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Yahoo: Mind Sight: Is Metta World Peace Delusional? (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

JGar — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:11 GMT

Last year, he changed his name from Ron Artest to Metta World Peace. The word "metta" is a Buddhist term meaning "kindness toward all." "World peace" is self-explanatory. And yet his actions over his career have been anything but kind or peaceful. He has been suspended 10 times in 10 seasons, the latest being the seven-day suspension handed out to him by the NBA for his elbow to the temple of James Harden that knocked Harden down.

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Yahoo: Bucks forward Jon Brockman loves wearing adult onesies (Ball Don't Lie)

JGar — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:11 GMT

Jon Brockman had kind of a rough third year in the NBA, you guys. The 24-year-old forward appeared in only 35 games for a Milwaukee Bucks team that missed the playoffs, averaging just under seven minutes a contest and taking a definitive step backward in his NBA career. After a season like that, sometimes you just need to push life's pause button, take a step back and give yourself some time to relax. Preferably by slipping into a wearable blanket with sleeves and legs, a.k.a. a Snuggie with legs, a.k.a. a Forever Lazy/Uni-Lazy/adult onesie, a.k.a., apparently, the Swagga Suit . In case you're wondering what the hell all of this is about � and if you're not, mayhaps you should be � "Swagga Suits" are "unique [...] onepiece jumpsuits" designed specifically for the tastes, measurements and comfort preferences of folks who support the University of Washington, where Brockman starred for four years before becoming a second-round draft pick of the Sacramento Kings in 2009, a group that includes UW students, faculty, alumni, fans and "Community" star Joel McHale . "These suits are comfy and great to wear to UW events and sports games to show your UW spirit and represent your favorite school," according to the Swagga Suits Facebook page , which is an attribution that would have made sense to precisely no one nine years ago. Also, "swag" in this context reportedly stands for "Sweet Washington Athletic Gear," which, duh. In an unrelated story, someone's about to try to make breakfast money during the Olympics by feeding people "Your Official London Oatmeal," or YOLO. In need of some blithe nonsense in the middle of your Thursday? Hit the jump for some pictures of a grown man called "The Brockness Monster" wearing oversized baby clothes and jumping!

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Amazing 'Sexy And I Know It' Cover

AleksandarN — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:55:45 GMT

S I article on top four, and video of Michael Gilchrist workout:

bajaden — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:15:53 GMT

Here's an article with Observations on Davis, Gilchrist, Robinson, and Beal. But its the video of a Gilchrist workout as he prepares for the draft that shows why, I and all the scouts just love this kid.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...&sct=hp_t13_a0

What would you do?

Big Cuz 15 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:41:40 GMT

i don't want to start a new thread but if the maloofs actually get away with screwing sac out of the loan and successfully move w/o permission... what would you do?

NEWS10: New documents detail failed Sacramento arena negotiations

JB_kings — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:46:43 GMT

http://www.news10.net/news/article/1...a-negotiations

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In the emails, Harvey Benjamin, a league executive negotiating on behalf of the Kings, responded to Maloof's concerns.

"I thought you understood in Orlando that there's no way of avoiding (collateral)," Benjamin said in an email.

As for game day expenses, Benjamin wrote, "every team pays game day expenses. You pay them now."

Also, the NBA was looking at other California cities to see what municipal service payments were normal, as opposed to the Maloof's idea of not paying at all.

The NBA also said a 30 year lease for a building that is built mainly with public funds is completely normal.

However, the Maloof Family submitted a term sheet to the City of Sacramento with revisions the NBA advised against.

Well this clears up the ambiguous statements made by Stern on the back and forth between the NBA and George Maloof. Sort of what we always knew, the NBA was 100% behind the deal and George negotiated in bad faith.

Batum not doing Blazers any favors, will sign first lucrative offer sheet

KingsFanSince85 — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:10:02 GMT

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According to the agent for Portland Trail Blazers forward, Nicolas Batum, they will not be holding off on deals to allow the Trail Blazers to sign a couple of free agents before the team tends to his client, who's a restricted free agent.

�The first good offer we get, we're going with that,� Bouna Ndiaye of Comsport Management told CSNNW.com. �We're not waiting for anything.�

http://www.csnnw.com/pages/landingbl...38&feedID=5212

10-11m is overpaying for Batum, but should the Kings consider it? Heck, they already are paying Salmons over 8m per season and he can't provide half the things Batum can. If they amnesty Salmons and offer Batum 10-11m it's only a difference of 2-3m against the cap. Yeah, I know the Maloofs are too cheap to allow Geoff Petrie to spend the extra money (they'd still have to pay Salmons) but one can dream, right?

If the Kings did offer Batum the money, it'd put the Blazers on a 72 hour clock to decide whether to match thus eating up most their available cap space. The fact that Batum's agent says they'll sign the first good offer at least gives the Kings a shot considering their available cap space compared to other teams that might be interested.

SI: Staples Center to host 6 playoff games in 4 days

JGar — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:50:03 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Staples Center is always among the world's busiest arenas, hosting a jam-packed slate of concerts and shows crammed between games for the NBA's Lakers and Clippers and the NHL's Kings.

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Yahoo: Chris Paul is the L.A. Clippers' savior -- but there have been others in the N

JGar — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:10:08 GMT

Chris Paul joins a list of players who turned struggling franchises around.

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Isaiah Thomas - NBA's 7th Best Rookie (ROY Voting)

UK_King — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:07:28 GMT

As expected Kyrie Irving won the award.

Our own Rookie finishing well down the voting charts.

http://www.nba.com/2012/news/05/15/r...-year-release/

List above if anyone is interested!

Mods feel free to move the post if you'd rather it not be in the main section :)

How good can Isaiah Thomas be in his 3rd season?

K F Jay — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:55:42 GMT

How good can Isaiah Thomas be in his 3rd season?

The Offseason, what are the true possibilities:

bajaden — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:16:34 GMT

There have been many threads started suggesting this trade or signing that freeagent. But in fact, the only absolute, is that we'll have two new players via the draft. At least as it stands now. So I think you have to step back and take a look at the big picture. And that also means looking at our limitations.

To start, we have ten players committed to the team for next season. With that said, we should have around 14 million under the cap to work with in freeagency. Or will we? First, a list of the commited players.

1. John Salmons: committed for three more years, with the last year being non-guaranteed.

2. Marcus Thronton: Committed for three more years.

3. Francisco Garcia: Committed for two more years, with the second year being a team option.

4. Chuck Hayes: Committed for three more years.

5. Tyreke Evans: Committed for one more year. He becomes a restricted freeagent in 2013/14 with a qualifying offer.

6. Travis Outlaw: Committed for three more years.

7. Jimmer Fredette: Committed for three more years, with last two being team option. He then becomes a restricted freeagent if offered a qualifying offer.

8. DeMarcus Cousins: Committed for two more years, with second year being a team option. He then becomeds a restricted freeagent if offered a qualifying offer.

9. Tyler Honeycutt: Committed for two more years, with the second year being non-guaranteed.

10. Isiah Thomas: Committed for two more years, with both years being a team option.

Those are the ten players that will be back next season barring amnesty or a trade.

There are four players in limbo.

Jason Thompson: restricted freeagent. We can match any offer, but that doesn't mean we will. But I believe we'll try.
Donte Greene: Not sure of his status, but I believe he's an unrestricted freeagent, or shortly will be. Probably gone, unless he wants to play for a bag of chips.
Terrence Williams: unrestricted freeagent. Would be a nice addition, but will also eat up capspace.
Hassan Whiteside: He still has a two year contract, but its unguaranteed, so the team could just let him walk.

I doubt that Whiteside will walk. He's a live body with upside, and he's cheap. So you can probably add him to the 10 that are already committed. Which brings us up to 11 players.

So were at 11 players on the roster, and our first order of business is to resign JT. Now I'm sure all of you would like to resign him for around 5 to 6 Mil. So would I! But is that realistic? He will get offers from other teams, and my gut tells me those offers will exceed 6 mil. So what is your ceiling? How high will you go? 7 mil? 8 mil? There has to be a cut off point. But for the hell of it, lets say we resign him for 7 mil a year. Please, I don't want to debate the amount. I just picked it out of thin air, Ok? My point is, we've just used up half of our capspace. We also have a first round pick, currently at number 5.

So lets say we stay at 5. There goes another 4 mil. Now were down to about 3 mil left in capspace. And, were up to 13 on the roster. So, how badly do you want Terrence Williams now? We have 3 mil left, and I think he would sign for that amount. It would be a healthy increase from what he made last season. That would bring the roster to 14 players, and leave us with no capspace. Or very little, even if the signings are done for somewhat less. We also have to sign our second round pick, unless we use it on a european player that can play over there for a couple of years. And by the way, that would bring our roster to its limit. 15 players. Seems the only big freeagent we signed is our own. And now were out of money.

So where is the wiggle room other than letting JT walk, and not attempting to sign T. Williams. If you let JT walk, you still have to replace him. Now if we get real lucky and get the first pick in the draft, then you have your long term replacement. And a cheaper replacement at that. You could then go out and use a couple of million and sign, say, a Darnell Jackson for insurance off the bench. But were talking about a hope and a prayer, and not something you can count on.

So the way I see it, there are only two options. One is to use the amnesty clause, and the other is to make a trade, or trades. Otherwise, the team will be essentially the same, but with the addition of a couple of draft picks. Now I haven't yet gone and looked at the new rookie scale in the CBA. So I could be a little high with the 4 mil, but I doubt its much. Its going to take some clever moves to really improve this team. We signed some people who didn't contribute very much. Like Outlaw! Thats 3 mil a year that could have helped with the cap.

Thats money that could be the difference in signing a player of need. Like a Kirilenko! Who I doubt would play for a bag of chips.

By the way, we used to have an unwritten rule around here, that when you proposed a trade, or suggested a signing, you had to justify it, and show that it was possible. Salaries had to match, and you had to show reason as to why each team would be willing to make such a deal. I think its a good rule because it keeps proposals sane.

Lehane vs. Magoofs, round 5000

Tetsujin — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:27:13 GMT

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/14/448...ignatures.html

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The issue surfaced last week after a media report indicated the Maloof family, owners of the Kings, recently had a private investigator look into whether signatures on the letter were forged.

Chris Lehane, head of the mayor's Think Big Sacramento arena advocacy group, responded Monday evening with a letter to the U.S. Attorney General asking it to investigate whether the Kings are violating any laws by harassing and intimidating "citizens of the region who have expressed concerns about the Maloof family's stewardship of the Kings."

My favorite line from the article though,

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Lukowicz said one of his managers later got a call from a man saying he was representing the Maloofs, asking if Lukowicz had actually signed the letter. Lukowicz said he did not call the man back. "I'm busier than the Maloofs if they have time to waste on that."

Maloofs send ex-FBI agent to snoop on local businesses

Hoovtrain — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:59:44 GMT

Havent seen this posted anywhere. My apologies if it has.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...medium=twitter

Arena Opponents Weigh Continuing Petition Drive

Mike0476 — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:01:10 GMT

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"The motivation is not there anymore," organizer Richard Tolmach told KCRA 3.

The campaign needs to collect nearly 22,000 valid signatures from city residents. Tolmach said that the campaign had collected "several thousand signatures."