Sorry, Randy Newman. I know you’ve been nominated for 212 Best Song Oscars for re-writing the same sappy, BS song over and over, but L.A. sucks.

You know what else sucks? The Kings’ play as of late.

The Lakers game was to be expected as the Kings have played like complete balls lately and the hideous truth is that the Lakers are maybe the best team in the league now that they got Pau Gasol for two Capri Sun pouches and a one-year subscription to “Skanks of the Mediterranean” magazine.

Unfortunately, the hatred of those yellow-clad bastards is no longer enough to carry the Kings to victory. Now that Bibby’s gone no one on the team has any friggin’ idea how important the game is to us Sacramentans. Unfortunate, too, is the fact that approximately 60% of the crowd was donning that bile-raising #24, piss-yellow jersey.

Back in the glory days of this rivalry there were always a few ne’er-do-well Lakers fan assholes sitting behind the Laker bench, flashing gang signs and drinking til they couldn’t tell where they were. We just laughed at them as Kings fans. We were real fans. We outnumbered them 17,305-to-12. Not even violent, stupid Lakers fans can overcome those numbers.

Now it’s just sad to see ARCO torn from its glory in favor of the ignorant mass of shit that is L.A.

Wednesday’s game against the Clippers, who happen to be the one thing about L.A. that doesn’t instantly make me feel dirty, was a three-hour waste of time that left me winded and depressed.

Some of the lowlights:

• Both Artest (foot) and Martin (wrist) didn’t play.
• Hawes made a bunch of shots which irritated me because I love to make fun of how lame he is.
• Al Thornton, whom the Kings should have drafted 10th overall and laughed all the way home about it, tore the Kings a second and third butthole.
• Francisco Garcia sustained yet another mysterious injury that he loves to get three times every year.
• Brad Miller cried so many times that I want his wife to take him to the hospital to see if he has Colic.
• Dan Dick-Cow made no fewer than 42 three-pointers. Dick-Cow of course was selected by the Kings ahead of some guy named Carlos Boozer some years ago.

So, basically the game was about 100 times longer and half as satisfying as the deuce I dropped afterwards.

If the Kings lose to the Wolves on Friday I will never speak to you again…

I thought for a while what to name this entry, but that one works as well as any. Among the other finalists were “John Salmons is total shit,” “Finish a layup, Kevin Martin,” and “Quincy Douby?”

After two relatively non-embarrassing games by the Kings’ giant first-round disappointment, I was ready to say something along the lines of “even Spencer Hawes is playing ok lately.” But…no. If he takes one more 22-foot fadeaway I am going to cut the brake line in whatever old yellow pickup truck he drives.

The Kings beat both the Hawks and Bobcats earlier this week which is all well and good. It was quite unpleasant and confusing seeing Mike Bibby in those atrocious new Hawks uniforms. The end of the Bobcats game reminded me of high school. It was long, boring and at the end I was just happy it was over. Then came the Magic on Sunday. It wasn’t pretty to say the least.

Here is a list of the players who played well in the game for the Kings:

Good effort out of you three. I appreciate your time and continued excellence.

Among the 15 Kings who didn’t do anything was John Salmons. I don’t know what the hell is wrong with this fool. If he starts and plays 35 minutes his numbers look like this: 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 2 3-ptrs. If he comes off the bench and plays 28 minutes his numbers look like this: 1 point, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 3 silent sobbing fits on the bench, 1 pissed-off Benn. He’s really starting to irritate me in the most awful of ways. I wish I was paid millions of dollars to wine about not being allowed to play a game. I say boo to you, John Salmons. Stop playing like a slovenly buffalo and get your act together.

Meanwhile, more thoughts on the trade that happened, and the one that didn’t. I’ve heard some people saying the Kings gave away Bibby for nothing. I quite disagree. We got money for the future (money we weren’t going to spend on Bibby anyway) and a pretty good player for the future in Shelden Williams.

Ron Artest is still here and I am glad. We may not have him after this season, but I like that he’s here now. Call me crazy, but I want to see the Kings competitive for the last 30 games this season even though the playoffs are long gone.

God I hate Spencer Hawes.

The other shoe fell on Saturday as the Kings sent Mike Bibby to the Hawks in exchange for three expiring contracts named Anthony Johnson (a former 2nd-round pick of the Kings), Lorenzen Wright, Tyronn Lue and the not yet expired Shelden Williams.

The move speaks to the simply embarrassing array of talent in the West and the fact that 50 wins might get you an April 21st tee time. I believe the Kings held out on any trades until it became quite clear that the playoffs were not a possibility. The Kings have been playing rather well of late, despite their three-game losing skid before the break. However, they would have to play near .700 ball from here on in to make the second season, so…make the move.

So ends the greatest team in Kings history. The names that brought our fine city within a referee conspiracy of a title have all gone away now. Bibby was the last clinging refuge of its glorious past. Chris Webber, Mike Bibby, Doug Christie, Vlade Divac, Peja Stojakovic, Bobby Jackson, Scot Pollard, Jon Barry, Gerald Wallace…all gone. It’s sad in a way, but it also signifies a rebirth.

The firesale, which I can only assume will include Ron Artest’s departure in the coming days, means a new era. The money received from dropping Johnson, Lue and Wright will open up room to be a big player in next year’s free agent bonanza. In case you haven’t noticed, this year’s batch might be the best in history.

A rundown of the possible talent waiting to be scooped up:

Restricted Free Agents

• Josh Smith, ATL
• Emeka Okafor, CHA
• Luol Deng, CHI
• Ben Gordon, CHI
• Monta Ellis, GS
• Andris Biedrins, GS
• Andre Iguodala, PHI
• Jose Calderon, TOR

Unrestricted Free Agents

• Allen Iverson, DEN
• Baron Davis, GS
• Jermaine O’Neal, IND
• Elton Brand, LAC
• Corey Maggette, LAC
• Ricky Davis, MIA
• Shawn Marion, MIA
• Gilbert Arenas, WSH
• Antawn Jamison, WSH

Give me any two of the players listed above and I’ll like my chances getting to the playoffs and soon.

With this trade comes the odd circumstance of the Hawks being the Kings first home opponent after the break on Wednesday. Likely starting that game will be Bibby. I hope the few people who still go to games give him a proper send-off.

As for the players the Kings got in return, only Williams is worth a damn. I think he will be worth keeping as he is a tremendous defender and good God do we need some of those.

I, too, was a little shocked to hear that the Hawks were the team to get Bibby. I had heard Miami, Dallas, Boston and a few others that seemed less likely. For the Hawks, assuming Bibby signs a deal there after the season, I think it’s a great move. They have talent there. And despite the fact that Atlanta shouldn’t have ANY professional sports teams, let alone four, a Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, Al Horford and Mike Bibby core might bring fans number 73 and 74 into the arena down the road.

I will always have love for Mike Bibby. He hit the biggest shot in Sacramento history in game 5 against L.A. in 2002. To this day I remember the moment perfectly. Good luck to you, Mike, and thanks for the memories.

ARCO Arena continued to be a spur in the hide of the Texas teams on Monday, as the Kings sent the Mavs home with a stunning, amazing, compelling, thrilling and many other -ing verb performance, 122-120.

The Kings have now defeated ALL THREE Texas teams at home, which is something I just didn’t think possible, quite frankly.

If you didn’t see the game I am truly sorry. It had everything. Kevin Martin scored 39 points on 16 shots. Yeah. He averaged about 2.5 points per shot. That is disturbing and nigh unholy. Also, he came off the bench and played just 27 minutes. In his two games back since his groin injury he has shot an absolutely stupid 21-for-25 from the field (84%), while averaging 32 points.

John Salmons hit a driving (was it a shot or a layup or…) with 2.4 seconds left to seal the deal. He went berserk after the final buzzer, which was good to see because he is usually more stoic than the angriest of scarecrows.

Wednesday marks the return of Mike Bibby and possibly the incredibly fast-healing Ron Artest. This team at full strength might be really, really good. At 15-21 a playoff run isn’t such an absurd notion.

Hey, folks. I’m not usually an optimist, but this team is fun and I love it.

Welcome to my first live blog!!! I hope to inform, enlighten and prod you into laughter. Maybe the Kings will win too as an added bonus.

First off, let’s introduce a drinking game…

Every time Francisco Garcia turns the ball over, well, you get the idea. If you follow along at home you will likely be quite smashed, so I must implore all of you to stop after the first quarter.

• Pre-game - Salmons is gonna play. Sweet. I was not looking forward to a Beno-Douby backcourt tandem. Grant Napear is already in full throat. He is simply absurd and unnecessarily spastic. Jerry Reynolds is wearing a salmon-colored shirt. Hopefully this doesn’t degenerate into a fashion column.
• Umm, The Jeffersons theme is playing during a bump to commercial. WTF, mate?
• Reggie Theus knows how to speak and I like listening to him. It’s nice not having to listen to a frightened little boy-coach like last year. At least we fired Adelman in order to hire a tiny DUI machine.
• There are 98 people at ARCO tonight. Good job, Kings fans!

First Quarter

• 11:11 - Salmons is a great finisher. He and Martin are both great at the hanging jumper for the and one (5-2).
• 10:03 - BENO! Steal and layup over Darko “Sad Bunny” Milicic (9-2).
• 9:26 - Conley is finally getting a chance to start. Who knew that he would be better than Damon Stoudamire? Oh. Right. Everyone.
• 8:50 - Mikki Moore needs to not take outside shots. And by outside, I mean shots where he isn’t able to physically touch the rim.
• 7:41 - There goes the nine-point lead. Aaaaaaaaand the Kings are behind by 3 now. Brad Miller is slower than is even possible. 12-0 run for the Grizz. God. (11-14)
• Make that a 14-0 run.
• 6:31 - Ballhandling! Beno is a terrible shooter.
• 6:02 - Francisco for 3. He’s turning into a somewhat reliable scorer.
• There ya go, Mikki. A dunk. (16-16)
• 4:57 - DRINK!!!
• 4:25 - Napear: “Salmons…SALMONS…SALMONS!!!!!!!!” What a spazz.
• Great dunk by Brad. We’re getting inside on these silly billies. I remember when Brad couldn’t jump over a phone book. The White Pages, not Yellow. (22-18)
• Oh God. Kings Dancers. I suddenly just got happy and awake.
• “He looks slovenly and unkempt.” - my friend Mike on Pau Gasol.
• 2:35 - Dahntay Jones is in. Even though he’s a Dookie I still like him. Don’t judge me.
• The tally for the McDonald’s iced coffee commercial begins!!! It will be on at least eight times. Bank on it.
• 2:08 - Spencer Hawes is coming in. That makes me sad and uncomfortable.
• Seven seconds into his appearance, Hawes has a foul. Way to make an impact, you butthole.
• Brad never misses anymore. (26-21)
• 1:10 - Alley-oop from Brad to Francisco. Beautiful. (28-21)
• Brad runs like a critically injured walrus.
• Douby with the rainmaker to end the quarter. Nice. Unfortunately that will only encourage him to take future shots. (30-24)

Second Quarter

• 11:53 - Foul on Hawes! Weeeeeeeeeee!
• 10:40 - Umm, Hawes made a shot. Weird. (34-27)
• Pau Gasol is a lot better than Hawes.
• Beno for 3!!!
• Hawes turnover. My God.
• 8:27 - 39-31 Kings. Go Beno.
• It’s the always unnecessary AIR SLAMSON!!! Way to go. That’s good entertainment for children.
• Who is Kyle Lowry? Anyone?
• Beno is making me feel all warm and fuzzy right now. Nine straight Kings points. (43-36)
• Salmons is my special boy. Slashing to the hoop. (45-39)
• Hmm, more Zoom Imaging commercials with the always great Gary Johnson. He is super entertaining and fun. COPY MACHINES!!! These commercials remind me of the Family Guy flashback of Stewie in Nebraska talking to patrons at a diner about corn. “Corn is always interesting.”
• “He looks like my sister.” - Mike on Mike Miller. I happen to think he looks like a Buffy vampire.
• Gasol just blocked Brad 62 consecutive times. It was fun to watch in a really sad, pathetic way.
• Hooray for Juan Carlos Navarro!!! Another wide open three. (45-44)
• 3:45 - Ugh. Mike’s sister for three. And then a dunk off a steal. A 10-0 run for the Grizz. (45-49)
• Marc Iavaroni is clearly an accountant who snuck into the arena unseen and started telling the players what to do.
• 2:20 - The Kings sure are insistent on passing to Mikki. I haven’t quite figured out why. Turnover.
• 2:07 - 12-0 run for Memphis. Weak.
• 1:36 - Brad gets two from the line. Holy CRAP they scored. (47-51)
• 1:06 - Garcia finally hits another shot. (50-51)
• Rudy Gay has 14 points? I haven’t even noticed him out there. (53-50)
• Salmons finally scores again, too. (53-52)
• Wow. Salmons is a great finisher. I love him like a play cousin. (54-56 at the half)

Halftime

• Seriously…why is his name FAT LEVER!?!?!? Also, why is he working with the Kings? Didn’t he play for the Nuggets for like 30 years?
• Hawes sure is charismatic in these Folsom Lake Ford commercials. He’s highly off-putting. “Surprisingly he’s a better actor than he is at basketball.” - Mike.
• McDonald’s iced coffee!!! That makes two. Get ready for several more. And OH NO!!! The commercial with the guy with the ugly couch! Wow. What a grand viewing experience these commercials are.
• Did Rex Kalamian win a contest to become an assistant coach for a day or something? How many are there, exactly?

Third Quarter

• 11: 18 - Mikki just took a turnaround jumper from 18 feet. Michael Jordan must be turning over in his grave.
• 11:16 - Tied up at 56.
• 10:45 - Garcia is pretty good when he isn’t turning the ball over like it’s a bodily function. (58-58)
• Salmons with some D!!! Knocked it off Conley on a drive attempt. Beauty.
• Conley is gonna be a really good player. Drove past the entire Kings D like they weren’t even there. (60-60)
• Hakim Warrick has an impressive devil beard thing happening. I dig.
• Wow. Go Beno. Finish strong, son. And one…(65-65)
• 6:00 - I really hate Mike’s sister. Another three. (65-68)
• The number of empty seats in the arena makes me very angry. What a fickle group of fans we have here.
• Oh my hell. Gasol just dunked nasty over Mikki. That was gross. (69-73)
• BRAD!!! He just sent back a sick dunk on the Grizz. Wa-wa-wee-wah!
• 3:32 - Justin Williams finally checks in. This guy needs more time. Simple as that. He does the things the Kings have always needed. He needs to be getting 18-20 minutes a night.
• 3:13 - Memphis kinda creeping ahead right now. Kings need to stop this momentum. Umm, Williams is out after 19 seconds. Awesome. (72-78)
• Garcia’s got his shot goin tonight. (74-78)
• Salmons driving hard again for the bucket. Nice little mini-run happening. (76-78) I am…The Prognosticator.
• Mike Miller just took 42 steps and they didn’t call it. Awesome.
• I still hate Mike Miller. ANOTHER three. (78-85)
• :55.0 - Hawes’ return!!! I smell comeback.
• Douby loves that floater. Nice, nice. (81-85 after three)
• McDonald’s iced coffee!!! Oh man. Cleverness. That’s three.

Fourth Quarter

• Darko might be worse at basketball than me. Seriously. It’s really close.
• Dahntay Jones just fouled out after playing like three minutes.
• 10:41 - Garcia again. Real nice game tonight scoring the ball. (83-87)
• 9:13 -The fourth quarter turnover fiesta has begun. YAY!!! (83-91)
• Douby is playing like a small child with poor motor skills right now.
• 8:39 - Hmm. Salmons got the ball and got a layup. Might be something to that.
• 8:00 - 95-85. This is turning super weak super fast.
• Salmons touches it and scores. So…keep giving it to him maybe?
• 6:28 - Salmons is just a freak. He is the only one who can do anything right now. Great follow-up and one. (90-97)
• 5:55 - Brad with a nice little flip shot on the assist from Salmons. Come on, guys. Keep it going. I have a man crush on Salmons…can you tell? (92-97)
• Pau has two airballs tonight. What a tool.
• SALMONS!!! Wow. (94-97)
• Beno for three. Good stuff here. (97-99)
• 3:58 - Kings at the line for the rest of the night. Brad makes both. (99-101)
• 3:43 - Rudy Gay is really good, but I hate him. (99-104)
• 3:30 - Beno at the line. Nice. (101-104)
• 2:41 - Mikki with the layup. Great feed from Brad. (103-104)
• 2:14 - Gay. (103-106)
• 1:58 - Beno. (105-106)
• This crap’s getting intense. I can’t make myself get up to take a much-needed leak.
• 1:42 - Conley makes two at the line. (105-108)
• 1:05 - Garcia at the line for two off of a terrible foul by Gay. (107-108)
• :46.4 - Gay with an absurd three (107-111)
• :23.0 - Salmons puts one in after a frantic brick spree. (109-111)
• Rudy Gay is unbelievable. He is the next Shawn Marion.
• :22.1 - Pau at the line. Missed one. Beautiful. (109-112)
• I really, really need to pee. But we’re all in this together.
• :18.7 - DOUBY!?!?!? What a stupid idea/shot. It went in though. Geez. (111-112)
• :18.0 - Conley at the line. Beno rebound! Woot. (111-113)
• Oh my goodness. Serious. Kidney. Damage.
• :07.9 - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!! Garcia!!! Oh man. I love him so much right now. My God. How great it is to see a big shot from a Kings player. (114-113)
• Too much goddamn time left, but. Come on guys. Get one friggin’ stop. If Gay gets a shot off here I am going to injure myself.
• :02.8 - GAY OUTTA BOUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This is amazing and absurd and beautiful. Kings ball. Oh my frozen hell this is unbelievable.
• :02.5 - Brad at the line. Made both then stole the inbounds pass.

Kings 116, Grizzlies 113 FINAL

That was an amazing win. The kind that can build character. Whew! I’m glad you came along to experience this with me. Great, great fourth quarter by the Kings.

Salmons, Brad, Garcia, Douby and Beno all get game balls for this one.

See you Saturday when the Kings take on the Pacers.

Oh, and to leave you, the iced coffee commercial is on again. Showing number four. Goodnight.

Kings 104, Magic 100. That was the final score. I’m gonna go all Tarantino on you and do this thing backwards. Looking at the score you’d think ‘Sweet, a win against a 15-5 road team.’ Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah, but…

The 13-point lead that the Kings enjoyed with five minutes left suddenly turned into the all-too-familiar end of the game hideous crap fiasco. I am beginning to think that in the huddle during timeouts at the end of games the players lay down money to see who can make a) the worst overall play, b) the highest number of unholy plays and c) the most ill-timed, game-raping play. Without fail it is Mikki Moore, Quincy Douby or Francisco Garcia.

The Magic got it down to three with about 15 seconds left but the Kings failed miserably to completely blow it and won. Umm, yay? No, in all seriousness it was a nice win, but the late-game antics have become more than bothersome.

Some notes:

• Mikki Moore will forever hold a special place in my heart for throwing JJ Redick to the ground with five minutes left. I made a barely audible wheezing sound of joy when it happened, then a triumphant, bellowing guffaw when they showed the replay. As a North Carolina fan I have learned to hate that whiny schmo with every inch of my being. Mikki, you and I are brothers now.
• Kayte Christensen is very, very pretty.
• Spencer Hawes should stop shooting 3s. The fact that he made one tonight only encourages future forays into such tomfoolery.
• Dwight Howard is a freak. He got 29 and 15 on 11-13 fg and 7-8 ft and it seemed like he did it as an afterthought. He never once seemed to dominate the proceedings and yet there were his obscene numbers at the end. If he continues progressing like this he will be the single most important player in the entire league. He looks like Bill Russell but with offense out there. Truly sick, sick athletic shenanigans. He threw down a follow dunk with such ferocity that I may have peed a little.
• Dahntay Jones is growing on me like a rather entertaining fungus. Yeah, he went to Dook, I know. But he is playing really well right now. He hit about a 40-footer at the horn to end the first quarter, then followed it up with a stupid, no good springboard follow-up dunk in the second half.

Join me on Thursday when the Kings face the Grizzlies for a special live blog experience. I will be updating live as things happen and it should be a feast for your eye holes and possibly even your humor receptors. Be there…or DON’T.

The “storm of the century,” as it was deemed in Northern California, knocked out my power from 9 a.m. on Friday until noon Sunday. I was forced to listen to two Kings games on a battery-powered radio. Not to mention the fact that I missed ALL FOUR NFL playoff games this weekend. Boo.

The Kings lost two close games that they really should have won to the Cavs and Bulls. At 12-20 the Kings really really really really really really need Martin and Bibby and Artest back if there is a playoff run left in this team. I still like how they’re playing, but they just don’t have enough firepower to win right now without those guys.

Back home for Orlando Tuesday. Who’s gonna guard Dwight Howard? Sigh. He’s a bad, bad man.

Get it? Huh? It’s like he’s a fish. Yeah, I’m clever and you all know it.

A lot has been said about the sideshow that is the Knicks, but allow me to add on:

Holy crap this team is awful. It’s like they’ve got 14 Jeff Spicoli’s and Isaiah Thomas is Mr. Hand, except I don’t see a mutual show of touching understanding ahead at the end of this movie. I say 14 because David Lee actually tries. He isn’t part of the horrendous dung heap that the rest of the team is.

There is just something so wrong with a team getting dominated at home by a team missing its three best players. The final score was 107-97, but let’s be honest, this was a 30-point drubbing that was chipped away at the end by a team that decided to try in the last three minutes.

Eddy Curry continues to be a miserable waste of time. His 24 points may deceive you, but he is thoroughly useless. He played 31 minutes and grabbed three rebounds. THREE. He reminds me of that really dumb, but massive kid you played against in middle school who scored 20 points but turned the ball over 36 times and was called for 12 offensive fouls because he had no idea what he was doing. You remember that kid? Yeah, that’s Curry.

Stephon Marbury is a joke, but I bet he still claims he’s the best point guard in the NBA. I’d have a harder time naming a worse PG than listing all the ones that are better. I’d rather have Beno Udrih for poop’s sake.

Anyways, Salmons set a new career-high with 32 points. He also added 11 rebounds, six assists, six steals and a blocked shot. Francisco Garcia was huge as well, putting up a Kirilenko-style 22 points, seven rebounds, two assists, three steals and two blocks. Brad Miller had 26 points and 16 boards, which is more funny than it is impressive, considering Randolph and Curry combined for six.

So, thanks to the Knicks for making that 0-4 home stand seem a distant memory. With the imminent returns of Bibby and Martin, maybe this team has a shot at a playoff run. Maybe…

A short list of the current goings on:

1. 3-2 road trip. Woot.
2. 0-4 home stand. Butt.
3. Artest out a month with elbow surgery to remove “bone chips.” Ugh.
4. Bibby and Martin not coming back for another week or two.

So, I think that makes…yep, the Kings’ three best players out at the same time for an extended period. Isn’t it fun being a Kings fan???

What better way to celebrate the birth of that magical man than by losing in the most gut-wrenching, embarrassing fashion conceivable? Which brings me to this question (ponder aside to yourselves):

Who would you least like to have hit a game-winner on you…

1. A small, mythical gnome
2. Shaq
3. Your little sister
4. Linas Kleiza

It’s a thinker, but the correct answer in this case is No. 4.

The scenario was this: Kings up by 1 at the line trying to ice the game (Beno had just missed two throws that would have ended things) Brad steps up to the line. Clank………..Clank…

Holy fricking crap. With something like 10 seconds left it was Nuggets ball down 1. Not surprisingly, Iverson was called on to take the final shot. HE MISSED!!! Yay, but oh yeah. Yet another chance for the Kings to show how rebounding is not part of their holiday tradition. The ball eventually got batted out to that ever-dangerous Kleiza who had time to check the clock on the other side of the court, spin, jump and shoot a 22-footer at the buzzer to virtually step on the privates of Kings fans everywhere.

As my friend later put it; “The Kings just ruined Christmas.” Indeed.

The Kings dominated the entire stinking game and, if I’m not mistaken, the final score was the first lead the Nuggz had since it was 2-0. I really really hate Linas Kleiza. Not only that, I will now never again watch It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas or whatever it’s called because I don’t want to hear the character of the same name give his spotlight Jesus soliloquy.

Lost in the shuffle of this sad, pathetic, angry loss is the fact that the Kings are coming off of a 3-2 road trip. The same friend who opined that Christmas is ruined said I may videotape him doing jumping jacks to an 80s song of my choosing to commemorate the momentous trip, so. Keep an eye out on YouTube for that.

I really like how the Kings are playing right now overall. Salmons and Artest are playing really well, as is Brad. Even Garcia isn’t pissing me off lately. Too bad the Nuggets had to win that last one so horrendously.

Oh well. Try and enjoy Christmas anyway, folks. Maybe if you’re really good we’ll get a win on Wednesday against the Celtics. (Sigh)