Kings active in trade talks?

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MizzouKing

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This just shows how little we have to work with, in terms of how our talent and location is viewed. I know the FO was doing everything it could, it wasn't lack of effort...it's just hard to sell sand in the desert.
 
SacTownKid

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Hadlowe said:
I expect Jimmer's playtime to go away in favor of Ray, but I also expected Jimmer to be traded, so I think my prognostication license is about to be revoked.
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Yeah, I think Malone mentioning Landry and Ray specifically during the post game last night means you'll see JT and Jimmers minutes decrease from here on out.
 
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Hadlowe said:
I expect Jimmer's playtime to go away in favor of Ray, but I also expected Jimmer to be traded, so I think my prognostication license is about to be revoked.
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Yeah, I expected IT to be moved, so I'm wrong as well. I expected him to be packaged with a heftier contract in order to bring back another fitting piece. We roll with what we have, then, I suppose. I am rather underwhelmed, but I guess it was too much to ask to pull off another trade similar to the Rudy Gay move.
 
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sauce-26 said:
We could have gotten Lebron if we simply offered Jimmer to the Heat. Or Outlaw for Durant
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I don't think it's that at all. I think the moves made really didn't do much in terms of acquire assets or build for the future. It was a bit of rearranging of deck chairs at best.
 
rainmaker

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This is why for years I've disagreed with those who regularly said we'll just clear out/trade these guys or those guys next summer or at the next deadline in order to improve the roster after bringing on or offering bad contracts. Yet again we see that a) nobody wants our crap and b) our crap is overrated by Sac media/Kings bloggers.

I fear for what our locker room might turn into over the next few months. We now have guys, key guys in our rotation, who know they aren't part of the future and aren't valued here long term. Different agendas in the same locker room on the worst team in the conference after guys have been publicly shopped can be a pretty unstable environment. Better not cost us Rudy.
 
Shaqfuey

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This team has 18 wins with IT & JT playing major roles. They deserve a vote of no confidence. As far as letting Jimmer go "for nothing,' it frees up a lot of money for the off-season to get players that will help the team move forward.
 
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Spike said:
I don't think it's that at all. I think the moves made really didn't do much in terms of acquire assets or build for the future. It was a bit of rearranging of deck chairs at best.
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You have to actually have players other teams want to get value in return. No team is going to give you a young, versatile player for Thornton.
 
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rainmaker said:
This is why for years I've disagreed with those who regularly said we'll just clear out/trade these guys or those guys next summer or at the next deadline in order to improve the roster after bringing on or offering bad contracts. Yet again we see that a) nobody wants our crap and b) our crap is overrated by Sac media/Kings bloggers.

I fear for what our locker room might turn into over the next few months. We now have guys, key guys in our rotation, who know they aren't part of the future and aren't valued here long term.
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Players want get to paid right? You think they are going to become a cancer in the locker room because they know they won't be here in the future? I'm sure that type of behavior will get them loads of offers from other teams when free agency comes around.
 
rainmaker

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peacelate said:
Players want get to paid right? You think they are going to become a cancer in the locker room because they know they won't be here in the future? I'm sure that type of behavior will get them loads of offers from other teams when free agency comes around.
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Who said cancer? Don't be dumb. It's not simply black and white, you're either a cancer or the ideal teammate. There's much grey area inbetween.

Don't put words in my mouth.
 
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peacelate said:
Players want get to paid right? You think they are going to become a cancer in the locker room because they know they won't be here in the future? I'm sure that type of behavior will get them loads of offers from other teams when free agency comes around.
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It's not about being a cancer in a locker room. Shot taken here and there, when pass to get a better shot for the team was obvious, and now the next guy feels he should shoot too, when he gets the ball, cause he's not seeing it again. He didn't give me the ball, I'm not picking his guy on defense...There was plenty of this lately. Expect even more.
 
t-rex

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We will be lucky to win 5 games the rest of this season. Not that we were any good before the trade deadline. It's going to be all about the individual stats. IT especially. I hope we end up drafting the next Lebron James.
 
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