I am furious at the disrespect shown to the Kings during the past year. The Maloofs are working with the NBA and the city of Sacramento to create an opportunity to have a new arena built without taxpayer dollars! Is it easy to do? No, but they have not given up. Would you rather have a front office like the former Seattle SuperSonics where the city tried to work things out but the team left before all avenues were completed? Before the suggestion of Cal Expo being the site of a new arena, I saw an area in desperate need of revamping. Now I see a whole new complex that has energy, power and hope with an arena that will (with luck, hard work and dedication) finally hold an NBA championship banner for the Kings.
– Tony Hughes, Granite Bay
Leave the fluff to 'ET'
It's bad enough we have to put up with Britney Spears in the news section. Now it's Ailene Voisin's "Entertainment Tonight" style commentary about the Kings' Brad Miller on the front page of the Sports section ("Miller helps expose perils of profession," July 19).
"There was no mistaking the raw gulps of emotion spilling from the gut. He … spoke for his peers, for his profession"? Come on. Keep the obvious fanny-smoochin' fluff out of my Sports section.
– Andrew Schuette, Sacramento
Kings' leadership splintered
The media keeps talking about what the Kings should do, while nothing is said about how upper management is divided in the future direction of the team. Internally, the Maloofs want to go defensive and sought to get Ron Artest. However, what have they done since firing Rick Adelman? Geoff Petrie is still running the show and has sold a dud to the Maloofs. When will Mr. Petrie draft defensively? My guess is probably never. The next question is when will the Maloofs and the fans catch up to 2008? Petrie is not the guy nor is Reggie Theus. None possess the defensive mind to pull off a championship run. I really hope that Larry Brown does not succeed in Charlotte, because if he does, it would have been another blown opportunity for the Kings.
– Jeffrey M. Jackson, Sacramento
Artest could fit with Pistons
Every team thinks it can turn a troubled player around. The Detroit Pistons seemed to have already succeeded with Rasheed Wallace, the Tigers with Kenny Rogers, and who can forget the Lions' Joe Don Looney? Looney lived up (or down) to his surname. So, Artest in Detroit could be OK. At least the Pistons would always know where he is.
– Jim Dulemba, Rice Lake, Wis.
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