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i'm getting tired of reading things on the boards that talk about how evans should play the 3 or kevin martin should be traded. nobody is giving evans the credit he deserves for being a good pg. he came into college as a sg, and then once he was evaluated by one of the best coaches in the country he was switched to pg. after the switch memphis went 27 and 1. i dont wanna hear the bs about how he had to be the pg because he sucks at playing off the ball and blah blah, no he is a natural pg and all it took was a great coach to notice that. do you really think that petrie would of drafted a sg with the 4th pick? hell no. do you really think that petrie would of drafted someone who he didnt think could be our franchise point guard? hell no. petrie knows talent and the game of basketball more than anyone on this entire site, so im sticking with his choice and im confident in it.

I agree with you 100%

I think he will be a good player in this league and I would not be surprised if he is one of the better players in the draft(at the PG spot also). Petrie made the right choice and we will all come see that come to fruition.

I read somewhere that he played PG in high school, and even before that. Apparently, if this is true, he was always a PG, until he got to college.

I LOVE Evans at the 1, because he creates SOOO many mismatches there. That'll add a dimension to our team, that'll force the majority of teams to match-up with us.

D-Rock wrote:I read somewhere that he played PG in high school, and even before that. Apparently, if this is true, he was always a PG, until he got to college.

i never heard this...i hope its true but i heard that he never played pg in high school

1 Jrue Holiday
North Hollywood (CA) Campbell Hall G 6-3/200 UCLA
2 Brandon Jennings
Mouth of Wilson (VA) Oak Hill Academy G 6-0/170 list
3 Tyreke Evans
Aston (PA) American Christian G 6-5/205 Memphis

yup he was ranked third best PG from the 08 class.

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1619

$mooth wrote:i'm getting tired of reading things on the boards that talk about how evans should play the 3 or kevin martin should be traded. nobody is giving evans the credit he deserves for being a good pg. he came into college as a sg, and then once he was evaluated by one of the best coaches in the country he was switched to pg. after the switch memphis went 27 and 1. i dont wanna hear the bs about how he had to be the pg because he sucks at playing off the ball and blah blah, no he is a natural pg and all it took was a great coach to notice that. do you really think that petrie would of drafted a sg with the 4th pick? hell no. do you really think that petrie would of drafted someone who he didnt think could be our franchise point guard? hell no. petrie knows talent and the game of basketball more than anyone on this entire site, so im sticking with his choice and im confident in it.

hope you're right

Not to mention the best PG in the princeton for us is Bibby and he averaged 14/5 in 33min here his first year. Not to mention we were able to trade JWill for Bibby because they didn't think he was a traditional PG and he led us to the playoffs here every year under but 1. Petrie knows this which was why he took Evans over Rubio. Evans will make last second shots but Rubio will not which was why we were better with Bibby than JWill. Evans will be that kind of game changer next year expect a 17/5 out of him and a playoff run at the 8. This will be a much more competitive team this year. No disrespect to Rubio he will be JKidd like but Evans was the right remedy to the Kings problems. This will be a much mentally tougher team next year (it will even rub off on Beno off the bench). Evans makes us a complete team with he and Martin offensively, Garcia/Noc defensively, and JT/Hawes solid in the paint. We addressed bench depth with Greene, Casspi, and Brockman and will add a FA and trade KT at some point and we are back.

You better thank Petrie for this core that will be giving the Sacramento Kings playoff runs for the next 10 years. Thankfully not the same kind of runs Kings fans got the last 3 years during rebuilding. And thank the Maloofs for pulling their heads out and remembering it was their business and Petrie's brains that made us an elite franchise.

Lets get it clear, there is absolute truth to the argument that Evans is not a "true" PG, and the truth is he most likely never will be. But there's also truth to the argument that maybe he shouldn't and doesn't need to be. I think Westphal has it entirely right when he says what position you play usually has more to do with what position you defend.

Evans is a scorer/slasher and I just hope they are right when they think he can be a nightmarish defender against other PG's. Since we picked Evans I think it's even more important now than ever that this team shifts some of the focus into running things through Spencer at the high post. I think he might actually be more of a true PG than Evans! Seriously. I think getting the most out of Evans means he defends multiple positions. He gives us the option of switching on the perimeter which is one of the reasons I was OK with going after someone like Holiday or Evans.

Lets just think about this here, since coming to Sac, how many "true" PG's has Petrie really had success with??? J-Will? Beno Udrih? He likes certain types of guards and Evans fits that vision. Whether or not you agree he really seems to like scoring/ball handling combo guard/wings. Bibby, Garcia, Evans, Christie, Hedo, seeing somewhat of a trend yet? Ha, go figure, he has an affinity for guards somewhat reminiscent of himself.

I was trying to think of a player for comparison to Evans in recent years. I could not think of a player in recent years that has the same scoring potential and size playing point guard. The only one that came to mind that has the size and ability to put the ball in the basket was Gary Payton

Danimal1730 wrote:I was trying to think of a player for comparison to Evans in recent years. I could not think of a player in recent years that has the same scoring potential and size playing point guard. The only one that came to mind that has the size and ability to put the ball in the basket was Gary Payton

I liken Evans, 6'5 to Gilbert Arenas, 6'4. Like Agent Zero, Evans dominates the ball and gets to the rack at will. Evans has a ways to go to have a jumpshot like Arenas, but that will get better over time. Tyreke is not just some two guard being trust into the PG spot. Is he a pure pg? No, but he does have the ball handling skills a of PG and he's just plain strong as on ox. Don't get me started on the crossover dribble moves. Defenders are gonna get shook up and taken to the rack.

I'm thrilled Evans was considered at point over the likes of the other candidates. He truely was the best choice IMO. Can't wait to see the new team with him at helm. I can totally imagine Grant Napear calling games "and the basket counts...Evans will be heading to the free throw line for the extra point!!"

rwheeler wrote:I'm thrilled Evans was considered at point over the likes of the other candidates. He truely was the best choice IMO. Can't wait to see the new team with him at helm. I can totally imagine Grant Napear calling games "and the basket counts...Evans will be heading to the free throw line for the extra point!!"

whoa whoa whoa dont you mean...."put in the book and send him to the line, if you dont like that, you dont like sacramento kings basketball ladies and gentlemen"

By next year, most of you will be on the John Wall bandwagon for a new point guard.

hahahaha yeah thats more like it...

I could see Evans maturing into a full time point guard in the future. But I don't think he is a "real" point guard per se. And I don't think he is a "real" shooting guard too. I view him similar to James Harden IMO. Both of these guys don't really have a legit position but can play at those positions when needed and could do it nicely.

I see Evans in a Wade player type mold. A guard player that racks up tons tons of assists due to their court vision. And we really need that.

An Evans/Martin duo would be potent against other backcourts in the NBA. Both are above 6'5'' (I think Evans is like 6'6'', 6'7''? And Martin is ~6'7''+) Which is great for matchup issues.

Martin's game compliments Evans' game. Martin's game revolves majority off the ball. He co-existed with Bibby/Artest/Salmons, which were ball dominant type of player. So, I believe they could be great.

Agreed. I also felt Evans has the Wade player mold too. I think Martin will fit in perfect as long as he makes better shot decisions, with hopes of ultimately reflecting a better shot percentage with fewer attempts. I simply want Evans to feed off that and do his thing offensively, and it should make quite a one-two punch. Not expecting anything right away, but if given time (and patience on the Maloofs part), this team could make leaps and bounds from last season.

rwheeler wrote:Agreed. I also felt Evans has the Wade player mold too. I think Martin will fit in perfect as long as he makes better shot decisions, with hopes of ultimately reflecting a better shot percentage with fewer attempts. I simply want Evans to feed off that and do his thing offensively, and it should make quite a one-two punch. Not expecting anything right away, but if given time (and patience on the Maloofs part), this team could make leaps and bounds from last season.

Agreed. The more I think of it the more excited I get about Evans. I think Wade (as far as style of play) is an excellent comparison. Remember Wade played point his first year in the league.

I think Evans could turn out to be the superstar we have needed. Now all we need is hawes or thompson or both to turn into allstar-like talent and fill out the roster with role players and we have the Blazers part II.

Most definetly Hawes and Thompson have to step it up a notch this season to help this team succeed. No matter how well Evans and Martin play togehter, it won't mean much without the help from our bigs. Thompson IMO has less pressure to do big things since it's just his just his second season and is playing for his third NBA coach in that time. Hawes has also had to deal with the same adversity as far as coaching is concerned, but this is his third year and should really start paying dividents. I want to see Spenc passing the ball alot, facilitating the offense through him more so than in the past. If everybody has their roles defined precisely, all that's left is to execute on a night-to-night basis.

Evans isn't nearly as athletically gifted as Wade. He has a somewhat similar body, and appears to probably even be stronger than Wade, but he's just nowhere near as quick. Stylistically, it's a nice comparison, but I reallly don't think Tyreke has real superstar potential.