PLAYERS:
Thomas Robinson,
Tyler Honeycutt,
Patrick Patterson,
Francisco Garcia,
Rick Adelman,
DeMarcus Cousins,
Paul Westphal
TEAMS: Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings
TEAMS: Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings
Rather than pointing out the obvious and saying the Maloofs are cheap pieces of craptastic amphibious lowlife ****, I'll just leave them out of this. We know they are worthless. Yesterday proved it yet again. The NBA was thrilled to hear they "agree" to sell the team to Hansen because if nothing else it illustrates one thing: They will have to sell to whomever the NBA ultimately decides they think this Kings franchise should end up. That's the good news. Which, in layments terms, is that the Maloofs are more than broke enough that they have to sell no matter what. That's really good news.
Yesterday is perfect proof why.
On the other hand, there are other things to discuss here.
Tyler Honeycutt was a long term project that never really had an opportunity to pan out here. Now it will happen in Houston or somewhere else, but not in Sacramento. What were the reasons for passing on Kawhi Leonard again? Remind me. Oh, John Salmoons, Honeycutt and Jimmer. ...
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