jcwkings
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Ben is the Jason Thompson of SG's. Every year we bring a replacement and every year by hook or by crook he ends up starting.
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Tetsujin
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Yep.
Hoovtrain
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2000 Nick Anderson reincarnated
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Kings play
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Although this season, he's actually looked like a capable NBA player.
The last couple of times around, he got his starting role purely by not sucking as bad as all the guys brought in to replace him.
whoopdeedoo
Bench
Cousins with no free throws at the half despite many plays down in the post. He has some work to do if he wants to hit his average of 10.7.
Hoovtrain
All-Star
lol I guess it was applicable to both
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Does that make Bogdan Doug Christie?
Hoovtrain
All-Star
We can only hope
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I'm especially nonplussed about what our offense is supposed to be. It seems to just be a random collection of unconnected events. I have no idea what the theory is, what the plays are, or anything else. Stuff just sort of happens.
Yeah...I kind of doubt that Ben wants to come back next year. The Kings have his rights, but I wouldn't be surprised if both parties decided to equally part away. I doubt he gets PAID though. Probably ends up on like a 2 year $6m deal with PO or something similar.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Hey, it looked like something at the start of the second quarter. Then Matt Barnes and our guards got a little shot happy and things got out of hand.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
If that's what he winds up getting and I'm Vlade, I'm matching that no questions asked. 2 years at 6 million dollars is a bargain in the modern NBA.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Kings starters, at halftime of an NBA game:
Cousins 9pts 3reb 4ast
Gay 2pts 2reb 2ast
Koufos 1pt 3reb 0ast
Afflalo 2pts 0reb 1ast
Lawson 3pts 2reb 0ast
swell
Cousins 9pts 3reb 4ast
Gay 2pts 2reb 2ast
Koufos 1pt 3reb 0ast
Afflalo 2pts 0reb 1ast
Lawson 3pts 2reb 0ast
swell
SLAB
Hall of Famer
You're probably right. He's been through some **** in good ol' Sacramento.
I'd love for him to finally turn into a real player here though... Always had a soft spot for McBen despite the maddening inconsistency .
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Still waiting on the Joerger defense. Another half, another 50% shooting affair for the opposing team.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Boogie obviously not doing a good enough job helping his teammates produce.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
Clearly there's only one singular problem in that list.
Yeah, you're right. Kings might match that because Ben is still young in NBA age and he has potential left in the tank. I guess I was thinking more of Seth Curry...then I forgot Curry is already 26 and was undrafted.
Ben will be a unique situation once FA comes. If he plays the way he did the first 5 games...I think he's going to get at least 10m somewhere.
His QO is going to be one year at $5.375M, so I don't think he'd sign a deal for 2/$6M - at least not if we give him the QO.
Livinthedream
All-Star
Wouldn't be surprised if he left simply to get away from the fan hate he's received since he was drafted. Deservedly or not, he's been absolutely abused by the fan base and media here. Hard to love a place that doesn't love you back.
Livinthedream
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Jason Jones has said Kings will give him a QO.
That is sensible. But my point is we can't reasonably hope to match a 2/$6M contract for Ben, because if we have the ability to match, he'll have a 1/$5.375M contract in his back pocket and he wouldn't sign for so low as 2/$6M.
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