Kings trade JT, Nik and Landry to Sixers (renamed)
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It's the combo that will ultimately decide this one. Ask Dallas how a Rondo/Ellis back court looked. Having a PG and SG looking to have the ball in their hands and that are barely capable of hitting 30% on 3's on their best night isn't a very good look. Shooting wins. The question now is whether the Kings will ever learn.
Rondo can't shoot for ****, has admitted in an interview that he doesnt bother playing defense anymore, and is a known cancer in the locker room. I was a big fan of his in Boston, and maybe he just needs a change of scenery (not that that helped him in Dallas) but he is a major risk.
Ellis is much maligned, but I agree, he is a great player. But he is a volume scorer. I'm not sure that will work with Cuz and Rudy. Maybe it does, but that is another risk. Oddly enough, I'd love Ellis as a 6th man. But, obviously, you don't blow your cap wad on a 6th man.
Matthews would be amazing if he can play like he did before his injury. But if he comes back gimpy and we're paying him 15mil a year? Talk about an albatross.
I would LOVE to devour some tasty crow on this one, but I still think the jury is out. It's no so much what we gave up (although, it is irksome that we keep blowing draft picks), but who we will get back that has me worried.
Ah well, we have room to go hard after these FAs, so that is a plus.
The other thing that has me worried is that some of the names we are targeting (Rondo, Ellis) are players that Vivek is known to covet. And now we're getting tweets (I know, I know, take em with a grain of salt) inferring that Vivek is back to his meddlesome ways, and this trade goes way beyond who we gave up and who we get back. If Vivek is still trying to run the show that can only mean disaster.
Ellis is much maligned, but I agree, he is a great player. But he is a volume scorer. I'm not sure that will work with Cuz and Rudy. Maybe it does, but that is another risk. Oddly enough, I'd love Ellis as a 6th man. But, obviously, you don't blow your cap wad on a 6th man.
Matthews would be amazing if he can play like he did before his injury. But if he comes back gimpy and we're paying him 15mil a year? Talk about an albatross.
I would LOVE to devour some tasty crow on this one, but I still think the jury is out. It's no so much what we gave up (although, it is irksome that we keep blowing draft picks), but who we will get back that has me worried.
Ah well, we have room to go hard after these FAs, so that is a plus.
The other thing that has me worried is that some of the names we are targeting (Rondo, Ellis) are players that Vivek is known to covet. And now we're getting tweets (I know, I know, take em with a grain of salt) inferring that Vivek is back to his meddlesome ways, and this trade goes way beyond who we gave up and who we get back. If Vivek is still trying to run the show that can only mean disaster.
I just dont understand. Another top 10 pick went away for pennies. I know it's a salary dump but we would be lucky to get any free agent, and we're gonna have to overpay like crazy to get them here. Always thought we'd need to trade to get players here. I envision us striking out and then over paying someone. Like Landry all over again
Something we should have been doing for years when we were losing left and right
Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42
Remember that agents and players control the FA process. I get real nervous when you move assets without a firm commitment from a player(s)
Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42
Remember that agents and players control the FA process. I get real nervous when you move assets without a firm commitment from a player(s)
We are finally all in, and I love it! No more trying to patch things together in the hopes that Boogie will be happy for another 5 years. We have a once in a generation talent, and we are finally committing to at least trying to build a team around him. An offseason where we added WCS, Stuckey, and Corey Brewer wasn't going to get us past 35 wins. At least now we are trying.
And if it all blows up - either because we can't make the moves to finish this off, Matthews comes and gets hurt again, or Rondo comes and is a head case - Boogie is going to want out. And then we will be in full rebuild. And we will be trading Boogie to start that rebuild. In doing so, we will be getting back some of the picks we just lost/swapped with Philly. In essence, we will be starting a rebuild in 2/3 years because we tried to hit a home run in the Boogie era and we failed. But at least we tried. It sure as hell beats holding Boogie for 3 more years, trying for "next year" in the draft, and hoping to piece together a 40 win team. Both of those failed scenarios end in a rebuild, but at least in one of them we can say we tried.
And if it all blows up - either because we can't make the moves to finish this off, Matthews comes and gets hurt again, or Rondo comes and is a head case - Boogie is going to want out. And then we will be in full rebuild. And we will be trading Boogie to start that rebuild. In doing so, we will be getting back some of the picks we just lost/swapped with Philly. In essence, we will be starting a rebuild in 2/3 years because we tried to hit a home run in the Boogie era and we failed. But at least we tried. It sure as hell beats holding Boogie for 3 more years, trying for "next year" in the draft, and hoping to piece together a 40 win team. Both of those failed scenarios end in a rebuild, but at least in one of them we can say we tried.
Rondo said that he didn't play defense for years. Guess what - that's because he played alongside of maybe the best perimeter defender of the league in Bradley. Bradley covered the other teams best backcourt player.
So Rondo bascially said, that he had to get used to cover the other teams best guard again. He never said he doesn't want to play D.
Ellis will hamper DMC and Gay more than Rondo from my point of view.
Wes is a risk, but was never a player, that relied on his athleticism. As long as he can stay healthy I'm not too worried.
My fear is, that we cleared the space, payed a way too high price to do it and no major FA will sign with us, cause we are not considered contenders.
I'm not worried about JT or Landry. There are plenty of roleplaying bigs out there. But giving up Stauskas hurts.
So Rondo bascially said, that he had to get used to cover the other teams best guard again. He never said he doesn't want to play D.
Ellis will hamper DMC and Gay more than Rondo from my point of view.
Wes is a risk, but was never a player, that relied on his athleticism. As long as he can stay healthy I'm not too worried.
My fear is, that we cleared the space, payed a way too high price to do it and no major FA will sign with us, cause we are not considered contenders.
I'm not worried about JT or Landry. There are plenty of roleplaying bigs out there. But giving up Stauskas hurts.
Lets ponder for a bit how improved our defensive will be with the addition of WCS and possibly Rondo and Matthews!
Not to mention upgrading the bench back court from Sessions/Ray Mac and Stauskas to Collison and Ben! Just those two guys could turn our bench from being one of the worst to one of the best
Very exciting to potentially turn the corner here as a franchise Next year Cousins is only going to get better and honestly that on its own is worth a handful of wins at the least!
Not to mention upgrading the bench back court from Sessions/Ray Mac and Stauskas to Collison and Ben! Just those two guys could turn our bench from being one of the worst to one of the best
Very exciting to potentially turn the corner here as a franchise
Next year Cousins is only going to get better and honestly that on its own is worth a handful of wins at the least!
Hate this move. Who starts at PF now? WCS? Never good to have to count on a rookie, especially a rookie big. And who backs him up?
Not to mention giving up on Sauce.
All with no guarantee that they even sign more talented players with the added caproom. Last time it was letting Tyreke go only to flirt with Iggy and ultimately add Landry.
And with rumblings of continued dysfunction. Sometimes I wonder why I follow this team.
If this free agency is a disaster and the Boogie/Karl issue(s) aren't resolved I'm not sure I have the stomach for another hopeless season.
Not to mention giving up on Sauce.
All with no guarantee that they even sign more talented players with the added caproom. Last time it was letting Tyreke go only to flirt with Iggy and ultimately add Landry.
And with rumblings of continued dysfunction. Sometimes I wonder why I follow this team.
If this free agency is a disaster and the Boogie/Karl issue(s) aren't resolved I'm not sure I have the stomach for another hopeless season.