Trade deadline day in the NBA brought a significant move for the Kings. Kevin Martin is out - along with Sergio Rodriguez, Hilton Armstrong, and Kenny Thomas. In are Carl Landry, Joey Dorsey, Larry Hughes, and Dominic McGuire. ...While I do think Martin is a quality player at his position - the same can be said for Landry. The intangibles however show a larger benefit for the Kings. As good as Martin is - he has never been the kind of player to consistently impose his will on a game. He has his moments and he scores efficiently but Landry does too. It is my belief that Landry is a tougher player. By pure efficiency by position - Martin ranks 12th in the NBA at SG. Landry, similarly, is rated 14th at his position, PF.
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Dorsey was our MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League. He blocks shots and rebounds like a demon, and like Ben Wallace, he struggles at the free throw line. If you combine Dorsey’s 500+ minutes of D-League play this season with his limited career NBA numbers, his efficiency rating is .696. That number would rank fourth in the NBA at Center. If he can come anywhere close to that, and if Paul Westphal plays him - Dorsey can be the piece that tips the trade in favor of Sacramento.
The NCAA Tournament is fine the way the way it is. Please leave it alone. Expansion is not necessary. Adding more teams would only water it down and render Championship Week meaningless. The way “THE Tourney” is now - we are wondering if North Carolina and Connecticut will make it in. If we had 96 teams—as some are suggesting - then that drama would be gone. That is just one example of why it should be left alone. Mostly - it should remain static because in all of sport - the NCAA Tournament is one of the handful of events that are just about perfect.
Dan Shulman (pictured) is a rock solid basketball commentator. Add him to my list of the best in the TV hoops world. 
The short list: (College play x play) Sean McDonough, Shulman, Tim Brando, Terry Gannon. (NBA) - Joel Meyers, Kevin Calabro.(College analysts) Len Elmore, Marques Johnson, Jay Bilas, Bill Raftery, Clark Kellogg. (NBA analysts) Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Walt Frazier, Eddie Johnson, Kellogg. (Studio) The TNT production staff deserves a nod for their work on wacky video supplements and tricks that leave me giggling along with Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. My favorite hosts are Rece Davis, Ernie Johnson, and Brando.
Also, I hate the meaningless conversations between NBA coaches and sideline reporters during the game. Coaches never reveal anything and mostly we have to sit through Craig Sager being cold-war iced by unwilling talkers like Greg Popovich or Jerry Sloan. The NBA should end that waste of time practice. And while they are at it - the audio drop ins from huddles are so watered down - they might as well dump those too. “Lets dig in and play some defense”.
Dorsey was our MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League. He blocks shots and rebounds like a demon, and like Ben Wallace, he struggles at the free throw line. If you combine Dorsey’s 500+ minutes of D-League play this season with his limited career NBA numbers, his efficiency rating is .696. That number would rank fourth in the NBA at Center. If he can come anywhere close to that, and if Paul Westphal plays him - Dorsey can be the piece that tips the trade in favor of Sacramento.
The short list: (College play x play) Sean McDonough, Shulman, Tim Brando, Terry Gannon. (NBA) - Joel Meyers, Kevin Calabro.(College analysts) Len Elmore, Marques Johnson, Jay Bilas, Bill Raftery, Clark Kellogg. (NBA analysts) Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, Walt Frazier, Eddie Johnson, Kellogg. (Studio) The TNT production staff deserves a nod for their work on wacky video supplements and tricks that leave me giggling along with Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. My favorite hosts are Rece Davis, Ernie Johnson, and Brando. 
