Kings Roster Spot Power Rankings, 10/4

They were almost in Seattle and Atlanta in consecutive years, but never on the same one.

My vote goes to Baby top hat.

The Bucks signed Brockman to a 3 year, $3 million contract ($1 million per). Jackson would make less than a million this year and then be gone. So when it comes to having a 13th or 14th guy on your team, Jackson is a much better contractual fit than Brockman. It’s really a case of Mancakes and oranges.

Backcourt – Evans, Udrih, Garcia, Jeter

Wings – Casspi, Greene, Wright,

Front Line – Dalembert, Cousins, Landry, Thompson, Whiteside

I see a shooter and a big filling out the two “suit” spots. Jackson lands one spot, with the other spot coming down to Landry and Head. That’s one man’s blind arse guess, anyway.

I get the sense that Coach likes having someone around in practice whose effort will make any of the other guys look bad if they’re slacking, and to put into the game when the regulars are letting him down. Not unlike a certain pancake-loving man-beast of yore. As Section says, though, I don’t think that would necessarily make Hollinger right. In any case, if we’re talking about the 14th roster spot, does it really matter if it’s a wing player that will hardly ever play or a big man that will hardly ever play? Maybe they decide to send Swat over to Reno for an extended period of time, making Jackson the all-important fifth big for a time.

When camp opened, I believed that Luther Head was a lock and now, I’m not so sure. Marcus Landry has looked really good, the coaches like him, and keeping him might just give the Kings a leg up in signing big brother later this year.

Jackson is completely tied to Whiteside and to a lesser extent, Dalembert in my book. If Whiteside misses a bunch more practice this week and it runs into next week then I believe he begins the season in street clothes and/or in Reno. Dalembert is the other factor and obviously, his tenure with the team may be decided by DeMarcus Cousins so….Jackson-Whiteside-Dalembert-Cousins-roster spot.

Jackson is a nice player to have around- inexpensive, hard worker, fits personality wise. He might just be the cheap insurance the Kings need to provide optimum flexibility later.

So as of today, Landry and Jackson make the team IMO. If Luther Head does something well within his skill set like hit his next 25 three’s in practice, he can get right back into the race.

when marcus was in summer league couple years ago i was talking him up to friends & family that he was going to make the squad and get a lot of PT because the guy could shoot and played hard. i was shocked that the kings didn’t keep him around the first time.

i’m hoping the kings act a little differently this time around. seems like he’s improved from where he was and is performing well. kings may not need another wing – but i don’t think you let a guy like this walk away a second time. he’d be a nice insurance policy if you make a mid-season trade and move donte or omri.

as for jackson – he’s performing well but there is just too much depth at bigs for the kings right now to put him on the roster.

My impressions favored Marcus Landry and Darnell Jackson. Besides grabbing a bunch of rebounds and playing hard on D, Jackson had a sweet mid range jumper that had me wondering who this guy was. Landry played some solid defense, and shot the 3 well enough to show me he deserves to stay with the team.

I don’t really remember too much of anything from Sloan. Head looked like a chucker and his shot was not looking good during the practice. I just remember Giddens as really athletic with a lot of energy.

If you based it on that scrimmage the two nonGs that stood out were clearly Marcus and Jackson. Sloan had some nice moments (thank god), Head made a nice play or two, but Marcus shot well and looked pretty good on D against both Donte’ and Casspi (when they weren’t guarding each other, which was quite a battle).
On Jackson I was talking to some other fans around me about his very issue and I think by the end I found my self mumbling ‘too bad, it’s just a numbers games’ for the 5th or 6th time.
If they could stash a guard in Reno than it sure looked like Jackson has earned that perhaps mythical 14th spot. I don’t believe Head or Sloan can be though.
I really do think that Jackson maybe playing that well that they may go guard light. He’s making it a tough decision for them and that’s just great for him. Oh, he may not have that Brockness romance about him, but he’s a much better all-around player than His Brockness was by the end of last year.

for those with the patience to watch a mediocre video.

Second spot should go to Head or Jackson

He just looked the best and also the most comfortable with a crowd watching him of all the non-guaranteeds.

Anybody else get annoyed with the announcer whenever a sub came in for the white team? He kept saying stuff like Francisco Garcia entering for the White Side. I kept thinking, “Wait, Swat was in the game?!” And then I got disappointed when I realized he wasn’t there. Luckily by the 4th period he was calling them the White Squad. But it was still annoying.

More of a proven commodity – and I do wonder if that enters into the teams thinking.

They already added Jeter, and they liked ML last year and thought enough to bring him back for training camp even though he didn’t have a great summer league. So, even though as some here have already pointed out, it’s not much of a sample size to judge the unsigned FA’s, I’m going to pick Landry as the 2nd guard we add.

He has more size and seems to be a better defender then Head and the other FA’s. And, he looks to be able to defend both the 2 & 3. With Landry, the Kings have more than enough players that can play the 1 & 2, so I can’t see them adding a 3rd guard. Jackson has made a case for himself. And with Dalembert and Hassan already experiencing injuries less then 1 week into camp, I can see where the Kings might be willing to hang on to him. The effort and results have been there, and the price is about right.

With Jackson, ML & Jeter, I think you have all the flexibility you need.

4 Centers: Dalembert, Cousins, JT, Whiteside
5 PF: JT, C. Landry, Jackson, Whiteside, Greene
5 SF: Omri, Donte, Cisco, Wright, M. Landry
6 SG: Cisco, M. Landry, Tyreke, Beno, Donte, Omri
4 PG: Tyreke, Beno, Jeter, Cisco

I could have added Boogie & Sammy to the PF’s, but my point was that we have a squad with a lot of options. The only players that aren’t multiple position players are probably Pooh & Carl.

Jared and Jason Collins from the Sranford Cardinal. The other set, played for the Kings just last season: Beno and Nocioni. C’mon – they must be related. See you thought I was going to say Earvin Johnson and Earvin Johnson, didn’t you?