Yahoo! sports' Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting via Twitter:
"Kings cut Joey Dorsey largely for clownish behavior, source says. They don't consider him bad guy, but coaches feared his act rubbing off. "
Btw: Dominic McGuire is done for the rest of the season with tear in plantar fascia.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
PREVIEW FOR TONIGHT @BOSTON
Tonight: Kings @ Celtics 4:30PM (Pacific)
Kings are gonna have to play one of their most perfect games to win tonight. They will be once again without Tyreke Evans who is still feeling the effects of the concussion he suffered last Friday against Milwaukee. Tonight will require a lot of ball movement similar to what was seen against the Los Angeles Clippers and Beno Udrih will be the major key on offense as well as on defense as he will "try" to stop Rajon Rondo which may be impossible for any point guard in the NBA. My suggestion would be to go with a big line up tonight for the Kings to combat the size of the Celtics up front. I hope Westphal uses JT, Spence, and Landry as the front line and have Donte and Beno in the backcourt so that we have a second point guard coming off the bench with Cisco. Donte Greene's shooting is so important to this team as well as JT's rebounds and Spencer's assists. Landry needs a 20 and 10 game tonight and the bench really needs to help us out with Garcia, Casspi, and Noch and maybe even May.
The Celtics present major matchup problems with Ray Allen coming off screens for those open threes as well as Rondo's unstoppable ability to get into the paint and create havoc with his ball handling. The Celtics have shown many lapses this year including losses at home to both the Grizzlies and the Nets (I know the feeling...), however this team seems to be getting some of its swagger back with its recent wins against Dallas and Denver. The Kings cannot be intimidated by Kevin Garnett from getting into the paint. They must step up to these guys and knock down open shots. Not a lot of room for error tonight. This is what is exciting about a young team because ever so often they really surprise you and hopefully that's what happens tonight!! Kings were 3 or 4 free throw makes from winning against Boston in their last meeting this season at Arco. Should have won the game... but that's been sort of the story all year... we're just too young to win close games right now but it would be nice to get off to a good start tonight!!!
Kings are gonna have to play one of their most perfect games to win tonight. They will be once again without Tyreke Evans who is still feeling the effects of the concussion he suffered last Friday against Milwaukee. Tonight will require a lot of ball movement similar to what was seen against the Los Angeles Clippers and Beno Udrih will be the major key on offense as well as on defense as he will "try" to stop Rajon Rondo which may be impossible for any point guard in the NBA. My suggestion would be to go with a big line up tonight for the Kings to combat the size of the Celtics up front. I hope Westphal uses JT, Spence, and Landry as the front line and have Donte and Beno in the backcourt so that we have a second point guard coming off the bench with Cisco. Donte Greene's shooting is so important to this team as well as JT's rebounds and Spencer's assists. Landry needs a 20 and 10 game tonight and the bench really needs to help us out with Garcia, Casspi, and Noch and maybe even May.
The Celtics present major matchup problems with Ray Allen coming off screens for those open threes as well as Rondo's unstoppable ability to get into the paint and create havoc with his ball handling. The Celtics have shown many lapses this year including losses at home to both the Grizzlies and the Nets (I know the feeling...), however this team seems to be getting some of its swagger back with its recent wins against Dallas and Denver. The Kings cannot be intimidated by Kevin Garnett from getting into the paint. They must step up to these guys and knock down open shots. Not a lot of room for error tonight. This is what is exciting about a young team because ever so often they really surprise you and hopefully that's what happens tonight!! Kings were 3 or 4 free throw makes from winning against Boston in their last meeting this season at Arco. Should have won the game... but that's been sort of the story all year... we're just too young to win close games right now but it would be nice to get off to a good start tonight!!!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Kings Free Agent Options
Sactown Royalty made a very interesting post on the Kings and what they are looking at for this summer of 2010. Check it out http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2010/3/25/1390184/analyzing-free-agency-options-in
HOW CAN YOU LOSE TO JERSEY?
No excuses at all. Even w/out Tyreke Evans, the Kings should have beat the Nets. This is a really bad loss and hopefully not a sign of how the last few games will go. The Kings cannot lose to teams like the Nets if they hope to build for the future. Bottom line, you gotta have that game period one way or another. A win against Boston wouldn't even come close to taking away the embarrassment of this loss. No excuses... gotta beat a team thats only won 8 games by the end of March. Not much to really say except that its pretty embarrassing.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT
Lots of topics to get to on the Kings
Grant Napear aka Peaches (Sactown Royalty) got his wish basically. It can be said that K-Mart was pretty much all but traded since Tyreke Evans was drafted as people that were on the national scene (who do not follow the team regularly and in my opinion basically look at statistics to make determinations) felt that they couldn't play together. Then it just snowballed into plain fact amongst the national media. Then Grant Napear decided to use this and add it to his constant "rip Kevin Martin on the radio" days whenever the Kings lost after his return from injury. As David Thorpe mentioned in this piece, the Kings had lost a bunch of games just before Kevin came back, however everyone wanted to make him the scapegoat for their problems. Is it Kevin Martin's fault that nearly everyone on the team was young and not ready to be winners and complete players? Is it Kevin Martin's fault that the entire team didn't play defense? Is it Kevin Martin's fault that no player outside of Tyreke Evans and Beno Udrih would show some type of consistency? No. Don't get me wrong, Kevin Martin is not a in your face guy and not a vocal leader obviously and maybe that was his downfall, but he deserved a little bit better than to be the scapegoat. To call a guy "soft" when he gets to the free throw line 8-10 times a game is ridiculous in my opinion. Sure, yes it gets on my nerves that everytime he drove to the lane, he was trying to get fouled but more often than not, it freaking worked. But whatever, this chapter of the Kings is over, and now Martin is on his way to a much brighter situation at this time. The Houston Rockets are going to be better when they get Yao back. A starting line up of Brooks, Martin, Ariza, Scola and Yao is loaded and they also have a very good 3-4 man rotation off the bench. I wouldn't be surprised if this team is a 4 seed next year in the West.
As much as I hate to see Martin go, the trade is a solid decision by the Kings in terms of what they received with Carl Landry who is quite a bargain right now and will be next year when the Kings pick up his $3.o million option. The guy is capable of averaging a double double and give the Kings a legitimate low-post scorer that they have not had since Ron-Ron was here.
Another important story, Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee, the beat writer for the Sacramento Kings, is leaving the newspaper for Fanhouse. This is a sad indictment on the newspaper business, whose death is being pushed more forward than originally predicted due to the economy. Sam Amick was a great writer for the Bee and showed excellent talent in bringing the most accurate news to his readers with his columns and blogs on the Kings. No one can deny his skills as he was able to make excellent frank assessments of the team without overly criticizing its players if not justified. He will be truly missed as now we’re stuck with a Laker fan as the new main guy (Jason Jones) and Ailene Voisin, who in my opinion has fallen out of touch with the Kings.
I see us finishing decently somewhere around 30 wins and possibly being able to add a big man in the draft this offseason. Beno Udrih has really turned his outlook around and has become worth his contract this season. I don't know what happened but I think Tyreke has had a major positive impact on Beno's game. Beno plays very well when the Kings offense involves a lot of movement off the initial pick and rolls that he has with Spence. When Beno gets to that midrange spot, he is just money from that area. Kudos to Westphal for realizing what makes Beno successful. Finally definitely gotta say I love JT's energy coming off the bench where he does not have to worry about foul trouble. Hawes has definitely shown a lot of fire lately and is a very talented passer along with his excellent outside shooting. Learning from Landry's low post technique will be huge for JT and Spence for the development of the Kings.
Last thought: Tyreke Evans is the rookie of the year, PERIOD. If you don't think that's true, then you probably don't know how hard 20, 5 and 5 is to maintain almost for an entire season. No one can stop this guy from getting to the basket even though they all now gameplan to pack the lane, knowing he can't shoot. The man has nearly had 3 triple doubles in the last 4 games. He is the FRANCHISE now and its on him to make his teammates accountable for their performances over the next few years if the Kings want to get back to the playoffs (the way Kobe did with the Lakers between '05-'09 and continues to do).
More to come later...
Grant Napear aka Peaches (Sactown Royalty) got his wish basically. It can be said that K-Mart was pretty much all but traded since Tyreke Evans was drafted as people that were on the national scene (who do not follow the team regularly and in my opinion basically look at statistics to make determinations) felt that they couldn't play together. Then it just snowballed into plain fact amongst the national media. Then Grant Napear decided to use this and add it to his constant "rip Kevin Martin on the radio" days whenever the Kings lost after his return from injury. As David Thorpe mentioned in this piece, the Kings had lost a bunch of games just before Kevin came back, however everyone wanted to make him the scapegoat for their problems. Is it Kevin Martin's fault that nearly everyone on the team was young and not ready to be winners and complete players? Is it Kevin Martin's fault that the entire team didn't play defense? Is it Kevin Martin's fault that no player outside of Tyreke Evans and Beno Udrih would show some type of consistency? No. Don't get me wrong, Kevin Martin is not a in your face guy and not a vocal leader obviously and maybe that was his downfall, but he deserved a little bit better than to be the scapegoat. To call a guy "soft" when he gets to the free throw line 8-10 times a game is ridiculous in my opinion. Sure, yes it gets on my nerves that everytime he drove to the lane, he was trying to get fouled but more often than not, it freaking worked. But whatever, this chapter of the Kings is over, and now Martin is on his way to a much brighter situation at this time. The Houston Rockets are going to be better when they get Yao back. A starting line up of Brooks, Martin, Ariza, Scola and Yao is loaded and they also have a very good 3-4 man rotation off the bench. I wouldn't be surprised if this team is a 4 seed next year in the West.
As much as I hate to see Martin go, the trade is a solid decision by the Kings in terms of what they received with Carl Landry who is quite a bargain right now and will be next year when the Kings pick up his $3.o million option. The guy is capable of averaging a double double and give the Kings a legitimate low-post scorer that they have not had since Ron-Ron was here.
Another important story, Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee, the beat writer for the Sacramento Kings, is leaving the newspaper for Fanhouse. This is a sad indictment on the newspaper business, whose death is being pushed more forward than originally predicted due to the economy. Sam Amick was a great writer for the Bee and showed excellent talent in bringing the most accurate news to his readers with his columns and blogs on the Kings. No one can deny his skills as he was able to make excellent frank assessments of the team without overly criticizing its players if not justified. He will be truly missed as now we’re stuck with a Laker fan as the new main guy (Jason Jones) and Ailene Voisin, who in my opinion has fallen out of touch with the Kings.
I see us finishing decently somewhere around 30 wins and possibly being able to add a big man in the draft this offseason. Beno Udrih has really turned his outlook around and has become worth his contract this season. I don't know what happened but I think Tyreke has had a major positive impact on Beno's game. Beno plays very well when the Kings offense involves a lot of movement off the initial pick and rolls that he has with Spence. When Beno gets to that midrange spot, he is just money from that area. Kudos to Westphal for realizing what makes Beno successful. Finally definitely gotta say I love JT's energy coming off the bench where he does not have to worry about foul trouble. Hawes has definitely shown a lot of fire lately and is a very talented passer along with his excellent outside shooting. Learning from Landry's low post technique will be huge for JT and Spence for the development of the Kings.
Last thought: Tyreke Evans is the rookie of the year, PERIOD. If you don't think that's true, then you probably don't know how hard 20, 5 and 5 is to maintain almost for an entire season. No one can stop this guy from getting to the basket even though they all now gameplan to pack the lane, knowing he can't shoot. The man has nearly had 3 triple doubles in the last 4 games. He is the FRANCHISE now and its on him to make his teammates accountable for their performances over the next few years if the Kings want to get back to the playoffs (the way Kobe did with the Lakers between '05-'09 and continues to do).
More to come later...
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