The Kings went 2-2 this week, and criticisms aside, that's a more than solid week for our Kings, especially considering the victory over the best team in the West.

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Introducing the Timeout Tapper

At the beginning of this season, we posted "Threadiquette for a Truncated Season" (please read this if you have not already). Most members have followed these rules, a select few have not. One of the issues that we have faced along the way is how to handle a member that is mucking up an otherwise fine thread through general douchebaggery, being a general nuisance but perhaps not to the point where Sactown Royalty would want to completely revoke the membership. Additionally, the site was not prepared for how polarizing a single player could be, and how lovers/haters on both sides of the issue would line up to blast home their point, common sense and reason be damned.

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"Stare into my eyes... and meet your doom!" - John Salmons, probably.

One almost win, and two actual wins. For these Sacramento Kings, that's a phenomenal week, and hopefully there are more weeks like this in our future.

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For two games in a row, Jimmer Fredette has received zero minutes. The Kings have won both of these games, and Isaiah Thomas -- the rookie playing ahead of Jimmer -- has been playing with extreme energy and confidence of late (despite the fact that Fredette has been shooting well over the past week or so).

Because of the lack of minutes for Jimmer, folks who follow the Kings because they are fans of Jimmer are mad. Because of the wins and Isaiah's exciting play, folks who -- like the bulk of Sactown Royalty members -- are Kings fans first and foremost don't mind the DNP-CDs so much. After the coaches we've dealt with over the past six years, Keith Smart looks like Red Auerbach. Extensive criticism at this point is difficult to summon.

As a Kings fan, I'm not upset that Jimmer isn't playing. I'm disappointed that we're a below-average club that took a four-year college player in the lottery yet can't get production out of him a quarter of the way into his rookie season. (Brandon Knight was supposed to the project pick. He's playing 32 minutes a game and has 20 starts. Jimmer's at 23 minutes with six starts and two DNPs.)

But this isn't the end of the story for Jimmer. Heck, it's not the end of the first chapter. We're a few pages in. We're just sussing out the characters and the general scene. Keith Smart hasn't written off Jimmer, the franchise hasn't written off Jimmer so there is no reason for us to write off Jimmer. Likewise, there is no reason for Jimmer fans to write off Smart or the Kings. We're just getting started. Things are in a state of fugue. Things will change. Give it time.

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