Sim Bhullar

Did you see him dribble the ball before that hook shot? The guy has an insanely long way to go before becoming a serviceable NBA player. He has a couple of skills and height. The rest of his game looks on par with the average high school kid.

I don't think they're asking him to play PG. Did you ever see Mutombo take anyone off the dirbble. He has a 7'3"brother at New Mexico St. Maybe we can draft him and have twin towers. We could play Cuz at SF. The hell with this small ball stuff...:rolleyes:
 
I've been saying all along, Sim needs to lose another 40-50lbs or so in order to allow himself to realize his potential. If he can lose the weight and get into good playing shape, he should have a roster spot on a NBA team. 7'5" guys that can play a bit don't come around that often.

I'm just baffled by how the heck did he put on so much weight while playing sports. This is Sim after losing around 40 lbs supposedly. What the heck was he eating everyday?
 
Dribbling is completely irrelevant for a 7'5" player. Its not even a relevant skill. This is a post to post player.

This.

Just because Cuz can cross people over, we expect every big to have handles?

Sim is huge... All he needs to be able to do is get to his spots, be able to catch a pass or grab a rebound. Dude doesn't need to ever put the ball on the floor.
 
You could easily add the following to this quote.

"They said we were wrong to fire Malone. And they were right. The team completely fell apart. And I'm in the process of removing those "very smart people" that gave me such horrible advice. I don't like paying 3 coaches at the same time, and no longer support their decision making. In fact, I was flat out wrong, and have moved to make sure those responsible never make another decision again. I had to overrule many in the front office to hire both Vlade and Karl. **** those guys."
IMO, what was wrong was hiring Malone instead of a true and tested very good coach right in the very beginning. But I cannot blame him for trying out on Malone. We were far away from contending and a trusted and cheap rookie coach may suffice to farther the player's development. And I had come to think probably Vivek thought why not give a chance to his trusted and very good friend defensive coach Malone? We all know Malone was good. Even Vivek was thankful for Malone's contributions in defense. But sadly it turned out he was not good enough. And let us not be biased revisionists because we all saw what was wrong and what we saw were fully documented in the countless/numerous threads in this board. Malone showed flaws in his ability to make adjustments in other areas of his coaching. Our offense were very predictable, poor rotations, and in-game adjustments were just horrible. He was not the perfect coach that some of us seemingly insinuate (as evident in our inability to move on without Malone and our propensiy to crucify Vivek/FO for the move). And he is also not Cousins' biological father for Cousins to rebel about or care that much too. Cousins had moved on. So, moved on. The fear that a brute player like Cousins going into a dramatic depression because he lost his favorite coach should be the least to worry about - especially when it is out now that Malone was not a strong believer in Cousins when he got here. It was the best move to replace Malone with someone better sooner or later. It so happened Corbin was an assistant coach with real NBA coaching experience. So, they took a chance on Corbin too, which I think is the right move to do to at least give a chance on someone second in line and within the organization and with actual NBA coaching experience. All done while at the same time being flexible and looking for a true and tested coach. So, these moves were actually not too bad and were very good gestures to both Malone and Corbin. Again, I don't believe Malone or Corbin were maliciously maligned or their careers were destroyed for us fans to crucify Vivek/FO.

Another thing, if ever PDA gets fired (as some of us are predicting) don't get your hopes too high that there would be a specific admission of mistake on hiring him too. I think Vivek is not that kind of a monster to kick PDA some more while he is down or while PDA just got fired (just so he could satisfy some fan's ego). We have to realized some things are really bigger than us fans. I really believe Vivek knows that is the least honorable thing to do to someone who just got fired - ruin a person's reputation some more by giving unnecessary apologies and endless negative specifics on why a person got fired.

BTW, to me the team did not completely fell apart. But it will fall apart, because of the endless conspiracy theories some of us fans wants to propagate. These concocted negative theories that's meant to portray the franchise as chaotic shows it affects Cousins. And we all know if Cousins go, that will be a hell of a set-back for the team.

I guess what I am saying is I see the whole thing as necessary moves that sadly temporary set-backs are consequences - ALL for the betterment of the future of the franchise. And there will be more coming.
 
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IMO, what was wrong was hiring Malone instead of a true and tested very good coach right in the very beginning. But I cannot blame him for trying out on Malone. We were far away from contending and a trusted and cheap rookie coach may suffice to farther the player's development. And I had come to think probably Vivek thought why not give a chance to his trusted and very good friend defensive coach Malone? We all know Malone was good. Even Vivek was thankful for Malone's contributions in defense. But sadly it turned out he was not good enough. And let us not be biased revisionists because we all saw what was wrong and what we saw were fully documented in the countless/numerous threads in this board. Malone showed flaws in his ability to make adjustments in other areas of his coaching. Our offense were very predictable, poor rotations, and in-game adjustments were just horrible. He was not the perfect coach that some of us seemingly insinuate (as evident in our inability to move on without Malone and our propensiy to crucify Vivek/FO for the move). And he is also not Cousins' biological father for Cousins to rebel about or care that much too. Cousins had moved on. So, moved on. The fear that a brute player like Cousins going into a dramatic depression because he lost his favorite coach should be the least to worry about - especially when it is out now that Malone was not a strong believer in Cousins when he got here. It was the best move to replace Malone with someone better sooner or later. It so happened Corbin was an assistant coach with real NBA coaching experience. So, they took a chance on Corbin too, which I think is the right move to do to at least give a chance on someone second in line and within the organization and with actual NBA coaching experience. All done while at the same time being flexible and looking for a true and tested coach. So, these moves were actually not too bad and were very good gestures to both Malone and Corbin. Again, I don't believe Malone or Corbin were maliciously maligned or their careers were destroyed for us fans to crucify Vivek/FO.

Another thing, if ever PDA gets fired (as some of us are predicting) don't get your hopes too high that there would be a specific admission of mistake on hiring him too. I think Vivek is not that kind of a monster to kick PDA some more while he is down or while PDA just got fired (just so he could satisfy some fan's ego). We have to realized some things are really bigger than us fans. I really believe Vivek knows that is the least honorable thing to do to someone who just got fired - ruin a person's reputation some more by giving unnecessary apologies and endless negative specifics on why a person got fired.

BTW, to me the team did not completely fell apart. But it will fall apart, because of the endless conspiracy theories some of us fans wants to propagate. These concocted negative theories that's meant to portray the franchise as chaotic shows it affects Cousins. And we all know if Cousins go, that will be a hell of a set-back for the team.

I guess what I am saying is I see the whole thing as necessary moves that sadly temporary set-backs are consequences - ALL for the betterment of the future of the franchise. And there will be more coming.
Who ARE you? Really....
 
You don't know how much more...? *scoff sputter *

Dude, I don't know how much more KingsFans can correct your repetitive inaccurate statements of delusional belief.
I don't know how much more of a Vivek mouthpiece you can prove yourself to be.
I don't know how much more blatantly obvious something can be before you recognize it.
You know too well what has always been my problem with some post. You seem to connect Cousins name in everything happening in the team which is unfair to Cousins and those people you want to involved, since your theories were all negative. And our BIG guy don't want his name in this backward, third-world market rumors disguised as intelligent conspiracy theories.

And now, you want to portray Vivek/FO/Marketing as putting less value on Cousins just because Sim is getting a lot more attention these days?

Cousins VS. Sim now, really?

You know very well that will not bode well with Cousins and that is insane. Why bother mentioning it in this board. Is that what the voices in your head whispers in your ears?
 
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You know too well what has always been my problem with some post. You seem to connect Cousins name in everything happening in the team which is unfair to those people you want to involved. And our BIG guy don't want his name in this backward, third-world market rumors disguised as intelligent conspiracy theories. The world is flat and there are no credible reports of UFOs.

And now, you want to portray Vivek/FO/Marketing as putting more value on Sim than Cousins?

You know very well that will not bode well with Cousins and that is insane. Why bother mentioning it in this board. Is that what the voices in our heads are telling us?

Back away from the ledge. I'm pretty damned sure DeMarcus isn't going to lose any sleep at all over what's posted here on KF. If you want to continue your interminable debate with IfAt1st over this, please take it to a private conversation. Almost everybody else would just like to move on... Thanks ever so.
 
. All he needs to be able to do is get to his spots, be able to catch a pass or grab a rebound. Dude doesn't need to ever put the ball on the floor.[/quote]

if. Only Duane Causwell could have known this. ;)
 
I don't think they're asking him to play PG. Did you ever see Mutombo take anyone off the dirbble. He has a 7'3"brother at New Mexico St. Maybe we can draft him and have twin towers. We could play Cuz at SF. The hell with this small ball stuff...:rolleyes:

No but I did see him take a couple dribbles to set up a hook shot and not look like I did when I was 8 years old.

Not saying Sim has to have ball handling skills but lets not act like he didn't look god awful in every facet before that hook.
 
No but I did see him take a couple dribbles to set up a hook shot and not look like I did when I was 8 years old.

Not saying Sim has to have ball handling skills but lets not act like he didn't look god awful in every facet before that hook.

We can already say he's looked awful after 3 total minutes of play? That seems crazy to me.

Let's see what kind of shape he comes in during summer league and preseason. He's absolutely made progress with his weight, there's no denying that. He just needs to keep it going
 
We can already say he's looked awful after 3 total minutes of play? That seems crazy to me.

Let's see what kind of shape he comes in during summer league and preseason. He's absolutely made progress with his weight, there's no denying that. He just needs to keep it going

He's not wrong (and I don't recall the word awful being used). Sim shuffled his feet and looked awkward prior to his hook shot. He's as much a project as anyone else in his position.
That said, his ability to come into camp in shape will certainly dictate what kind of energy the FO will be willing to invest in him. If he comes in with a strong work ethic (to me, demonstrated by working on the primary thing keeping him off the floor), I'm sure that the FO will continue to invest in him, because you can't coach height.
 
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We can already say he's looked awful after 3 total minutes of play? That seems crazy to me.

Let's see what kind of shape he comes in during summer league and preseason. He's absolutely made progress with his weight, there's no denying that. He just needs to keep it going

Yeah I can say that. When you watch the game for years you can tell the difference in NBA players and low level D-League players pretty quickly. This isn't a knock on Sim. I hope he winds up being a defensive monster in the future. My gripe is that he's not even one of the best players on his D-League roster so he definitely doesn't belong on the Kings roster. Maybe in the future but not right now.
 
IMO, what was wrong was hiring Malone instead of a true and tested very good coach right in the very beginning. But I cannot blame him for trying out on Malone. We were far away from contending and a trusted and cheap rookie coach may suffice to farther the player's development. And I had come to think probably Vivek thought why not give a chance to his trusted and very good friend defensive coach Malone? We all know Malone was good. Even Vivek was thankful for Malone's contributions in defense. But sadly it turned out he was not good enough. And let us not be biased revisionists because we all saw what was wrong and what we saw were fully documented in the countless/numerous threads in this board. Malone showed flaws in his ability to make adjustments in other areas of his coaching. Our offense were very predictable, poor rotations, and in-game adjustments were just horrible. He was not the perfect coach that some of us seemingly insinuate (as evident in our inability to move on without Malone and our propensiy to crucify Vivek/FO for the move). And he is also not Cousins' biological father for Cousins to rebel about or care that much too. Cousins had moved on. So, moved on. The fear that a brute player like Cousins going into a dramatic depression because he lost his favorite coach should be the least to worry about - especially when it is out now that Malone was not a strong believer in Cousins when he got here. It was the best move to replace Malone with someone better sooner or later. It so happened Corbin was an assistant coach with real NBA coaching experience. So, they took a chance on Corbin too, which I think is the right move to do to at least give a chance on someone second in line and within the organization and with actual NBA coaching experience. All done while at the same time being flexible and looking for a true and tested coach. So, these moves were actually not too bad and were very good gestures to both Malone and Corbin. Again, I don't believe Malone or Corbin were maliciously maligned or their careers were destroyed for us fans to crucify Vivek/FO.

Another thing, if ever PDA gets fired (as some of us are predicting) don't get your hopes too high that there would be a specific admission of mistake on hiring him too. I think Vivek is not that kind of a monster to kick PDA some more while he is down or while PDA just got fired (just so he could satisfy some fan's ego). We have to realized some things are really bigger than us fans. I really believe Vivek knows that is the least honorable thing to do to someone who just got fired - ruin a person's reputation some more by giving unnecessary apologies and endless negative specifics on why a person got fired.

BTW, to me the team did not completely fell apart. But it will fall apart, because of the endless conspiracy theories some of us fans wants to propagate. These concocted negative theories that's meant to portray the franchise as chaotic shows it affects Cousins. And we all know if Cousins go, that will be a hell of a set-back for the team.

I guess what I am saying is I see the whole thing as necessary moves that sadly temporary set-backs are consequences - ALL for the betterment of the future of the franchise. And there will be more coming.
His mother said in an interview when asked this same question that that he ate ketchup and bread.

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Yeah I can say that. When you watch the game for years you can tell the difference in NBA players and low level D-League players pretty quickly. This isn't a knock on Sim. I hope he winds up being a defensive monster in the future. My gripe is that he's not even one of the best players on his D-League roster so he definitely doesn't belong on the Kings roster. Maybe in the future but not right now.

Nice little cheap-shot, but I'm fairly comfortable in evaluating NBA talent, thanks.

I don't see a talent issue with Sim. I see a significant weight/speed of the game issue. Now you can argue that's part of having "NBA talent" but getting in shape is also the one thing you can teach just about anyone, especially with access to some of the best trainers in the world.

And how is he not one of the best D-League players on the roster? Dude was at 10.3 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 3.9 BPG and shooting 72% FG. And he improved drastically every month. And significantly improved his conditioning, playing 25 MPG.

I also never said anything about him deserving a roster spot when games matter. The last few games of this season, IDC, but we need see big strides in Summer league/training camp/preseason for him to make the team.
 
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Nice little cheap-shot, but I'm fairly comfortable in evaluating NBA talent, thanks.

I don't see a talent issue with Sim. I see a significant weight/speed of the game issue. Now you can argue that's part of having "NBA talent" but getting in shape is also the one thing you can teach just about anyone.

And how is he not one of the best D-League players on the roster? Dude was at 10.3 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 3.9 BPG and shooting 72% FG. And he improved drastically every month. And significantly improved his conditioning, playing 25 MPG.

I also never said anything about him deserving a roster spot when games matter. The last few games of this season, IDC, but we need see big strides in Summer league/training camp/preseason for him to make the team.

Sorry man that wasn't meant to be a cheap shot. It looks like that now that I've reread it but that wasn't my intention at all when writing it.
 
Can a Kings fan please tell me that with the news of Gay & Cousins shutting it down for the season, does that mean Bhullar will get the start for remainder of season for the Kings
 
Can a Kings fan please tell me that with the news of Gay & Cousins shutting it down for the season, does that mean Bhullar will get the start for remainder of season for the Kings

No.

Bhullar was on a ten-day contract, which has expired. He was replaced for the final three games by David Stockton and will not be on the roster.
 
No.

Bhullar was on a ten-day contract, which has expired. He was replaced for the final three games by David Stockton and will not be on the roster.
That's lame. Since these last games are pointless and them needing a C with Cousins out, would have made more sense to have just gone with Bhullar and see what he can do in extended minutes.
 
That's lame. Since these last games are pointless and them needing a C with Cousins out, would have made more sense to have just gone with Bhullar and see what he can do in extended minutes.

I've laid it out in the David Stockton thread, but I believe the reason is essentially this:

They could sign either Stockton or Bhullar for the last three games, but not both (due to roster size limits). By signing Stockton to a "2-year" deal which finishes out the season and is unguaranteed for next season, he can potentially be included in a trade in the offseason as salary cap filler that can subsequently be waived. This is a recently-popular trick and could potentially be a major help to us in a trade (in which we might otherwise have to include either Ray or Moreland to match salary). However, if they signed Bhullar to one of these deals then he becomes "tradebait" and Vivek likely does not want to use Bhullar for that but would prefer to keep him in the organization. So Stockton it is.
 
That's lame. Since these last games are pointless and them needing a C with Cousins out, would have made more sense to have just gone with Bhullar and see what he can do in extended minutes.

What he would have done in extended minutes would not have been pretty. It was apparent that he is not in NBA-ready condition for anything more than a few spot minutes off the bench.
 
I've laid it out in the David Stockton thread, but I believe the reason is essentially this:

They could sign either Stockton or Bhullar for the last three games, but not both (due to roster size limits). By signing Stockton to a "2-year" deal which finishes out the season and is unguaranteed for next season, he can potentially be included in a trade in the offseason as salary cap filler that can subsequently be waived. This is a recently-popular trick and could potentially be a major help to us in a trade (in which we might otherwise have to include either Ray or Moreland to match salary). However, if they signed Bhullar to one of these deals then he becomes "tradebait" and Vivek likely does not want to use Bhullar for that but would prefer to keep him in the organization. So Stockton it is.
If including or protecting Dleague players is our strategy we are in big trouble. Let's not bank on Bhullar as part of our future pls.
 
If including or protecting Dleague players is our strategy we are in big trouble. Let's not bank on Bhullar as part of our future pls.

funny you use the word bank bc that is exactly why we are protecting our big indian giant. he is the gateway to the untapped indian market.
 
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