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Better than Beno?
by jasonrp on Jun 29, 2010 3:30 PM EDT
on Sactown Royalty
With the start of Free Agency on July 1st approaching I thought it would be interesting to look at some of the unrestricted free agents. I limited this FanPost to only guards because I believe we are most in need of a third guard who can fill in when Beno Udrih or Tyreke Evans need a break. However, in order to earn playing time they will most likely have to be at or near Beno level, that is the purpose of this post. Are these unrestricted free agents Better than Beno?
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"It's a lot different from two or three years ago when franchises were depending on selling out those suites or club suites or bunker suites. So the truth is that we don't need a new building as much as we did a couple years ago."
2010 STR Draft Board - Jasonrp's Video FanPost edition
by jasonrp on May 26, 2010 6:18 PM EDT
on Sactown Royalty
You can watch the video (it is the fanpost, more than the written part), or you can look below the jump for a list of the players and the order I put them in.
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Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe....
by jasonrp on May 14, 2010 7:01 PM EDT
on Sactown Royalty
With the annual Draft Lottery order being set on Tuesday, May 18th I wanted to take a brief look at how the top 6 picks in the draft have historically done in their first year in the NBA. To do this I compiled a list of the top 6 draft picks since 1985. My first goal with the list was to find a measure that would make comparing Point Guards to Centers to Small Forwards a little easier. I settled on using PER (Player Efficiency Rating), created by John Hollinger and calculated for my purposes by Basketball-Reference.com. Though I am aware that PER doesn't tell the whole story of a player, for my purposes I believe it to be the easiest method for comparing these players. I also counted the number of times a player was above 15 PER(which is considered to be the leagues average player) and divided by the available number of players for each pick and called that the Frequency (a percentage) to help determine if great individual performances were bringing up a draft pick groups numbers.
Where's the Map, Losing has me Disoriented. Year 2
by jasonrp on May 7, 2010 4:07 PM EDT
on Sactown Royalty
Last summer I wrote a FanPost called Where's the Map, Losing has me Disoriented. In it I asked and researched three basic questions:
What happens the season after a league worst showing? (It was atypical to be the worst team twice in a row)
Is improvement to be expected, and if so how much? (Improvement was to be expected, about 9-10 games)
How long will it take to win again? (It takes 4-5 years to win again)
This year I am following up in the same fashion with these three questions:
What typically happens the 2nd season after having the worst record in the NBA?
How much improvement is to be expected?
What did the teams that made the most dramatic improvement from year 1 to year 2 do to improve?
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NBA HD: Are Rookies Better Finishers in Sophomore Year?
Statistical comparison of Rookie and Sophomore conversion rates around the rim. Inspired by Tyreke's unique ability to get to the rim.
Small article and video on Omri Casspi
Nice little man on the streets action with the video. It interviews Israelis about their thoughts about Omri in the NBA.
"Here and now, Evans brings to mind a bigger, stronger there-and-then version of Allen Iverson. "
Nice Little Casspi Interview
Talks about how Omri is adjusting to living in Sacramento.
Basketball in 3-D TV on its way
Not specifically Kings related, but ESPN is launching a new network were they are going to broadcast games in 3-D. It doesn't mention NBA games in its first year (college basketball is mentioned), but can you imagine watching an oncoming fast break in 3-D?
Casspi article by Sam Amick
What's unique about this article is that it touches on the relationship between Casspi and Tyreke. I haven't noticed this in other articles.
"Casspi and Evans have meshed off the court as well, developing a friendship that their bosses hope pays off down the road."
If the Kings Lose Tonight it's All My Fault...
by jasonrp on Nov 17, 2009 3:03 PM EST
on Sactown Royalty
Forget the likelihood of turnovers finally becoming too much to overcome (though the Bulls have committed just two less turnovers than the Kings, in the same amount of games), forget the possibility that we can't keep up this ridiculous offensive rebounding rate (13.89 per game, best in the NBA if I did the math right), even forget the propensity for former Kings players to have career nights against their former team (Tony Delk - 53pts, Jerome James - 17pts 15reb 5blocks, probably a few more) . All these are unsubstantiated mumbo jumbo brought to us by the stat hounds who in their need for order try to divine trends from vague numbers created by mathematical expressions so complex you would need a degree in psychoanalysis just to set your mind straight after you figured it all out.
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Brockman interview, basketball tricks, and type of rookie backpack he is wearing. Nothing really exciting, but his HORSE shot it pretty nice. From twitter, of @sacramentokings
A Kings Fan Guide to Child Rearing
by jasonrp on Aug 22, 2009 5:01 PM EDT
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Chemistry, do the Kings have it or not?
by jasonrp on Aug 19, 2009 4:31 PM EDT
on Sactown Royalty
Chemistry, from a statistical point of view, is one of the hardest terms to quantify. Either a team has it or they don't and many times you can't separate wins based on talent versus wins based on chemistry. When thinking about chemistry, one glaring question comes to my mind:
- Is there any combination of logic and stats that reveals a team with chemistry versus one without chemistry?
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Tyreke Evans Projected Production
Jon Nichols uses his Box Score Prediction System (BSPS) to predict Tyreke Evans' NBA production based on his college experience. Outlook is positive, so says the BSPS.
Where's the Map, Losing has me Disorientated.
by jasonrp on Jul 31, 2009 5:15 AM EDT
on Sactown Royalty
As I look forward to the upcoming season, I am both excited for the possibilities and fearful that I am looking at this team through my fan inspired beer goggles. In order to relieve myself of my anxiety, and to fill the gaping void that appears every summer, I took it upon myself to do a little research into the history of NBA losers. Specifically, those teams that have found themselves in our present situation of being the worst team in the league.
Specifically, I was looking to answer three basic questions:
What happens the season after a league worst showing?
Is improvement to be expected, and if so how much?
How long will it take to win again?
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