Bobby Jackson contends his transformation from NBA wannabe to major award winner and contributor on a championship contender could have been nurtured anywhere -- Target Center, perhaps? -- but it is inside the Sacramento Kings' cubist training facility where he has measured the change in the smallest of denominations.

Shot by shot.

There, in a sprawling complex outfitted with conference rooms, laptop computers and the latest fitness machines on the inside and colored and textured like a basketball on the outside, Jackson has made himself winter and summer into the league's most valued reserve. He's also the pulse of a Kings team determined to experience a playoff epiphany this season.