Koufos to the Kings!

[Draft2007]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 1m1 minute ago
ESPN sources say Kosta Koufos is headed to Sacramento on a four-year deal worth $33 million

Vlade has officially earned his Vladfather title

 

[Draft2007]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 1m1 minute ago
Sources say Koufos' deal with the Kings will include a player option after Year 3 that allows him to return to free agency in summer of 2018

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 1m1 minute ago
ESPN sources say Kosta Koufos is headed to Sacramento on a four-year deal worth $33 million

Vlade has officially earned his Vladfather title

We finally have a LEGIT bench unit now.

 

[VF21]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 7m7 minutes ago
ESPN sources say Kosta Koufos is headed to Sacramento on a four-year deal worth $33 million

 

[Entity]

Geez just when I thought we were done for the day. Vlade is working

 

[jdbraver]

Koufos will start

 

[theclash4u5]

Good deal. Sign Casspi and then see if we can get a defensive player through a trade.

 

[Draft2007]

Perfect example about how we have to wait out the process before panicking. Rondo, Belinelli, Koufos >>>>>>>>> JT, Stauskas, Landry, 2018/19 first rounder. The chances of us finishing worse than Philly in the next two years is very small too so the pick swap isn't happening

 

[Section 101]

We finally have a LEGIT bench unit now.

Cuz at the 4. WCS off the bench.

 

[9x1x6]

The pieces are all falling into place!

So hyped for this season!

 

[PurpleHaze]

A week or so ago Vlade said something good, something big was going to happen soon. The good happened with Rondo and Marco and now the big in landing Koufos. In Vlade We Trust!

 

[funkykingston]

Fantastic signing. If my math is right the Kings have enough to make one more decent offer before hitting the salary cap. Then the room exception for Casspi and the veterans minimum for Miller and one more deep bench player.

I'm very happy to eat crow about the Philly trade. After watching Petrie sign undersized bigs at the MLE every offseason and PDA let Tyreke go for nothing, get used by Iguodala and then panic and sign Landry I was ready for more of the same. For the Kings to overpay for pieces that don't fit.

And when the Kings got used as leverage for Ellis and Matthews it looked like history repeating itself.

But what Vlade has done since has been pretty close to masterful, at least on paper. I am fully onboard with the Vladfather right now.

 

[Entity]

Well vlade definitely made a commitment to defense with the draft plus rondo and kosta

 

[The_Jamal]

YEAAA BABBY KOUFOS. MY DUDE

People are going to love this guy and the impact he has on defense. Will surprise many here for sure.

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

Ladies and gentlemen, the KINGS are back!

 

[upinsmoke]

Vlade doing work!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I like the signing, and I do think that he is, generally, an upgrade over Thompson. I don't know if he's $2M a year worth of an upgrade, but I'll chalk that up to the "Sacramento" tax. Strong offseason by Divac!

 

[theclash4u5]

Matthews turning us down was a huge lifesaver for us. Look what we got instead of throwing him a max deal.

 

[theclash4u5]

Fantastic signing. If my math is right the Kings have enough to make one more decent offer before hitting the salary cap. Then the room exception for Casspi and the veterans minimum for Miller and one more deep bench player.

Josh Smith, Casspi, Miller and a surprise lock down defender from the summer league. Done.

 

[ElRey]

Matthews turning us down was a huge lifesaver for us. Look what we got instead of throwing him a max deal.

Like I said earlier...Matthews rejecting us may have been a BLESSING in Disguise!

 

[Entity]

I like the signing, and I do think that he is, generally, an upgrade over Thompson. I don't know if he's $2M a year worth of an upgrade, but I'll chalk that up to the "Sacramento" tax. Strong offseason by Divac!

I loved JT. But I admit we needed a big change. This is the only possible way to overhaul a team without giving up any of your core. Only two players remain that went through the team sale 2 years ago

 

[kingsboi]

Didn't expect 33 million to get Koufos but I will take it. Vlade getting it done on a holiday too none the less. We now have legitimate size Cousins, WCS, Koufos and Moreland. I hope Moreland really gets a chance to show what he can do...he needs to stay healthy too, that would help.

 

[AaronPDX]

I hope Dallas enjoys their overpaid 3-point shooter who likely won't play until the All Star break. Ouch! I'll take these signings instead HAPPILY !!

 

[sono]

Fantastic signing. If my math is right the Kings have enough to make one more decent offer before hitting the salary cap. Then the room exception for Casspi and the veterans minimum for Miller and one more deep bench player.

Good to see you becoming more positive about the Phili trade, I was thorn between them.

 

[Section 101]

Currently at 11 players under contract. Need min 2 more.

 

[Entity]

Josh Smith, Casspi, Miller and a surprise lock down defender from the summer league. Done.

I'm afraid we are under the bar when it comes to being able to sign josh. Beasley maybe

 

[The_Jamal]

Jesus man, this signing really ties this off-season together. From last season we upgrade Nik-Landry-JT-Dwill-protected first and pick swaps into Beli-Rondo-WCS-Koufos. In one off-season, we corrected basically all the major issues we had last year, outside of the perimeter defender.

What.
a
Job.
Vlade.

 

[theclash4u5]

I'm afraid we are under the bar when it comes to being able to sign josh. Beasley maybe

We have his two best friends on the team and he's still being paid by the Pistons. It's up to him, really.

 

[funkykingston]

Good to see you becoming more positive about the Phili trade, I was thorn between them.

Yeah, I even edited the post you quoted to make that exact point. Vlade is doing yeoman's work right now.

 

[Entity]

We have his two best friends on the team and he's still being paid by the Pistons. It's up to him, really.

I like it because he can swing to the SF spot on occasion to go big.