sacbee.com - 7/1/2009
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Geoff Petrie hasn't completely lost his mind. It just seems that way. His edgy, new in-your-face, elbow-to-the-ribs, forearm-to-the-hip approach makes perfect sense.
Mental toughness? Physical toughness? Blue-collar workers?
Granted, these are not concepts normally associated with the ...
binarybasketball.com - 6/25/2009
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binarybasketball.com —
Paul Westphal has been named the Sacramento Kings
Head Coach. Fanhouse talked about the deal on the
10th but it took until now for me to realize what had actually gone down. Perhaps because I was out of town traveling the country and escaping the media. Either way this is an ...
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Paul Westphal Named Sacramento Kings Head Coach
davissportsdeli.com - 6/28/2009
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davissportsdeli.com —
Video footage from the Kings celebration this weekend,
cheekily called ‘New Kings on the Bloc’ Party. Some
of the things that stood out to me, A) Had the Kings picked Ricky Rubio at #4, this party would have played out a lot differently. Instead of a big crowd cheering a player in ...
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Video: Sacramento Welcomes Tyreke Evans, Omri Casspi, ...
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First Cup: Wednesday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Ailene Voisin of the The Sacramento Bee: "Mental toughness? Physical toughness? Blue-collar workers? Granted, these are not concepts normally associated with the Kings basketball president, whose conversations are dominated by references to backdoor cuts, ball and body movement, and the fluid beauty of the game -- all elements he still values. But after watching his club's incremental descent to a 17-win season, coupled with its amazing capacity to chase fans out of the building with feeble, uninspired performances, Petrie underwent a not-so-subtle offseason ...
Suicide lines: Rockets pursue Gortat; Knicks want Lee cheap ...
Ball Don't Lie —
... Ailene Voisin, The Sacramento Bee: "Geoff Petrie hasn't completely lost his mind. It just seems that way. His edgy, new in-your-face, elbow-to-the-ribs, forearm-to-the-hip approach makes perfect sense. Mental toughness? Physical toughness? Blue-collar workers? Granted, these are not concepts normally associated with the Kings basketball president, whose conversations are dominated by references to backdoor cuts, ball and body movement, and the fluid beauty of the game — all elements he still values. But after watching his club's incremental descent to ...
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