Just Like Kevin

by Exhibit G on Feb 18, 2010 8:27 AM PST in Commentary

I'll admit the song choice is a little weird since it song was original a love song about a girl, but it still seems a fitting send-off to Kevin Martin. I give you "Just Like Kevin" to the tune of "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure.

I don't want to take a lot of space on the front page today, so the song is after the jump.

"Show me how you do that trick
How you make those threes" we said
"The threes that help us win" we said
And threw our hopes upon his back
"Show us how you do it
And we promise you we promise that
We'll stay with you
We'll stay with you"

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I heard of the trade and shook my head
And dreamed of all the different ways he had
To make us grow
"Why are you going away?" I said
"I hope you always know that I'm a fan of you
That I'm a fan of you"

You
"Soft" and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Shoot strange as angels
Shooting from the furthest ranges
Twisting in the lane
You were just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been zoned out for days
And moving lips to speak his name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone and hating Daryl Morey
He stole a King I loved
And left me with just Carl Landry

You
"Soft" and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like Kevin

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Your best work yet G.

Which is naturally the most bittersweet thing of all.

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.....

'm not sure Donald Sterling is a human being. He had to have been manufactured by someone, possibly David Stern, so that one team could solely just make profit for the NBA while doing nothing good for themselves. -- Aykis 16

by pookeyguru on Feb 18, 2010 8:29 AM PST reply actions

Thanks

It was a sad one to write

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Feb 18, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions

I feel ya bro.

It was sad, but it was time. Or some such.

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 Feb 19, 2010 1:10 AM PST up reply actions

Today is a day for Kevin Martin homoeroticism

by sactown on Feb 18, 2010 8:33 AM PST reply actions 7 recs

OMG!

rec’d

"If you told him to head-butt the wall, he would do it." -- Paul Westphal re: Brockness Monster.

by PhutureKings on Feb 18, 2010 10:16 AM PST up reply actions

By far

my favorite Twink ever…

If yr not happy with the results, lower yr expectations.

by tokyo on Feb 18, 2010 11:10 AM PST up reply actions

The most depressing day of the season

and you choose a fucking Cure song? Jesus Christ, G!

Good work though

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by vfettke on Feb 18, 2010 8:33 AM PST reply actions

Kevin come back you can blame it all on me!

You know what I really love, I really love the Lacoste Sport Sweat suit man. The one that looks like the orange that's the same color as fruit loop orange! Houses like clovers, houses like clovers whatever that man says! Twinkle, Stars, Diamonds, Emeralds. We got every color bruh! It's fu@#in crazy man. This fool walked up to me the other day, and was like blood, where did you get them at yo? What, you made them? I said, man we don't make nothin man! We don't make nothin man. We just make your girl give h%@d. When she sees these on sight. She never thought they come in size twelves man. I wear size twelves man!

by slamson on Feb 18, 2010 8:50 AM PST up reply actions

Seemed appropriate

Never forget: I am a complete idiot

by Exhibit G on Feb 18, 2010 12:02 PM PST up reply actions

awesome.

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. Vonnegut

by Ice_9ine on Feb 18, 2010 9:08 AM PST via mobile reply actions

since we're all "sharing", this is the most effecting part of the article to me;

"It goes both ways," Martin said by phone shortly after the trade. "Sacramento gave me an opportunity. I was a late first-round pick. I could have been playing overseas. I assumed they still loved me. I was the ‘Golden Child’ – that’s what Corliss Williamson used to say. I guess that’s the sad part.

and I SO do not know how to use block quotes…

Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile

by Balky Needs on Feb 18, 2010 9:09 AM PST reply actions

Type-out the quote, then highlight it and hit the "quote" button

"Sometimes the capriciousness of youth anesthetizes common sense." -Let Geoff's words guide our patience this season.

by AnotherStupidSN on Feb 18, 2010 9:29 AM PST up reply actions

Ahh, will do next time.

Much obliged!

Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile

by Balky Needs on Feb 18, 2010 9:46 AM PST up reply actions

This leaves me feeling sad, angry, and confused.

I feel sad for Kevin, but I also can’t help feeling that he is at least partially responsible for this. His action/ inaction at the Celtic’s game I thinks sums up his lack of effort on his part to seize the moment. I can’t help but wonder, if he has deliberately been his own undoing, here in Sacramento. I think his actions show that he wanted to be traded. He got his wish.

To be the best, you have to do your best. Otherwise, you are only second-rate.

by Slam_Dunk on Feb 18, 2010 9:45 AM PST reply actions