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TheBigO

Well, if I'm the Kings I'd start looking hard at starting Hido and Peja at the forwards while we wait for Lawrence to come off IL and Chris and Scot to heal. Reason being is that if Clark starts, then there is NOBODY who can sub in for Vlade at the five.

Neither Peja or Hido are good post defenders and when they are uninterested in defense whoever is the low help defender is a big liability, but letting Keon continue to be the backup at both big spots is IMHO, the best course of action.

Plus Hido and Peja will almost guarantee at least one offensive mismatch when they are on the floor together.

To think that of the Kings eight man rotation from the playoffs last year FIVE of them have missed significant time this season (Webb, Peja, Mike, Bobby and Scot) and Hido has had his minutes cut. Not one of those eight guys has appeared in every game this season although I think Vlade comes closest having missed only 2 or 3.

The team's play right now sucks and from what I saw it sucked before Webber went down. JB, I feel for you and everyone else with league pass. I'm glad this game was NOT on TV, I wouldn't have wanted to see it.

Lastly, as big a pessimist as I am, I'm not going to waste any of my time worrying about the Kings until one of two things happens: (1) They slip to the point that they could miss the playoffs (not likely) or (2) they are in the postseason playing in an elimination game.

Winning the West may not be a realistic goal if things don't change quickly, but I still think Bobby's return will mean great things for this team. Especially if Hido and Peja start asserting themselves in the meantime. And of course, if Mike continues to find his groove once again.

Of course I'm guessing at this point that finishing one or two in the west will garner you the prize of playing the Lakers in a short series.