Matthew Dellavedova a week ago, Kent Bazemore yesterday, Quinn Cook today: the Kings are recycling profiles that might – in a world where all bets succeed – help out when they leave the bench. For the latter, this one-season contract is an opportunity to relaunch following a 2021-22 fiscal year spent soaping fathers in the G League. Debrief.
The last time we saw him – or at least he marked us – Quinn Cook asked the Lakers bus to turn around following forgetting him in the room. An incredible anecdote taken from the euphoria of a title, which left in our memories the memory of a good living player, not necessarily the most prominent on a basketball court. And for good reason, his last appearance on an NBA floor dates back to March 27, 2021, in a defeat of his Cavaliers in Los Angeles. He had scored 9 points in 15 minutes of play. Behind? Curtain draw, black screen, then a signing with the Stockton Kings – a G League franchise affiliated with the Sacramento Kings – last February. In eleven games in the antechamber, Quinn Cook slammed averages of 23.5 points at 52% shooting including 44% from 3-pointers, 4.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists. It’s good, but not enough to claim a 180 million contract over five years in the NBA. Good, that’s not what he claims. According to information from Marc J. Spears of ESPN and Andscape, Quinn Cook and the Kings have agreed on a contract binding the leader to the California franchise for one season. By dint of swinging « League him ! » under the tweets recounting his big performances in the G League, the leader has found the NBA franchise at his feet.
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The color of the jersey remains the same, only the prestige changes. Under the Stockton Kings label, Quinn Cook may have never topped a 30-point game, but her consistency and cleanliness forced Monte McNair to step ahead of the competition. If it wasn’t for Sacramento, the 29-year-old point guard would probably have found another home in the NBA. But his reputation regained doesn’t guarantee Quinn Cook a spot on Mike Brown’s final roster, though.. His contract, probably not guaranteed, will only come to an end if he manages to grill Matthew Dellavedova in the race for the spot of 3rd leader, behind Davion Mitchell and De’Aaron Fox. An arduous task since the Australian, far from being grilled, is “only” 31 years old and not 47 as the date of his last high points in the NBA suggests. The impression that it was 10 years ago that he gave his body to science on giga dives in the spans of the Quicken Loans Arena. In short, this competition can only do good for the Kings’ training camp, whose recent seasons have betrayed the character too « soft ». To compete with other franchises, a team first needs competition within it. Where do we get this from? Sylvain Mosson, 52, coach of the Noirmoutier squirrels from 2011 to 2017 (Seniors department 2).
The Lakers were never the same since their team bus left Quinn Cook following winning the title pic.twitter.com/Fyn7cS7I0M
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) August 9, 2022
Go picking up two old not really old to try to animate a bench exit at a reduced price, this is what is called an attempt at malinerie in Sac Town. Hoping that the joints work out, and that a healthy competition between Dellavedova and Cook influences the mentality of the group.