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/200...own/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.
well, that's good news. His stint with the Spurs didn't go to waste.
If you look at Beno's per minute numbers for his career, they have remained pretty consistent. The only real difference this year is he's playing more minutes. His production per minute really hasn't jumped.
In fact, Udrih's assists per minute are at a career-low and the only year he scored less per minute was last year. His turnover are also up from last year. You gotta give him props but he isn't really playing any better -- he's just playing more.
now that the kings know without a doubt they have someone to cover the point guard spot, bibby is on the way out. good for your, beno!
should we start a james white thread just in case?
Good for him.
Well, Beno improving on a crappy team, nothing impressive here.
It's gonna get worse for Beno when Bibby will be 100%
He still aint got any heart
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