sactownroyalty.com - 10/30/2008
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Sacramento had two chances late take the game: down one (97-96) with 36 seconds left, and down two (98-96) with 25 seconds left. I don't mean to dwell on the past, but ... nine times out of 10, the Kings would go to Ron Artest or Mike Bibby. One of those veterans would create, maybe ending up ...
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sports.yahoo.com - 10/28/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
As the NBA preseason marches on, Ball Don't
Lie looks at all 30 teams, outlining off-season transactions,...
projecting win totals, spinning tracks, and much, much more. It's a fun, hot mess. Today, the Milwaukee Bucks . Last Season: 38-44 Key ...
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BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Sacramento Kings
rakemag.com - 10/30/2008
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rakemag.com —
Game #1, Home Game #1: Timberwolves 98, Sacramento
96 Record 1-0 1. Love Rises, Bails Out Wolves...
Vets It won't always be this way. Kevin Love won't always be matched up against willowy neophytes like Spencer Hawes and overpaid journeymen like ...
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The Three Pointer: Feel The Love
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Hit 'Em Up: Oh What A(n Opening) Night!
Hardwood Paroxysm —
... Sactown Royalty: This entire post. Seriously. If you want a clue as to why Ziller is the best in the independent blogger business, this is it. He's genuinely thrilled with stuff that went on in a loss to the Timberwolves. And he's absolutely right. Great stuff. "Jason Thompson !!!" is the new "FTW!" ...
Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... The Kings are 0-1, and Sactown Royalty's Tom Ziller is unbelievably excited. Why? Reggie Theus has started calling crunch time plays for Kevin Martin, Spencer Hawes had more blocks than any King in the last half-decade, Quincy Douby got some burn ... and this: "I think we all expected some Jason Thompson early in the season, considering the Miller suspension and Spencer Hawes' propensity for foul trouble. But that early in the first game? Against Al Jefferson? WHAT. I panicked I was so flippin' excited. I was like, 'OMIGOD! Reggie put a rookie in ...
The 10-man rotation, starring Nintendo and the NBA
Ball Don't Lie —
... to figure out. C: Thoughts From The Jockstrap. Comparing Nintendo game charatcers and NBA players. PF: Awful Announcing. Gus Johnson Has Been Holding This In For Seven Years, the remix. SF: Sports Media Watch. The NBA season got off to a solid start on TNT Tuesday. SG: The Sports Hernia. The Thunder were a lot cooler when they were the Sonics. PG: Sactown Royalty. Reggie Theus, you officially have an admirer in Ghostface Ziller. ...
The Roundup: Hansbrough’s Hurt, Tebow’s a Film Geek, and Halloween’s Tonight
The Big Lead —
... Tebow spends 20 hours a week watching film of opponents, yet somehow still maintains a 3.8 GPA. (NY Times)
Terrific look at sports franchises and the shaky economy. (Play Magazine)
Thinking that Marion Jones lied to Oprah. (Chicago Tribune)
An oldie but a goodie: How Suriname loses all of its best soccer players to the Dutch. (Virginia Quarterly Review)
Despite an opening-night loss to Minnesota, optimism reigns in Sacramento. (Sactown Royalty)
Things we can’t believe about this story: ...
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