Will eventually be a good player in the league.

KD drops 40 tonight.

Cutting Desmond Mason for Ime Udoka is one thing. I understand that, and agree with it. Mason provided NO SCORING for the Kings at any point. He brought other things, but he just wasn’t what the Kings were hoping for. Ime Udoka has been everything the Kings could have asked for and more in the last 2 games. (And it’s not like Udoka’s offense is stunning or anything.)

I find this funny Zorgon:

Prediction: Thunder 107, Kings 89…Alright, alright….I’m being a homer. But come on, it’s the Kings without Kevin Martin!

Here’s what I find a bit interesting:

This team, while not very talented, plays as a cohesive unit and follows a very specific game plan. The management obviously isn’t looking for talent, as evidenced by their recent cut of Desmond Mason and unwillingness so sign any big name FAs. They’re saving money, and in the meantime, trying to create an exciting, fast break team that people might actually watch. As a result, they’re going to win some games they shouldn’t win, and, perhaps, lose some games they shouldn’t lose. Luckily, we have their number.

As far as the Kings saving money and not utilizing cap space, the first place I’d look is in your own backyard. That’s exactly what OKC did this summer. (They’re still about 9 mil under the cap.) What big name FA’s were there to sign for OKC or Sac to sign? I think Rasheed Wallace or Antonio McDyess would have helped the Thunder, but I doubt either wanted to come to OKC. I think Marcin Gortat would have helped as well, but he chose Dallas.

I’m more interested to see what happens next summer with more players and options available to teams.

just in case you didn’t notice.

are complaining about the homerishness of WTLC.

In all fairness, Sactown is what I call my scrotum.

if you call yourself SacTown, you have to expect a scrotum joke now and again.

I apologize if I offended anyone.

I will not apologize for having the better team.

Thunder up!

kudos EP

Durant is averaging more than 40 minutes a game, and Westbrook and Green play more than 35. If we continue passing like we have on offense and harassing like we have on D, I think they will wear down a bit. But they may play a little less due to the preceived weakness of our team.

I think Tyreke’s going to have to go 40-plus minutes tonight himself, and we’re going to need to get some quality minutes from Sergio.

I don’t think much of their bigs, and I don’t think they will go off on us like they did the first time around. I also think our bench can be a big factor. Will we explode with another big second quarter?

And by on, I mean online somewhere.

Look, we destroyed you in the last game, you’ve lost your best player since, and you finished rock bottom in the West last year. What am I supposed to say, or do? Lets look at my predictions for the rest of the games this year….

Game 1: Thunder 112, Kings 108
A narrow win, which I only had as a win for us because it was opening night on our home floor. Guess what? We won by 13.

Game 2: Thunder 97, Pistons 95
I didn’t believe in the Pistons chemistry, and I think they’re going to be one of the easts worse teams this year. And we won by 8, and were in control the entire 4th quarter.

Game 3: Trailblazers 95, Thunder 90
We lost 83-74. So I missed the ratio of a loss by 5 points, whoop dee doo. I knew it was going to be a loss, and a loss is a loss.

Game 4: Thunder 89, Lakers 111
We ended up losing by 3. In overtime.

Game 5: Rockets 105, Thunder 100
We lost by 11 instead of 5, but again, I smelled a loss.

Game 6: Thunder 97, Magic 93
I predicted a narrow win after learning Vince Carter was out (I predicted a loss earlier), and guess what? We won by 28.

So I’ve:
A. Predicted every game correctly.
B. Underestimated the Thunder in 4 of 6 games (and in both I correctly predicted a loss).
C. Been one of the least homerish Thunder writers ever.

If you want to see homerism, go read the Oklahoman. Go watch the Thunder broadcast. Go listen to Thunder radio. Go read DailyThunder (no offense to Royce, who is a great writer nonetheless). Go….anywhere else. I honestly am one of the very few who report about the Thunder realistically, and, realistically, given from what I’ve seen, I think this will be a blowout. And if it isn’t, then hats off to you guys, but I just don’t see it at this point in time.

And I wrote the homer comment sarcastically, because it’s the first time I’ve predicted a Thunder blowout win….well, ever.

He’s been hot playing and while Beno is not Kevin Martin, he’s played terrific since coming home.

It’s looking bad.

Good luck yall.

plays like a PG.

Lots of up and down the court action, and Thomas almost lost an easy 2 points, but green recovered.

Kevin Ollie has NOT played for?

are all scoring, which means “Thunder Win.”

and made shot to beat the nuggets

broke his jaw against the Blazers.

goes to Harden. Takin’ the charge.

Together, they lead to too many bad shots and turnovers.

in a little while

needs to stop chucking up shots like that.

Not looking good. We need better ball movement, it’s been turnover and bad shot city.

if he shoots and misses from that same spot, one more time…

But that scoring drought is going to hurt us.

It looks like the Kings are running their offense better.

getting some minutes.

Lookin on ESPN.

Ibaka loved Dan Majerle whose nickname was Thunder Dan.

And now Serge is on the Thunder.

Dunno if it helps….
http://isportslink.blogspot.com/2009/11/oklahoma-city-thunder-vs-sacramento.html

How many silly turnovers can we make!?

Harden’s outside shooting there?

I literally stood up out of my seat and shouted at that one.

Lucky shot by Harden. They all count though. Looking forward to the 2nd half.

KD needs to take more shots off the dribble.

Nice work by Harden with the 3s. He’s played 11+ minutes.

Green is keeping us in the game.

On the Thunder’s feed. Hopefully it’s fixed soon, I don’t want to miss the game. Brian Davis sounds like he’s talking over a CV radio.

All the feeds are blocked!

Whats happening!??

I got it back.

ice cold from the field

when the Kings announcer gets excited, but the shot doesn’t go in and he spends two minutes trying to cover by finding something to be excited about.

erased a 10 point lead.

skip the shoot around?

will get 40, but they’ll all come from the free throw line.

all the trash talk is coming back to haunt us. Karma!

is repeating now.

I have to watch to see myself.

let’s do this

If Durant wouldn’t have dribbled the ball and just picked it up….man….

we’ve dug ourselves into a hole with poor shooting.

We can still do this, just don’t let the Kings score….

I believe! I’m carrying over my Cleveland Browns “Believeland” and Golden State Warriors “We Believe” mentality!!!!

MONEY! We can do this! We need a miracle!

If he’d have gotten to the 40 I predicted…

Horrible, horrible game. I can’t believe we lost. I really underestimated your team, they’re no title contender, but they’re better than I thought they were. Hat tip to you guys, and enjoy being .500!!!!

have a fine young team. Maybe just a little better than ours becuase of the experience and Durant. But we have some nice players as well. I am looking forward to a nice rivalry with the Thunder.

haven’t been at .500 since 2006.

will represent you well in the All-Star game. We’re probably still at least a year away from having somone in the game.

It was a bar fight. And the Kings won suckas!
(no offense)

Excellent!

the Harden half-courter on Sportsnation.