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Introducing The Sacramento Kings Free Agency Additions

By Ti Windisch

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Mar 21, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard James Anderson (9) shoots under pressure from New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith (8) during the first quarter at the Wells Fargo Center. The Knicks defeated the Sixers 93-92. Mandatory Credit: Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

James Anderson

Strengths: Scoring and rebounding (sort of), value

Anderson has just one year in the NBA where he really got to play, 2014 with the Philadelphia 76ers. He played over two-thirds of his NBA minutes that season, so I’m going to judge him off of that time. He averaged 10 points and 3.8 rebounds in 29 minutes with the 76ers, which is fairly decent production from the wing. It’s not very good, but at least he put up something for his team.

I still can’t seem to find specific numbers on Anderson’s contract, but it’s almost guaranteed to be very little. He’s essentially a low-risk, low-reward gamble. If he ends up being a serviceable bench wing, great, keep him around for a while at very low-cost. If not, he can be dumped for very little as well. Expect to see him hustling hard in Summer League games soon.

Weaknesses: Potential, overall skill level

Anderson probably will never be an NBA starter in Sacramento, and that’s okay. He’s a bench body, who only started games for Philly because that team won 19 games all season. The Kings, despite not being contenders, will win more than 19 games. Anderson won’t swing the needle one way or another in his hopefully limited role, but at least he’s cheap.

There’s a reason he couldn’t get any jobs in the NBA last year and had to play in Europe. Maybe he’s better now, or maybe NBA teams missed an opportunity in signing him, but usually there’s a reason players can’t find a roster spot.

Anderson’s Role on the Kings: Bench body. No more, maybe less if he doesn’t make the final 15 man roster, which is a possibility. It all depends on Summer League for James Anderson.

Career Statistics:

Season Tm Pos G MP FGA FG% 3PA 3P% eFG% FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PTS
2010-11 SAS SF 26 11.0 3.1 .383 1.8 .391 .494 0.7 .778 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.5 3.6
2011-12 SAS SG 51 11.8 3.4 .379 1.3 .279 .434 1.0 .750 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.6 3.7
2012-13 TOT SG-SF 39 10.3 3.2 .413 1.5 .350 .496 0.7 .857 1.8 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 3.8
2013-14 PHI SG 80 28.9 9.0 .431 4.4 .328 .511 1.3 .726 3.8 1.9 0.9 0.4 1.3 10.1
Career 196 18.4 5.6 .417 2.7 .330 .496 1.0 .755 2.4 1.3 0.5 0.2 0.9 6.3

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/7/2015.

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