As I sit here and reflect on Hilton Armstrong’s trade to the Kings, I think of all the times I said, “Yeah, right. Who would trade for Hilton? We’d have to pay them to take him.” And yet, here we are, and someone has indeed traded for Hilton Armstrong. I guess I’d just like to say–
Wait, what? Oh, we did pay the Kings to take him. Oh.
Just kidding, it’s always sad to see a player go. But I’m glad it was a player who wasn’t currently contributing. This is actually a much better small get-under-the-luxury-tax move than the Devin Brown trade that didn’t go through. (Things you thought you’d never type…) And really, I have to admit I kind of felt personally betrayed by Hilton. All the times I stuck up for him, all the times I said, “MAYBE THAT WAS HIS BREAKOUT GAME!!!” every 20th game where he put up 8/8 or something… all for naught. It’s sad. I guess Hilton will always remain the poster child for why you should never draft a big guy for size and then hope he “gets it” later.
Since he really hasn’t played in the last few weeks, my last memory of Hilton will be him dunking at the open practice we went to in early December, hamming it up and leaping around being goofy for the fans. The crowd loved it. But I’m glad that will be my last memory of Hilton in Hornets colors– it’s a nice way to go out.
Here’s hoping he’ll be able to find whatever he was missing in Sacramento.
P.S. I’m not really horrified by this trade, if you look at the current mood below, I just really wanted to use that face one more time before I have to change it. 
Link: Ticktock6 smacking down some peeps about this trade elsewhere for LOLZ.
Horrified
I, too, can’t believe we were able to get rid of Hilton. I wish him success with the Kings or where ever he plays in the future. Not when he goes against my Hornets though. Haha!
I just wished they coulda at least got a half decent back-up center for him
But then, for that to happen, I cannot imagine what the other team would have to be thinking….
I feel similar to TT6. We had your back, Hilton, but you never turned that corner. Wish you the best moving on, though.