Beno says he and Kings agree to five-year contract

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Beno's gonna be great in all 14 games he doesn't feel like pissing away.
Amazing what guaranteed money will do to a guy.

[hater]

yup. they should have traded Beno early or middle of 2006.

I think Pop just kept him around to torture his lazy ass.

[ChumpDumper]

I don't think the Spurs wanted to trade Beno until last summer when he started talking to the media.

[spurscenter]

Beno celebrated with 5 mexican escorts, an 8 ball, and 5 bags of tacos from Taco Bueno.

OLE!


BTW Sacramento, you just failed miserably.

lol

[tmtcsc]

Beno played great for Sacramento. He looked nothing like the scared, inconsistent player he was in San Antonio. It's a shame. What are you gonna do ?

[Slohoop]

Great job Beno!

[SenorSpur]

It has been posted here before that Beno was quite the fan of Taco Cabana during his tenure in our fair city.

Does that also mean he was quite a fan of the chicas, too?

[T Park]

Does that also mean he was quite a fan of the chicas, too?

I believe someone on the forum posted his myspace, and alot of this was found out through that, and some other stories but yes, he is a fan of the latinas.

[picnroll]

Need a poll on the weight Beno shows up to training camp at. I'm going 260.

[objective]

When is the last time the Spurs made a trade that was anything remotely close to a "sell high".

Bill Curley maybe?

[T Park]

Erick Williams

[Kobayagi]

$33M for Beno. ROFL.

Hey, we're talking about two time NBA champion here. Those two rings's gotta be worth at least 1 million each.

[tav1]

$33M for Beno. ROFL. Kid was injury prone while fighting for his NBA life. Imagine now that he has guaranteed money in the bank no matter what he does. Wow.

Although this does mean two things:

1) RC made a very good pick. A late first rounder getting a max MLE deal down the line means that RC was right. He just didn't factor in that Beno's soft mentality wouldn't mesh with Pop's coaching style. But the NBA talent was definitely there.

2) The Spurs are absolutely horrible at trading assets when their value is highest. When is the last time the Spurs made a trade that was anything remotely close to a "sell high". I can't think of one in the last decade. Trading Beno after his rookie season should have been the way to go. Even during the middle of the second season. Not after he hit rock bottom.

Oh well, the Spurs are 2 for their last 2 in identifying point guard talent late in the first round. Let's hope that becomes 3 for 3.

+2

[angelbelow]

highly overpaid, but i could be biased.

[sendman]

Lookeeee, sour grapes!

[SenorSpur]

I believe someone on the forum posted his myspace, and alot of this was found out through that, and some other stories but yes, he is a fan of the latinas.

It's a shame a thing like BASKETBALL got in the way of his love of tacos and the chicas.

[T Park]

It's a shame a thing like BASKETBALL got in the way of his love of tacos and the chicas.

I believe Pop may have uttered something to that effect along the last couple years of his career in SA.

[Harry Callahan]

Well,
He fooled them. Amazing. An idiot savant, I say. Those hamstrings are tightening as we speak.

Party time for Beno - time to kick back and relax now.

[Kibic]

Mhm. I will not say: "I have told you..."

And really, what did you all expect will happen? He won't get his contract?

[Indazone]

Sometimes all it takes is a new fresh start. New team, new town, new system, new player. Beno is that player.

[ChumpDumper]

Pretty much the same player, just a much worse team.

[mrspurs]

forgive me or not......beno is better the jacque,damon, and hill put together.(why manu had to play so much point guard and eventually was not worth much come PO time)..imo we dumped the wrong guy...we could have let him go now.....imo dumping beno and replacing him with damon cost us a trophy....jacque couldnt do jack, neither could damon.....so good for beno...he deserves it....and the spurs FO knows during the season they let go of the wrong guy....and the person people should be rofl are jacque and mighty mouse....those are choke artist.....

[Harry Callahan]

Use your brain for a second Mr. Spurs. Beno, if he had stayed would have been an unrestricted FA in San Antonio. You do understand unrestricted don't you? There is no way on God's green earth that Beno was going to stay in SA beyond last year. He did not like his role, he got lazy, on and on. He wanted out. The Spurs let him go and he was able to fool the Kings. Cutting him did him a favor it turned out.

He was a liability here due to his lack of clutchness and being turnover machine. Now he can draw the big dollars and be a rock star in Sac town. No pressure. It suits him well.

[Mark in Austin]

damn.

[exstatic]

Lookeeee, sour grapes!

About the only thing Beno didn't eat in SA....

My guess on the training camp weight is 248.