Ranking the Top 50 Sacramento Kings, Pick No. 26
by Aykis16 on Sep 16, 2011 7:01 AM PDT
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Nobody Expects The Yeti.
We're officially halfway through the Top 50 Sacramento Kings of All-Time, and you have voted Beno Udrih at No. 25. I'm a tad surprised myself, but I guess everyone has blocked 2008-09 from their memory (for good reason).
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TODAY'S CONTESTANTS:
Danny Ainge, Rodney McCray, Antoine Carr, Olden Polynice, Francisco Garcia, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Michael Smith, John Salmons, Hedo Turkoglu and Lawrence Funderburke. After the jump, a statistical breakdown of their time in a Kings uniform.
Danny Ainge (1989-1990):
16.8 PER, 36.5 MPG, 18.5 PPG, .442 FG%, .378 3P%, 6.2 APG, 4.1 RPG, 1.5 STL (103 Games Played)
Rodney McCray (1989-1990):
15.1 PER, 14.7 PPG, .495 FG%, 7.9 RPG, 4.5 APG in 37.8 MPG (150 Games Played)
Antoine Carr (1990-1991):
18.8 PER, 19.7 PPG, .503 FG%, 5.4 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.2 BLK in 31.4 MPG (110 Games Played)
Olden Polynice (1994-1998):
14.4 PER, 10.8 PPG, .495 FG%, 8.8 RPG, 1.2 APG, .8 BLK in 30.1 MPG (345 Games Played)
1st All-Time in Offensive Rebounds (1,130)
4th All-Time in Total Rebounds (3,053)
6th All-Time in Defensive Rebounds (1,923)
Francisco Garcia (2006-2011):
13.2 PER, 9.1 PPG, .442 FG%, .368 3P%, 2.9 RPG, 1.5 APG, .9 STL, .7 BLK in 23.9 MPG (373 Games Played)
5th All-Time in 3-Points Made (397)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (2006-2008):
15.0 PER, 10.7 PPG, .496 FG%, 4.8 RPG, 1.7 APG in 25.5 MPG (158 Games Played)
Michael Smith (1995-1998):
13.5 PER, 6.2 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 1.6 APG, .8 STL, .7 BLK in 24.4 MPG (246 Games Played)
John Salmons (2007-2009):
14.1 PER, 12.5 PPG, .470 FG%, .375 3P%, 3.9 RPG, 3.1 APG, 1.1 STL in 31.1 MPG (213 Games Played)
Hedo Turkoglu (2001-2003):
12.9 PER, 7.5 PPG, .420 FG%, .358 3P%, 3.4 RPG, 1.4 APG in 19.9 MPG (221 Games Played)
2000-01 All-Rookie 2nd Team Selection
Lawrence Funderburke (1998-2003):
16.5 PER, 6.4 PPG, .506 FG%, 3.6 RPG, .6 APG in 14.9 MPG (316 Games Played)
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If Beno Udrih is already number 26 out of 50,
why are we punishing ourselves with 25 more?
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by caseycheesecake on Sep 16, 2011 7:04 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Maxwell played 46 games
And Corbin double that but less productively than other guys on the list or soon to be on the list. They’ll make it eventually, but there are still several guys I believe made a much bigger impact on the team.
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Ummm You got Pollard on there again, Or i sthat because he is just so damn good he gets 2 spots… I gotta go OP here…cause I am down with OPP—-Olden Polynice’s posse- Yeah you know me…sorry bad brain not enough coffee
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by The Crown Royal Gentleman on Sep 16, 2011 7:38 AM PDT reply actions
This the last Carr Card I can find on Google
So today is the day.
Carr has the highest PER and was the most effective player for some decent squads that is remaining on this list. If not for the fact that he played for the Kings in the Pre-2000s he would be on the All-Time collection already.
His stats are a full level above the remainders here. As far as effectiveness, Rodney McCray is next on the list. Look – which of these guys would start for another team – Pollard? really?
But he only played 110 games for the Kings.
Would probably be 4th or 5th on the given list for me.
by Kfan in Korea on Sep 16, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Olden Polynice man
The dude played almost 400 games as King. Come on. The fact he lasted so long on the list is a testament to his longeivity.
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On the team, not on the list.
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A lot of people won't forgive him for flipping off Kings fans in his post-Kings days
Which I can understand.
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Duane Causwell played 454 games as a King, 7th most of All-Time.
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the bottom of the barrel is not yet in sight, is it?
by betweentheeyes on Sep 16, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Antoine Carr
His shorter stint here exceeds anything that anyone remaining on the list accomplished over time, with the possible exception of Polynice. And I’m trying like hell not to vote for OP – I just don’t need that on my record.
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carr
I still can’t vote for OP. How could you vote for the Guy? Besides stats and longevity he has to be the most unlikable Guy on here. I guess this is a conceptual difference between peoples voting criteria. I just think voting on stats isn’t what this list is about.
Voting Carr
Because I don’t want OP to win.
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how did beno win 25th? he won what 22 games the whole times he played in sacramento???
by rekehavoc13jimmer7 on Sep 16, 2011 9:37 AM PDT reply actions
He won about 22 yes, 22 on his own.
man we’ve been bad.
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by lietothegirls on Sep 16, 2011 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions
He's 17th all time in Total Win Shares
Tied with Reggie Theus.
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If we're going to use the criteria of games won
Then there would be a short list of players left. But then again we can use whatever criteria we want, so question the selection all you want.
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by raiderking21 on Sep 16, 2011 6:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
this is tough
Still don’t understand the lack of Cisco love. Antoine Carr was a lot of fun to root for, and McCray was a very effective player, but I gotta go with Cisco.
Carr
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Carr
But, more accurately, anyone but OP.
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Olden Polynice
After that, I’d consider Marcus Thornton.
More like a quarter of a season and change
27 games. Marcus isn’t getting on for a couple weeks or so.
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Or, in simplified terms:
“A third.”
Sorry, just couldn’t help myself.
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I am going Ainge with my bias and nostalgia of the early years Kings teams. His acquisition was a big deal in the sense he was big name player from a recent championship team that was now on our team. It was a really exciting acquistion at the time. Not sure he was thrilled to be in Sactown but put up some great numbers and hustled.
BTW, really miss the vote counter machine we had. Know we had someone bypass the system but perhaps we could try it again…
by VirginiaKingsFan on Sep 16, 2011 2:13 PM PDT reply actions
Hedo Turkoglu
I may be totally throwing away my vote, but I gotta vote for ‘My Turk.’ I was a bit late starting to watch the NBA (not just the Kings,) so I hardly know who a lot of these players are. Also, call me a tad clueless, but where did the moniker Yeti come from in relation to Beno??? I’m completely scratching my head over that one. And count another vote for adding Jon Barry on the ballot (maybe his stats weren’t that great, but man could he hustle.)
The Yeti for Beno is a running gag
Ziller had a post after a game where Beno had a huge defensive stop at the end of a game against the Utah Jazz. In that post, he credited the stop to Beno using his ‘Yeti’. Since then, whenever Beno did something good (mostly on defense) we would say that he brought out the Yeti.
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by raiderking21 on Sep 16, 2011 6:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I have to give Danny Ainge at least one vote
He has been sitting in the green room for a LONG time now. Almost Hassan Whitesite-like.
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I'll go with Antoine Carr
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by A Night At The Arco on Sep 16, 2011 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
With a hat tip to embersky2116,
I’m voting Jon Barry. I don’t care if he’s not on the list and I don’t care if I’m voting after the deadline. He was a significant contributor to good and exciting teams who posted decent numbers and played with heart. He played over 160 games with us, which would put him in the range of many of the options on the list. We traded him for Mateen Cleaves, right? Does anyone remember why we did that?
This is probably a bit of chronological bias, but I’m casting this vote in the hope he gets added to the list soon.
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I think we traded Barry to clear up rotational glut.
He and Turkoglu were fighting for minutes, and by the end of the playoffs that year it was looking like Hedo had won. While we might have been able to push for a 2nd round pick or something, I think that trade worked out best for us; we had all the rotation we needed at that point, and Jon Barry was able to contribute for another team where he was needed more.
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McCray u fools
how many of u wouldnt want him on your team compared to these other guys. get some perspective!
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