Kings Links: Westphal's Draft Role, Decline and Fall of the Corner 3

by Tom Ziller on Apr 9, 2010 2:45 PM PDT in Links

Jason Jones of The Bee writes that Paul Westphal looks forward to being around for the entire draft process this summer. Last season, he was hired only two weeks before the big night, but still participated in quite a few workouts and interviews.
Speaking of the draft, you ought to be reading DraftExpress's Portsmouth coverage (Day 1, Day 2), and not just for the Ryan Thompson love. A couple future NBA players come through Portsmouth every year -- Jon Brockman and Wesley Matthews, to name two from 2009.
Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus breaks down leaguewide trends for the season, including the slight deflation of offense ... offset by a boost in pace, which will help get the NBA over the 100-ppg average for the first time in ages. The most interesting thing to me concerns the bursting of the corner three bubble, something John Schuhmann wrote about for NBA.com last month.
Geoff Petrie ranked the No. 4 Blazer of all-time by The Oregonian. As you'd expect, there's a lot of great old-school Petrie stuff here.
M. Haubs of The Painted Area looks at the massive changing of the guard in NBA ownership.

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Umm...

I think you forgot the link to my Twitter page so everyone can support me in my attempt to get drafted!

Here, I’ll help you out, Ziller.

www.mancancook.net
#vfettkefordraft

by vfettke on Apr 9, 2010 2:50 PM PDT reply actions

I'll draft you

If you start posting more recipes.

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by LeaguePassAddict on Apr 9, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I have a few that need to go up soon

but yeah, I need to be drafted by someone that can pay me the NBA minimum salary

#vfettkefordraft
"The Kings will get a top 3 pick in the 2010 draft. Book it!"

by vfettke on Apr 9, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks for the links TZ.

M Haubs had a particularly interesting piece (as he usually does) of the links though.

And Donald Sterling turned down a billion dollar offer for the Clippers? Wow.

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

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 Apr 9, 2010 4:38 PM PDT reply actions

Donald has a problem with misreading zeroes.

Hence his team.

Tanking? I don't know what you're talking about, tanking. I'm just losing more efficiently.

by elfboy_ on Apr 9, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

PW be around the whole draft process as much as you want,

but please let Mr.Petrie do his job.

by ZenBaller on Apr 9, 2010 6:33 PM PDT reply actions

I appreciate these links. Thanks so much. This is kind of like a Slate.com view of what is what in the NBA with a Kings slant. We StR-ers get a condensed snippet of the news that is newsworthy. Great stuff, thanks for spending the time to share it all with us.

by betweentheeyes on Apr 9, 2010 8:16 PM PDT reply actions

Yes. the Kings Links are great

ad appreciated.

Don't say stupid shit. You won’t be perceived as stupid. - pookeyguru

by Kfan in Korea on Apr 9, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

You're welcome.

by Tom Ziller on Apr 10, 2010 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions

by the by

Portsmouth Invitational: like the nice applause for Ryan Thompson. Thought it odd no Kings scouts counted among the attendees.

Blazers #4 is GP. I can figure out Drexler and Walton in the top 3, who am I missing as the other?

The change in NBA ownership is intriguing. As someone who visits LA often and just 3 blocks from Staples I would like to like an LA team. It can’t be the Lakers, but just how good can you imagine the Clippers to be once the Donald (LA version) retires? Can we look forward to more press conferences from Jimmy Buss, as good or more humorous than the interview at the Finals last season?

by betweentheeyes on Apr 9, 2010 10:39 PM PDT reply actions