you got my vote. check out the diary i just posted. kind of along the same lines.

They'll probably pick from a playoff team. This might just be out of spite but Sandbagjakovic anybody?

but I'm okay with that.  What better way to drive up the price, then by giving him the MIP award.  I just hope he doesnt get too much national attention; the guy can play and I want the Kings ot sign him to A 3-4 year contract for as little as possible.

be Rudy Gay

at least thats what i've heard

but...even as a huge Kings fan, and without checking the stats...I'd say no.  The Kings are a bad team and no player on this team is going to earn honors in the league this year.

/End Martin vs. Ellis hangover from last year.

I can't pretend to know what would put Kings players back into contention for any league awards, but their current record is such that nobody on this team could win anything.  

Sigh...

Brad has had a rejuvinating season (minus the last few games). Beno has been more than anticipated.  

But it's still a team with a losing season.  We have lots of reasons to be hopefull for the future, but no reason to expect league recognition for a few years, at least.  

As always, just my opinion.

Two names that I have seen here - Gay and Peja.

Peja's games are up over last year but his numbers are down. He does play for a winner, however.

Gay plays for a team that's worse than the Kings but as a player he probably has a higher profile than Beno. Gay is +9 in points to Beno's +8. They are both +2 in rebounds and + 1 in steals. Beno is +3 in assists to +1 for Gay. On a percentage basis Beno has made the larger overall jump.

As documented with Ellis and Martin, MIP is not a science. But it seems that Beno will at least merit consideration.

Hedo = +6 points, +2 rebounds and assists. Plays for a winner. Well respected.

Chris Kaman = +6 points, +2 rebounds, +1 assist and block. Well chronicled improvement.

The guy should have been an all-star this year. I really think Monta Ellis should get it over Calderon, but that's a personal opinion. Look at Ellis' numbers sometime. They're flat out astounding. (And that's noting he wasn't deserving of the MIP he got last year.)

His stat increases might not be as large as some, because he was already good last year, but he's improved to the point where he could now be argued to be the best PG, and there is a good argument for him for MVP. He won't win MVP, maybe MIP would be a consolation.

beno's not all-sta5r material but i am drubk and with that sauit he gas beeen awfukkruklty good. more consinsyebt than kmart ot ron-ron, big part of thos team this year.

Looking at McCants, Calderon, Ellis, Bynum, Farmar and Paul:

McCants = +5 pts., +2 rebs., +1 ast. Plays for a worse team than the Kings. Virtually no pub.

Calderon = +3 pts., +1 reb., +4 asts. Much smaller improvement than Beno but plays for a winner and is no longer flying under the radar.

Ellis = +3 pts., +2 reb., assists and steals slightly down. Not an impressive enough of an improvement to win the award back to back.

Bynum = +5 pts., +4 rebs., +1 asts., slightly up in blocks. He and Paul (below) are the highest profile guys on the list. But his injury may eliminate him from serious consideration.

Farmar = +5 pts., +1 reb., +1 ast. Nice improvement but statistically smaller than most of the guys on the list, and he is still a non-starter.

Paul = +4 pts., +2 asts., +1 stl., down in rebounds. Statistically a rather small improvement compared to the other guys on this list, and my bet is that he was already too good to be considered.

Thanks to everyone who has thrown out names so far. This has been very interesting and educational for me.

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