So what position do you guys think Evans will play in the future?
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can he keep up with the speed of parker and cp3?? i like that he is a big point guard and i like that he is good defensively.. if things dont pan out with him at the point we will try moving him at the 2? then some one has to go then...
i hope his winning streak as a pointguard continue here with the kings
i hope his winning streak as a pointguard continue here with the kings
can he keep up with the speed of parker and cp3?? i like that he is a big point guard and i like that he is good defensively.. if things dont pan out with him at the point we will try moving him at the 2? then some one has to go then...
i hope his winning streak as a pointguard continue here with the kings
i hope his winning streak as a pointguard continue here with the kings
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evans seems like the player that we wanted douby to be.... but to be honest i dont like the idea of starting him at pg. he has to beat out beno and sergio for the starting spot or even real minutes at the position. if that doesnt workout and he truly is a sg then instead of trading amrtin imediately we keep both and let evans learn the position. we suck.... there is no rush to trade our players unless we are getting a superstar in return.
if we get a pg in exchange for martin we will need to get rid of beno. but there is another option, trading evans if he turns out to be a sg. he could net us a pretty good young pg.
if we get a pg in exchange for martin we will need to get rid of beno. but there is another option, trading evans if he turns out to be a sg. he could net us a pretty good young pg.
If things don't go well for Evans at PG I still wonder if he and Kmart could play well together at the #2-#3 spots. It would still leave questions with the PG position, but the rest of the line-up would be interesting:
PG: Beno/Sergio
#2-3: Kmart, Evans
#4: JT
#5: Hawes
Kmart is tall enough to be a #3, but his slight frame makes him more of a #2. Evans is too short for the #3 but his long arm span and ability to get hoops near the basket make him play "bigger" than most #2's. It would be non-traditional, but it might work.
PG: Beno/Sergio
#2-3: Kmart, Evans
#4: JT
#5: Hawes
Kmart is tall enough to be a #3, but his slight frame makes him more of a #2. Evans is too short for the #3 but his long arm span and ability to get hoops near the basket make him play "bigger" than most #2's. It would be non-traditional, but it might work.
I still - after so many different posts with different names - don't understand the fascination some people have to try and place players out of their most likely positions. Kevin Martin is not a small forward. Never was, never will be.
If things don't go well for Evans at the point, we'll have to look elsewhere for the player who can step into the 1. If Evans is as good as some say he might be, there could come a point in time when we have to decide if we want to be like the Spurs and rotate two good players at one position or if we want to ship one of them out.
If things don't go well for Evans at the point, we'll have to look elsewhere for the player who can step into the 1. If Evans is as good as some say he might be, there could come a point in time when we have to decide if we want to be like the Spurs and rotate two good players at one position or if we want to ship one of them out.
I will fulfill my role.
Somehow I rather doubt that we went to all this trouble to add toughness and wash the pink out of our uniforms just to move Kevin up to SF to be the softest SF in the league. Not good for us. Not good Kevin. Just not good.
Somehow I rather doubt that we went to all this trouble to add toughness and wash the pink out of our uniforms just to move Kevin up to SF to be the softest SF in the league. Not good for us. Not good Kevin. Just not good.
The best post that explains why it is necessary to pick Tyreke Evans over Rubio, Flynn, etc. It's too hard to pass on a guy with this kind of resume whos got all the potential to be a great player and who can solve our problem at PG and SG position.
To me it does not matter whether he will be a better player as PG or SG for now. We haven't got our ideal player for both positions anyways. Let's face it. Martin with all his prowess in scoring still sucks as a SG, because he is a liability in defense and cannot create his own shots. Beno is even worse as our starter at PG. Tyreke Evans gives us added flexibility in upgrading either positions in our process of rebuilding.
To me it does not matter whether he will be a better player as PG or SG for now. We haven't got our ideal player for both positions anyways. Let's face it. Martin with all his prowess in scoring still sucks as a SG, because he is a liability in defense and cannot create his own shots. Beno is even worse as our starter at PG. Tyreke Evans gives us added flexibility in upgrading either positions in our process of rebuilding.
I did not say that Kevin was going to be the SF. I was thinking that Kmart and Evans would place themselves at the wing positions, Hawes in the low post and JT at the high post. The offense would have a 1-3-1 look to it before the plays start. Hawes and JT would be able to play a high/low game and Kmart and Evans would be able to slash and cut to the basket. I do not really see how anyone is out of position with that set-up. In fact, it looks like everyone would be in their natural position at that point.
On defense, who would defend who? Well, any time Kmart is on the floor you have a defensive liability. Hopefully, he will guard to poorest player on the floor. It will be interesting to see how tall of a player Evans can defend with his long arm span. Can he effectively defend someone 6'8"?
On defense, who would defend who? Well, any time Kmart is on the floor you have a defensive liability. Hopefully, he will guard to poorest player on the floor. It will be interesting to see how tall of a player Evans can defend with his long arm span. Can he effectively defend someone 6'8"?
I love this post. Seriously, right on the money. Evans was not scared to work out for multiple teams. With his basketball resume, he could have easily refused to work out for people ala Thabeet or Rubio. He backed up the hype that was around him. He raised his draft stock by performance, not through his agent. Give me a guy that shows up and performs over the guy that hides for fear of slipping in the draft any day. Plus, he loves it here. No better draft choice in my opinion.
With Evans, positional versatility isn't a bad thing. The hope is that he's capable of playing the one or the two both from an offensive and defensive perspective... that's a rare trait in today's NBA. He's gonna play the point to start but similar to Wade I'm sure he'll see a lot of time at each guard position depending on what the matchup dictates. It's hard for me to envision Evans not being at least as effective as Stuckey is as a PG but if for some reason he just can't play the point full-time in the NBA then at least he has another position where he has a chance at excelling at. With Rubio or Flynn if they aren't very good NBA PG's that's it... they were a wasted pick.
I think Evans definitely has the ability to play the point. He'll never be a pure, pass first point guard like, say, Steve Nash or Jason Kidd, but that doesn't mean he can't be a very good point guard.
And while his 1.08/1 A/T ratio is troubling, a number of very successful NBA point guards have posted similar numbers in their freshman seasons.
Chauncey Billups - Freshman Year: 1.2/1 NBA Career: 2.8/1
Devin Harris - Freshman Year: 1.05/1 NBA Career: 2.15/1
Allen Iverson - Freshman Year: 1/1 NBA Career: 2/1
Gilbert Arenas - Freshman Year: .81/1 NBA Career: 1.66/1
Steve Nash - Freshman Year: 1.08/1 NBA Career: 2.96/1
And while his 1.08/1 A/T ratio is troubling, a number of very successful NBA point guards have posted similar numbers in their freshman seasons.
Chauncey Billups - Freshman Year: 1.2/1 NBA Career: 2.8/1
Devin Harris - Freshman Year: 1.05/1 NBA Career: 2.15/1
Allen Iverson - Freshman Year: 1/1 NBA Career: 2/1
Gilbert Arenas - Freshman Year: .81/1 NBA Career: 1.66/1
Steve Nash - Freshman Year: 1.08/1 NBA Career: 2.96/1
I think that's the major problem here... people have different opinions on what a "real" point guard is. 2 or 3 of those guys aren't pass first point guards but all of them are legitimate starting NBA PG's.
Put it like this... if you had a choice between Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo for this Kings team who are you gonna take? Wade everytime and you're not gonna worry about the fact that he's gonna play point most of the time because we have Kevin at the two. Imo the Kings drafted Evans with Wade in mind... best case is Evans develops into a simialar player as Wade, maybe not quite as amazing as Dwyane but at least similar. If you have a chance to draft a guy with a Dwyane Wade ceiling you do it and that's exactly what we did.
Put it like this... if you had a choice between Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo for this Kings team who are you gonna take? Wade everytime and you're not gonna worry about the fact that he's gonna play point most of the time because we have Kevin at the two. Imo the Kings drafted Evans with Wade in mind... best case is Evans develops into a simialar player as Wade, maybe not quite as amazing as Dwyane but at least similar. If you have a chance to draft a guy with a Dwyane Wade ceiling you do it and that's exactly what we did.
Coming out of college Kevin Johnson was more of a scoring point guard. Unless we have the fortune of drafting Wall next year Evans will be the point and will flourish under Westphal, who happens to like combo guards.
How many PG's in the league are his size. He will be abusing most PG's for many years.
How many PG's in the league are his size. He will be abusing most PG's for many years.
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