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Postby A-Sot on Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:52 pm

Another bug :mrgreen:
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Postby A-Sot on Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:13 pm

The Bonzi Wells saga is over

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by Ric Bucher, ESPN

Bonzi Wells, the last significant free-agent talent on the market, agreed to a two-year, $5 million deal with the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, according to his agent.

Wells holds a player option for the second year and fully plans to re-enter the free agent market next summer.

"This isn't about the money, this is about being in the right place," said Wells' agent, Merle Scott of BDA Sports.

After turning down a five-year, $36 million offer from the Sacramento Kings last month, Wells fired his agent, Bill Phillips, and hired Scott a few weeks ago. Attempts to work a sign-and-trade that might've allowed Wells to match or improve the Kings' offer failed because Sacramento refused to take back any salaries after signing John Salmons with the money refused by Wells.

"We never talked about the Sacramento offer because that was gone and that wasn't going to change," Scott said.

Wells' loss is clearly Houston's gain. Wells left both Portland and Memphis after being portrayed as a malcontent, but his 13.6 points and 7.7 rebounds in 52 games with the Kings last season and a strong first-round playoff performance against San Antonio restored some of his luster. Wells and Ron Artest were a devastating forward combination and Artest personally lobbied for the Kings to re-sign Wells. Sacramento held Wells' Bird rights, meaning they could've paid him whatever they chose but drew the line with their offer slightly better than the mid-level exception.

Wells, a source said, originally wanted Phillips to land him a $50 million deal.

Denver, Boston, Charlotte and Miami also made offers but the Rockets did the best job of convincing Wells he was needed. The recruiting contingent included Yao Ming, GM Carroll Dawson, assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, coach Jeff Van Gundy, personnel director Keith Jones and Tracy McGrady, who called Bonzi directly to make his pitch.

The Rockets go into training camp next week with a potential starting lineup of Rafer Alston, McGrady, Shane Battier (acquired in a draft-night trade for Stromile Swift and No. 8 pick Rudy Gay), Juwan Howard and Yao, with Wells as the sixth man, but if Wells plays as he did against the Spurs he could challenge Battier and Howard for one of the starting forward spots.

"Bonzi doesn't care about starting," Scott said. "He just wants to be some place he can contribute
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Postby nets4life on Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:05 pm

tough game, you should be more in depth in your game reviews e.g. game pictures. Pretty nice so far, il be watching
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Postby A-Sot on Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:11 pm

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Strong third quarter and Rip lead Pistons past Sacramento

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The Sacramento Kings lost their fifth regular season game with 92-80 against the Detroit Pistons, and now have a negative balance of 2-3. Eric Musselman's team played equally to the 2004 NBA Champions, but in the third period Tayshaun Prince and Richard Hamilton secured the Pistons' victory. For the host team, Bibby scored the most points - 22. Kenny Thomas and the new addition Mario Kasun made a good inclution off the bench scoring 10 points each.

KINGS BOXSCORE

PISTONS BOXSCORE

Kasun serving up a facial on Dale Davis
Kasun rejects Hamilton
Reef soars for the dunk
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Postby A-Sot on Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:02 am

A night to remember

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Sacramento defeated Toronto 121-114 in ARCO Arena, in a game that is going to be remembered for a long time. Former King Bonzi Wells achieved a career-high of 50 points. Kings' captain Brad Miller led the team to teh victory with 15 points and 18 rebounds. Kevin Martin had a career-high of 11 assists and Ron Artest scored 28 points for the first home victory of the season.


Kings boxscore
Raptors boxscore

Balance : 3-3
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Postby dragonkillerg on Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:07 am

holy smokes!
50 points!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
watch out for that guy to be scoring leader :mrgreen:

well nice win against the raptors i didnt expect martin to get a double doule at least bibby haha :P
well good luck on u're next match (Y)
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Postby nets4life on Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:44 am

nice win (Y), first of many i hope
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Postby A-Sot on Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:47 pm

Thanks :) I hope too (Y)
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Postby A-Sot on Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:05 pm

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Four Kings-sized questions
Bee staff writer Sam Amick poses five questions facing the Kings as they enter training camp

1. Will new coach Eric Musselman's motivation and moxie bring more victories?

To the simplest of fans, the number 44 is the most relevant. That's how many victories the Kings posted last season and a decent starting point to gauge progress. Truly, though, the magic number might be eight. In a Western Conference that already had parity and has only improved, securing the eighth and final playoff spot would mean there was plenty of success, extending the Kings' streak to nine consecutive playoff berths and allowing for the annual "Anything can happen in the postseason" mantra so many enjoy.


2. Can Brad Miller and Mike Bibby be reformed, or are they already?


Miller has been an All-Star, and Bibby should have been by now, so it's not as if the Kings' longest-tenured veterans lost their credentials because of a coaching change. But both could stand to improve significantly on defense and will need to if Musselman is going to be able to preach defense the way he would like. The offseason brought only positives from both. Bibby lost 18 pounds in an effort to gain quickness, and Miller spent the summer playing for Team USA in the world championships. Miller didn't play much but embraced coach Mike Krzyzewski's up-tempo approach, which might resemble Musselman's. The days of Rick Adelman's high-post passing offense, clearly, are over. The off-the-court rapport between Musselman and these guys will be key, too.


3. Power play: Who starts at power forward?

The coaching change raises the same questions about Kenny Thomas and Shareef Abdur-Rahim that existed last season, making one wonder if media day will be a déjà vu affair. At last year's session, it didn't take long for Thomas to pronounce his strong desire to start, never mind the Kings' recent signing of Abdur-Rahim to a five-year deal. Nothing has changed about the odd couple: Both want to start, both offer vastly different skill sets, and both must yield to Musselman's verdict.


4. Is the Ron Artest effect still in effect without Bonzi Wells?

When Artest came to Sacramento in late January, his energy was contagious. Artest sparked one of the more memorable turnarounds in recent league history, the Kings suddenly defending better, playing tougher and generally following his lead. But the newness is gone, and so is Bonzi Wells, the free-agent shooting guard Artest wanted back. Artest and Wells formed a bruising duo, and none of the remaining players performs in Artest's preferred style the way Wells did. In hindsight, Kings co-owners Joe and Gavin Maloof appeared to try hard to retain Wells, who turned down their initial offer for five years and $36 million and later rebuffed a five-year, $38.5 million deal.

The Kings signed guard John Salmons to a $25 million deal -- not as a replacement for Wells but because of his absence -- but the spotlight now is on Kevin Martin. By all accounts, the third-year shooting guard is on the rise as a talented scorer and improving defender. He has a prime opportunity to secure the starting job and elevate his game.

As for Artest, the NBA nation will be watching to see if he can go the next six months without too much controversy. The consensus last season was that, inevitably, he would implode, and the only question was when.
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Postby funk99 on Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:09 pm

Shareff should start and bonzi. 50 dam huge points dam that huge. Ronnie will probably step up this season for ya and will probably be your main man with bibby. Good luck (Y)
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Postby Fresh8 on Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:10 pm

I hope Reef plays godo for u this season!
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Postby Anthony15 on Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:09 am

Well at elast u didnt lose to Toronto haha! GL next game!
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Postby A-Sot on Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:01 pm

I'm sorry for not updating the dynasty in the last days, but some pretty shity things happened, I've injured my knee, and I'll probably have a surgery on Monday (N)
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Postby Fresh8 on Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:25 pm

Good luc kwith surgery bro!
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Postby A-Sot on Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:46 am

Can someone lock the topic...I'll start over due to some system problems
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