Nocioni Blasts Kings

I think the backhanded stab at the Bulls was more in jest and about last year.

Good for Noc, I knew he wouldn’t take a team losing just to lose…..

Last year I lost all hope they would pass the ball to me (laughs). I just waited on the corner watching what happened. If the ball came, it came… It rarely did (laughs). It’s the same thing in Sacramento.

There’s a lot of young people and a lot of individualistic play.

Anyone else see the irony here?

its obvious that they are more worried about salary. and noce is the kind of guy who cares wayyy more about the game. wat are the odds he ends up with the spurs after the contract is up?

He’s a phony. He got labeled as this guy who plays hard and would do anything to win, but it was all a load of crock.

He doesn’t play hard. He played lazy defense here. He just free lanced and did his own thing because it was easier than actually doing what he was supposed to on the defensive end.

Yeah, Sacramento is bad. But why don’t you go out, improve, and play big to make them better Mr. Ultimate Winner?

Here is what the folks at StR have said so far.

and shut the hell up.

You now know what it’s like to play with no talent guys such as yourself.

While speaking to a reporter from Olé, Andres Nocioni raised questions about the direction of the organization and left open the possibility that he would like to be traded this summer if the situation did not improve.
Speaking with The Bee a day later, Nocioni — who is well aware that the team’s standing in Sacramento is tenuous in light of lagging attendance and looming arena issues — said the tone of his sentiments was lost in translation and voiced concerns about how the comments could affect fans’ perception of him.

“The concern about this is about what the people who are going to support an arena and support the team think about me,” Nocioni said in a phone interview Wednesday night. "This is my concern. (That) and my teammates. That’s it.

“I don’t want the people of Sacramento to think I’m the kind of guy who likes to complain, that I don’t want to compete, or that I’m here to be here for (two) months and then want (to be traded). If this (team) is going to be competitive in the next couple (of) years — I want to be here.”

— Sacramento Bee

…you made an already bad locker room even worse

Kings guard Bobby Jackson said he prefers that players voice their frustrations in-house instead of publicly."Everybody knows our ups and our downs, so why go out and talk about it and say, ’That’s how I feel?’ "

I think it was before he signed the contract that became the albatross around the franchise’s neck. And if I remember correctly, I think his comments were followed by apologies from Noc, who said that the comments must have been taken out of context.

Anyway, maybe Noc’s comments can be taken with a grain of salt by the folks in Sacramento, since this is the franchise that previously dealt with head cases Bonzi Wells and Ron Artest. …Oh, and also because he displays “hustle” and “passion for the game”, and brings tenacity and toughness.