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Douby getting the point
Quincy Douby came out of Rutgers billed as a great shooter and scorer, but the Kings didn't really watch those skills during summer league.
Regardless of what happens with free agent Bonzi Wells, the Kings already have depth at shooting guard with Francisco Garcia and Kevin Martin (who's lit up Vegas to the tune of 22.8 points a game) developing there nicely. But with no solidified backup to Mike Bibby at point, the Kings worked Douby almost exclusively on the ball to see if it's worth pursuing in training camp.
He finished the league averaging 13.3 points and three assists. He doesn't have the same smooth moves as some of the high-profile point guards on display here, but he was effective enough to make the Kings consider extending the experiment.
"I thought he did very well," new Kings coach Eric Musselman said. "We saw that he had great court vision and defended better than we anticipated."
Guard Ronnie Price, who went undrafted last year and made the Kings after a strong summer performance, stepped up his game, perhaps as a result to the challenge from Douby. He averaged 15.2 points in Sacto's five games including a 31-point effort Wednesday against Dallas.
EDIT: Forgot the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2517726
Quincy Douby came out of Rutgers billed as a great shooter and scorer, but the Kings didn't really watch those skills during summer league.
Regardless of what happens with free agent Bonzi Wells, the Kings already have depth at shooting guard with Francisco Garcia and Kevin Martin (who's lit up Vegas to the tune of 22.8 points a game) developing there nicely. But with no solidified backup to Mike Bibby at point, the Kings worked Douby almost exclusively on the ball to see if it's worth pursuing in training camp.
He finished the league averaging 13.3 points and three assists. He doesn't have the same smooth moves as some of the high-profile point guards on display here, but he was effective enough to make the Kings consider extending the experiment.
"I thought he did very well," new Kings coach Eric Musselman said. "We saw that he had great court vision and defended better than we anticipated."
Guard Ronnie Price, who went undrafted last year and made the Kings after a strong summer performance, stepped up his game, perhaps as a result to the challenge from Douby. He averaged 15.2 points in Sacto's five games including a 31-point effort Wednesday against Dallas.
EDIT: Forgot the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2517726
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