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This is the look of a cold blooded assassin on the court.
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KINGS DELIVER

Blackluv

A great day for the Kings! Congratulations, PEJA!!! The quickest, purest shooter! Wasn't Steve Smith slow? Anyway, even though I think Richardson's last dunk could have won it, they had Wallace's scors way too low for him to have had a chance. They were hard on him and I wish the let him do that last one again. Anyway, Chris was quite the cheerleader for his teammates today. I hope his day is as good tomorrow and he wins MVP. It’s possible... Although I keep hearing that Kobe plans to bring it tomorrow. We'll see!
GO PEJA and GO CHRIS!!!!

JB

Geez you don't think the Laker fans were just a little bit ticked off when their hand picked death squad of Derek Fisher, Magic, Leslie and their "star" who appearently plays summer league games. Magic even had them practicing and working on plays. Well, they got smoked by a team that just met each other. Hedo played tough and yes he did dunk and block Staley's shot. Big deal, he played hard. Ask Hedo how his ribs feel after Moses slammed into him early in the game. Moses set the tone that the game would be a tough, serious affair. Well Hedo was tough enough to take his challenge. If there were some current NBA players who should be ashamed, it is Snow, Fisher and Mobely. Those guys played awful.

Kingme

Is it my imagination or has the NBA/media already forgotten about Peja's big victory tonight? I just get the impresson throughout the whole All-Star thing that the media only grudgingly acknowledges the Kings players. It seems that they are far more interested in hyping younger, American players like Darius miles, Q Rich, J Rich, etc. What have those guys ever done? and they play on crappy teams (Well, the Clippers are borderline) My teenage daughter, who's very hip and happening, notices it too, and it bothers her. She says it's because we have a lot of Euros, and not enuff "gangsta-playas" and no, Cwebb much as he'd like to, doesn't qualify. Everything is geared to the hip-hop crowd, and the Kings just don't fit that image. Like before the event, they had the usual montage of players from various teams as part of the patriotic-themed promos. The only King shown out of this big, long deal was a very quick half-second shot of Webb. There was another promo which showed Peja for a mili - second. C'mon! We've got the best record in the entire league! We're a top-tier team, or at least that's what us fans think. God only knows what they're thinking at the league office and at the networks. That's a huge insult. Could you imagine if the Knicks, Portland, Lakers, or Sixers were in our place? It would be a bombardment of footage of those players' scowling after dunks, pounding their chests, and generally whooping it up.

Last year, they made a much bigger thing out of Allen winning the 3-point contest. They kept showing him lifting that damn trophy over and over again right after it happened, and throughout the All-star games and beyond. But tonight, I missed the trophy presentation and there wasn't even one replay afterwards! But of course, Ray Allen is a more marketable star than Peja- Well-spoken, good-looking African-American, was in a Hollywood movie, has the respect of his peers and superiors alike.

And of course the Wallace dunk thing was fixed! didn't you guys see Dr.J after Wallace did a great job at imitating his dunk? He rubbed his face all worried like, "how am I supposed to down-grade this guy?" They obviously wanted to promote Richardson, who was already MVP of the rookie game, and he's also a major part of the Warriors team- not some guy who just gets garbage time minutes. Oh no! That would never do! I felt so badly for him. I don't think he was very prepared and he looked close to tears at the end. I hope Webber comforted him and cheered him up, because he really did more than anyone expected, coming out of nowhere and all (Well, to the rest of the NBA at least!)

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Triple B

It seems to me that alot of people make fun of our guys...Ainge, hell even Cheryl Miller made fun of Peja tonight. People like Charles,Kenny and other analysts acknowledge our guys as true great players, but Stern would rather market the QRich,Miles types who are so arrogant (The Bull-horn thing after a layup?)

Tonight when Peja was being interviewed after the 2nd round he was

talking slow and not really answering the questions and Cheryl Miller being the cool person she is ended the interview by saying 'Peja what do you know?'.

But in the end it won't matter because when this team beats the Lakers these haters will be breaking down the bandwagon.

And I for one found it funny how Hedo was making Fish look like garbage in the game. Fish looked like crap...the Lakers spark of last year might be the reason they lose,because if he isn't hitting..then teams just double Shaq.

RPO

I'd prefer to let the contestants use their own creativity. I think the wheel thing is the NBA's attempt to get contestants to do dunks that are of "proven creativity" bec dunk contests in recent years have been so lame. But if that's what the NBA's trying to do, it won't work if the contestants can't perform those dunks. I'd like for the contestants to be able to go out and do whatever they want to do. I think that'd be neater than forcing yourself to do a dunk you're not interested in or can't do at all. Poor Steve Frenchfry can't hold a ball in only one hand. Poor Jason Richardson can't jump offa one leg. I think both of those guys could've done better-looking dunks than the wheel made each of them do.

Sorry to be the one person who thinks Richardson was better than Geraldo. But something about that whole contest didn't seem right. Not enough contestants. Not enough dunks. They gotta spice this thing up or it won't be around anymore, again.

But I have to admit, Gerald got some really weak scores. If he'd gotten the scores he deserved for the dunks he did, he mighta won. I still thought that overall Richardson's dunks were prettier, esp that last one. That one was a classic.

Bonsy

I watched C-Webb on ESPN Classic last night doing the All-Star Roadshow similar to the show he did last year. ESPN said they thought he did such a great job last year they wanted him back. I also thought he did a great job handling greats like Dr. J and Walton. Webber always had some story or some praise for whoever the guest was. I laughed when Walton said "my wife has a huge crush on you" to Webber and he just laughed and said "Don't beat me up, now."

NBA TV has been playing a lot of behind the scenes stuff since yesterday. They have interviews and show the practices. Lots of filler.

If some of you missed Hedo in today's Rookie Challenge, he did well shooting 2 threes and a layup in the first half, then missed his shots in the second half but had some great ball handling and assists. It was a fun game to watch. Lots of Q-Rich and J-Rich and Miles all dunking on everyone.