With Mike Bibby out for 6-10 weeks and Ron Artest suspended for the first 7 games of the season the Kings likely will find the start of the season to be rough sledding. The Kings need for Kevin Martin to improve even more than he did last season because they will be without two of their best offensive players to start the season. Martin played in 80 games (all starts) last season with the Kings and he averaged 35.2 minutes, 20.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Ron Artest will be the 2nd option on the offense when he returns in a couple of weeks. He played in 70 games (65 starts) last season for the Kings and he averaged 37.7 minutes, 18.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Veteran center Brad Miller hopes to stay healthy this season and the Kings need him because he’s still a skilled offensive player. Miller played in 63 games (56 starts) for the Kings last season and he averaged 28.3 minutes, 9.0 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. Kenny Thomas has won the starting job at power forward for the Kings but he could have a hard time holding off Mikki Moore and Shareef Abdur-Rahim for the starting job. Thomas played in 62 games (53 starts) for the Kings last year and he averaged 22.8 minutes, 5.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Orien Greene will start at the point for the Kings until Bibby is ready to return. Greene played in 41 games (0 starts) for the Pacers last season and he averaged 6.3 minutes, 1.5 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.