20 of 23 is basically carrying the whole quarter yeh

We hope so

Is he built sturdy like Brunson is? Really don’t know a ton about him besides he was good and got the Brunson comps

Oh man, I was so worried he’d get buried on some depth chart. Kings fans are in for a treat if he keeps playing like this.

Christie is cheeks but he got all the young guys overperforming their draft positions by a significant margin. It seems like he can only get the most out of the young guys and sucks at everything else.

Eh he started rough but his second half, and 4th quarter especially, were good for his first game. And it’s summer league, so there’s gonna be mistakes.

Nah the Kings drafting him means he will be the best guard in the class but they will trade him for scraps in 3 years. That’s the Kings way, draft great point guards and trade them for trash. Historically awful roster management.

In the past 9 years these dudes have drafted and rostered Dearon Fox, Tyrese Haliburton, and Davion Mitchell (not that he’s the same level, admittedly) and somehow wound up starting 37 year old Russell Westbrook at PG last year.

I mean Kings have been pretty good at drafting talent over the last 6 years, picking quality prospects hasn’t been the problem lol

I do see him in the realm of “Kobe-like” but actually better defense

“actualy better defense” my dude totally missed the first half of Kobe’s career. Come on dude that’s crazy. I’d be shocked if Peterson ever comes real close to prime Kobe defense.

Kobe was first team all-defense NINE times. Some of his later all-defense was not necessarily deserved and more career achievement (dude was 15x all-defense overall), but he was top 5 in DPOY voting three times and a legit 1st team all-defender, best SG defender in the league for several years in his prime.

There is absolutely no reason to think Peterson will be a 9x first-team all-defense guy, that’s absurd to me. He projects as a solid to good defender, not 1st team all-defense. SGA-level is a MUCH more realistic projection for his defense, and that’s not an insult at all, SGA is a fantastic defender, especially considering what he does on offense as well.

I would bet money he doesn’t ever reach prime Kobe levels on either end of the court, but if it happened on one, it would be the offensive end, not defense. Saying he will be a better defender than Kobe sorta means you have no idea what youre talking about

Peterson isn’t Kobe at all

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