Yeah, if you have to bash a guy who has yet to even play a Summer League game, you might want to find somewhere else to do it than in his "welcome" thread.
Just sayin'.
Welcome Patrick Ewing Jr.!
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Yeah, if you have to bash a guy who has yet to even play a Summer League game, you might want to find somewhere else to do it than in his "welcome" thread.
Just sayin'.
MassachusettsKingsFan
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i think i may see what we were doing with this pick now .. assuming we sign these three picks and dont resign beno we have 14 players on the roster, if we resign beno thats 15 and even if we dont get beno back were going to need to sign a point guard if not two. If we sign 2 that has us at 16 people on the roster so we'd have to drop one, i think ewing was drafted so he could be dropped because whoever was drafted at this spot has about a 30% chance of making the team IMO and with ewing you have a player who has a ton of potential because hes such a good athlete where he can make himself undroppable if he puts it all together .. i think we just kinda took a chance on him.. if he makes the team good for him but i dont think we drafted here expecting the player to make it ..
hopefully that made sense haha
hopefully that made sense haha
Second round picks are always long shots. I don't see why he's any better or worse than whoever else we could have gotten. I think Ewing is getting the brunt of the overall frustration and he doesn't deserve it. People complain in other threads that we didn't take any risks. I'm willing to see how it all pans out at this point.
Gary
All-Star
I am just saying... Mostly just joking around, but there is some truth behind it all.
I am lucky enough to be able to scout a lot of NCAA/high school players, and there were probably 300 college players ahead of Ewing that would have been a better fit for the Kings. This pick made absolutely no sense, and it was a waste of a pick.
If I am wrong I will be the first to say so, but I have seen enough of Ewing to know that he doesn't fit with the Kings. If we wanted an athlete we should have kept Jones.
I am lucky enough to be able to scout a lot of NCAA/high school players, and there were probably 300 college players ahead of Ewing that would have been a better fit for the Kings. This pick made absolutely no sense, and it was a waste of a pick.
If I am wrong I will be the first to say so, but I have seen enough of Ewing to know that he doesn't fit with the Kings. If we wanted an athlete we should have kept Jones.
Let's say he is a complete waste of a pick - does he have an agent representing any players of value to the Kings? Just something else to consider, besides the name recognition.
GeraldWallace#3
Bench
Why is everyone getting defensive when people compare PEJR to Gerald Wallace? I mean sure Gerald had more talent when he came into the NBA, but still I don't think we should let PEJR go if he shows up in the summer leauge(wich I see him doing).
In the words of Dick Vitale
POTENTIAL POTENTIAL POTENTIAL
And I think PEJR has alot of it.
In the words of Dick Vitale
POTENTIAL POTENTIAL POTENTIAL
And I think PEJR has alot of it.
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
Welcome JR.
For a 43rd pick in the draft, he might not be that bad. I mean a lot of 2nd round picks don't make the team anyways so it doesn't hurt to try him out. One of the things the Kings lack the most is athletic guys that can hustle and PEJR will provide that. Imagine putting a super athlete like him on a guy like kobe. He won't be able to stop him but it will make the offensive guy work a lot harder to get around and shoot over.
For a 43rd pick in the draft, he might not be that bad. I mean a lot of 2nd round picks don't make the team anyways so it doesn't hurt to try him out. One of the things the Kings lack the most is athletic guys that can hustle and PEJR will provide that. Imagine putting a super athlete like him on a guy like kobe. He won't be able to stop him but it will make the offensive guy work a lot harder to get around and shoot over.
R
royski
Guest
Hello everybody. I'm a Georgetown student and a massive fan of both the college and NBA games. I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents on Patrick, as someone who has seen or listened on radio to every single one of his games over the last 2 years.
I think this is a great pick for the Kings. Is he going to be a star, somebody who's going to go out there and score 20 points a night for you? Of course not. Those guys aren't hanging around at #43. What he is going to be is a great role player and a great bench player and a great teammate.
Pat easily has the talent to start for Georgetown, or for any team in college basketball. In fact, he started the first 10 games this last season. It was determined by our coach that his talents were best utilized as a sparkplug off of the bench, a decision that most Georgetown fans agree with. He was always one of the best 5 guys on the team however.
Pat's a defensive stopper, its undoubtedly his best quality as a player. You can put him on a 2, a 3 or a 4 and expect him to take care of business. Last year, Joe Alexander, #8 overall pick, had been coming off of 3 consecutive 30+ point games or something very similar when Georgetown got them in the Big East Tournament. We all knew it was going to be Pat's assignment to shut him down. He did, and was the last player to do so in Alexander's career. Hoyas won easily, and Pat was the game's MVP.
Pat's been around very high level basketball his whole life, obviously given his father. He's an extremely heady player and plays very much like the stereotypical coach's son. He's a tremendous passer with really nice vision and played a little bit of point forward for the Hoyas, an important thing to be able to do as part of the Princeton offense.
Pat plays at 100 mph at all times, exactly what you want from a sparkplug off the bench in the NBA. He fills the stat sheet with every conceivable category. His block against West Virginia the FIRST time we played them saved the game as time expired and was arguably the best play of our season.
Finally, Patrick was a captain this year for the Hoyas. This is special given that it was only his 2nd year with the team. He's a great guy to have in the locker room, and he's a winner. In the mid 2nd round, I can't imagine anyone wanting much more than Patrick Ewing Jr.
I think this is a great pick for the Kings. Is he going to be a star, somebody who's going to go out there and score 20 points a night for you? Of course not. Those guys aren't hanging around at #43. What he is going to be is a great role player and a great bench player and a great teammate.
Pat easily has the talent to start for Georgetown, or for any team in college basketball. In fact, he started the first 10 games this last season. It was determined by our coach that his talents were best utilized as a sparkplug off of the bench, a decision that most Georgetown fans agree with. He was always one of the best 5 guys on the team however.
Pat's a defensive stopper, its undoubtedly his best quality as a player. You can put him on a 2, a 3 or a 4 and expect him to take care of business. Last year, Joe Alexander, #8 overall pick, had been coming off of 3 consecutive 30+ point games or something very similar when Georgetown got them in the Big East Tournament. We all knew it was going to be Pat's assignment to shut him down. He did, and was the last player to do so in Alexander's career. Hoyas won easily, and Pat was the game's MVP.
Pat's been around very high level basketball his whole life, obviously given his father. He's an extremely heady player and plays very much like the stereotypical coach's son. He's a tremendous passer with really nice vision and played a little bit of point forward for the Hoyas, an important thing to be able to do as part of the Princeton offense.
Pat plays at 100 mph at all times, exactly what you want from a sparkplug off the bench in the NBA. He fills the stat sheet with every conceivable category. His block against West Virginia the FIRST time we played them saved the game as time expired and was arguably the best play of our season.
Finally, Patrick was a captain this year for the Hoyas. This is special given that it was only his 2nd year with the team. He's a great guy to have in the locker room, and he's a winner. In the mid 2nd round, I can't imagine anyone wanting much more than Patrick Ewing Jr.
Sptsjunkie
Starter
This pick makes no sense from a "future star" prospective, as Patrick's game seems very limited. I see 3 reasons why we may have drafted him though, with one being talent related.
1 - He appears to be an ace defender and decent 3 point shooter. It's possible Petrie didn't shoot for the starts here but was looking to add a Bruce Bowen type. Looking at his game logs, it appears the two main NBA caliber 2-3s Georgetown faced were Joe Alexander and Donte Green (twice each) and Ewing shut them both down. 33% shooting or worse in all four games. Take it for what it's worth, but if you believe the adage (well from Bill Simmons at least) that to be an NBA player you need to excel at 1 thing, it's possible that great D and a corner 3 could all Pat needs to make it in the NBA. Because he certainly is not an all around player.
2 - We want his dad as a big man coach for Spenser and Jason
3 - His agent (as someone mentioned earlier) has a player we covet. He's represented by David Faulk of FAME, who don't seem to have any prospective free agents the next few years we would covet (looking at Draft Express' list).
Here's hoping it's all 3.
1 - He appears to be an ace defender and decent 3 point shooter. It's possible Petrie didn't shoot for the starts here but was looking to add a Bruce Bowen type. Looking at his game logs, it appears the two main NBA caliber 2-3s Georgetown faced were Joe Alexander and Donte Green (twice each) and Ewing shut them both down. 33% shooting or worse in all four games. Take it for what it's worth, but if you believe the adage (well from Bill Simmons at least) that to be an NBA player you need to excel at 1 thing, it's possible that great D and a corner 3 could all Pat needs to make it in the NBA. Because he certainly is not an all around player.
2 - We want his dad as a big man coach for Spenser and Jason
3 - His agent (as someone mentioned earlier) has a player we covet. He's represented by David Faulk of FAME, who don't seem to have any prospective free agents the next few years we would covet (looking at Draft Express' list).
Here's hoping it's all 3.
CruzDude
Senior Member sharing a brew with bajaden
Excellent write up on an unknown player from the east. Great insight as to Patrick for all of us. Now I only hope those KingsFans read it who have been unkind about the pick and in particular in this welcome thread. Could be a very interesting possibility and second "Cisco" type who comes off the bench and fires up the team and add some defensive presence, something the Kings have not had much of lately (2-3 years?).
Thanks again and welcome to the KingsFans.com site. Hope to see many more posts.
Entity
Hall of Famer
So he is like Artest on defense only without the offensive domination. A Bruce Bowen type role player with athleticism to boot for the occasional ali-oop or break away windmill dunk to fire up the crowd. Makes sense especially knowing Ron is at best only here for another year. I mean if you got scorers all over the court the role playing defensive stopper is essiential kinda like Doug Christie only more athletic. I mean nobody batted an eye if Dough only got 6pts 4reb a game.
Thanks for warming me up a little on jr. a little knowledge on a subject goes a long way before insertin foot in mouth.
Thanks for warming me up a little on jr. a little knowledge on a subject goes a long way before insertin foot in mouth.
First, welcome to the board.
Thanks for the info about Ewing. Sounds like he's definitely worth looking at. I especially like this part
From what you've said, I think I may like young Mr. Ewing. Thanks for joining the board and taking the time to add your comments.
Oops. Almost forgot...
Welcome to the Kings, Patrick Ewing Jr. Hope your stay ends up being productive for all of us!!!
GeraldWallace#3
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