Kenny Thomas thread.

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Since hes the "main" piece of the trade, I thought I should add that he was the Cat's teammate in Houston from 99 to 2003. Reminiscent of how Eddie House was brought to the team for Bibby and perhaps, to an extent Ostertag for Miller (same character), I think Petrie is trying too hard to keep the Chemistry. Its pretty obvious. IMHO.

Hes probably extatic to have Mobley on the same team again. From what I've seen, hes got some serious hops to him, and is a career 46% fgp shooter. His drawback is his assist numbers. Hopefully his assists will go up as it has for other guys coming into this team. Ruboff effect.

Anyhow, welcome Kenny. Hopefully you will like the guys here and give us some great games. :)
 
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Im really excited about what Kenny is going to bring to the team, Great rebounder and good scorer, plus i'm ready to see him throw down some nasty dunks.

Welcome Kenny!!!!
 
Average PF with a jumper. Low minute stater, or high minutes reserve, at least on lesser teams. Always seems to get about 27-30min a season. Not quite good enough to make a full time starter, but just good enough to tempt you into giving him the nod most nights. He'll do fine in our system once he's up to speed in a Darius sort of way (not a passer but can shoot), but he isn't scaring anyone.
 
I don't think we need another all star player in the lineup to be successful, but Kenny will fill in nicely, or will serve as a decent backup to Darius. Welcome Kenny!
 
I'm not too familiar with this "kenny" character but all I know is he better be worth my $180.75 dollars! And if he is, then I'll gladly welcome him.
 
He's no Webber, but I guess we'll have to make do with what we have right?

Welcome to Sactown big guy.
 
Gary the only I'm worried about is the removal of quote on quote Kings basketball. For the last 5 or 6 years we have easiliy been the best passing team in the league. Now with 3 of our best passers from years past gone and only Brad and Bibby being the only above average passers left how will this effect the team. Honestly the last thing I want to watch is a shoot first team. The kings were great because their offence was FLUID and they got everyone involved. they did do stupid passes but for the majority of the time they were high quality passes. i'm afraid this period could be lost forever.
 
If only Webber had the Duncan mentality, we wouldn't even talk about the trade. Duncan is the all star franchise guy for the Spurs, but you don't see him leading the scoring for them. Hes a ball distributor and rebounder mostly with the affinity to score and take over games when he really needs to. Too bad Webb :( At least Thomas will move quicker than Webber and create more fast break situations, something we sorely lacked this season. We got killed by fast breaks this season. I would easily say that the main reason we lost close games were by fast breaks and turn overs.
 
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He is their leading scorer especially in the Playoffs by a MILE. He can sit but the guy can score with the best of them. Difference between Duncan and Webber is 4 things, A) He's Younger, B) Better Salary, C) Better defender, and D) Less Injury Prone. The equation of why Duncan over Webber isn't that hard but then again it isn't that easy. Webber at 28 offensively is better than Duncan but defensively has always been were he has lagged behind TD.
 
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If only Webber had the Duncan mentality, we wouldn't even talk about the trade. Duncan is the all star franchise guy for the Spurs, but you don't see him leading the scoring for them. Hes a ball distributor and rebounder mostly with the affinity to score and take over games when he really needs to. Too bad Webb :(
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Er...pssst PFFT -- Duncan is he Spurs leading scorer and shot taker by a LOT while averaging fewer than hlaf as many assists as Webb.
 
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He is their leading scorer especially in the Playoffs by a MILE. He can sit but the guy can score with the best of them. Difference between Duncan and Webber is 4 things, A) He's Younger, B) Better Salary, C) Better defender, and D) Less Injury Prone. The equation of why Duncan over Webber isn't that hard but then again it isn't that easy. Webber at 28 offensively is better than Duncan but defensively has always been were he has lagged behind TD.
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Yes, but as much as I hate the Spurs Duncan is the heart and soul of that team. He know he can score in groves, but hes very unselfish and keeps everyone involved in the offense. Hes almost unguardable at the 10 ft post mark and that half-hook off the glass shot he never misses. When you guard him its almost like you don't want him to shoot the ball, but he ends up passing it to an open teammate. Hes got good court vision, unlike Webber who did pass, but did it less often.
 
Huh? Less often? Why does Webber average double the amount of assists if he didn't pass that often. Your right he does take alot of shots but there usually when he's wide open. Duncan does the same thing and is a much worse shot at 18 feet than Webber is, well consistantly. Webber's problem is not offensively when you compare him to Duncan, the Kings offence has always been heads above the Spurs, it's the defensive side that's the difference. Spurs D >> Kings D. KINGS O > Spurs O.
 
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Er...pssst PFFT -- Duncan is he Spurs leading scorer and shot taker by a LOT while averaging fewer than hlaf as many assists as Webb.
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True. But he gets his team more involved than Webber does. Hes not always the leading scorer in every game. He might average more than his teammates, but when hes not feeling it, he puts his ego aside and lets the other guys at it. I may have worded that wrong.
 
PFFFTT. Come on even you know Peja, Bibby and Brad have all been leading scorers on this team this year. Come on man, wake up. Peja albeit is scoring less this year than last is still putting up 20 ppg and leading the team 13 out of the 46 games he's played. Bibby has lead the team on multiple nights. Give me a break man.
 
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Webber was not the heart and soul of the Kings? What team was I watching then?
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If he was, then he would treat his teammates right and keep the team together. He was too vocal in blame. Webber was never the leader one thought he would be. He did the right think about 2 years ago, but losing 7th games got the best of him and he unraveled.
 
Oh so you can't call our your teammates. KG has called his out this year. Kobe has called his out. Shaq of course has called his out. Give me a break, all the big stars call out their teammates when they are down. Please watch other teams than the Kings. There are other big time players especially the leaders who call their own players out, Webber was not alone.

We lost game 7 on the road last year by 3 to a good Wolves team without Bobby and Peja being rather ineffective. We lost game 7 2 years before at home to a very good Lakers team due to a lot of missed free throws in the game. Are we watching the same team or the same league?
 
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PFFFTT. Come on even you know Peja, Bibby and Brad have all been leading scorers on this team this year. Come on man, wake up. Peja albeit is scoring less this year than last is still putting up 20 ppg and leading the team 13 out of the 46 games he's played. Bibby has lead the team on multiple nights. Give me a break man.
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One thing is having Webb on the court, another is having him watch. All Im saying is that the run and gun game we so often ooooh and aaahh'd before has turned into a 4 vs 5 affair during fast break transitions. Bibby and Peja score more running than they do at the half court waiting for Webber during 4th quarters where he is exausted and his leg cant keep up. All Im saying is that perhaps, getting back to the topic here, Thomas can help in that sense.
 
Thomas is known as a fast break player? Amare is a fast break 4/5, Marion is a fast break 4/5. I never knew Thomas to be that type of player. But if you admit to that then so be it.
 
What I've seen from the Kings lately is they get into transition and they take a crappy shot from the field instead of going to the hoop and either getting the basket or a foul. That's another thing that has troubled me.
 
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Average PF with a jumper.
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Did I miss something ? When I watched him with the Sixers 2 years ago, he was a SF and at 6'7 that's pretty much what he is. He has post moves, but he is not a PF.

P.S. Averaging 10 ppg with Iverson in the lineup is really the same as averaging 15 a game anywhere else.
 
Actually, I seem to remember Kenny Thomas playing pretty well against Webb when he was a Rocket. Don't remember the specific line-ups but I do remember Thomas guarding Webber.

Anyone else remember Thomas v. Webb when he was a Rocket?
 
G_M, no, but I remember Thomas being matched-up against Pedja against Sixers in 2003. Of course, Pedja did pretty much whatever he wanted that game...
 
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