duncan228
12-07-2007, 05:15 PM
The most improved player candidates from Ian Thomsen, SI.com.
The article is long, I just pasted Beno's part.
The top five are:
1. Ronnie Brewer, Utah
2. LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland
3. Beno
4. Rudy Gay, Memphis
5. Antoine Wright, New Jersey
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/ian_thomsen/12/07/countdown/index.html
3. Beno Udrih, Sacramento Kings -- Udrih has gone from a 5.2 ppg scorer over three in-and-out years with San Antonio to a 14.3 ppg starter in his brief time with the Kings. The 25-year-old point guard has added 4.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals in his 35.2 minutes per night as the Kings have gone 6-5 since his Nov. 10 debut (though the return of Ron Artest from a season-opening suspension of seven games has a lot to do with it, too).
While sidelined with a broken finger in preseason, Udrih was traded by San Antonio and waived by Minnesota before arriving in Sacramento for the minimum $826,046 as a replacement for Mike Bibby, who underwent preseason thumb surgery. The 6-3 Udrih showed he had recovered from the loss of Gregg Popovich's confidence in him by haunting San Antonio with a career-high 27 points in a 112-99 Kings' win last week. If Udrih keeps this up, he'll make it easier for the Kings to eventually trade Bibby and further hasten their rebuilding.
The article is long, I just pasted Beno's part.
The top five are:
1. Ronnie Brewer, Utah
2. LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland
3. Beno
4. Rudy Gay, Memphis
5. Antoine Wright, New Jersey
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/ian_thomsen/12/07/countdown/index.html
3. Beno Udrih, Sacramento Kings -- Udrih has gone from a 5.2 ppg scorer over three in-and-out years with San Antonio to a 14.3 ppg starter in his brief time with the Kings. The 25-year-old point guard has added 4.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals in his 35.2 minutes per night as the Kings have gone 6-5 since his Nov. 10 debut (though the return of Ron Artest from a season-opening suspension of seven games has a lot to do with it, too).
While sidelined with a broken finger in preseason, Udrih was traded by San Antonio and waived by Minnesota before arriving in Sacramento for the minimum $826,046 as a replacement for Mike Bibby, who underwent preseason thumb surgery. The 6-3 Udrih showed he had recovered from the loss of Gregg Popovich's confidence in him by haunting San Antonio with a career-high 27 points in a 112-99 Kings' win last week. If Udrih keeps this up, he'll make it easier for the Kings to eventually trade Bibby and further hasten their rebuilding.