So, here's to hoping there's no "Sactown Royalty curse."

— My preview of the league and the Kings for Sports Fan Magazine has been posted as a doubleheader with Jim from KingsSuperFans. Here's a sampling of mine:

And heeeeere's Jim:

Check the whole thing out, along with the previews from other web personalities from around the nation. SR favorites Blog-A-Bull, Forum Blue and Gold and CelticsBlog.com are among the other contributors.

— The newest edition of the Carnival of the NBA can be found here.

— My circulatory system dies a little bit every time I see a Carl's Jr commercial. Ugh.

— The whole jet-lag excuse for the Kings' craptastic performance being pushed by Grant Napear is somewhat understandable. After driving seven hours to Disneyland, my performance on Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters was rather poor.

— Expect a full comparison of Comcast Sports Net's pregame with News10's sometime tomorrow. Kozimor versus Schornack. Tank Thompson versus Cristina Mendonsa. It's on. Sactown Royalty: Doing the important crap no one else will.