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BMiller52 · Post #1 » by **BMiller52** » Sat May 10, 2008 12:56 am

He's said a lot of interesting stuff.

BMiller52 · Post #2 » by **BMiller52** » Sat May 10, 2008 1:05 am

Ok the interview just got over and here's some of the things he said(I don't remember EVERYTHING though)

He seemed very lukewarm on re-signing Beno, and made no guarentees and even mentioned how we have no bird rights to him but Beno does like it here so he doesn't know.

He said he wouldn't step in between KMart and Theus like Jerry West did when Kobe and Phil Jackson had feuds because he wants to let everyone know the coach is the coach, not him. That they had to work everything out with the coach if it's a personal thing but he does talk about things like playing time and shots and stuff with player's agents sort of as a mediator some times.

He said they want to "accelerate Spencer's growth" and that "Spencer believes he's already a very complete basketball player" or something to that effect.

He made sure to mention that Ron was "very productive when he played". I couldn't really tell how he felt about Ron to be honest.

He was asked about drafting a player from Europe and he said something to the effect that you don't know whether a European player will turn out like some of the stars from there like Dirk, or whether they'll be role players like Nocioni, Scola, and Oberto(made sure to mention those 3 guys by name actually). He kind of made it sound like the European frontcourt players might be kinda soft. Sounded to me like he wasn't extremely impressed by anyone over there but he did say that he did see a player who WILL be a high lottery pick(I'm guessing Gallinari).
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My guesses: Kings don't resign Beno because Petrie drafts an American PG(either a Westbrook or Augustin)

Brad could be dealt to accelerate Spencer's growth as a player(Geoff was asked about bringing in a big man coach also)

Ron stays because he's more valuable to us than any other team.

If anyone else listened to the interview you guys could post your thoughts too, and some things I may have missed.

Post #3 » by **pillwenney** » Sat May 10, 2008 2:31 am

Sounds good. Thanks for recording what you could. My only thing right now is that there is really no guarantee that a PG will be available to us. Whenever I do my mocks, both Augustin and Westbrook are usually taken before we pick. I think that outside of New Jersey and Memphis, an argument could be made for drafting a PG for every team in front of us (not that the top teams would reach for Augustin or Westbrook, but still).

Smills91 · Post #4 » by **Smills91** » Sat May 10, 2008 3:03 am

I definitely see Westbrook there at #12. I'd be surprised if he's taken earlier.

Post #5 » by **pillwenney** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:35 am

I wouldn't be shocked either way, I just think he would make sense for a lot of teams.

dozencousins · Post #6 » by **dozencousins** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:43 am

i believe the kings draft a point guard or power forward that said if we draft a point guard we should not draft augustine he is to small to be a starting starting point guard only a select few had decent careers in the nba spud webb,mugsy bogues to name a couple but more often than not you have to be at least a minumum of 6 ft he is not !

i think some of you are only seeing his speed ,ball handling and shooting skills as most know you need those things but its hard if your 5 ft 10 or 5 ft 11 to defend the taller point guards not to mention harder to get your hand in the face when another guard is shooting their jump shoot and by beeing smaller easier to get your shoots blocked etc.

augustine would not be a good fit for us i think if we get the 12th and not get lucky to move up we should be looking at the following

DE ANDRE JORDAN,DONTE SMITH OR WESTBROOK jordan may go sooner but he likely wont go any higher than the 8th pick so who knows !

BMiller52 · Post #7 » by **BMiller52** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:37 am

bdgking wrote:i believe the kings draft a point guard or power forward that said if we draft a point guard we should not draft augustine he is to small to be a starting starting point guard only a select few had decent careers in the nba spud webb,mugsy bogues to name a couple but more often than not you have to be at least a minumum of 6 ft he is not !

i think some of you are only seeing his speed ,ball handling and shooting skills as most know you need those things but its hard if your 5 ft 10 or 5 ft 11 to defend the taller point guards not to mention harder to get your hand in the face when another guard is shooting their jump shoot and by beeing smaller easier to get your shoots blocked etc.

augustine would not be a good fit for us i think if we get the 12th and not get lucky to move up we should be looking at the following

DE ANDRE JORDAN,DONTE SMITH OR WESTBROOK jordan may go sooner but he likely wont go any higher than the 8th pick so who knows !

DJ isn't any smaller than TJ Ford or Jameer Nelson.

a-rod · Post #8 » by **a-rod** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:44 am

Thanks for the effort BMiller52!

dozencousins · Post #9 » by **dozencousins** » Sat May 10, 2008 1:59 pm

so what bmiller52 nothing personel but thats not saying much !

ford is a little better than average and nelsons about the same we should look for greatness not someone average !

Smills91 · Post #10 » by **Smills91** » Sat May 10, 2008 2:03 pm

My draft order that I could possible see at 12 is:
Love
Westbrook
Speights
Arthur

If someone like Gordon, Mayo fall grab em, but they won't.
DO NOT draft Jordan at any cost.

a-rod · Post #11 » by **a-rod** » Sat May 10, 2008 2:13 pm

Smills91 wrote:My draft order that I could possible see at 12 is:
Love
Westbrook
Speights
Arthur

If someone like Gordon, Mayo fall grab em, but they won't.
DO NOT draft Jordan at any cost.

why?

dozencousins · Post #12 » by **dozencousins** » Sat May 10, 2008 3:13 pm

I believe your wrong about Jordan smills i dont think we will get him but our team fits perfect for him right now

I would guess your main reasoning for not wanting him is that he does not have a huge offensive game and he is very foul prone !

Keep in mind Jordan on any team will likely need 2-3 years on most any nba team before the possibility of being a star with the shape that our team is in right now it would be more important to gve a guy like him limited minutes and get him the experience until he can get his foul situation under control !

He has way to much upside if he is available at the time !

I dont think he will be available but if we have the 12th pick and he is on the board i would grab him as quick as the heart beats !

Cruel_Ruin · Post #13 » by **Cruel_Ruin** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:10 pm

Looks like Geoff his holding the cards close to his chest as usual.

RoyalCourtJestr · Post #14 » by **RoyalCourtJestr** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:08 pm

Smills91 wrote:My draft order that I could possible see at 12 is:
Love
Westbrook
Speights
Arthur

If someone like Gordon, Mayo fall grab em, but they won't.
DO NOT draft Jordan at any cost.

I still fail to see WHY no Jordan...

Again I absolutely would cry if we went Love... I'm perfectly happy with Augustine or Westbrook, and would be very happy with Arthur or Jordan.

Post #15 » by **pillwenney** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:13 pm

Jordan's main appeal is all in his measurements and athleticism. Actually, that's probably his only appeal, and I think that's what scares Smills off, and I can't really blame him. Jordan is entirely unproven. We can't just assume that a project is going to work for us.

If we were going to go for someone like that, I'd rather trade down for Ibaka/Ajinca.

RoyalCourtJestr · Post #16 » by **RoyalCourtJestr** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:47 pm

mitchweber wrote:Jordan's main appeal is all in his measurements and athleticism. Actually, that's probably his only appeal, and I think that's what scares Smills off, and I can't really blame him. Jordan is entirely unproven. We can't just assume that a project is going to work for us.

If we were going to go for someone like that, I'd rather trade down for Ibaka/Ajinca.

He was given ridiclously short time in college for his talent, only 20 minutes per game and he still got 8/6/1.5. i heard of problems with his coach... but he is easily the most skilled in terms of his size, athletisisum and basic physical awesomeness. Scouts continue to say he'll end up like Howard, who if i remember correctly was hyped mainly on said psyical skills.

I'd take a risk on that project.

a-rod · Post #17 » by **a-rod** » Sat May 10, 2008 9:24 pm

Mitchweber wrote:Jordan's main appeal is all in his measurements and athleticism. Actually, that's probably his only appeal, and I think that's what scares Smills off, and I can't really blame him. Jordan is entirely unproven. We can't just assume that a project is going to work for us.
If we were going to go for someone like that, I'd rather trade down for Ibaka/Ajinca.

Mitch, as usual your argument makes a lot of sense, but on the other hand, Jordan is a high reward, high risk type of player, I

Post #18 » by **pillwenney** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:02 pm

If Geoff is confident enough in him to where he's willing to take the risk, I'll be on board. I just don't think it's fair to assume that he'll pan out when he hasn't really proven anything.

Ballings7 · Post #19 » by **Ballings7** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:32 am

I wouldn't be surprised if Petrie went with less of a sure thing pick again

That also comes with the territory of being higher up in the draft (like last year)

RoyalCourtJestr · Post #20 » by **RoyalCourtJestr** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:09 am

Ballings7 wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if Petrie went with less of a sure thing pick again

That also comes with the territory of being higher up in the draft (like last year)

Well last year Spencer was considered a sure thing, just not in the way Kings fans (especially myself) wanted at that time :rofl: