Welcome Maxime Raynaud

[The_Jamal]

Totally agree with this sentiment, and is an example of someone I would want my kids to emulate; however, I think the question is whether he has enough of a nasty streak in him, or if he'll get pushed around in the NBA. I preface, I know nothing about college basketball anymore, but physicality seemed to be the knock against him in college. Will be very interesting to see how he competes in summer league.

Potentially, but this is a guy who averaged over 10 rebounds last season and 9.4 the year before. 18.1% TRB as a college player. That would be 13th in the NBA last season. For reference, Domas as the best rebounder in basketball was at 22.2% TRB last year. And he's a guy that primarily plays around the perimeter on O

I dont think this is a soft kid at all. I'd be a lot more worried if he were a 5 REB guy

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I saw somewhere reddit/bluesky(?) that he was asked not to go for blocks or do too much on defense at Stanford to stay out of foul trouble. Maybe he gets into the NBA and is given a different assignment and runs with it.

 

[sactowndog]

Sacramento Kings rookie Maxime Raynaud ready for Summer League in Las Vegas​

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Not clear to me yet if he would be more impactful on the floor or the front office.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

I saw somewhere reddit/bluesky(?) that he was asked not to go for blocks or do too much on defense at Stanford to stay out of foul trouble. Maybe he gets into the NBA and is given a different assignment and runs with it.

He has said so himself in several interviews. He was given more of a green light is the last 10 games of the season or so and his shotblocking skyrocketed.

 

[CVKingsfan]

An article with more detailed information about Maxime's increase in blocks his final season at Standford:

Sacramento Kings Rookie on an Added Skill to His Game

Former Stanford Cardinal Maxime Raynaud recently spoke about a dormant skill to his game that he's ready to unleash with the Sacramento Kings

www.si.com

 

[SLAB]

This guy’s the only summer league guy I remotely want to watch tomorrow.

 

[The_Jamal]

This guy’s the only summer league guy I remotely want to watch tomorrow.

Really? I got my eyes on a ton of dudes

Carter and nique and what the ball handling distribution looks like
Raynaud and Cardwell and can Raynaud play with another big?
How have IJones and Icraw developed?
What's our new two-way PG, Isaiah Steven's look like?

Certainly our most fun summer league team on awhile

 

[joemama]

I dunno Cardwell seems like a perfect fit.

 

[gunks]

This guy’s the only summer league guy I remotely want to watch tomorrow.

I'm excited for several players, especially Nique and Carter, but I get it.

I'm definitely wondering how Raynaud dropped to us given his size and skill set haha

 

[Noble]

Really enjoyed that interview, good head on his shoulders and seems to have a good outlook on what needs to be done

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I'm definitely wondering how Raynaud dropped to us given his size and skill set haha

His agent told teams not to draft him.

 

[The_Jamal]

His agent told teams not to draft him.

Yeah, not entirely sure WHY Sacramento was such a destination for him (close to Stanford?), but hey. We take it

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Yeah, not entirely sure WHY Sacramento was such a destination for him (close to Stanford?), but hey. We take it

Guessing possibly familiarity with NoCal coupled with learning from Domas? And probably a commitment to a guaranteed contract and opportunity for playing time.

 

[TaxMan]

Really? I got my eyes on a ton of dudes

Carter and nique and what the ball handling distribution looks like
Raynaud and Cardwell and can Raynaud play with another big?
How have IJones and Icraw developed?
What's our new two-way PG, Isaiah Steven's look like?

Certainly our most fun summer league team on awhile

I'm really interested to see how Carter performs in summer league. I'm assuming they will have him playing the point for at least some of the games. If he can prove to be at least steady at the point, show that his three point shot is clicking, and that he can efficiently finish on his drives to the rim, it would go a long way for me to get comfortable with him as a long term answer on this team. He's got all of the intangibles, but I still worry about him as an offensive contributor.

 

[sactowndog]

This guy’s the only summer league guy I remotely want to watch tomorrow.

Are you kidding.

1) I want to see if Carter can run the point.
2) I want to see Nique struggle at the 3 so I can tell half the board I told you so
3) I want to see if Max is more a stretch 4 or a 5.

At this point I am way more interested in Summer League than the guaranteed play-in team we will see in the regular season.

 

[Section 101]

Yeah, not entirely sure WHY Sacramento was such a destination for him (close to Stanford?), but hey. We take it

And to learn from Sabonis.

 

[whitechocolate]

But what's his favorite Jean-Luc Godard film?

 

[coolhandluke]

Yeah, not entirely sure WHY Sacramento was such a destination for him (close to Stanford?), but hey. We take it

Sacramento promised a guaranteed NBA contract with better money and hence he dropped to us. The second round has become like a free agency nowadays as being picked doesn't guarantee a NBA contract for the player. The agents work out deals with teams and ensure they get drafted at the right spot.

 

[NewArena]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1938656277472944589

Whoa. Im not saying i know how good he’ll be but isn’t this Tim Duncan’s story as well? Like, almost verbatim. Pretty cool

 

[NewArena]

The problem is that we've gotten so good at identifying who the great talents are going to be by the age of 18 (e.g. LeBron, Wemby at #1; Kobe, Giannis late lotto) that it becomes easy to believe that nobody really slips through that freshman net. The game becomes "draft them before they're fully ready or somebody else will". And that in turn leads to the thinking "by age 22 all the good ones are gone". It's not true, but there's a reason that fallacy exists and is compelling. Even though one might specifically acknowledge it isn't true when pressed, that fallacy still has the power to draw you in when you're not guarding against it.

Yeah i never understood people getting all excited about a team with 4 or 5 19 year olds as it that guarantees any sort of meaningful development will take place. Outside of an organization knowing what they’re doing or not, does the player care enough to get better? Give me the hardworking talents, not just the potential talent.

 

[NewArena]

What if he is a better scoring Mo Wagner

Hopefully he’s the first ever very very good Maxime Raynaud

 

[NewArena]

I'm really interested to see how Carter performs in summer league. I'm assuming they will have him playing the point for at least some of the games. If he can prove to be at least steady at the point, show that his three point shot is clicking, and that he can efficiently finish on his drives to the rim, it would go a long way for me to get comfortable with him as a long term answer on this team. He's got all of the intangibles, but I still worry about him as an offensive contributor.

Simply being healthy for the first time and actually experiencing a summer league + training camp will be huge for Carter. I can’t wait to see how his small bits of experience help him this year

 

[The_Jamal]

I'm really interested to see how Carter performs in summer league. I'm assuming they will have him playing the point for at least some of the games. If he can prove to be at least steady at the point, show that his three point shot is clicking, and that he can efficiently finish on his drives to the rim, it would go a long way for me to get comfortable with him as a long term answer on this team. He's got all of the intangibles, but I still worry about him as an offensive contributor.

Yes and no. To me, this season will effectively be his "rookie" year. I'll expect some up and downs like you do with any young guy. Getting to go through SL, getting to actually work out in the off-season program, scrimmage, go through training camp, etc. I feel like that off-season process is possibly as important for rookies/2nd year guys than actually playing the games are. He just wasn't able to play for so long last year with the injury, you could tell he spent a majority of the time just playing catch-up.

Now the org has to prioritize seeing what they have in him though. Should be no less than a 15-20 MPG role from the jump