Kings assign Hassan Whiteside to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League
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Great. Send him down to get him some work and Muss is going to destroy his confidence further. With the way his minutes have dwindled in the last three games at this point I'm all for bringing him back and trying to find him a few minutes in the first half and then whatever garbagetime mintues there are. Can't be worse for his development than this Reno debacle. I mean, seriously, 15.3 points/10.7 rebounds/9.2 blocks per 36, and they've got a whole 2 minutes available for him?
Musselman must really have a hard on for Petrie, because he hasn't played Whiteside much at all eventhough he's stayed out of foul trouble the last 2+ weeks. The D-League was meant to have a working relationship with the NBA where teams could send young players down and let them get playing time and experience. It's also supposed to be a feeder system for the NBA. It won't work if you have guys like Muss who have their own seperate agenda.
There's no rhym or reason in the decision not to play Whiteside more. He's leading the damn league in BPG. Seems to me Muss couldn't care less about helping in the develoment of Whiteside, or his teams win/loss column, and is instead more concerned with making a personal statement towards Petrie. Only problem with that is we're supposed to have a positive, working relationship with Reno, where we can trust that if we send a young player down there he'll get playing time.
I know one thing, riding the bench in the NBA is better than riding the bench in the D-Laegue.
There's no rhym or reason in the decision not to play Whiteside more. He's leading the damn league in BPG. Seems to me Muss couldn't care less about helping in the develoment of Whiteside, or his teams win/loss column, and is instead more concerned with making a personal statement towards Petrie. Only problem with that is we're supposed to have a positive, working relationship with Reno, where we can trust that if we send a young player down there he'll get playing time.
I know one thing, riding the bench in the NBA is better than riding the bench in the D-Laegue.
He got a whopping 2:27 of play in the last game, and was 1-3 with 0 BS. In contrast, Marcus Landry and Ewing Jr. got 37 and 30 minutes, respectively. The game before that he had 3 blocks and 1 point in 6 minutes. We might as well be playing him here in garbage time, unless he is really so bad that he can't get minutes on the Bighorns.
NBDL players are contractually obligated to the league itself, not the club for which they play for. NBA players who have been relegated to the D-League by their major league teams remain obligated to their NBA contracts of which supposedly each NBDL roster is required to have at least two contracted NBA players (in the case of Reno Big Horns I guess would be two total from Kings/Warriors). So players not signed to an NBA contract are free to sign with anyone - although perhaps their tiny NBDL season contract might have to be "bought out."
Of note: It's been reported, average NBA D-League salary is $12,000 to $24,000 a season. While NBA players are paid $100 a day for expenses when they are traveling to and from road games, NBA D-League players are paid $30.00. Average NBA player salary is $5.8 million which is significantly higher than average salary in other major pro team sports. It's claimed that over past two years average NBA salary has declined about 10% but new CBA proposed by the league would cut it further - the question is how much?
Yup. Somewhere I saw breakdown of what pro athletes get in salary on average per game of their regular schedule - but it was several years ago so a bit dated. Of course, NBA plays 82 games, NHL 82, MLB 162, NFL 16 (although proposing to go to 18) with TV contracts each pro league negotiates (plus major colleges too) most lucrative of all their various revenue sources.
Thta's a different issue. The size of NBA contracts per player remains deceptive...or if not deceptive then not really comparable to other sports because fo the smaller roster. The NBA players as a whole aren't being played more than their counterparts as a whole (or at least not wildly more), but they are paid more per player simply because it takes less players to stage the event. If your football game earns $1million dollars but takes 90 players on the two combined rosters to play, while your basketball game earns $1million dollars but takes only 24 players to play, well the basketball players are going to get paid more per player, even though each sport's players may take in exactly the same amount in total.
Nice dunk from Whiteside, from Jason Jones' twitter: http://sbn.to/fFG1Z5
In other news, Whiteside with 13 mins and 8 points in the last game. I see that Jeremy Lin joined the Bighorns too.
In other news, Whiteside with 13 mins and 8 points in the last game. I see that Jeremy Lin joined the Bighorns too.
One has to wonder if the Kings have any imput as to how they want their players handled or the amount of minutes they'd like them to get. I realize that Musslehead is the coach, but the Kings and the Warriors are sponsers for the team. Whiteside would probably learn more from practicing against his teammates on the Kings than he would playing 5 minutes a night. He must think he's been delegated to basketball hell. One things for sure. He'll really appreciate the NBA when he returns.
I actually rank Musslehead above Westphool.... Just by a hair though.
Whiteside must be raw as heck to not be getting PT. I doubt Muss is down there trying to screw us over by not playing our prospect. Dude wants to win as a coach, even if he's a d-league coach. If Whiteside can help him win, he'll get minutes. If Whiteside is wandering around the court, lost and confused, he'll get the bench.
Whiteside has ADD right? Maybe he needs to up the ritalin?
Whiteside must be raw as heck to not be getting PT. I doubt Muss is down there trying to screw us over by not playing our prospect. Dude wants to win as a coach, even if he's a d-league coach. If Whiteside can help him win, he'll get minutes. If Whiteside is wandering around the court, lost and confused, he'll get the bench.
Whiteside has ADD right? Maybe he needs to up the ritalin?