1)Francisco Garcia apparently no longer looks like a recently tranquilized water fowl on the court, but I'll wait til I see it during regular season action to decide to hate him less.
2)Bibby looks like he's on the way out!!! Thank God. I used to love him because he was the only Kings player in the Sac era to ever resemble anything close to clutch. But then last year happened and he seemed to stop trying for large stretches of the season. I don't root for people who don't try. Keep Artest, dump Bibby.
Drew Gooden is rumored to be the acquired piece. Honestly I really like that deal. Gooden does one of the things that the Kings have always needed; rebound. He isn't a spectacular player, but good God. Had you seen how shitty the Kings were last year you would be clamoring for 12 points and 8 rebounds too. Our two power forwards (Kenny Thomas and Shareef Abdur-Rahim) basically got that between them.
3)Yiiiiiiiiiiii!!! Yi Jianlian doesn't want to play in Milwaukee and apparently is trying to get a trade to Sacramento. I would be so severely psyched if that happened. I'm sure any such deal would require we give up #10 pick Spencer Hawes as well as something else, but who cares? Hawes is Brad Miller redux and I'm not interested in that shit. It is time to embrace that the Kings are a rebuilding project and I am willing to let the 7-foot Chinaman progress as the team "refurbishes."
Projected starting lineups
Shitty lineup
Mike Bibby
Kevin Martin
Ron Artest
Kenny Thomas
Brad Miller
6th man - Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Refurbished lineup
Ronnie Price (or other if they pick one up)
Kevin Martin
Ron Artest
Yi Jianlian (or Gooden)
Brad Miller
6th man - Drew Gooden (or Yi)
God that would be great. They wouldn't win more than 30 games, but it would build towards a perhaps bright future.
Bring 'em on, Petrie.
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