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Hello Kings fans. It's me, Tetsu. It's been a while since I've done one of these on account of me being too busy and only getting three or four hours of sleep a night on an off day. But thankfully a bad head cold has knocked me down for the count long enough to try to write something (Back by popular demand or something like that)
Anyways, the Sacramento Summer League (We have a summer league now, guys!) kicks off tomorrow with a game between the Kings (bringing approximately 4/5ths of their presumptive starting lineup next season) and the Lakers (hopefully not bringing Lebron). For Kings fans, it will be a welcome first glance at the shiny bright new big man duo fo the future (hopefully). For Lakers fans, it will be a welcome opportunity to stash all their Warriors gear and hastily brush up on Lakers history to make it seem like they've been following the team forever ("Sasha Vucevic is my favorite Laker of all time!")
Before that game there is a matchup between the Warriors (now probably missing several thousand "diehard fans" from their bandwagon) and the Heat, but let's be honest, no one really cares what the hell happens there.
The Lakers have a handful of good young talent, most of whom will probably not be on their roster after the next few weeks of desperately trying to trade for Kawhi, and most of whom aren't on their summer league roster (Lonzo Ball tore meniscus in his knee and will be out til training camp and Kuzma and Ingram are looking up real estate in San Antonio).
Meanwhile, here are some of the Kings you'll be seeing over the next few days in the G1C.
Marvin Bagley III
The controversial (but only because we all convinced ourselves that Doncic was the only choice at the spot for some reason) selection with the second overall pick in the draft makes his G1C debut with muted fanfare (we'll get to that in a second). The 6'11" big man brings a tenacious nose for the ball off the board and agility that should ideally pair with the blazing speed of De'Aaron Fox to make us absolutely unguardable on the break (Willie and Bagley blitzing ahead, Bogie and Buddy open on the wings for a transition three, Z-Bo on the bench collecting his money). His first test will come in the form of former Michigan big Moe Wagner and one year vet Thomas Bryant.
Harry Giles III
You know how I said people did really care as much about Bagley's debut? Here's why. After over a year of excited murmurs and the odd instagram video or two, we finally get our first look at the mystery box known as Harry Giles. According to some sources, Harry could be wheelchair-bound for life. Other sources claim he could be the best player in franchise history. If Giles turns out to be half as good as people swear he is, it would be a huge step in the right direction for the franchise and if he is in fact back to the player that was once rated as a better basketball prospect than Karl Anthony Towns? Even better.
De'Aaron Fox
How seriously are the Kings treating their new summer league experiment? Serious enough to bring the clutchest player in the universe into action for the Sacramento League alone. While Fox's rookie year had its ups and downs, the fact remains that he still has as much potential as any other player on the roster and, people's misgivings about him studying CP3 for some reason aside, he just seems like the sort of dude who will try his damned hardest to reach that point. See him now in Sacramento because he's getting the Vegas league off.
Frank Mason III
Boy howdy, do the Kings have a hell of a lot of "the thirds" on their roster. Frank Mason is a particularly interesting case in that he occasionally looked like the solid backup PG of this franchise for the next ten years while on other occasions (mostly after he hurt his foot twice in the same game), he looked godawful and worthy of being in the league. While it's just summer league, FMIII will have plenty of opportunity show he is capable of running an NBA offense and being the beloved undersized backup PG of the future.
Justin Jackson
The oft-maligned, oft-forgotten member of our 2017 draft class, J-Jax comes into things as our starting small forward by default thanks to the dog eating Vlade's homework on the small forward portion of roster construction. Having started half the season for us, it's hard to say that Jackson is still a raw player but he certainly showed us his points that need to be worked on more than he did his strong points as a rookie. What would I like to see from him this summer? More decisiveness would be nice. And a more consistent perimeter shot.
Nigel Hayes
The ultimate afterthought and sole reminder of the last several months of the 2017-2018 season, Hayes comes into the summer having not looked particularly impressive in his stint with the team at the end of the year. He was getting more playing time than Bruno but Bruno is no longer on the team for what it's worth. Hayes purportedly can fill the stretch forward spot for us but was really bad from the perimeter most of the time he was on the floor. If he wants to be on the team going forward, he needs to show us more against, well, summer league competition.
Wenyen Gabriel
The sole highlight of our UDFA group of summer league roster filler, Wenyen Gabriel is an interesting prospect who sorta slipped through the cracks at Kentucky, where he once played 7th fiddle to De'Fox. At 6'9", 213 lbs, Gabriel is a long presence at the forward spot. Built kinda out of the JaKarr Sampson 3/4 attack on defense, try-not-to-suck on offense mold, the 21-year-old Sudanese player could be an option for young depth at the SF slot going forward but he has to prove he can play the position at the NBA level in Summer League first.
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Hello Kings fans. It's me, Tetsu. It's been a while since I've done one of these on account of me being too busy and only getting three or four hours of sleep a night on an off day. But thankfully a bad head cold has knocked me down for the count long enough to try to write something (Back by popular demand or something like that)
Anyways, the Sacramento Summer League (We have a summer league now, guys!) kicks off tomorrow with a game between the Kings (bringing approximately 4/5ths of their presumptive starting lineup next season) and the Lakers (hopefully not bringing Lebron). For Kings fans, it will be a welcome first glance at the shiny bright new big man duo fo the future (hopefully). For Lakers fans, it will be a welcome opportunity to stash all their Warriors gear and hastily brush up on Lakers history to make it seem like they've been following the team forever ("Sasha Vucevic is my favorite Laker of all time!")
Before that game there is a matchup between the Warriors (now probably missing several thousand "diehard fans" from their bandwagon) and the Heat, but let's be honest, no one really cares what the hell happens there.
The Lakers have a handful of good young talent, most of whom will probably not be on their roster after the next few weeks of desperately trying to trade for Kawhi, and most of whom aren't on their summer league roster (Lonzo Ball tore meniscus in his knee and will be out til training camp and Kuzma and Ingram are looking up real estate in San Antonio).
Meanwhile, here are some of the Kings you'll be seeing over the next few days in the G1C.
Marvin Bagley III
The controversial (but only because we all convinced ourselves that Doncic was the only choice at the spot for some reason) selection with the second overall pick in the draft makes his G1C debut with muted fanfare (we'll get to that in a second). The 6'11" big man brings a tenacious nose for the ball off the board and agility that should ideally pair with the blazing speed of De'Aaron Fox to make us absolutely unguardable on the break (Willie and Bagley blitzing ahead, Bogie and Buddy open on the wings for a transition three, Z-Bo on the bench collecting his money). His first test will come in the form of former Michigan big Moe Wagner and one year vet Thomas Bryant.
Harry Giles III
You know how I said people did really care as much about Bagley's debut? Here's why. After over a year of excited murmurs and the odd instagram video or two, we finally get our first look at the mystery box known as Harry Giles. According to some sources, Harry could be wheelchair-bound for life. Other sources claim he could be the best player in franchise history. If Giles turns out to be half as good as people swear he is, it would be a huge step in the right direction for the franchise and if he is in fact back to the player that was once rated as a better basketball prospect than Karl Anthony Towns? Even better.
De'Aaron Fox
How seriously are the Kings treating their new summer league experiment? Serious enough to bring the clutchest player in the universe into action for the Sacramento League alone. While Fox's rookie year had its ups and downs, the fact remains that he still has as much potential as any other player on the roster and, people's misgivings about him studying CP3 for some reason aside, he just seems like the sort of dude who will try his damned hardest to reach that point. See him now in Sacramento because he's getting the Vegas league off.
Frank Mason III
Boy howdy, do the Kings have a hell of a lot of "the thirds" on their roster. Frank Mason is a particularly interesting case in that he occasionally looked like the solid backup PG of this franchise for the next ten years while on other occasions (mostly after he hurt his foot twice in the same game), he looked godawful and worthy of being in the league. While it's just summer league, FMIII will have plenty of opportunity show he is capable of running an NBA offense and being the beloved undersized backup PG of the future.
Justin Jackson
The oft-maligned, oft-forgotten member of our 2017 draft class, J-Jax comes into things as our starting small forward by default thanks to the dog eating Vlade's homework on the small forward portion of roster construction. Having started half the season for us, it's hard to say that Jackson is still a raw player but he certainly showed us his points that need to be worked on more than he did his strong points as a rookie. What would I like to see from him this summer? More decisiveness would be nice. And a more consistent perimeter shot.
Nigel Hayes
The ultimate afterthought and sole reminder of the last several months of the 2017-2018 season, Hayes comes into the summer having not looked particularly impressive in his stint with the team at the end of the year. He was getting more playing time than Bruno but Bruno is no longer on the team for what it's worth. Hayes purportedly can fill the stretch forward spot for us but was really bad from the perimeter most of the time he was on the floor. If he wants to be on the team going forward, he needs to show us more against, well, summer league competition.
Wenyen Gabriel
The sole highlight of our UDFA group of summer league roster filler, Wenyen Gabriel is an interesting prospect who sorta slipped through the cracks at Kentucky, where he once played 7th fiddle to De'Fox. At 6'9", 213 lbs, Gabriel is a long presence at the forward spot. Built kinda out of the JaKarr Sampson 3/4 attack on defense, try-not-to-suck on offense mold, the 21-year-old Sudanese player could be an option for young depth at the SF slot going forward but he has to prove he can play the position at the NBA level in Summer League first.
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