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Kings' Petrie deserves the benefit of the doubt: Geoff Petrie always managed to stay one step ahead of his fellow general managers. By trading Chris Webber, he has done it again.(NBA)
If your mind keeps stumbling over this Kings-trade-Chris-Webber-for-who? development, consider this: In the 13 years before Geoff Petrie took over the decision making in Sacramento, the Kings went 391-675 (a .367 winning percentage), made just two playoff appearances and won zero playoff games. In 11 years with Petrie in charge, the Kings are 475-369 (.563), have made seven--soon to be eight--playoff appearances and won 32 postseason games.
Logic long has held that you can't win in Sacramento's market, which is supposed to be too small for big-time sponsors and media and too remote for high-profile NBA free agents. Over the past decade, Petrie has smashed that ...
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