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Books Fit for a King(dome): Recommended Reads from Kingdome of Seattle Sports

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Book One: The Book of Basketball. A fantastic read from Bill Simmons where he looks at all things basketball as well as ranking the best players in NBA history. It is a fantastic read that will captivate you for many a reading session.

Book Two: The Best American Sports Writing, 2010 version. A well-put-together series of the best pieces from around the world of sports circa 2010. Wright Thompson’s piece on a mysterious boxer in Miami is particularly good.

Book Three: possibly my favorite. Which is to pick a grand champion out of champions. It’s nothing against the others, but this one is just that good. Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson, along with Jackie MacMullan recount everything from Bird and Magic’s respective upbringings to their rise to fame, to their success on the “Dream Team.” This book is so good. I bought it in a book store in Portland and was nearly finished with it by the time we got back to Seattle. It’s that good. You won’t regret reading it.

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Future Sonics Need to Go Get a Big Name or Two

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The Kings have won 17, 25, 24, 22 and 19 games the past five seasons. Obviously the second to last number was during a lockout-shortened season, but the winning percentage still equates to .333. Not very good. Not at all.

The Kings’ current group isn’t cutting it.

Last month I wrote a piece on the Kings’ to-do list. In it I said the team should start Thomas Robinson. That obviously isn’t going to happen. Robinson is gone, off to Houston, and the return is Cole Aldrich, Toney Douglas and Patrick Peterson. Not the biggest or best return, but fantastic if you consider that Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt’s collective contracts are gone.

The idea was inspired by an audio trinket on ESPN’s website. On it Bill Simmons and Ryan Russilo talk about trades they would make.

Simmons brought up a deal that would send Rondo to Sacramento Seattle for DeMarcus Cousins, Jimmer Fredette and one of the Kings’ Sonics’ bad contracts to Boston.

This is what Seattle needs, a big time player to build their team around Continue reading →