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[Ballings7]

Does it ever? You might want to check the Bee, the trade rumors are aplenty and most if not all include Ron or Mike.

I read the Bee sparingly now.

But do those trade rumors originate from inside the organization, and from the Bee people? Or is it followed up from other teams media outlets, and NBA sources and executives (who didn't directly communicate with the Bee), by the Bee people? Or those NBA sources/execs., told something to the Bee reporters?

Trade rumors aren't serious noise, anyway, unless there is a part in the article which appears to be.

Trade rumors are like the garbage truck or mail vehicle, they go by regularily, getting involved with what they do a little. But, if there's something not common passing by, you pay more attention to it.

I need something legit.

Really? By my calculations we still have to beat 29 other teams. Only 1 has to beat us, and not just in a monetary sense.

I think so.

Of course there are 29 other teams - but it's what's involved with those 29 other teams where things shrink largely down to a different number. The details, actualitites, favoring possibilities, rule-outs are all involved with the other 29 teams.

I'm not going into this much more since I already have before, and established the situation of the teams. As they are, will continue to be, until changes are made to teams that would then be in favorment for Ron to go there. Those of which already are, aren't at all, or partially are - in what kind of favorment for Ron to go a team, in signing there, or being traded there. Just to sum that up.

If we aren't prepared to really fight for Ron, and there are a few examples of where Petrie is perfectly OK letting an asset go if the agreement is not up to his standards, then I'd rather just not let history repeat itself.

This is completely unknown, though. All everybody outside of the Kings organization can do is speculate - and a certain group of those people will do more than that, which is just irrelevant to the actual topic of Ron Artest's NBA fate. Relating to the business of this other group of people.

Like I said before, things that are significant will begin to come around summer time. I'd say that's obvious. Unless something rapid develops with Ron or Kings management.

[pillwenney]

It's not like Reggie came into the game tonight with a plan to bring Bibby/Martin/Artest off the bench and then have them play most of the game. And I think it's wrong to suggest that he planned to bench John. But the fact of the matter is that our starters got us in a bit of a whole in the first quarter, and when the normal starters came in, they got us out of the hole, and eventually lead us to victory. Salmons was ineffective whenever he was in--and that includes when he wasn't in at the same time as Ron and Mike. He could have been more aggressive in the 1st quarter, but he was basically shut down by Prince.

And I think the most important point here is that you can't expect Reggie to do anything but try to win. I think he's too competitive to do anything else, and I would personally prefer that attitude from my coach instead of well, Doc Rivers last year. You don't "earn" minutes by playing well for months before hand, you earn them by playing well on each given night. If John had been outplaying Ron, I'm sure that Reggie would have had no problems playing him, but as coach, it's his job to try to win, and that's what he did tonight.

[Ballings7]

Good post, mitch.

[Joel Embust]

I enjoyed watching this game, it was the best of all of last night. Bibby seemed a little bit out of control, but hey, it was just his second game of the season.

[chriswebb86]

Coach Reggie Theus said he wanted to ease the usual starters back into the lineup.

http://www.mlive.com/sportsflash/index. ... ichigannba

I think that's the right thing to do. I'd expect them back in the line-up within the next couple games.

At this point I think Bibby and Artest are better starting, but I wouldnt mind bringing Kevin Martin off the bench for awhile. He would give us a needed spark, but thats just a thought.

[pillwenney]

I enjoyed watching this game, it was the best of all of last night. Bibby seemed a little bit out of control, but hey, it was just his second game of the season.

Yeah Mike's ballhandling isn't up to par yet, which isn't surprising, because I would say that more so than passing and definitely more so than shooting, it is reliant on using both hands.

[SacKingZZZ]

It's not like Reggie came into the game tonight with a plan to bring Bibby/Martin/Artest off the bench and then have them play most of the game. And I think it's wrong to suggest that he planned to bench John. But the fact of the matter is that our starters got us in a bit of a whole in the first quarter, and when the normal starters came in, they got us out of the hole, and eventually lead us to victory. Salmons was ineffective whenever he was in--and that includes when he wasn't in at the same time as Ron and Mike. He could have been more aggressive in the 1st quarter, but he was basically shut down by Prince.

And I think the most important point here is that you can't expect Reggie to do anything but try to win. I think he's too competitive to do anything else, and I would personally prefer that attitude from my coach instead of well, Doc Rivers last year. You don't "earn" minutes by playing well for months before hand, you earn them by playing well on each given night. If John had been outplaying Ron, I'm sure that Reggie would have had no problems playing him, but as coach, it's his job to try to win, and that's what he did tonight.

I would expect nothing less from a coach, EVER. However I expect the GM of the team to go about his job too, which doesn't always just involve short term winning.