Kings trade JT, Nik and Landry to Sixers (renamed)
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Depends on what you mean by "think about it." The QO would have been around $7M, IIRC. That's obviously a ridiculous sum of money for Derrick Williams, but if he takes a look around, and realizes that he doesn't have much value, and comes back with his tail between his legs and signs for $2M or less? That would hardly make our Top 10 worst free agent signings...
Sorry, Dave, I need to learn to post when I'm not annoyed. Mea culpa. I'm going to stop whining about your posts...I find myself always wanting to know what you know, but that doesn't mean I can be a jerk to you online about it. I have a lot of respect for what you have done for the team.
p.s. Also sorry about Jodi and Little Joe losing their jobs. Must have been tough, and I'm obviously not helping. Hang in there.
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p.s. Also sorry about Jodi and Little Joe losing their jobs. Must have been tough, and I'm obviously not helping. Hang in there.
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Well, Gilbert is wealthy...
And, it's been speculated by some (probably most notably by Dan LeBatard) that, as part of making Gilbert pay for "the letter," and proving that he is truly contrite for how he talked about LeBron James when he left, part of LeBron's stipulations for returning to Cleveland was that he was going to make Gilbert eat it, in terms of luxury tax. That, in addition to making sure that he can get more money for himself, is why some people believe he hasn't re-signed yet: he wants to make sure that Gilbert makes good on his promise to pay the luxury tax to keep and/or get guys.
And, it's been speculated by some (probably most notably by Dan LeBatard) that, as part of making Gilbert pay for "the letter," and proving that he is truly contrite for how he talked about LeBron James when he left, part of LeBron's stipulations for returning to Cleveland was that he was going to make Gilbert eat it, in terms of luxury tax. That, in addition to making sure that he can get more money for himself, is why some people believe he hasn't re-signed yet: he wants to make sure that Gilbert makes good on his promise to pay the luxury tax to keep and/or get guys.
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Alex Kennedy: The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings have expressed interest in Dahntay Jones, according to league sources.
Which would make some sense, even though he is 3,126 years old.
Because I am yet to finish the KingsWiki project, people may have forgotten that back in the Cretaceous Period Dahntay was a member of the Kings for a season, and then he left to go play for Karl and spot started for him almost the entire year. For a long time was an athletic defender around the league. now at the end he could still be an end of the bench vet with the right focus and knows both the town and the coach.
Alex Kennedy: The New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings have expressed interest in Dahntay Jones, according to league sources.
Which would make some sense, even though he is 3,126 years old.
Because I am yet to finish the KingsWiki project, people may have forgotten that back in the Cretaceous Period Dahntay was a member of the Kings for a season, and then he left to go play for Karl and spot started for him almost the entire year. For a long time was an athletic defender around the league. now at the end he could still be an end of the bench vet with the right focus and knows both the town and the coach.
I know, it's not like we did really good last year... Why just bring back the same team and pay more for them? There needs to be change.. change at SG, backup PG, backup PF/C ect ect.. I would love to see JT, Collison, McLemore, Casspi, (free agent) coming off the bench. That means we need a new SG and PG...
Speed may be of the essence at this point. If the Kings do have interest in Beverly, they need to offer him a deal he wants now. The Rockets are trying to land LA, and may be forced to not match an offer on Beverly if it happens now. Once they have LA, or once LA has made a decision, it does them no harm to match. Also, if you're interested in Rondo, the price is going to go up as teams miss on their primary targets and turn to plan B.
My preference based on where things are after today would be to try to round out the team with Beverly/Brewer (Not sure it's doable money wise though) since I think there's maybe an outside shot you could get both of them, while if you get Rondo, that's about it. I like the idea of Beverly and Brewer because you can always have an elite wing defender on the floor, and potentially you can have 2 on the floor for stretches. Beverly shoots ok, Brewer doesn't. I think it clearly makes us a defense oriented team which is a little backwards with Karl as our head coach, but there's plenty of athletes there to run the floor, and you can't get out and run unless you're getting stops first.
PG: Collison/Beverly/Ray Mac - Starting spot up for grabs for whoever earns it
SG: Ben/Brewer/Nik
SF: Rudy/Nik/Omri (I think we can go over the cap to re-sign Omri?)
PF: Cuz/Landry/Evans (again I think we can go over the cap to re-sign)
C: WCS/JT/Moreland
This feels like a team that's going to be no fun to play, lot's of lineup options, lot's of defense and length. Shooting is an issue, but you're not going to get everything. Heck, even this is probly unrealistic based on the salaries that are out there. It's built around being able to get Beverly and Brewer for 10m, which is probly a pipe dream. Maybe you could trade Nik for one of them in a sign and trade and bring back Omri as the backup SF to make the numbers realistic. You're not really finding much floor time for Nik in the above scenario anyways.
My preference based on where things are after today would be to try to round out the team with Beverly/Brewer (Not sure it's doable money wise though) since I think there's maybe an outside shot you could get both of them, while if you get Rondo, that's about it. I like the idea of Beverly and Brewer because you can always have an elite wing defender on the floor, and potentially you can have 2 on the floor for stretches. Beverly shoots ok, Brewer doesn't. I think it clearly makes us a defense oriented team which is a little backwards with Karl as our head coach, but there's plenty of athletes there to run the floor, and you can't get out and run unless you're getting stops first.
PG: Collison/Beverly/Ray Mac - Starting spot up for grabs for whoever earns it
SG: Ben/Brewer/Nik
SF: Rudy/Nik/Omri (I think we can go over the cap to re-sign Omri?)
PF: Cuz/Landry/Evans (again I think we can go over the cap to re-sign)
C: WCS/JT/Moreland
This feels like a team that's going to be no fun to play, lot's of lineup options, lot's of defense and length. Shooting is an issue, but you're not going to get everything. Heck, even this is probly unrealistic based on the salaries that are out there. It's built around being able to get Beverly and Brewer for 10m, which is probly a pipe dream. Maybe you could trade Nik for one of them in a sign and trade and bring back Omri as the backup SF to make the numbers realistic. You're not really finding much floor time for Nik in the above scenario anyways.
A small market team has to build through the draft. Sad thing is, when you look at the players we let go, the team was already built. We really just needed a legit coach. Vivek and crew dismantled it with no clear plan. We have no assets to build on the fly right now, so we're stuck with taking chances on players like Rondo.