I have trouble being coherent at any point in a 24hr period. Well written per usual… thanks for the enlightenment.

Assuming the owners get this type of arrangement, might there be a possibility of having some temporary flexibility grandfathered into it? If you’re a team that has the type of contracts that Boston does at the time this goes into effect, there’s no way you’re going to be able to afford to have the minimum amount of players.

I understand in a couple of years. Boston may be in a very different situation, but it’s hard to imagine the league allowing a circumstance where a very good (and entertaining) team is somehow required to be broken up.

Boston is just an example that popped into my head. I’m on no sleep, not sure if I’m asking this clearly enough, so if you have any questions, go.

3 wins, 20 losses in their last 23 games. With or without K-Mart, this team is a lottery pick. I hope Petrie gets who he wants?

I’m not sure the average Kings fan has enough patience, and I also think attendance and the Arena talks will factor into the equation.

I think if the team makes a significant deal such as the Martin-plus for Iggy-Daly and the team gels a bit down the stretch and wins 30 or close and shows some promise for next year and still has a fairly high pick, the team will be able to buy some time, keep fans coming to the games and the Arena talks moving ahead while still taking the franchise in the right direction.

I think the Maloofs are going to roll the dice, because the last thing they probably feel they can afford to do to do at this point is stand pat and play these cards through the end of the season.

It also wouldn’t surprise me to see a second trade that bundles up some our smaller, more expendable pieces for another star or an expiring. We have a few too many players from 3-12 who are basically at the same skill level or close, and it might be better to tighten up the roster. Better to have eight guys who are happy and 4-5 who are pissed than to have a whole roster of players who think they should be getting more burn.

I thought that this story was somewhat lost in the shuffle this weekend. 30% across the board cut in salaries, an essentially “hard” cap, and a significant reduction in the number of guranteed years per contract. Wow…

I thought that the most telling quote of the article was as follows:

"It isn’t just a matter of the union losing," one Eastern Conference GM said. "It’s a matter of how badly they lose."

The owners learned during the last lockout that if they let Stern do all of the talking and they stay silent/unified, they will win. There are too many factions among the players, too many agents, too many knuckleheads who will pop off to some local beat writer how he can’t manage to feed his family with a 30% cut in his 6 million dollar salary. Ownership will largely get what they want, making some small concessions to the players, meaning that the salary structure of the league will fundamentally change.

With that said, Ziller’s point is an important one. The Kings can, and probably should, make some kind of a deal. K9’s contract is a tool to be used, either to draw another player to the Kings or to rid themselves of an unwanted contract. But salary flexability could be unbelievably valuable in the next couple of years, so taking on any contract that runs longer than that has to be weighed heavily against the coming reality that is the next CBA and the financial mess that it will create for many teams in the NBA…

Good taste Ziller. You even got me to wikipedia Wassily Kandinsky.

I’m sure they’ll do that. I just hope there is not another locked-out season. I would always rather have a losing season then no season at all. . .

David Stern is going for blood in 2011, and that must play into any team’s 2010 decisions. Stern and the owners, in their first proposal to the union before an All-Star Weekend bargaining session, have reportedly pushed for a 30 percent plus reduction of player salary plus a hard cap. Who knows what will actually be approved. But the tone is such that players will suffer, which means in 2011-12 and beyond, player salaries will be lower, and the cap will be lower. There’d likely be a transition period, but teams with cap space in 2011 will be in the best position to capitalize on the New World Order.

Taken this to the logical extreme would suggest that Martin for an expiring would be a viable option, wouldn’t it?

Hope everyone enjoys ripping me to shreds on this one :)

That’s all this is. If I were the players, I’d continue to wait until the last possible moment I had to make a deal.

Their cyclonic perpetual emotion machine that is a 24-hour a day, 7-day a week. They’ve taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into a full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao. Explain to me why that is the narrative of your network?

This is, for those who don’t recognize it, from John Stewart, describing his view of how Fox News Network attacks the Obama Presidency. I think it would actually be a good desciption of the type of panic I have seen over Kevin Martin around here in Sacramento. I think it’s to the point where it is reasonable to be concerned about him but at the same time I can’t help but think that we are blowing things out of proportion.

Unless the deal is an obvious win for the Kings. You have to at least give them the rest of the season.

just listened to peaches DESTROY Kevin Martin on his show. Called him mentally weak and said that in the last two games, he has not given it his all. Rough times ahead for sacto fans… but hey, the night is always darkest before the dawn.