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There were some “interesting” grades here. Murray a C as a rookie? Maybe I’m mistaken but isn’t he a top 3 rookie this season?
No, Murray is not really a top 3 rookie at this point. Banchero, Mathurin are clearly ahead, and depending on whom you ask, Tari Eason, Andrew Nembhardt and others (I’m doing this all off the top of my head) are ahead as well. Just depends on whom you ask.
I don’t think it means Keegan sucks, I just think it means he’s not really living up to 1st team all rookie hype consistently.
Depends who you ask:
I think part of the issue is that Keegan’s value on defense is very hard to measure Sims. That’s one area where I don’t think he gets enough credit for. He’s been able to defend SF’s consistently and he was generally seen as more of a 4/3 than a 3/4.
That’s something that I find tremendously exciting even if it’s not especially sexy.
I agree, Murray has had some really nice moments when caught out on the perimeter dealing with guards. He could be a plus defender once he adds some more tricks to his bag. We’ve seen him get absolutely burned in the paint, but Mike Brown almost always gives him a correction soon after.
Rookie rankings are certainly as subjective as any other apples/oranges/pineapples comparisons, but using the stats chosen (to my mind, the most relevant ones), our kid Keegan grades out pretty well. Here’s the site if you want to monkey around with the various categories:
https://hashtagbasketball.com/nba-rookie-rankings
I still think he’s third to banchero and mathurin. Even if you claim he’s 4th, he was the 4th pick in the draft.
Rookie Ladder- NBA.com
Paolo
Mathurin
Smith
Murray
Ivey
Griffin
J. Williams
Kessler
Nembhart
Duran and Daniels
The criticisms of Davion Mitchell’s offense are fair, but at the same time, what’s his percentage of being on the happy side of +/-?
He has value beyond offense but still most would like to see a more productive scorer .
Jerry said it best the Kings need to play defense at the point of attack. Davion is out best on point defender but to play more needs to be a better offensive player. I like KZ as a wing and sometimes a PF defender but its the starter group that worries me the most. That would also include Monk as he plays a lot. if in the second half we improve,which I believe we can, we have a good chance to get into the playoffs. We still need a backup center to help Sabonis.
I think his low scoring numbers are mostly because he is not shooting often. I agree he should shoot more. He can still nail long range two’s at 45-50% and probably the corner three at 45%.
the +/- is misleading for Davion because of the end-game substitutions. (subbing in on defense, subbing out on offense). With that, I still think it’s in the positive.
In his first summer league, Davion said “basketball is a game of runs” and I think that might be how he sees/plays the game. So when the Kings go on runs, he elevates and makes them bigger runs, and when the opponent goes on a run, he sort of slows the game and grinds it out. I wonder if there’s a statistical measure that looks at it that way rather than a simple +/-.
Interesting and sensible take. I’m sure some poindexter has worked out a way to track that.
Thank you for the content gentlemen, love listening to the pod while running errands.
Just a small request to include timestamps in the future 🙏
Another fun and interesting podcast. Thank you Will, Tony and especially Mr. J.R.
Grading for the Kings needs to happen on a curve, IMO. 16 seasons of futility in various forms compared to a consistently competitive team today. Up to this point, they are a B level team as the Western Conference standings testify.
The second half of the season is where the rubber meets the road. Dave Joerger’s squad was 30-26 and then 9-17. Though I don’t expect this team to follow that same path, I won’t be terribly surprised. As you three all said – there are underperforming teams along with the outperforming Kings. And then there is trade deadline…
For the sake of discussion, let’s speculate that Sac wins on Friday’s halfway mark and are 23-18. If this team hits 40 (17-24), 41, (18-23) or even 42 (19-22) Playoffs, PlayIns, that is a winning season, IMHO.
It so refreshing to wonder about how much better this team is, rather than how it’s just another disappointing season.
Great points . If this team can simply improve slightly on Defense than a winning season should happen .
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