Jimmer to be bought out
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Jimmer's a great guy and he has just such a sweet stroke. I remember watching his first game as a King and just cringing... just simply didnt look comfortable or ready to be out there. Proud to have seen him progress and improve the way he has. I can definitely see him contributing on a contender, and I sincerely hope he gets that chance.
Here's an article about it.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...ement-with-jimmer-fredette-144412476-nba.html
I liked him, wish it had turned out.
I suppose this means his minutes won't be going up?
At least not here. I'm happy for him. Rotting on the bench wasn't good for anyone.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...ement-with-jimmer-fredette-144412476-nba.html
I liked him, wish it had turned out.
I suppose this means his minutes won't be going up?
At least not here. I'm happy for him. Rotting on the bench wasn't good for anyone.
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It really wasn't about how he played on the court, at least not this year. It was a lot more about the guys that the current administration brought it. If you sign a player you have a vested interest in making sure that player plays even if it is at the expense of the team or other players on contract. If you jump around like a little girl on draft day then you better damn well have a good reason. If that player needs to "play through his mistakes" then you give him all the leeway in the world to prove that you were right.
kind of weird to buy a young guy out that is going to be a RFA, I don't know the last time that happened. I could possibly see the Celtics as a dark horse team for Jimmer's services. Danny Ainge was high on him around draft time, Celtics would probably let Jimmer be the backup to Rondo from day 1. It would be basically a tryout for the rest of the season for him. Not likely signing in Boston but would be a good spot for him
Acy is super super cheap. You don't give up cheap players that give you something. You fill out a roster with those kind if hustle guys. We've got acy and Evans. Both cheap. When/if they get rid of JT, Evans/acy will make more sense. That's just speculation but that's the direction things are heading.
Acy has a team option, yes? Jimmers option was declined in the offseason.
They can still cut acy if they choose to. There wasn't much left to do with jimmer other than move on. Decision was made already. Jimmer wasn't signing here for a huge paycut.
Acy has a team option, yes? Jimmers option was declined in the offseason.
They can still cut acy if they choose to. There wasn't much left to do with jimmer other than move on. Decision was made already. Jimmer wasn't signing here for a huge paycut.
you would have to say this move is made because its better for Jimmer, not us. Ray obviously has shown nothing, we remain incredibly vulnerable to an IT injury with essentially no proven NBA players to take over. But once we couldn't secure even a 2nd rnd pick for him at the deadline, and the decision was made to play guys regardless of their abilities, then Jimmer was just insurance, and insurance isn't greater than his need to get himself established in the league before he has to hit the summer not having played in the 2nd half of the season.
I don't see basement teams (other than the Knicks who may be entirely without point guards) reaching for him. I don't know that Boston would be a good fit for him either, as he needs to be playing off of star players in order for his skillset to be of any value. Put him next to an elite slashing wing and/or a dominant big man and the extra 3-5 feet of floor spacing he gives you is worth something.
With a buyout, you don't save money if someone else picks him up, but you can negotiate a lower price to get him off the roster.
As far as being deemed nice for letting him go, that's not nothing. The Kings need to be seen as a good player management team to agents and other players if they want any chance of attracting talent in free agency. Letting Jimmer sign somewhere else when he isn't wanted on the team is a good karmic move that hopefully pays dividends down the road.
As far as being deemed nice for letting him go, that's not nothing. The Kings need to be seen as a good player management team to agents and other players if they want any chance of attracting talent in free agency. Letting Jimmer sign somewhere else when he isn't wanted on the team is a good karmic move that hopefully pays dividends down the road.
Agreed.... They did Jimmer a solid. Apparently new management has a philosophy of doing good unto others. It also should confirm, although I don't know how you could deny otherwise, that Kings aren't playing for wins right now, but for 2 reasons: 1) evaluate talent & give young guys a chance to grow, 2) build chemistry among the guys still here
hm. bit of an unceremonious end to this whole thing, innit? what a waste of a top-10 pick...
that said, i feel for jimmer. he got leapfrogged by a 60th pick during his rookie season, and now he's been bought out in his third year, presumably to make room for a 36th pick to get more minutes. that's not exactly a helpful resume-building experience, i have to imagine. this is the best thing for jimmer, of course, because he was going to rot on the bench otherwise. but it's yet another signal that the tank is on, despite a two-game winning streak. why give court time to an improving jimmer when you can "develop" a raw rookie in the occasional stretch when coach malone decides to park isaiah thomas for a few?
i dunno... i was never jimmer's biggest fan, but malone certainly didn't do the front office any favors by refusing to give jimmer consistent minutes off the bench after greivis vasquez was traded and the kings had no PG rotation to speak of. in that situation, i think PDA has to step in and tell coach to give jimmer a solid 15 minutes per game in advance of the trade deadline. clearly, he has improved. he has some value, however minor, around the league, but because jimmer was left in no-man's-land, the kings couldn't even get a second-rounder out of him...
they're buying him out as a "favor" because they mismanaged their opportunity to trade him or package him as part of a larger deal. it's not a noteworthy error by any stretch of the imagination, and it won't matter in the grand scheme of things, but, after the carl landry signing, i remain suspicious of the new regime's ability to properly manage its assets. as kings fans, we've put up with our fair share of mismanagement in the last half-decade or more. i'd hate to see new patterns develop along those lines...
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if that's true, it adds a bit more weight to my concerns...
that said, i feel for jimmer. he got leapfrogged by a 60th pick during his rookie season, and now he's been bought out in his third year, presumably to make room for a 36th pick to get more minutes. that's not exactly a helpful resume-building experience, i have to imagine. this is the best thing for jimmer, of course, because he was going to rot on the bench otherwise. but it's yet another signal that the tank is on, despite a two-game winning streak. why give court time to an improving jimmer when you can "develop" a raw rookie in the occasional stretch when coach malone decides to park isaiah thomas for a few?
i dunno... i was never jimmer's biggest fan, but malone certainly didn't do the front office any favors by refusing to give jimmer consistent minutes off the bench after greivis vasquez was traded and the kings had no PG rotation to speak of. in that situation, i think PDA has to step in and tell coach to give jimmer a solid 15 minutes per game in advance of the trade deadline. clearly, he has improved. he has some value, however minor, around the league, but because jimmer was left in no-man's-land, the kings couldn't even get a second-rounder out of him...
they're buying him out as a "favor" because they mismanaged their opportunity to trade him or package him as part of a larger deal. it's not a noteworthy error by any stretch of the imagination, and it won't matter in the grand scheme of things, but, after the carl landry signing, i remain suspicious of the new regime's ability to properly manage its assets. as kings fans, we've put up with our fair share of mismanagement in the last half-decade or more. i'd hate to see new patterns develop along those lines...
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if that's true, it adds a bit more weight to my concerns...