Kings and free agency - part 2
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Yes if DJ goes to Mavs both teams suffer. Clippers have no center and no money to spend, Mavs get a pick and roll specialist playing with the best pick and roll PG in the world, to playing with Devin Harris? What if Wesley can't come back or is a shell of himself? Also the Clippers instantly become one of the worst defensive teams in the league with no interior defending and Paul Pierce and JJ Reddick as your wing defenders and only Lance as your useful bench player. Don't get me wrong both will make the playoffs, but they won't be world beaters, they won't be automatic losses for us.
Guaranteed Playoff teams (barring injuries, blokbuster trades, etc.):
1 - San Antonio
2 - Golden State
3 - Houston
4 - Los Angeles Clippers
5 - Oklahoma City
6 - Memphis
Race for 7th, 8th:
- New Orleans
- Dallas
- Sacramento (?)
- Phoenix (?)
- Utah (?)
Gutter:
- Denver
- Portland
- Minnesota
- Los Angeles Lakers
1 - San Antonio
2 - Golden State
3 - Houston
4 - Los Angeles Clippers
5 - Oklahoma City
6 - Memphis
Race for 7th, 8th:
- New Orleans
- Dallas
- Sacramento (?)
- Phoenix (?)
- Utah (?)
Gutter:
- Denver
- Portland
- Minnesota
- Los Angeles Lakers
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Yep, not to mention who is going to throw DeAndre those lobs?
DJ also only looked great once Doc showed up in LA and used him in his defensive schemes that brought out the best in him. Like other's have mentioned, CP3 also was a big reason why DJ just got paid on a max deal. Regardless of who else we sign we still need to work out the Karl/Cousins issues but in a vacuum I'd take our roster over Dallas 10/10
DJ also only looked great once Doc showed up in LA and used him in his defensive schemes that brought out the best in him. Like other's have mentioned, CP3 also was a big reason why DJ just got paid on a max deal. Regardless of who else we sign we still need to work out the Karl/Cousins issues but in a vacuum I'd take our roster over Dallas 10/10
I'm hoping they can talk Rondo into taking a bit less and giving him options (2 years @ 16 mil, first year 6.5, player option on second year for 9.5), talk Josh Smith down around 12 mil/yr, then sign either Omri and Acy or Cole to a minimum deal. That would give the Kings:
Rondo/DC/Ray
Marco/Ben/Andersen
Gay/Omri
Josh Smith/WCS
DMC/WCS/[Cole Aldrich|Acy]
Rondo/DC/Ray
Marco/Ben/Andersen
Gay/Omri
Josh Smith/WCS
DMC/WCS/[Cole Aldrich|Acy]
Koufos+Stuckey+Casspi and call it a day. Hope Rondo is just using us in the end to get a deal elsewhere. He does nothing for this team.
Collison || Stuckey
Ben || Belinelli
Gay || Casspi
WCS || Moreland
Cousins || Koufos
Tremendous depth and filled to the brim with productive veterans around Rudy+Cuz. Everything you need, aside from a lock-down wing defender, to make a run in the playoffs. That above team is something I could get behind and very easily see making a 15+ win jump next season
WCS and Moreland as our "PF's" doesn't bother me at all either because of the versatility of being able to play Gay there and move Cousins to the PF spot in minutes with Koufos. So WCS may start, but he'd still be at 20-25 MPG, which is where he should be at.
Heck, I wouldn't be opposed to offering Koufos a starting job and move Cuz over to PF, if that helped convince him to come here. He's an upgrade to JT in every facet, minus the mid-range (which wasn't all that great from JT anyway) and lets Cuz go to his prefered PF spot. There's also the Karl connection where he started 81 games for a 57 win Denver team
Collison || Stuckey
Ben || Belinelli
Gay || Casspi
WCS || Moreland
Cousins || Koufos
Tremendous depth and filled to the brim with productive veterans around Rudy+Cuz. Everything you need, aside from a lock-down wing defender, to make a run in the playoffs. That above team is something I could get behind and very easily see making a 15+ win jump next season
WCS and Moreland as our "PF's" doesn't bother me at all either because of the versatility of being able to play Gay there and move Cousins to the PF spot in minutes with Koufos. So WCS may start, but he'd still be at 20-25 MPG, which is where he should be at.
Heck, I wouldn't be opposed to offering Koufos a starting job and move Cuz over to PF, if that helped convince him to come here. He's an upgrade to JT in every facet, minus the mid-range (which wasn't all that great from JT anyway) and lets Cuz go to his prefered PF spot. There's also the Karl connection where he started 81 games for a 57 win Denver team
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