Kings Summer League

Post #1 » by **KF10** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:03 pm

Spencer Hawes may have been enough on his own, at least for the most ardent of Kings fans.
The Purple Politician will be at Las Vegas summer league again showing off whatever new skills he's been honing in these offseason months, with his progress so directly tied to the forward movement of the franchise itself. But there's more. Much more.
Quincy Douby, Shelden Williams, Jason Thompson, Sean Singletary, Patrick Ewing Jr. will take part as well, with Kevin Martin likely to be watching from the sidelines as he awaits his time with the Olympic select team that comes directly after summer league. Beyond the Kings, it's 21 teams in all and six of the recent top 10 draft picks expected to take part (Kevin Love, O.J. Mayo, Danilo Gallinari, Eric Gordon, Joe Alexander, D.J. Augustin).
As I've said before, summer league is a must-see for the fanatical types. Games are played in UNLV's Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center, and the scene is a who's who of NBA types that you can't get anywhere else. GMs, coaches, scouts and veteran players are mixed among the fans, with the floors filled all day long while the action around the action never stops either.
Free agent deals are discussed by GMs and agents up in the bleachers. Fans have little problem grabbing an autograph or a picture after their respective favorites are off the clock. A good time had by all. Anyhow, anyone looking to go should lock up that flight soon since the first tipoff is July 11. The schedule was recently released (click here for the entire sked), with the Kings set to play five games. For ticket info, go here.

July 12 - Kings vs. Raptors, 1 p.m.
July 15 - Kings vs. Blazers, 7 p.m.
July 16 - Kings vs. Mavericks, 3 p.m.
July 18 - Kings vs. Warriors, 7 p.m.
July 20 - Kings vs. Rockets, 5:30 p.m.
* Schedule subject to change

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/

Dustin5566 · Post #2 » by **Dustin5566** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:20 pm

Prediction:

Sean Singletary will out play Quincy Douby in Las Vegas!

BMiller52 · Post #3 » by **BMiller52** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:31 pm

Dustin5566 wrote:Prediction:

Sean Singletary will out play Quincy Douby in Las Vegas!

Agreed.

Here's hoping Shelden atleast shows something though.

Cruel_Ruin · Post #4 » by **Cruel_Ruin** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:31 pm

Singletary
Douby
Ewing Jr.
Thompson
Hawes

We're going to dominate. I predict Douby will be our leading scorer, Singletary our leading assist man, and Thompson/Hawes both average 20/10 :lol:

Post #5 » by **KF10** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:38 pm

I would have thought Garcia should play.

RIPskaterdude · Post #6 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:44 am

kingsfan10 wrote:I would have thought Garcia should play.

Too much of a vet now :lol:

Post #7 » by **KF10** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:54 am

xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:
kingsfan10 wrote:I would have thought Garcia should play.

Too much of a vet now

Eh, he should though. Artest played in with the Kings SL team last year. And he is what, a 9 yr vet? Garcia should be on this one IMO.

Post #8 » by **pillwenney** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:33 am

Well Ron really didn't need to, he just did it for fun and to stay in shape and what not. But summer league is really for developing one's skills. Unless we want to try to play Cisco more at PG, I think he is pretty close to a finished product at this point.

Post #9 » by **KingInExile** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:22 pm

I also seem to remember that Ron didn't play that much last summer, only a couple games. But, yeah, his involvement was basically Ron being Ron...he loves to play and will take every advantage to play.

bibby1023 · Post #10 » by **bibby1023** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:07 pm

are these games on tv?

Post #11 » by **KF10** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:18 pm

bibby1023 wrote:are these games on tv?

Last year, I watching these games on my computer. But I'm not sure it is the same as this years. Probably it is still.

SacKingZZZ · Post #12 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:37 am

Dustin5566 wrote:Prediction:

Sean Singletary will out play Quincy Douby in Las Vegas!

Prediction:

Sean Singletary and Douby will be our starting backcourt! So I just hope they make a good one.

SacKingZZZ · Post #13 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:39 am

bibby1023 wrote:are these games on tv?

NBATV typically shows at least 2 of the Kings games, and a multitude of the others. Plus they stream all of them on NBA.com I think.

SacKingZZZ · Post #14 » by **SacKingZZZ** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 6:18 am

http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/now-an ... ule-annou/

Here is a schedule, apparently as of now it looks like 3 games will be broadcast on NBATV! I think all are available on the net though.

deNIEd · Post #15 » by **deNIEd** » Wed Jul 2, 2008 4:12 am

They should have sent Kenny Thomas to summer league

VeeJay24 · Post #16 » by **VeeJay24** » Wed Jul 2, 2008 5:45 am

deNIEd wrote:They should have sent Kenny Thomas to summer league

The D-league!!!!!!! :lol:

Dustin5566 · Post #17 » by **Dustin5566** » Wed Jul 2, 2008 6:54 am

VeeJay24 wrote:
deNIEd wrote:They should have sent Kenny Thomas to summer league

The D-league!!!!!!!

The WNBA

** Im sorry for all you WNBA fans I hve just insulted by saying Kenny Thomas can compete with the women when we all know Lauren Jackson would make him cry.

Post #18 » by **KF10** » Wed Jul 2, 2008 6:58 am

Leave Kenny Thomas alone!

Alyosha12 · Post #19 » by **Alyosha12** » Wed Jul 2, 2008 6:03 pm

I wonder if Udrih will play, as he is not playing for our NT.
He didn't play for our NT last year either and he improved a bit, so i wonder what new skill he will bring this season.
I hope he worked on his handles as sometimes they were a bit lacking.

Post #20 » by **pillwenney** » Wed Jul 2, 2008 7:02 pm

I don't think his handles are really ever the problem. Although I'm not exactly sure what his problem is. I think part of it is just that last year was his first opportunity to get consistent minutes so it took some getting used to, and I think more experience alone will help a little in his assist/TO ratio. But he also just doesn't have great court vision, I guess.