Kings Pick Jon Brockman in the Second Round

by Tom Ziller on Jun 25, 2009 8:01 PM PDT in NBA Draft

The Kings took Washington forward Jon Brockman with the No. 38, acquired in the Sergio Rodriguez deal. DeJuan Blair -- who had thought to be lottery pick in recent weeks -- went one pick earlier to San Antonio. Brockman's selection over Patrick Mills, Chase Budinger and Derrick Brown proves that Spencer Hawes, not Geoff Petrie, is in control of the franchise's basketball operations.

The Kings currently have no other picks.

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the Maloofs should start their own side project:

A redneck hunting magazine with a monthly centerfold for all the slow, under-the-rim white boyz they’ve had on the team

by VirginiaBlue on Jun 25, 2009 8:03 PM PDT reply actions

This is a long standing team tradition

It goes all the way back to Joe Kline. We are required by league rules to draft a slow footed white guy on odd numbered years. Sort of.

by Hubbell on Jun 25, 2009 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Thank goodness

I’m going to need to update my avatar in 10 years.

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by section214 on Jun 25, 2009 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Blair

Went to San Antonio. Not Detroit.

by Big ZK on Jun 25, 2009 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

I'm a limousine-riding, jet-flying, kiss-stealing, wheeling-dealing son of a gun!!! Wooooo!!!

by Noble_Bloodlines on Jun 25, 2009 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

Who knows....

Maybe he is that Tyler Hansborogh type the Kings were looking for. I think Patti Mills will haunt the Kings from Portland……..

by theinsider on Jun 25, 2009 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions

blair going to SA

was like a punch in the gut.

who the fcuk is brockman?

by chancelot on Jun 25, 2009 8:06 PM PDT reply actions

Spencer Hawes, not Geoff Petrie, is in control of the franchise’s basketball operations

So who the fuck is responsible for Evans? Was it Beno? Tell me it was Beno so I can kick his ass!

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by vfettke on Jun 25, 2009 8:07 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

just got to this and it made me laugh, with that I'll end my night. Thanks!

by STH114 on Jun 25, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I doubt be on the roster

Having 5 players with less than 2 years experience just doesnt seem likely since 2nd rounders barely suit up for the Kings

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by Hilton on Jun 25, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions

So then the question becomes:

Why do we waste those picks then? Other teams continue to find talent late and we close up shop after the first round? I don’t buy it. He better contribute after taking him over guy like: Calathes, Mills, Budinger, Lyons, etc…

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by Noble_Bloodlines on Jun 25, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions

A few do

Most don’t.

With the 4th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings select Tyreke Evans, STUD out of Memphis.

by otis29 on Jun 25, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions

If that's the idea

Then just SELL it.

They got cash from PDX for moving down, they could have double-dipped and sold it to another team for more cash.

by smgmatt on Jun 25, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Corsley Edwards

was better than this guy.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

If I may pre-empt 214 ...

We’re calling this guy Kent.

by Tom Ziller on Jun 25, 2009 8:20 PM PDT reply actions

And don't forget Casspi and Evans

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by section214 on Jun 25, 2009 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Whenever I hear the name Kent

I think of this guy

by luckthefakers on Jun 27, 2009 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions

this guy is going to get boards when he comes in

by KingsForLife on Jun 25, 2009 8:20 PM PDT reply actions

He'l be the best rebounder

that the YMCA has ever seen.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Great...Another Scott Pollard.

by Fredman on Jun 25, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Pollard was the 19th pick in the 1997 draft

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by pookeyguru on Jun 25, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

And taller than our small forwards

and an NBA player
and had a body fat percentage below 20%
and had some hair on his head
and didn’t wear a cut off t-shirt under his jersey. ever.

Pollard was a lot of things that Brockman isn’t.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

He was also waived midseason....

…and signed by the Kings soon thereafter

by Smills91 on Jun 25, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

only guy i'm happy with is

casspi. is the “in geoff we trust” contingency happy with this draft? i was part of that contingency and i’m not exactly thrilled….

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by outrider on Jun 25, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions

what was that last trade

I don't like you Detroit.

by mattman on Jun 25, 2009 8:26 PM PDT reply actions

aye wtfs up with Minny

4 point guards in the same draft?

and Jon Brockman blocked 3 shots last season. In case anyone was wondering.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 8:28 PM PDT reply actions

he also averaged a double double

I don't like you Detroit.

by mattman on Jun 25, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions

He was a beast leader of a top 25 pac 10 squad. Will help you out with hustle and intangibles.

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by blackvanilla on Jun 25, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions

and in the NBA

he’ll average a double-pounder a day.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions

That's alarming

by nbrans on Jun 25, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions

incredibly so

Victory is tasty.

by iashwash on Jun 26, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions

jon brockman...

a shorter poor man’s version of mike peplowski. whooopppeee!

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by outrider on Jun 25, 2009 8:32 PM PDT reply actions

white version of dejuan blair

with good knees
any body know what this guys vertical and wingspan is???

by 31_FLAVAS on Jun 25, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions

He didn't go to the pre-draft combine

and he apparently didn’t work out privately with any teams for them to measure and test him. So we’ll never know.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions

saw brockman in person go against klove last year...

and size wise they are pretty comparable but his wingspan might be a little shorter. I don’t know if Brockman had official measurements taken but he can’t be more than 1/2 inch shorter than kevin love (love’s shoes bring him from 6’7.5" to 6’9.5").

I thought love would be too undersized for the NBA but his rebounding rate really surprised me. Brockman doesn’t have a great offensive game and most of his points are off putbacks but he easily pushed around a guy like klove and was a much better rebounder in college than Love.

If he makes the roster will be by far the strongest player on our team (his arms are huge and ripped esp for a white guy. He doesn’t leap out of the gym but he knows how to use his body like Love and has a rodman type knack for the ball. If he can develop some more of an offensive game he’ll stick on the kings. Leading the pac 10 three straight years in rebounding is no joke.

Not saying I like this over a Chase Budinger or if we were able to get Blair but he’s an NBA player and not a waste of a pick like Ewing was last year.

by ucla06 on Jun 25, 2009 8:37 PM PDT reply actions

Good

leading the pac 10 in rebounds 3 years in a row intriuges me very much… could be very solid rotational big man

by 31_FLAVAS on Jun 25, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

I am thinking Scott Pollard 2.0...

by Fredman on Jun 25, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

basically Brockman is a space eater...

you’ll be amazed how strong this guy is person…if the only thing he does is put jason thompson and spencer hawes on his workout regimen then this is a solid pick.

by ucla06 on Jun 25, 2009 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Damn

You are really worked up over the #38 pick in the draft. Anything else? Does the guy have b.o.? Does he have an ugly girlfriend? I’d really like to know…

With the 4th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Sacramento Kings select Tyreke Evans, STUD out of Memphis.

by otis29 on Jun 25, 2009 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Just having fun...

… be easy doggy.

by Kevin Conroy on Jun 25, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Just for the record...

The guy dated the prettiest cheerleader at UW… for over a year. Yeah. The cheerleader that has her face and body painted on a poster over the entrance to the home side of the stands at Husky stadium.

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by jazzaholic17 on Jun 25, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions

this pick was a waste

by silverguy on Jun 25, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions

Chase Budinger is a waste

yea, he can shoot. But he sure can’t stop anybody from going around him and dunking.

by Fredman on Jun 25, 2009 8:43 PM PDT reply actions

Brock will get boards..

Jon Brockman has a motor that never stops..He’s a former Mcdonalds All american UW all time leading rebounder, and in his last two games of the tourney last year DOMINATED Jarivs Varnado, and JaJuan Johnson two 2010 Lottery picks.

Brockmans not a 20 pt. a game guy, but will come in give you everything he has everynight!!!! He’s like a birdman minus the Tats..Sacramento is getting a big time under the radar guy.

by UWdawg2002 on Jun 25, 2009 8:51 PM PDT reply actions

birdmans specialty is blocking shots and defense....

two areas brockman will have a problem with at the NBA level

by ucla06 on Jun 25, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope your'e right UW

But I fear your purple Montlake bias is getting the way.

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by pookeyguru on Jun 25, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

getting in the way^

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by pookeyguru on Jun 25, 2009 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Evans, Casspi, Brockman

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by Hit4TheCycle on Jun 25, 2009 8:54 PM PDT reply actions

Jon Brockman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG8MwNhkqGI

by pakyubai on Jun 25, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

nice, tough kid

effort will make him a fan favorite.

by betweentheeyes on Jun 25, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Only 6' 7" ?

Has he grown any since this youtube? I hope so.

by KingsFan on Jun 26, 2009 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions

i like this pick

by 31_FLAVAS on Jun 25, 2009 10:12 PM PDT reply actions

come on 38th pick

really! come on. they picked 2 shooters (G) position already. traded for another G in sergio. so a 38th pick out of 60 picks is a PF that is a rebounder, hustle guy.

this draft was a guard heavy draft and 16 were picked in the first 1/2 of the draft.
the kings didn’t need another shooter or a SF or G. there were no real C in this draft, so the kings get a plug a hole player that will spell Spencer or J.T. along with Ike.. unless IKE is getting moved.

by solo 007 on Jun 26, 2009 12:37 AM PDT reply actions