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Unless I've completely missed something, there hasn't been much talk about the Kings as contenders. Rightfully so to some extent, then again, this team looks pretty good. Could we compare the Kings from 2001-2002 to the current team, I think so? That team was great; minus a great team in Los Angeles we would have a championship, fair?
Let's take a quick look at both teams and contrast the two. The team from 2001-2002 won sixty-one games and put up an astounding 36-5 records at Arco. They outscored teams 104 to 97 for the season and we grew accustom to watching blowouts. Some may recall this season, when the Kings attempted to outscore the Suns and lost both shootouts, 98-100 at home and 111-127 away. Could the 2001-2002 Kings run with the Suns, an emphatic yes should surely be your only response! Think about that for a moment, are the Kings of new not 7-3 when scoring over 100 points? Not to mention, the Kings may very well go 10-4 in the month of December without, both, Kevin Martin and Mike Bibby. Look at the schedule, we could be rolling along and get the two stars back for the New Year. A year fit for kings?

Let's compare the core group from both teams. Remember these guys, Webber, Stojakovich, Bibby, Christie, Divac, Jackson, Turloglu, and Pollard? How do they then compare to what we have now? Surely Martin, Artest, Udrih, Salmons, Garcia, Moore and Bibby can play, right? I hope to throw you back a paragraph with that emphatic yes again. Can we please not forget the Kings are 7-3 at home in the absence of Mike Bibby, who has at least proven to me, given a close game in the fourth he can beat you himself, or, beat you behind in the forth by his lonesome. The man hit a game-winning shot jumping backwards and out of bounds! That's just Bibby.
Refreshing at least my memory, the 2001-2002 team had Bibby running the offense through Webber and Divac, who, could the kick the ball out the Stojakovic, Jackson, Bibby and Turkoglu. Withholding Divac, the team would run you out of any building, and could at any time. Christie could shoot and play defense, Pollard would do the dirty work and surprisingly score. Cold shooting at times, outrebounded and defended occasionally, but those Kings were the cream of the crop.
Comparisons please, here we go, I'll begin with Chris Webber and end right there. Webber averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, almost 2 steals and about a block and a half that year. We were chanting MVP then, if it weren't for knee surgeries

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