Stojakovic Wants Out of Sacramento
According to this story, Peja Stojakovic is demanding that the Kings trade him; he has two years left on his contract, with an option for a third.
Supposedly this comes as a surprise to Kings management, although, if you think about it, it's really not too far off. Recall last year that Peja was playing lights out while Webber was out, and was mentioned among the whispers of reporters as a possible MVP, his name muttered in the same breath as KG and Kobe. But when Webber came back, Peja cooled off, and Webber wasn't able to get back into the full swing of things in time before bowing out of the 2nd round of the playoffs after a Game 7 loss to Minnesota.
Take Peja's disappointing end of the season, an early exit from the playoffs, and the hushed insults that were traded between Webber and Peja as their team's season ended, and add to that the fact that the Kings didn't resign Vlade Divac, and it's not at all surprising that Peja wants out. The real question now is what will the Kings do? Clearly it's in their interest to trade him, but I wonder who they'll go for. And here I thought that the interesting parts of this offseason had come to and end!