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Injury list growing for Kings
By Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin March 18, 2005 |
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SACRAMENTO - Brad Miller, the Sacramento Kings' big center, broke his leg Saturday night and won't be available for the stretch drive. Now the team is three key players short after trading away Chris Webber and Doug Christie. The Kings will still get into the playoffs, but how far they go will depend upon when Miller comes back. It might be just about playoff time before Miller can think about playing again. Now everybody has to play hard every game. There won't be any ability to take a game off and that's going to put a lot of pressure on the Kings. Webber's not getting the playing time he desires out in Philadelphia, so getting rid of him seems like an idea. Webber was injured for portions of the last three seasons, and if you have a guy for only half the time and your paying the kind of money the Kings were paying, it's just not quite that good a deal. Kings general manager Geoff Petrie got as much as anybody could have for Webber - that was the reason for the trade. Most people thought the best thing to do with Webber was to cast him adrift because they were paying him so much money and he was injured so often. The Kings are are going to have to fight like heck to get into the playoffs now that they're a really shorthanded team without Miller. Miller is a great center - he can get in there and get rebounds and make a pretty good offense. Now Sacramento is going to have to play 6-foot-9 James Skinner at center because there's nobody else. Mike Bibby's been playing great, Cuttino Mobley will come back, and the Kings have to learn to play defense. Fortunately, there are enough bad teams in the NBA that they can still make the playoffs. Joe Cronin and Ken Gimblin cover the Sacramento Kings and the NBA and host Sportstalk on KVVN 1430 San Jose and KLIB 1110 Sacramento. |
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