He should be fired because he's an IDIOT. The guy does the same thing every year, take his pick and goes home. He never trades for the players we really should want and we never do anything. We still have no valuable PG, we don't have a good PF(Thompson sucks), we draft a guy we could've gotten with the 20th pick with the 12th. ATLEAST TRADE DOWN.
FIRE PETRIE FIRE PETRIE FIRE PETRIE.
FIRE PETRIE FIRE PETRIE FIRE PETRIE.
Come on. Give this kid a chance. Weak or not, he dominated in his conference the way a big man should. His 4 year numbers were close to Tim Duncan's college stats in pts. and rebs.
And the coaching staff agrees with this pick.
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"He was the best big guy we worked out,'' Sacramento Kings coach Reggie Theus told ESPN.com Thursday night. Theus said the Kings worked out Thompson three times, twice in Sacramento and once at a group workout at the Golden State workout facility and said the Kings felt safe Thompson would be available at No. 12.
"His ability to be versatile, and help us around the basket was important and this guy can score around the basket and step out with his size,"' Theus said. "In our opinion for what we need, he was the best big on the floor."
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As for the 2nd round picks, Singletary maybe a fix on the backup PG. And Ewing needs to break it out in Summer League, if Artest does not opt out.
With Artest most likely not opting out, we just need a starting PG, which Beno is not a pure material.
With Rose now in Chicago, the Bulls may likely be shopping Hinrich. It'll be great if Petrie hops on the bidding, with maybe a pick plus Salmons/KT package.
As far as rooster evaluation, the jury is still out till November.