PLAYERS:
Jason Thompson,
Tyreke Evans,
DeMarcus Cousins,
Allen Iverson,
Isaiah Thomas,
James Johnson,
Hassan Whiteside,
Terrence Williams,
Marcus Thornton
TEAMS: Sacramento Kings
TEAMS: Sacramento Kings
Read the title. I literally mean what I wrote there and wrote it that way intentionally: Jason Thompson gets why he got a 5 year contract. Check out these quotes from JT from Saturday's Bee:
"Some guys are going to have to play different roles," said Thompson, the Kings' first-round draft pick in 2008. "Some guys can score a lot, and that's what they're known to do, but maybe if they can take some steps back in scoring and get more assists, rebounds and diving for loose balls, it makes a great team."
Somebody had to say it. The way Tyreke Evans and DeMarcus Cousins play is not condusive to winning NBA basketball. Dribble driving your way into multiple defenders in the lane is not efficient or effective basketball in the NBA. The sooner those two learn that, the sooner things will get easier for the rest of the Kings.
I've said it before but I'll say it again: The Kings, like all NBA teams, go as their best players go. The Kings b...
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July 28, 2012

