Rondo agrees to one year deal w/Kings for $10m

[HereWeBoogie]

Hope this works out

 

[Chubbs]

Rondo and boogie are a couple of angry dudes. If Karl can channel that? This could really be something.

If he can't, hide the children. There WILL be some expletive filled timeouts.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

10 million dollars isn't a low risk. We did this in hopes that he plays well and re-signs like Rudy did.

It absolutely is low risk. If it doesn't work out, they're out of it immediately. If it does work out, they likely have a great chance to re-sign him simply because things went so well and he's got connections on the team.

Worst case scenario is that it works out exceptionally well but he decides to leave. In that case, the Kings lost no assets to acquire him and will have even more $$ to work with next off-season but with an improved image around the league.

Seriously, what is the downside?

 

[jcwkings]

Well we should get a few more national tv games now, thats for sure.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Another "Glass half full" take on this is that at least Rudy believes in this team enough to recruit a friend here. If he felt the dumpster fire would continue he'd keep anyone he cared about away.

Or he just believes he and his friend, along with Cuz, can change things themselves.

 

[kingsboi]

10 million dollars isn't a low risk. We did this in hopes that he plays well and re-signs like Rudy did.

it's 9.5 million I believe. I'm not looking at money here, Rondo came here strictly to show the league he can still play and no other team wanted to pay him 9 million so here he is.

 

[jcwkings]

it's 9.5 million I believe. I'm not looking at money here, Rondo came here strictly to show the league he can still play and no other team wanted to pay him 9 million so here he is.

I'm sure the Lakers would go after him at this point, but as a pass first PG do you want to play with Cuz, Rudy, WCS(lob threat), Ben, Belli, Collison or old Kobe a few unproven rooks and a bunch of scrubs?

 

[SacTownGrantFan]

It absolutely is low risk. If it doesn't work out, they're out of it immediately. If it does work out, they likely have a great chance to re-sign him simply because things went so well and he's got connections on the team.

Worst case scenario is that it works out exceptionally well but he decides to leave. In that case, the Kings lost no assets to acquire him and will have even more $$ to work with next off-season but with an improved image around the league.

Seriously, what is the downside?

Yes, it's low risk in the sense that it's one year. That also makes it a good signing. My point is that we paid him $10 million with more expectations than turning his career around and leaving after a year. A great signing means he plays very well and signs an extension.

 

[Bricklayer]

Well we should get a few more national tv games now, thats for sure.

Will kinda suck because we'll never seen the game action with the cameras fixated on the bench waiting to see if fistfights break out.

 

[Amit149]

It absolutely is low risk. If it doesn't work out, they're out of it immediately. If it does work out, they likely have a great chance to re-sign him simply because things went so well and he's got connections on the team.

Worst case scenario is that it works out exceptionally well but he decides to leave. In that case, the Kings lost no assets to acquire him and will have even more $$ to work with next off-season but with an improved image around the league.

Seriously, what is the downside?

Disclaimer- I'm not predicting that will happen, just answering your question.

Downside 1: Rondo continue to play like he played last year (also a contract year), get to the bench and destroys the already bad team chemistry, the defense of him and Belinelli together is horrific and the team doesn't even sniffs the playoffs, Cousins wants out and the Kings can't even tank because they have no control on their picks.

Downside 2: Rondo plays well, but not good enough to make the playoffs, he end the season by living and the Kings struggle to ink guys on a summer in which almost every NBA team has cap space due to the rising cap. Kings can't build through the draft because, again, they have no control on their draft picks.

 

[SacTownKid]

As long as Rondo understands this isn't his show it could work. The questions are what do you do with him at the end of games in tight circumstances, and if he won't play defense is he willing to back up Darren.

 

[Double-K]

Which is also potentially big, if it works out,....and he needs convincing to stay

If it works out, we don't need any convincing. We'll be too good a team for him to stay.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Change of environment and playing with one of his best friends... Cousins respects him and Karl with revive his career.

Gary Payton 2.0

Let's go Kings

I hadn't thought of that, but he does play a lot like Gary Payton

 

[steelevt]

Am wondering what they ate that lasted 3 hours

SactoKingsFan retweeted

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 15m15 minutes ago
Rudy Gay and Rajon Rondo had dinner in Sac for over 3 hours last night. Rondo met with Kings today, had 30 min private call w/ George Karl

i said this in the free agency thread but this is what a good team needs to do to win over free agents. Have the star and coach talk to them along with the FO and owner. Would have been nice to have DMC help out but since Rudy and Rondo are friends I can see why he helped out so much

 

[jcwkings]

Ok, i just noticed Rudy was rocking a Pink Floyd shirt on that airplane pic with Rondo. Can this guy get any cooler?

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Downside 1: Rondo continue to play like he played last year (also a contract year), get to the bench and destroys the already bad team chemistry, the defense of him and Belinelli together is horrific and the team doesn't even sniffs the playoffs, Cousins wants out and the Kings can't even tank because they have no control on their picks.

Agreed that the potential is there for more fireworks amongst the players and coach. But if Rondo himself is a problem, the 1-year deal makes it very easy to fix. Not only do you not re-sign him, but you have the option of asking him to leave as the Mavs just did and it doesn't cost you anything beyond this season.

Downside 2: Rondo plays well, but not good enough to make the playoffs, he end the season by living and the Kings struggle to ink guys on a summer in which almost every NBA team has cap space due to the rising cap. Kings can't build through the draft because, again, they have no control on their draft picks.

Regarding the draft pick situation which you mentioned in both scenarios, it is independent of the Rondo signing. The Kings were already in that boat before they signed him. And they didn't need to make that trade in order to acquire him. They made that move, we all believe, because they were after more expensive FA's in Matthews and Ellis.

So, again, the only downside is that Rondo does something similar to what he did in Dallas. But the team is in a position to quickly do something about it hence why this is a low risk move.

 

[HighFlyingMonkey]

One important note is how unified the entire pitch to Rondo was. Rudy doing work as Rondo's close friend, George Karl talking to him on the phone, then Vlade/Bratz closing the deal in the meeting today.

With all of the rumors of how dysfunctional the Kings are, its nice to see the organization come together to get this done.

 

[Gary]

Disclaimer- I'm not predicting that will happen, just answering your question.

Downside 1: Rondo continue to play like he played last year (also a contract year), get to the bench and destroys the already bad team chemistry, the defense of him and Belinelli together is horrific and the team doesn't even sniffs the playoffs, Cousins wants out and the Kings can't even tank because they have no control on their picks.

Downside 2: Rondo plays well, but not good enough to make the playoffs, he end the season by living and the Kings struggle to ink guys on a summer in which almost every NBA team has cap space due to the rising cap. Kings can't build through the draft because, again, they have no control on their draft picks.

To be totally fair about your "downside 1" If the Kings were to tank, odds are that Phily playing at their best would still be worse than us tanking so they would end up with a lower pick anyway. Phily is going to be REALLLLY bad this year..

Downside two, If we are REALLY close to the playoffs then there will be a good vibe going into the summer and we would be moving into the new arena ect ect... It will be a pretty easy sale to keep Rondo. He's BFFs with Rudy and Cuz has already said he thinks Rondo is the best PG in the game and they have mutual respect for each other.

 

[Amit149]

Agreed that the potential is there for more fireworks amongst the players and coach. But if Rondo himself is a problem, the 1-year deal makes it very easy to fix. Not only do you not re-sign him, but you have the option of asking him to leave as the Mavs just did and it doesn't cost you anything beyond this season.



Regarding the draft pick situation which you mentioned in both scenarios, it is independent of the Rondo signing. The Kings were already in that boat before they signed him. And they didn't need to make that trade in order to acquire him. They made that move, we all believe, because they were after more expensive FA's in Matthews and Ellis.

So, again, the only downside is that Rondo does something similar to what he did in Dallas. But the team is in a position to quickly do something about it hence why this is a low risk move.

I kinda agree it's a low(ish) risk move...

Just giving the main concerns I've heard, if you want to hear the negative view on this signing just go to ESPN and click on the video on the side where Amin Elhassen analyze the trade...

 

[KingsFanSince85]

One important note is how unified the entire pitch to Rondo was. Rudy doing work as Rondo's close friend, George Karl talking to him on the phone, then Vlade/Bratz closing the deal in the meeting today.

With all of the rumors of how dysfunctional the Kings are, its nice to see the organization come together to get this done.

Just curious, who reported everything you outlined above -- specifically that Coach Karl was involved?

EDIT: Nevermind. I had yet to read the Cunningham tweet someone posted above.

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

One important note is how unified the entire pitch to Rondo was. Rudy doing work as Rondo's close friend, George Karl talking to him on the phone, then Vlade/Bratz closing the deal in the meeting today.

With all of the rumors of how dysfunctional the Kings are, its nice to see the organization come together to get this done.

Everything is being blown up and exaggerated by the media, as it usually is. We're gonna be more than ok here

 

[NewArena]

Am wondering what they ate that lasted 3 hours

SactoKingsFan retweeted

Sean Cunningham ‏@News10Sean 15m15 minutes ago
Rudy Gay and Rajon Rondo had dinner in Sac for over 3 hours last night. Rondo met with Kings today, had 30 min private call w/ George Karl

very nice to hear Karl involved.

Rondo is actually the PERFECT PG for a coach like Karl, if this works out like him hoping

 

[Nikolizzle]

Love the signing. DC may move back to the bench, but he's a quality player and will give us some actual depth on the bench for once.

But I really don't see Belli starting over Ben.

 

[gunks]

Well,

Vivek got his man.

This could be amazing, but odds are this will be a train wreck.

I'm hoping I'll be eating crow.

 

[VF21]

Disclaimer- I'm not predicting that will happen, just answering your question.

Downside 1: Rondo continue to play like he played last year (also a contract year), get to the bench and destroys the already bad team chemistry, the defense of him and Belinelli together is horrific and the team doesn't even sniffs the playoffs, Cousins wants out and the Kings can't even tank because they have no control on their picks.

Downside 2: Rondo plays well, but not good enough to make the playoffs, he end the season by living and the Kings struggle to ink guys on a summer in which almost every NBA team has cap space due to the rising cap. Kings can't build through the draft because, again, they have no control on their draft picks.

Downside 3: The San Andreas fault finally gives way and all of California sinks into the Pacific.

 

[VF21]

I kinda agree it's a low(ish) risk move...

Just giving the main concerns I've heard, if you want to hear the negative view on this signing just go to ESPN and click on the video on the side where Amin Elhassen analyze the trade...

Word to the wise: listening/watching/reading BSPN is not good for your health if you're a Kings fan. And yes, I said BS..PN. There's a good reason they've had that nickname for a lot of years.

 

[mdme]

Word to the wise: listening/watching/reading BSPN is not good for your health if you're a Kings fan. And yes, I said BS..PN. There's a good reason they've had that nickname for a lot of years.

The more their ANALysts see this as a bad move, the better it is for us. Such is the collective IQ there.

 

[Double-K]

Downside 3: The San Andreas fault finally gives way and all of California sinks into the Pacific.

That's a REAL downside... or down slide. *rim shots*

 

[Jojimbo]

Gotta admit I'm intrigued with how it will work, I think we probably made the best with what we had once Wes picked the Mavs. I hope DC adjusts to his role on the bench and doesn't lose his drive. Looking forward to see what we do with the rest of the cap space or with Ray in a trade.

 

[upinsmoke]

Gotta admit I'm intrigued with how it will work, I think we probably made the best with what we had once Wes picked the Mavs. I hope DC adjusts to his role on the bench and doesn't lose his drive. Looking forward to see what we do with the rest of the cap space or with Ray in a trade.

No need to trade him besides we still need to fill out a roster.