Temple Traded for Ben McLemore and Deyonte Davis (merged)
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Honestly one time last season I was in Lexus Club as Willie walked out toward the court slowly. He was in my doghouse at the time - I didn’t say anything but didn’t flag him down in particular either. My buddy who was seeking autographs said “I still love you Willie” and man it was kind of a cringe-worthy pathetic situation. He signed the thing for my friend but there was no real flash of life in his eyes.
I think WCS knows that nobody likes him (ok ok not ‘nobody’ .... but his “no motor” rep is not a secret).
I hope some friend, mentor, psychologist, priest, coach... somebody... helps him find another gear - for real - for permanent. He could be so good. And nobody would say anything like “I still love you” again.
But he just seems mentally fragile and odd. I felt it in that encounter... something with that guy isn’t right.
1:1 I feel like 14 other guys on the Kings would kick his ass in a fight. And that isn’t right.
If he could find that Dennis Rodman gear and play his weirdness to his advantage it would be awesome. Willie in 30% of the games is terrific.
I think WCS knows that nobody likes him (ok ok not ‘nobody’ .... but his “no motor” rep is not a secret).
I hope some friend, mentor, psychologist, priest, coach... somebody... helps him find another gear - for real - for permanent. He could be so good. And nobody would say anything like “I still love you” again.
But he just seems mentally fragile and odd. I felt it in that encounter... something with that guy isn’t right.
1:1 I feel like 14 other guys on the Kings would kick his ass in a fight. And that isn’t right.
If he could find that Dennis Rodman gear and play his weirdness to his advantage it would be awesome. Willie in 30% of the games is terrific.
Why would we waive Ben?! Just for a roster spot? He's arguably better than Jackson. If we waive Ben, then I would just as soon not make the trade and keep Temple. If we make another move for a wing then Ben's future on the team become dubious. Until then I anticipate he will be competing for rotational minutes in camp. May the best player win.
Who’s he going to beat out in the rotation? Buddy’s a better shooter, Bogdanovic is a better player all around, shumpert is a better defender I doubt he stays with the team. JJ is a lot more disciplined as a 2nd year player
The only thing Ben was good for was occasionally hitting a wide open 3, and stepping out of bounds with his back foot from the 3point line
The only thing Ben was good for was occasionally hitting a wide open 3, and stepping out of bounds with his back foot from the 3point line
Jackson is more disciplined? This translates how? I would contend he got torched as much defensively as Ben in his rookie season. Their stats were near identical with slight shooting edge to Jackson (52% to 48% TS). Neither did anything of note besides score. The difference is Jackson logged his sparse numbers at age 22 vs age 20 for Ben with less dysfunction around him. All variables considered I would say Ben had a better rookie year than Jackson. Yet I am not arguing in favor of Ben. I am saying what we have to choose from presently should not exclude Ben from consideration. Certainly as modest of a player as he may be, I would not waive him. This is what happens when Plan A (Mario) and Plan B (LaVine) don't pan out! And we don't even know if Shumpert can be healthy so I would not put him in front of Ben on the depth chart.
Ben had every opportunity to compete for a rotational spot and more his first time around. He was basically given a starting spot and starters minutes his first two and a half years in the league. Malone and the front office did everything they could to try and nudge him towards being a star, let alone a rotational piece. He never showed any growth and the only thing he ever could manage to do consistently was regress. A change of scenario didn't help either because he was bad in Memphis also. At this point we should not be sacrificing the development of our young guys for a guy who has shown absolutely nothing positive in his 5 years in the league.
Eric Pincus @EricPincus
The Grizzlies are sending $1,544,951 to the Kings in the Temple/Davis/McLemore deal - in 3 payments, the last of which is within 150 days of the July 17 deal @BBallInsiders
So they'll gladly pay us Tuesday for a cheeseburger today?
The Grizzlies are sending $1,544,951 to the Kings in the Temple/Davis/McLemore deal - in 3 payments, the last of which is within 150 days of the July 17 deal @BBallInsiders
So they'll gladly pay us Tuesday for a cheeseburger today?
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