To all the fans that cry about Evans as a PG

I think people forget his only year at Mempis too. They had him playing the 2 there and the team struggled but the moment they moved Evans to the point the team started winning. I think Evans needs a decent coach that will put him in a normal PG role and we’ll see what he can do. I think Sacramento fans will be happy with the results (after all he was a ROY player in his rookie season, and I won’t mention the stat line as it has been overplayed. But on that bad team he did average over 5 assists.)

Plus for all those that want to put him at the 2 and 3 positions are crazy. You take away the mismatch (as you can’t deny he is a great ball handler and he out muscles every other PG in the league) and those positions play to Evans weaknesses (jump shooting). To move him to the 2 or 3 makes little sense. In addition Thorton is thriving as your starting 2 guard, why mess with that. As far as Salmons goes, I think I’ve seen enough. He hasn’t defended or shot well this entire season so far. If he doesn’t snap out of this funk I think we need to go a different direction at the 3. (I would not be surprised to see Greene resurface as our starting SF under Smart).

Sunday will be fun! I think Orlando will be leaving Arco (I mean Power Balence) with a loss.

In his rookie season Westphal let Tyreke have the ball in his hands pretty much the entire season (to a fault really). And when Tyreke ran a normal point guard offense during the first two months of Westphal’s tenure the Kings played well. When Westphal fell in love with Tyreke’s ability and basically gave him iso plays all the time the team fell off. Last year was a total loss with both injuries, trades, and Westphal it was hard to make heads or tails of what was happening.

This season Westphal came in and basically had three starting positions (THorton, Evans, and Salmons) sharing duties bringing the ball up the floor. Almost every series had a high screen with a big having the ball away from the bucket followed by an isolation play for one of the three guards who either drove or shot while everyone stood and watched. A PG position was non-existant. No one was calling or running plays. They look lost (and basically said they were lost).

So that was long winded, but yes Westphal let Tyreke play PG year one and it resulted in a ROY award. The second comment was refering to Tyreke playing full-time PG for the 1st time this season (not sharing the PG position with the 2,3) was the last game with Smart as coach. Evans actually initiated the offense and controled the flow.

I would say Westphal was the worst coach for the reasons I stated above. His winning percentages were among the worst, he forced two young very good players off the team while working hard to force Cousins off too (not to clear Cousins of any guilt of the situation), and he basically wasted a few years of development of what I feel should have been much better players in Thompson, Greene, and Caspi. I think his overall performance of coach in both developement and gameplanning was just terrible. I think you’d have to go all the way back to Russell before you found an equivilent of bad in my mind. Even Dick Motta was better in my estimation, but I guess it is subjective.

Evans is tied with Thomas for most turnovers per 36.

I’m not saying JImmer will be a great PG. It is way too early to tell. What I am saying is that there is a lot more data on Evans playing NBA PG than there is Jimmer or IT. And after two full years it isn’t all that promising. Evans could bloom and become a great PG. But there is nothing in your post to back up your claims other than lots of exclamation points. If you won’t to sell me, give me some evidence.

With all the guys that collapse on him when he drives, he should be getting lots of drop offs for dunks. Not just kickouts for jumpers.

What most forget is that when no one is open and no one is trying to get open or is opening up passing lanes, and the defense is just sitting by the rim waiting for Tyreke instead of leaving someone open to double him, There is no one for him to pass to. And, he has no other shot other then at the rim.

So, he’s doing the best anyone can expect considering the offense he’s been playing in.

You do know that allstars are voted in by the fans and are often not the best players at their position? If Tyreke ends up in boston or LA or suddenly finds he’s got chinese roots he’ll have a much better chance. Otherwise I wouldn’t plan on it cause CP3, Westbrook,and other players from more nationally popular teams have such a headstart, Tyreke would have to get really good plus get people to vote for a player other than their own team’s to win..