NBA Draft Class of 2012 was looking very promising and was bursting with potential. My 3 favourite players from the draft are Andre Drummond, Damian Lillard and Thomas Robinson. The Kings had 7% to get the 1st overall pick, so I didn't get my hopes to high, i just wished they would get the top5 pick and pick Thomas Robinson, a player which I loved in Kansas and for whom I shed a couple of tears after I heard his story about his mother and grandparents passing away. If you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up. As I wished, the Sacramento Kings got the 5th overall pick.
The #1 pick went to New Orleans and everybody knew who would they pick, Anthony Davis, the young phenom from Kentucky. His teammate Micheal Kidd-Gilchrist went to Charlotte with the 2nd pick, Bradley Beal from the University of Florida went to the Wizards and Dion Waiters was selected by the Cavs. I was confused why nobody picked up Thomas Robinson, a guy which led the nation in rebounds, led his Kansas team to the NCAA, is super athletic and was projected to go 2nd overall. Fortunately my Kings drafted TRob. The first thing that popped to my head was: "Oh my God, Thomas Robinson and DeMarcus Cousins in one team? We will have the most dominating frontline in the NBA for years to come! Woohoo!" But yet again, I was wrong... Robinson showed glimpses of the dominant power forward,but he wasn't given enough minutes. The Kings were still in rebuilding mode, so why not give the rookie a starting spot and bring Jason Thompson off the bench? Nope, Coach Keith Smart had a better idea, leave TRob on the bench and let his potential go to waste. I was really dissapointed, because when Thomas did play, he showed glimpses of a dominant power forward he could become. Midseason came and Sacramento made another dumb trade, trading Thomas Robinson, Fransisco Garcia, Tyler Honeycutt for Boogie's college teammate Patrick Patterson and Toney Douglas. I could't believe it. Why would you trade your 5th overall pick who is only 21 years old and can develop into a really good PF?Why? Well to keep DeMarcus happy I guess. There have been reports saying that the Kings wanted to bring one of Cousins' college friends to make him happier (Looking in retrospect, that move looks even dumber, considering we traded Patrick for Rudy Gay). Apart from that Tyreke's numbers still dropped and it looked as we weren't going to resign him during the off season when his contract expires. Boogie still had some spats with the referees, coaches and teammates but all that mattered was that he stayed a King.
After another dumb trade and losing season a new hope arrived for the Kings in form of an Indian billionare, Vivek Ranadive who bought the team from the infamous Maloof brothers, decided the team will stay in Sacramento and had already plans to build a beautiful new stadium. Mr. Ranadive is the man who will bring greatness and success back to the Kings and the team will finally live up to its name. Vivek brought a lot of changes, hiring new coaching staff with Mike Malone as head coach and bringingShaquille O'Neil who bought a small part of the team and will mentor young DeMarcus. Things look pretty well,down in California.
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