Ranking the Top 50 Sacramento Kings, Pick No. 11

Williams I ended up eliminating first because I just couldn’t overlook his appalling inefficiency even though he was the most fun player I’ve ever seen.

Simmons was next because through no fault of his own, injuries killed his career and his performance suffered for it.

Miller, meanwhile, was the 2nd best center we’ve ever had and an All-Star caliber worthy one at that.

I’m going with Brad Miller here. Now, I fully understand that Brad went out like a punk. But he is the only remaining player on the list to make an all star team, and for his first three years here he looked like a tougher version of Vlade. Get a load of this recap of time served on the Kings:

Miller – 385 games, 13.3ppg, 8.6rpg, 4.0apg, 0.9bpg.
Divac – 454 games, 11.4ppg, 7.8rpg, 3.7apg, 1.2bpg.

My uneducated guess is that if Chris Webber doesn’t blow out his knee, the Kings win a title or two with Miller in the starting lineup, and there is a lively discussion as to whether the #52 should be placed in the rafters. Fate puts the rafter riff to rest, but it does not change the fact the Miller is really the best player left on the board.

If I were voting with my heart, B-Jax, Corliss and Joe Kleine would all get my vote before Brad Miller. But when I look at the on-court performance, Miller is the choice for me.

Now I’m torn. Sentimentality has me go JWill. But numbers have me go BMill.

Ah, I’ll just go with Miller today, so to remove him from all future voting and my sentimentality can dominate all future voting without need for subjective things like numbers or facts.

and B), Cisco should probably be included as well. I’d vote for all of those guys before I voted for Cisco, with the exception of Artest.

But I voted Metta.

I can’t see putting anyone else above him. After that, I think I take a couple exciting PGs, Spudd first and then JWill.

Jason Williams has mad skills but the maturing he needed to do was not done enough during his NBA career and mostly done elsewhere. I place him further down the list above.

Had he been here for longer, MWP would be the MVP of the list above. One of the very in the League who could dominate play on both ends of the floor. As for Ron Artest vs. Metta World Peace – it is insulting to call Kareem Abdul Jabbar by Lew Alcindor? Should his UCLA records be changed? I can see the argument both ways. IMO, he was Ron Artest as a King and that is the proper way to refer to him for this rating.

Otis Thorpe was a double double guy, Lionel Simmons was runner up RoY. Tank Thompson had almost double double seasons (12.8/9.6, 13.9/9.4) and was a fan favorite. Spud was a joy to watch most nights and best known for his Welcome to Hell line, Corliss is pure class, if unspectacular.
But, Jason Williams – he was spectacular but had no class. He is a highlight phenom but a mediocre contributor. I don’t believe he was a consistent starter on any other team. I could go as far as to say that Jason Williams is an example of how SportsCenter changes the focus of the game from substance to style. But I won’t, because that would be unfair. When Jason Williams was on the floor your eyes stayed glued to him because he was a wonderful showman. I loved those highlights. I grin thinking about them (and that Nike commercial). But there is a reason that the Globetrotters don’t play any NBA teams.

Hey. was working the other night at Bubba Gump here in Hollywood. And Mr. Metta came and dined with his family. As an avid Kings fan, i extinguished my Laker hate and introduced myself. He was a nice guy. I did, however, refer to him as Ron. hahaha

Went Miller here. Will probably go Lasalle before I go JWill. I loved Tank in those early years.

…and by the way Eddie Johnson cannot be too far away from being a voting choice. The guy lite it up for us in the early years before the ill-advised trade for Ed Pinckney.

Even though he quit on the team, he was still one of the better centers when we were winning. He was All-Star caliber for most years, a true reliable double-double guy, and a great passer. My most fond memory happens to be a regular season game against the Lakers where Miller hit a three to force overtime. Miller’s the guy for this spot

Metta World Peace is still just plain old Ron Artest. Turns out he has some traffic warrants to clear up first. That’s the Ron Ron we know and loathe love.

Wow. That’s all I have to say about that.

James K. Polk is the 11th greatest President of the United States of all time. This would make J-Will the James K. Polk of Sacramento Kings, which means the best that Brad MIller can hope for is Zachary Taylor. And this is relevant, as if Miller isn’t placed on this list soon I may flip my Whig.

i refuse to recall any time brad miller spent with the kings…

I miss Kevin Martin more than any other.