Ailene Voisin: Hedo's play is no Magic trick

The phone rings early Monday afternoon, the caller checking in from Orlando, where he is enjoying the wildest fantasy basketball ride of his life. "What's happening out there?" Hedo Turkoglu blurts. "How is everyone?" He asks about the Kings, says he's sorry the club failed to obtain the No. 1 lottery pick. He says he hopes Geoff Petrie awakens Arco Arena. And for those who fear he might have forgotten the agonizing, if memorable Kings-Lakers Western Conference finals in 2002, not a chance. He has his memories, and his list. Paul Pierce last series. LeBron James this series. Kobe Bryant could be next. "The time we (Kings) matched up, Doug Christie played Kobe," Turkoglu recalled. "I have been guarding Pierce, LeBron. If we reach Finals, maybe this time I get some Kobe." The Kings of 2001-02 are all gone now, of course, most retired, a few nearing the end. Only Gerald Wallace and Turkoglu, the restless youngsters on ...