Sac Bee <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Before they were Kings, Abdur-Rahim and Thomas engaged in a tussle in Atlanta that resulted in a three-game suspension and $15,000 fine for both players. Abdur-Rahim was with the Hawks, Thomas with the Houston Rockets. Both were mired in awful seasons, their teams posting losing records that were far more forgettable than the incident itself. Late in the third quarter, they jockeyed for position down low when Thomas' elbow connected with Abdur-Rahim's head. Abdur-Rahim responded with punches. Thomas retaliated with punches of his own, and Atlanta guard Jason Terry joined the fray and later was suspended for one game. After Thursday's practice, Abdur-Rahim addressed the situation for the first time since coming to Sacramento. "The way I look at it, it was nothing after it happened," Abdur-Rahim said. "It's not like we had a problem before that situation. We were just playing, the game got kind of physical, and in that situation it got out of hand. I'd never had a problem with him, and we haven't had a problem since then." Thomas chose not to talk about the matter, saying, "I ain't even talking about that. I don't have nothing to say about that." Abdur-Rahim said he and Thomas never have spoken about the fight, nor is there a need to. He said they have crossed paths several times since and had cordial encounters indicating the incident was in the past. And given the current objective of meshing in the name of all things Kings, it's all the more reason to let it lie. "He hasn't given me the cold shoulder or anything," Abdur-Rahim said. "I don't feel like I need to watch my back or anything. To me, it's good. ... He's my teammate now, so I'm with him and he's with me." For Kings president of basketball operations Geoff Petrie, his players' shared piece of history hardly keeps him up at night. "It's a non-issue," Petrie said. "I don't know what else there is to say." While Thomas has said he prefers to start and Abdur-Rahim said last week, "Don't get me wrong, I care about starting," Petrie said he wouldn't characterize their roles as competitive.</div> Source
I still think that SAR will start. He's a better overall player and having KT coming from the bench is great for us so better keep it that way.
It may be hidden now, but there is a stronger than likely possibility this is going to blow up in their faces and quarrels are gonna break loose. Petrie will be forced to trade one of them.
^ i know thats what youre hoping for. All it says is Thomas would like to start and Rahim is impartial
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting ThaKinG:</div><div class="quote_post">I still think that SAR will start. He's a better overall player and having KT coming from the bench is great for us so better keep it that way.</div> i agree,SAR is better player at the pos overall,and Thomas will bring a good spark off the bench
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GiantMidget:</div><div class="quote_post">^ i know thats what youre hoping for. All it says is Thomas would like to start and Rahim is impartial</div> Well not neccesarily but you have to consider the elements in the equations. It might not happen, but because of what happend in the past might come back to haunt them. Plus I'd worry about Bonzi Wells more than the SAR and KT relationship.
