In case you missed it, Tyreke Evans and Tiny Archibald made a cameo in the greatest NBA promo of all-time.

This would be one hell of an exhibition game

Last week, 2K Sports released their latest iteration of their yearly basketball series, NBA 2K12.  With no end to the lockout in sight, 2K12 is easily one of the best ways to get your basketball fix, particularly if you're a Kings fan.  This year, 2K has released several classic teams, including the best team in Sacramento Kings history, the 2002 team starring Chris Webber and co.  You can also play as a young Mitch Richmond, although he's on the 1991 Run TMC Warriors.

I've spent a good portion of the week playing the game, and I have to say it's been very fun so far.  After the jump, a Kings-heavy review, as well as screenshots from the game.

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... and not for a nice dinner.

Kelly Dwyer of BDL points out that it's dangerous to have so many unprotected people so close to the court with so many massive bodies flying around. I, for one, always cringe when players go leaping/stepping into/over rows of fans. Despite my team allegiances, I cringed on this one.

And on that note: what the efe are you doing, Matt Barnes? I know the Lakers and Kings go hard, even in the preseason; I remember Rick Fox getting taught a lesson by Doug Christie's fist and Shaq being assaulted by Jackie Christie's designer handbag. But seriously? Throwing a tied-up opponent out of bounds? Screw you, buddy.

(Wow, it took exactly one game as a Laker to tick off Kings fans. One game.)

The videos I shot from yesterday have finally finished uploading to YouTube, so after the jump I'll put video of J.R. Giddens, Donald Sloan, Antoine Wright, Hassan Whiteside, Donté Greene, Jason Thompson, Carl Landry and Geoff Petrie.  Sorry for the sometime shaky camera, its hard to keep the flip cam steady when you're jockeying for position.  Still the quality is better than I expected.

Nicholson and Wise kept stealing the guys for private interviews with "Facebook" and "Twitter" in the back room, and as such they got some truly great stuff.  To try to keep the fanshots cleaner, I'll be embedding all the Kingsflix interviews as well.

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Kevin Martin and Grandma Martin had a day of sightseeing, which happened to coincide with Indonesia's Independence Day celebration. One of the ways that Indonesian children celebrate their nation's independence is through traditional games, like Tarik Tambang, which seems to resemble tug-of-war. (If I know anything about tug-of-war, it would appear Kevin Martin is cheating in the above photograph. No hands past the flag!)

After the jump, two more photos of Kevin and Grandma in Indonesia. All photos, again, by Jawa Pos. Thanks to Azrul and Aziz from DetEksi Basketball League for spreading the word.

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Finally, Kevin Martin in Indonesia. He landed in Surabaya on Saturday evening, around 5 pm. After a quick stop to the hotel, he and his grandma, Maxine (75), immediately went to DetEksi Basketball League (DBL) Arena, to attend the DBL Finals. He saw the end of the girls' final, and did a tipoff for the boys final.

When Kevin was introduced, the crowd (full house at around 5.000 people) were chanting his name, "Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!" Surabaya is mad for basketball, and I think have now become Indonesia's basketball capitol. The crowd embraced Kevin like they did Danny Granger last year and David Lee in June of this year.

And Kevin Martin is GREATTTTT!!!!! His grandma is AWESOME!!!! They are soo nice, very friendly with the crowd.

Beginning on Sunday (August 16) up until Tuesday (August 18), Kevin Martin will be the "head coach" for Indonesia Development Camp 2009. Together with NBA Assistand coaches Neal Meyer (Clippers) and Joe Prunty (Trail Blazers) Kevin will give lessons to DBL's top 48 players from 15 provinces in Indonesia.

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Tonight, the Kings face the Lakers. Sacramento feels a lot different than it did five years ago. We'll scream obscenities at Kobe, boo in Phil Jackson's ear and give the ol' BEAT L-A! BEAT L-A! chant some effort ... but it's not the same. The Lakers will probably be in the Finals; the Kings will probably finish with the worst record in the league. It's not the same any more.

But we'll be back, beating L.A. and winning 60 games and getting to the playoffs and winning postseason series. We'll be back.

In the meantime, to avoid thinking about the unfortunate state of our team, please watch this 10-minute Ricky Rubio reel set to "Free Bird" (HQ here) ...

... or watch Blake Griffin dunk for basically three minutes straight (HQ).

Tomorrow will be better. The Kings are coming for you.