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was it worth signing beno?

  • NOT!!

    Votes: 41 46.6%

  • YES!!

    Votes: 9 10.2%

  • i wish we wouldve signed him to 2 or 3 years with half the pay and not 6

    Votes: 38 43.2%
  • Total voters
    88
Bricklayer said:
Brown has shown little ability to run a team and extreme inconsistency, and Cisco would stand no chance against starting PGs and defenses that woudl swarm him if teams could gameplan around him bringng it up. Beno is the guy.

And I've mentioned this before -- the absolute WORST thing we could do with Beno, regardless of whether we are planning on keeping him or planning on moving him, is to bench him. You do that and you have just created another immoveable Kenny Thomas contract. Your only hope is to play him, and have him either earn the money, or put up good enough stats that another team will take him. You bench him, and you have completely screwed yourself. If we've got some hotshot lottery pick waiting behind him, sure. We don't. We've got an inconsistent shoot first guy we signed out of summer league, a 35 year old with one leg in retirement, and a swingman with shaky ballhandling and decisionmaking skills. Beno has to be the guy this year until he either produces, or gets traded. There is no realistic upside for us in any other scenario.
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That's quite a Hobsian choice - you play him and you screw yourself, or you don't play him and you screw yourself. How about if we compromise and determine what the tipping point is? Exactly how many minutes do we have to play him in order to keep him in the tradeable category? Twenty minutes? If so, I wouldn't play him one minute more...
 
I agree that we need to play him. I hate Beno, I hated him last year still do but when your team is this bad it is really hard to get in a rythym. He still deserves to play.
 
Got his off Hoopsworld. I know, not the most reliable source, but still someone thinks Beno isn't the worst.

Carmichael in Memphis:
Supposedly the kings and griz are talking trade. What names,if any,are you hearing thrown around? Mike conley for somebody maybe?


Bill Ingram:
There's some belief that Udrih is out of favor now that Theus is gone - I could see the Grizzlies wanting Udrih as a possible upgrade at point guard. Lowry looks good one night and terrible the next. As good as their front court could be, they need a serious point to get them going. Not sure the Kings would want Conley, and frankly in occasional talks with their braintrust I've never heard the Grizz mentioned.
 
id be so down for a beno/moore for conley/darko trade... darko is trash buut at least hes young... and he doesnt even play, is he injured or something?
 
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