Sacramento Kings Thread

[CKR13]

I disagree, That has been Francisco's role since his days in Louisville, he's a point forward and that's how he feels comfortable playing. that the role he played 3 season ago when Mike Bibby got injured, and afterwards when Bibby was traded. I guess you didn't get to see him play that much because he was injured most of the season. but when he was on the floor it was obvious that He had better play-maker skills than Evans.


The team should still get a real point guard, nonetheless. Beno is not the answer at the point, he's more of an undersized 2 than a one

Points taken on Francisco Garcia's background. Kindly elaborate on the statement that Garcia has better playmaking skills than Evans as last season, Garcia averaged only 1.5 APG while Evans was in between 5.5 APG. Were you referring to Garcia's play-calling on the offensive possession rather than Evans' game of improvising on the possession leading to an assist as Evans is clearly better at the drive n dish

That one I agree, another pure point at 1 would be beneficial but Udrih seems to be the man for the job as of the moment. He (Udrih) did a great job when Evans got injured and missed considerable games.

[CKR13]

Among the players with guaranteed contracts are Omri Casspi, Donte Greene while drated rookies like Hassan Whiteside and DeMarcus Cousins will be seeing action for the Summer League later.

[mayfel]

casspi and greene vying for small forward nod: they signed donald sloan

Kings notes: Casspi, Greene vying for small forward nod

Jockeying for the starting small forward spot has already begun.

Omri Casspi and Donté Greene are two players for that position that the Kings' coaching staff will monitor during the Las Vegas Summer League and into the fall training camp.

Greene started 50 games last season, his second in the NBA, and averaged 8.5 points. Those starts came at both forward spots, along with some time at guard.

Casspi started 31 games as a rookie, averaging 10.3 points.

There's plenty of opportunity for playing time. After having a glut of small forwards last season, the Kings now have Casspi, Greene and Francisco García.

Gone from that group are Andres Nocioni, Dominic McGuire and Ime Udoka. García also could play guard.

That leaves Greene and Casspi competing for the bulk of the playing time at small forward.

"It's a big summer for them," summer league coach Mario Elie said. "We're pretty solid everywhere else, but that's the one spot that we were changing a lot last year."

Third-year players often pass on summer league play unless coming off an injury. Greene, however, sees this summer as crucial.

"I could have chose to come out here and chose to just work out and not play," Greene said. "But I wanted to lock the spot up and show coaches that I'm ready to get that starting job and keep it for the whole season."

Casspi said his focus is on improvement.

"I'm trying to be the best I can be on the court," Casspi said.

No-shows – Center Connor Atchley and guards Ryan Thompson and Tyrese Rice didn't practice Friday morning.

All played for teams in the Orlando NBA Summer League, which ended Friday. Atchley played for New Jersey, Thompson for Boston and Rice for Utah.

Thompson arrived during the morning practice. Thompson and Rice practiced Friday evening.

Sloan signs – The Kings signed rookie guard Donald Sloan to one-year contract for the league minimum. Sloan was undrafted out of Texas A&M.

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/10/2880824/kings-notes-casspi-greene-vying.html

[mayfel]

morrison auditions with kings

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/68148/20100714/morrison_auditions_with_kings/

[CKR13]

I like what I am seeing on Demarcus Cousins, his nimble footwork, perimeter shooting, rebounding and inside play reminds me of Chris Webber days.

[CKR13]

I hope the Kings sign these guys from their Summer League roster

Tyrese Rice PG

Sylven Landesberg SG

[CKR13]

Hassan Whiteside leads the Summer League in block shots statistically.

Demarcus Cousins had been solid so far.

Things are looking great for now.

[dxjayrock2008]

Hassan Whiteside leads the Summer League in block shots statistically.

Demarcus Cousins had been solid so far.

Things are looking great for now.

Big Cuz to Hassan Whiteside:Tell the chicks to call me later. Lol.

[CKR13]

Tyreke Evans is working hard with his jumpshot this summer.

[durden_tyler]

Tyreke Evans is working hard with his jumpshot this summer.

Uh, of course he should. Everyone was forcing him to take those jumpshots in his rookie season.

[CKR13]

Uh, of course he should. Everyone was forcing him to take those jumpshots in his rookie season.

His work ethic is commendable as well. On the last game of the 2009-2010 season, Evans made it public that he plans on working hard this summer on his jumpshots at the post-game press conference.

[durden_tyler]

His work ethic is commendable as well. On the last game of the 2009-2010 season, Evans made it public that he plans on working hard this summer on his jumpshots at the post-game press conference.

i respect Evans and his contributions last year. And yes he needs that jumpshot. What jumps out on me however is the fact that he is NOT your true pass-first point guard. Remember the time when Kevin Martin was still there and they played them together? He struggled with his numbers a little bit.

So i am still kind of iffy if indeed he should be in the "next great" point discussions. By the looks of it, he's a great great tweener on a bad, bad team. So we will see if these are empty numbers he is producing.

[CKR13]

Yes when Kevin Martin was around the Kings had trouble playing them together as fundamentally, Evans is really not a true point guard, he is a dribbling off-guard but had developed point guard skills in Memphis while we had Kevin Martin who was purely a scorer. That is where the Kings came upon a cross-road where what direction should the Kings be taking, the Martin-way or the Evans-way. On the latter half of the season when the Kings shipped Kevin Martin, Westphal and Petrie told him to start at off-guard and play some PG minutes in between Udrih and Garcia for mismatch purposes and that is where he thrived before the injury. But came back strong after the injury.

The Evans being a pure PG has been dead for a long time and so are Evans being groomed as a pass first point guard talks or discussion; as at this point, Kings would rather develop him into an all-around guard at the mold of Oscar Robertson on who can contribute more in various aspects rather than set-up plays for teammates and be tentative on offense. I think Rice and Udrih + Garcia will handle the PG chores next season.

Time will tell if Evans will make it to among the greats as we really cannot assess without the needed NBA seasons ahead nor I think about it a lot. But Evans has a headstart on joining Robertson, Jordan and James on 20-5-5 category.

[CKR13]

It was a close fight between John Wall and Demarcus Cousins but DMC won rookie of the Summer League.

[CKR13]

Strange, The Sacramento Kings have extended a qualifying offer to Jon Brockman for over three weeks but no news of yet of him signing.