I'm calling it a tie.  I can no longer justify ranking Isaiah Thomas behind anyone, but I can't yet rank him ahead of Cousins.  The Pizza Guy has been spectacular.  Isaiah's play is a big reason the Kings could feel comfortable trading away Greivis Vasquez.  And all Isaiah did in his first game as a starter was drop 24 points and a career-high 12 assists.  The last four games Isaiah has posted assist totals of 9, 8, 12, and 7.  Considering his career average is 4.2 per game, 5.7 per 36 minutes, I'm pretty happy with those totals.  Here's hoping he can keep it up with his increased minutes.

JT has struggled to start this season, but regained a bit of his consistency over the past week or so.  He's back to giving around 10 points and 5 rebounds per game.  He still need to get better, but with the Kings current lack of depth he finds himself fourth.

McLemore has struggled with his shot and his consistency.  He's had some really fun scoring outbursts, and I really enjoy watching him play, but the inconsistency is really frustrating.  As Akis mentioned in his recap of the Jazz loss, McLemore is being thrown to the fire because our other shooting guards are so atrocious.  It's not Ben's fault, and I see enough good things that I'm not worried about him long term, but I can't place him any higher than this.  Actually, the fact that he's even this high tells you just how shallow the Kings depth chart is right now.

7-10 on this list are pretty interchangeable.  They are all guys who haven't done much lately, despite opportunities to do so.  It's incredibly frustrating watching players being given an opportunity and failing to do anything with it.  Jimmer gets the 7^th spot strictly because he had a decent game against the Jazz.

8. Hamady N'Diaye (Previous Rank: 12)

The Comedy Ninja gets the nod because he's at least filling his expected role.  Sure, it would be great if he was a better player, but he's at least meeting our expectations for him.

I really considered putting Thornton dead last on this list.  It's so frustrating to see how far he's fallen.  I'm not going to pretend I understand what's going on with him.  I'm not going to try to interpret body language.  I'm just going to say he's been a massive disappointment this year.

10. Ray McCallum (Previous Rank: N/A)

I was really hoping McCallum would do a little more with his opportunity over the past couple of games.  With Vasquez gone, it seemed like McCallum would get the nod as the backup point guard.  Instead, McCallum saw 7 total minutes of floor time against Dallas and Utah, and finished with a combined stat line of two points, 25% FG, one rebound, zero assists, and one turnover.  Certainly not writing the kid off yet, but I'd hoped for a little more.