This is better than nothing

Cousins is good but he's no manna from heaven.

by kingme on Dec 15, 2010 2:13 PM PST reply actions

My only concern is

that unless he’s a true upgrade it might confuse our already confused rotation.

But I voted yes.

So imitate the action of the tiger!.
Lend the eye a terrible aspect
- and teach them how to war!
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Dec 15, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions

I can see the argument against

If you don’t think much of Jermaine Taylor, you could complain about him taking minutes from other guys. And with Westphal’s penchant for lineup trickery, having a new toy to play with could upset some folks.

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby

by otis29 on Dec 15, 2010 2:18 PM PST up reply actions

That is my only concern

Is this someone that is just going to further confuse our rotation? I dont think a 24 year old who has only managed to get 400 minutes of NBA time in two seasons is someone we should spend a bunch of time on, there are only 240 minutes in a game, and we have youth, chemistry, and teamwork that sorely needs developing.

by MichaelMack on Dec 15, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions

Cutting Luther Head would be better than nothing

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 2:52 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

There are not chick involved?

“~~Money~~ Something for nothing and the chicks for free”

I didn't major in Common F-cking Sense, but ...

by MustangMBS on Dec 15, 2010 6:09 PM PST up reply actions

I voted yes for the German Tailor.

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by Aykis16 on Dec 15, 2010 2:20 PM PST reply actions

I prefer Jermajesty

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs

I can't believe there's a debate over this

Do you remember what Gerald Wallace was before the Bobcats? What Beno was before the Kings? Morrow, Tolliver, CJ Watson, Reggie Williams, Kelenna Azubuike before the Warriors? They were all nothing or close to nothing and now they all are serviceable players the least. Yes the circumstances for each one of them were different. Some of them were undrafted, playing in minor leagues or decaying in a NBA bench. I’m not saying Taylor will necessarily have a NBA career, he maybe play less than 10 games the whole season and then go to Europe or China. What I’m saying is he’s playing for free for a team with the most shallow SG spot in the league. The least he can do is provide minimal competition for the rest of the players.

And for gods sake we finally have a highflyer!

by ZenBaller on Dec 15, 2010 2:23 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

The Other JT

Is he available tonight?

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by Hit4TheCycle on Dec 15, 2010 2:39 PM PST reply actions

people who voted "no"

I would like to hear your rationalization of why this is a bad move. Kings get a player at zero cost to them that may have some upside. If the Kings chose to waive him tomorrow, the team loses nothing.

The best way I can see anyone disliking this move is because they think there should have been more or bigger moves done instead.

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 2:45 PM PST reply actions

BINGO! fifth mook

I actually voted yes because it’s not a bad move. Signing Luther Head? Now that was a bad move.

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 2:55 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

A hypothetical, if you will...

Say Section214 were to offer you his entire Simpsons DVD collection. He needs to get rid of these DVDs to make room on his shelves for his brand new Saved By The Bell: The Complete Series on Blu Ray DVDs (he’s a huge Zack Morris fan, but who isn’t?). Section214 not only offers you the DVDs but he offers to give you the cash to buy a brand new DVD player to play them on. All he asks for in return is that sometime in the future you might let him borrow your Full House DVDs, but he’s not even entirely sure he’ll want to.

In this purely hypothetical situation what would you do? Keep in mind two things:

Turning down Section214’s offer surely means that you’re a fucking idiot, or your name is cowboyron96@yahoo.com
Accepting his offer means that a bunch of fucking idiots (especially cowboyron96@yahoo.com) that would have turned it down are probably going to talk a ton of shit about you on the internet because you should have tried to get the Saved By The Bell DVDs, even though you never had any real interest in them in the first place

"What the fuck did I do?" - McNulty

by vfettke on Dec 15, 2010 2:52 PM PST reply actions 9 recs

either way

I get a DVD player for participating. wewt!

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 2:53 PM PST up reply actions

Only if you take the DVDs

pay attention!

"What the fuck did I do?" - McNulty

by vfettke on Dec 15, 2010 2:54 PM PST up reply actions

but

even if I take the DVDs and immediately throw them in the dumpster, I still have a DVD player, so it’s win/win. I win (DVD player), and my local bums win (Simpsons collection from the dumpster).

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions

But your local bums don't have a DVD player

or a tv to plug the DVD player into. Or electricity even. But they do have a nice new coaster set, I suppose.

Not that they really care about protecting the wood on their coffee table though

"What the fuck did I do?" - McNulty

by vfettke on Dec 15, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions

maybe

they can use the DVDs to fashion some sort of shelter.

ok, I’m letting this die now.

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions

Clearly we need to fire PW!!!

wait I’m sorry, what were you saying?

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 2:56 PM PST up reply actions

what if you can't watch DVDs

because you didnt pay the electricity bill?

by LPKingsFan on Dec 15, 2010 2:59 PM PST up reply actions

Section will throw in a little extra cash for that too

"What the fuck did I do?" - McNulty

by vfettke on Dec 15, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions

It was a nice analogy

until you said a bunch of fucking idiot would have turned it down. Now there might be a bunch of fucking idiots but I haven’t read 1 person write they would have turned it down.

I love beating dead horses.

by allbenji's on Dec 15, 2010 3:03 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

Poor Victor

Futilely using logic to combat trolling. It is a meaningless if valiant effort.

Far more effective however, is posting about breakfast foods.

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by Aykis16 on Dec 15, 2010 3:03 PM PST up reply actions

Bastard

it’s 3:30 in the morning here. My kid decided he wanted to wake up and play for a couple hours. Now I’m hungry, and that looks good.

"What the fuck did I do?" - McNulty

by vfettke on Dec 15, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions

Not for nothing,

but my Simpsons collection is on Beta.

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by section214 on Dec 15, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions

I actually have the first three Star Wars movies on beta

plus Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue, by far the greatest/worst thing ever invented.

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 3:33 PM PST up reply actions

Funny

I’ve got a bunch of old NBA games on beta. Can you still find a working betamax anywhere?

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby

by otis29 on Dec 15, 2010 4:28 PM PST up reply actions

well ....

I think there’s another option …. complain that Section should have given me the Seinfeld DVD collection instead of the The Simpsons.

by Dub_TC on Dec 15, 2010 4:06 PM PST up reply actions

orrrr

some donkey doesn’t read the whole post correctly, and tries to be funny and make another option.

Guilty as charged.

by Dub_TC on Dec 15, 2010 4:10 PM PST up reply actions

Of course, this is all just the nature of being a fervent fan

How many posts were there about Joey Dorsey being released last year? A thousand comments combined? For a player that played 46 minutes for us. If we didn’t care about everything we might care about nothing.

by MichaelMack on Dec 15, 2010 3:05 PM PST reply actions

A low risk low reward move.

If it pays off? It’s great. If not? What have you really lost?

EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985...... On Twitter

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. 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 Dec 15, 2010 3:11 PM PST reply actions

This move isn't even low risk

Its no risk.

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by Aykis16 on Dec 15, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions

yeah but I want what I want and I want it now!

I predict JT will never breathe through his nose.

by wallywagon11 on Dec 15, 2010 3:29 PM PST up reply actions

It's like no news

Zero impact on anything… AT ALL!! It’d be the same if it wasn’t even reported. NADA… a big fat ZERO!!

But of course, let’s bitch and moan because we didn’t get LeBron, or Melo, or Favors, or T-Will, or Darren Collison, or Larry Brown, or Eric Maynor

Ok, Im done now.

Baconn!!!!!

"Children want what they want when they want it." ... Andy Sims

by edm7 on Dec 15, 2010 3:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

Eric Maynor

"Good Luck"

by TheFifthMookie on Dec 15, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions

Lettuce!!!!!

EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985...... On Twitter

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. 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 Dec 15, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions

It's bacon!

"You can have the knowledge that a tomato is a fruit, but it takes wisdom not to put it in a fruit salad." Jerry Reynolds

by kingsfan300 on Dec 15, 2010 4:57 PM PST up reply actions

It's low risk in that you use up some cap space.

EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985...... On Twitter

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. 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 Dec 15, 2010 3:39 PM PST up reply actions

and a roster spot

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent"- Qui-Gon Jinn

by tomkanti on Dec 15, 2010 6:19 PM PST up reply actions

You complete-lack-of-vision-having bastards.

This guy is gonna change the way we think about giving up largely worthless 2nd round picks.

Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen. And for a limited time, every third person who follows me on Twitter (andy_sims) gets a free ice cream cone.

Which I will eat.

by andy sims on Dec 15, 2010 3:36 PM PST reply actions

the future is now

by Kevin Conroy on Dec 15, 2010 4:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

So we got an athletic 2nd year player

Who just turned 24, and the rockets are paying his salary, and we didn’t have to give them anything. Oh and allegedly he can shoot. Works for me.

by Lotusprime on Dec 15, 2010 4:11 PM PST via mobile reply actions

Looking at some of his highlights on Youtube

and he is athletic as hell. He can definitely dunk harder than anyone on our team right now.
I’m calling it though; guaranteed DUI within one month.

by KingsSince1990 on Dec 15, 2010 4:41 PM PST reply actions

I voted yes.

What could he possibly hurt at this point, the great team chemistry the Kings have right now? It sounds like a win-win kind of a deal.

Brennan Huff: I have a belly full of white dog crap in me, and now you lay this shit on me?

by DiegoKing on Dec 15, 2010 4:58 PM PST reply actions

by Dirkula on Dec 16, 2010 1:21 PM PST reply actions

17%

would have not signed LeBron James to a maximum deal had he wanted to come here, though 9% did opt for pudding – tasty, tasty pudding.

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by section214 on Dec 16, 2010 2:23 PM PST up reply actions

An 8% I'm proud of.

EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985...... On Twitter

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. 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 Dec 19, 2010 8:15 AM PST up reply actions

Or proud to be in I should say.

EvilCowtownInc: Screwin Suckaz over since 1985...... On Twitter

No mistakes in the tango, Donna. 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 Dec 19, 2010 8:15 AM PST up reply actions

I like this trade.

This reminds me of the Hilton Amrstrong trade, where we later used him as a trade chip. I dont know why everyone thinks this is the only trade thats gonna be done, so they think its a bad one

by jumpboi on Dec 16, 2010 1:52 PM PST reply actions