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Pac-10 NBA Rookie Report and Video of Jon Brockman’s First NBA Basket

October 31, 2009 in Uncategorized by Themod | 5 comments

brockman 2 jerseyJon Brockman played five-and-a-half minutes in the Kings’ loss to the Thunder Wednesday night, scoring four points and grabbing one rebound in his NBA debut. On Friday, in another Kings’ loss, Jon played almost 20 minutes, scoring five points and pulling down 10 boards. Wednesday night marked Jon’s official NBA debut, as the regular season is now officially underway.

Here’s a link to video of Jon’s first NBA basket.

Other Pac-10 rookies who made their debuts this week include (through Thursday night’s games):

Demar DeRozan (USC) started in the Toronto Raptors backcourt Wednesday, picking up eight points and and five rebounds in 24 minutes.

Husky baller Justin Holiday’s brother, Jrue (UCLA), picked up a DNP – Coach’s Decision in the 76ers loss to the Magic.

James Harden (ASU) played 13 minutes against Brockman’s Kings Wednesday, scoring five points and pulling down two rebounds. He also picked up three fouls.

Chase Budinger (Arizona) scored six points and grabbed a rebound in 15 minutes for the Houston Rockets in their loss to the Trailblazers on Tuesday night, and scored 11 with two rebounds in win against Golden State on Wednesday.

Jordan Hill (Arizona) played less than two minutes for the Knicks in their loss to the Heat Wednesday and missed the one shot he took.

Darren Collison (UCLA) scored one point and had a rebound in three minutes of play for the New Orleans Hornets who lost to the Spurs on Wednesday.

Jeff Pendergraph (ASU) had hip surgery recently and will be out for a while before he gets a chance to make his Trailblazers debut.

Taj Gibson (USC) of the Bulls had six points and six rebounds on Thursday night against the Spurs.

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BROCK ON, Sactown! Finally, a Contract!

September 12, 2009 in Uncategorized by Themod | 1 comment

brockman signs copy Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times is reporting that Jon Brockman has signed with the Sacramento Kings. As many of you know, Jon was taken by the Portland Trailblazers with the 38th pick in the draft, then traded to the Kings for one of his former Pac-10 rivals, Jeff Pendergraph.

While it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Jon and the team would come to terms, it became a bit more curious with each day that it hadn’t happened yet. The team has been selling his jersey since shortly after the draft, so it was odd that the contract took so long.

My favorite question to ponder at Husky games over the past few years was What is Jon Brockman’s ceiling as an NBA player? Could he be a Popeye Jones type? Maybe a serviceable 8th or 9th guy in the rotation? Or can he develop new aspects to his game and truly be an impact player in the league?

I’m just thrilled that we’ll get the chance to see Jon make the most out of his potential, whatever the ceiling is.

And, for the truly fanatical, your first chance to see Jon play live in an NBA uniform without getting on a plane will be in less than a month when the Kings and Blazers play a home-and-home exhibition series starting in Portland on October 6. It doesn’t look like individual tickets are available for the game from the Blazers yet, but I’m sure they’ll go on sale soon.

And, hey, thanks for coming!

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