So much reason for celebration, so little noise. Part of it is because he's Mike Bibby, who doesn't stir the emotions in fans like his predecessor and, come to think of it, doesn't stir many in himself either.

	Bibby didn't complain about the Grizzlie losing, but he'll love winning.

And part of it is because he's not Jason Williams. J-Will, J-Thrill. The guy who couldn't have a dull moment on the court if he was given a soft leather couch and a glass of warm milk and ordered to watch Liverpool against Manchester City. (We'll save you the anxiety over the outcome. It was 0-0.)

Bibby is in at point guard, Williams is out, and the Sacramento Kings are up. They upgraded the only glaring weakness in the starting lineup -- Doug Christie is the defensive presence in the backcourt, Peja Stojakovic the rising star at small forward, Chris Webber the first-team All-NBA pick at power forward and Vlade Divac still rates in the upper echelon of centers -- and drew closer still to the Lakers. The defending champions are still the best in the West and of the Rest, but Williams to Memphis for Bibby on draft night made an already intense rivalry even better.

	Williams

The strange thing is that it's an easier sell everywhere else in the NBA than Sacramento, the place that will benefit most. In Northern California, some wanted him in town long enough to pile up multiple titles, maybe even enough to match the number of times he was disciplined for ugly run-ins with fans, on excitement value alone. It's understandable in that Williams was so identified with their style of play and tied to their emergence as a championship contender after years as a Have Not. A large portion of fans were disappointed and angered over the deal and blamed everyone from Rick Adelman to the media for getting their guy shipped out of town, but somehow forgetting the guy who made the deal, Geoff Petrie.

What the behind-the-back backers have had trouble conceding is that an even larger portion of the league was angered and disappointed over the deal. It made the Kings better. Try finding someone in a front office who thinks otherwise.

The Grizzlies traded Bibby because they needed a new start in a new town (the other standout, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, also went) and he bumped with coach Sidney Lowe. Plus, Williams is much more marketable at a time when ticket sales and name recognition is everything for the franchise. The Kings traded Williams because they didn't even play him in the fourth quarter of some games, including in the conference semifinals, he blew off scheduled meetings and frustrated teammates by what they perceived as a questionable commitment and because he still had moments of poor judgement with the ball.

	“	I'm leaving a team that lost 50 games and coming to a 50-game winner. I'm nervous right now. ”
		— Bibby

He did get better last season. Give him that. But the Kings just got a lot better in this offseason. Give Petrie that.

M-Bibb is more about stability and consistency, and that's something the Kings need from their starter at the point. He just averaged 8.4 assists, fourth best in the league, for a team that averaged 91.7 points a game. During Bibby's three seasons in Vancouver, the Grizz never did better than 93.9, and only the Clippers of 1999-2000 and the Warriors of 1998-99 did worse in that time. He won 53 games total in that time, including the lockout-shortened campaign, or two less than Sacramento won in 2000-01 alone.

"I'm leaving a team that lost 50 games and coming to a 50-game winner," he said upon arriving. "I'm nervous right now."

He should be. There will be considerable pressure to fit in and prove he can run the way the Kings are convinced he can after those frustrating times of heavy play calling in Vancouver. Some in Sacramento will be waiting for him to fail while Williams flourishes with his second chance.

Of course, there's many more reasons not to break a sweat. For one thing, he's good and only 23, so he will only get better, this after already hitting 45.4 percent from the field last season to go with the 8.4 assists. For another, many more in Sacramento will be waiting to embrace him. He plays for the Kings, right? Enough said.

If anything, it'll be a bigger adjustment for them to get used to him, this contrasting personality, than him to them. People who knew him well in Vancouver said they never heard him raise his voice in anger or frustration in three years of constant losing. He is rarely demonstrative on the court, which will set him apart from the rest of the starting lineup, and that's even with moments of celebration. Forget him going off on an opponent, "going off" in this case meaning so much as whispering a dig.

"I don't even think he knows how to trash talk," said Jason Kidd, a friend and opponent.

"I used to do it in high school," Bibby responded. "But my mom told me to leave it alone."

The Kings, already arguably the best passing team in the league, will be even better because of his demeanor and temperament. The knocks on Bibby are that he is notoriously stat conscious and as poor a defender as Williams. But if he really can push the ball at the same preferred autobahn speed, they really can push the Lakers even harder. That will be the real cause for celebration in Sacramento.

"It's going to be fun playing in the playoffs for the first time," Bibby said. "I'm just happy that chance is finally going to come."

Party on.

Scott Howard-Cooper covers the NBA for the Sacramento Bee and is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.