SB Nation User Blog: moproblemz

Coachie + Evans = <3

moproblemz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:37:32 -0000

Coachie + Evans = <3

Fanhouse's Matt Steinmetz reports that the 19-year-old Evans and 79-year-old Carril are getting along quite well. It must also be noted that Coachie thinks Evans will be able handle the point in the NBA, which means we don't need anymore definitions on what a point guard is (removes tongue from cheek).

Kings interested in Nate Robinson.

moproblemz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:27:44 -0000

Kings interested in Nate Robinson.

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, if many of the proposed trade rumors at the end of last season trade deadline were true, but the Kings are interested in signing Nate Robinson. Needless to say a Robinson acquisition would push Beno even further down the depth chart and he could either become a Bob-J replacement, instant offense and excitement off the bench, or move straight into the starter's role.

Small FA acquisitions, Linas and his blanky.

moproblemz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:22:35 -0000

Upon looking at our holes as a team there are a couple glaring needs. Firstly we need a SF of the future and we need frontcourt depth, which SF's are a part of. In this specific Fanpost I will be addressing our need for a SF of the future, as I am currently not comforted with Donte Greene as our savior at the position. Our current SF's consist of Cisco, Nocioni, and Donte Greene; Cisco has always been more productive coming off the bench and can play any guard position for us and Nocioni albeit gritty is slow, inconsistent, and getting old (thus not a part of our long term solution). He is also saddled with a long contract, three years plus a team option for a fourth, thus I will target a possible replacement. There are plenty of free agent SFs in this free agent class with many all star caliber players available: Shawn Marion, Ron Artest, Trevor Ariza, Lamar Odom, Grant Hill and many others. The problem with all these players is that they will command too high of a price tag for a rebuilding team like the Kings.

Enter my solution! Linas Kleiza.

I can already hear the naysayers, but mo Linas is a restricted free agent. The Nuggets currently sit at a cool $71 million dollars in salary which does not include Dahntay Jones and Chris Andersen, which should eat up their entire MLE and push them to around $77 million. This being the Nuggets current quandary they have not yet extended a qualifying offer to Linas, coupled with a season where he was given a reduced role mainly due to multiple acquisitions from trades could make him expendable or easily acquired.

Even with his reduced minutes he was still able to produce getting around ten points in 22 mpg. He also has good size being 6'-8" and 245 lbs and can fit into our future plans as he is only 24 years old. He has an extremely developed offensive game where he is comfortable driving the lane or spotting up from three. Its hard to gauge his defensive prowess playing for an up tempo team like the Nuggets, but he did not complain about his reduced role and went from in the future plans of the Nuggets to the bench without a peep.

For those of us who have been StR members for awhile now, this name should be extremely familiar as he was the sticking point in a Ron-Ron to Denver trade that was axed as he was not included. This obviously means that Petrie and the Kings organization are familiar with his skill set coupled with the fact that he can be had for much less than the MLE it would seem like a FA acquisition worth considering. The fact that we can gain a young player with promise for not that much money (well a lot for you and I but you get the point) is quite enticing and why I think a team like the Kings looking to build for the future should give a long hard look towards offering Linas a contract.

Bucks trade Jefferson to Spurs

moproblemz — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:25:03 -0000

Bucks trade Jefferson to Spurs

And so it begins...

The Sporting News interviews Brandon Jennings

moproblemz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:11:20 -0000

The Sporting News interviews Brandon Jennings

An interesting interview with what could be our fourth overall pick.

There has been speculation in the Sacramento media that the Kings might prefer Rubio over Griffin....

moproblemz — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:02:34 -0000

There has been speculation in the Sacramento media that the Kings might prefer Rubio over Griffin. The thinking goes that they have a terrible point guard (Beno Udrih) and an up-and-coming big man (Jason Thompson). The problem with that thinking? The Kings aren't stupid. Griffin is the best player in the draft and is a big upgrade over Thompson. They might need Rubio more, but they won't pass on Griffin at No. 1.

Chad Ford's NBA Draft Lottery preview

Top recruit Wall charged in break-in

moproblemz — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:23 -0000

Top recruit Wall charged in break-in

Somewhere andy sims is crying, it looks like the consensus top pick of 2010 will have some image problems to overcome over the next year.

Mathematics

moproblemz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:14:28 -0000

As StR's resident mathematician, I have put it upon myself to give everyone the real draft odds. The main problem with the percentages given for the second and third picks is that they don't take into account the loss of combinations from the team that won the first pick and second pick.

Firstly, the 1st overall pick odds are correct as no team has been eliminated we have an exactly 25.0% chance of landing the first pick.

The second pick is where it gets slightly more complicated, here are all the different odds we have of winning the second pick determined by who took the first pick: 31.2%, 29.6%, 28.4%, 27.4%, 26.7%, 26.1%, 25.7%, 25.4%, 25.3%, 25.2%, 25.18%, 25.15%, 25.13%. The percentages are ordered by the biggest losers, thus 31.2% coincides with the Wizards, 29.6% with the Clippers, and so on down the line. Obviously, you want a team as close to your lottery combinations as possible to get lucky. Eliminating a hundred plus combinations greatly enhances the Kings possibility of winning the second pick.

The third pick percentages are again determined by the winners of the first two picks. There are 91 different combinations and even though I am bored at work, I am not quite that bored. The range in %'s go from 38.8% (Was/Lac) to 25.3% (Indy/Phx) again like the second pick you want the highest possible amount of combinations to be eliminated in order to insure the greatest % of landing the third pick.

The moral of all this math is pretty straight forward, if on lottery day one of the teams from the back jumps into the lottery, our chances drop immensely of getting a top 3 pick. Conversely, if a team near us gets lucky, we have a better chance of moving out of the 4th pick.

It's a number game, but shit don't add up somehow
Like I got, sixteen to thirty-two bars to rock it
but only 15% of profits, ever see my pockets like
sixty-nine billion in the last twenty years
spent on national defense but folks still live in fear

Sacramento Kings: Be patient. Even if the Kings land the No. 1 pick and Oklahoma forward Blake...

moproblemz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:48:02 -0000

Sacramento Kings: Be patient. Even if the Kings land the No. 1 pick and Oklahoma forward Blake Griffin, they still have a lot more rebuilding to do. Kevin Martin, Spencer Hawes and Jason Thompson at least give them a workable core moving forward.

Kenny Smith of Yahoo! Sports

Kreidler on KJ

moproblemz — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:19:58 -0000

Kreidler on KJ

You have to figure that KJ will be an aid towards building an arena at Cal Expo. Mainly I just like to read Kreidler though.