Confirming Matthew Dellavedova four-year, $38.4M deal with Bucks, per source
I don't normally keep track with teams other than the Kings, but a friend of mine is a Nuggets fan, and I remember seeing the Jeff Green to Memphis trade which netted the Celtics a future first round pick. At the time it looked to be a good trade for Memphis, but it didn't work out that way.
As for next year, they have the following under contract for 2017/18 and beyond:
- Gasol, Wright, Baldwin, Davis, Wang Zhelin (?), Parsons, and Conley (?)
- Team options: Adams, Martin
They might not be able to afford a max level contract, but theyy should have enough space to add a couple of mid tier starters and that could be enough if Conley is truly a borderline all star, Parsons becomes more of a scorer in an increased role, and Gasol returns to all star form. At that point a solid starter at SG and PF would be enough to remain competitive in the west. Not title competitive, but play off competitive. But hey, enough about the Grizzlies and back onto our Kings!
As for next year, they have the following under contract for 2017/18 and beyond:
- Gasol, Wright, Baldwin, Davis, Wang Zhelin (?), Parsons, and Conley (?)
- Team options: Adams, Martin
They might not be able to afford a max level contract, but theyy should have enough space to add a couple of mid tier starters and that could be enough if Conley is truly a borderline all star, Parsons becomes more of a scorer in an increased role, and Gasol returns to all star form. At that point a solid starter at SG and PF would be enough to remain competitive in the west. Not title competitive, but play off competitive. But hey, enough about the Grizzlies and back onto our Kings!
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojVerticalNBA
Free agent forward Kenny Thomas has agreed to a five-year, $98M deal with Sacramento, league source tells @TheVertical.
Haha... Thank god this kind of money wasn't around back when Kenny Thomas was signed.
Free agent forward Kenny Thomas has agreed to a five-year, $98M deal with Sacramento, league source tells @TheVertical.
Haha... Thank god this kind of money wasn't around back when Kenny Thomas was signed.
It depends who is available and what they want to get paid. We are unlikely to attract top tier guys, so we are left looking at mid-tier guys who we end up paying big dollars to. How many people on here have looked at the Dellavadova contract with the Bucks, Parsons to Memphis, or Turner to Portland and breathed a sigh of relief?
I think quite a lot of us are glad we haven't paid that much money to mid-tier players. But those are the guys we are looking at right now, and frankly there isn't really an appealing option at PG or SG that really makes me say: "Let's sign that guy!". There are some intriguing options left, but if we go after guys like Bazemore or Gordon, we are going to need to pay them hefty sums to come here and that may or may not be the best way forwards. For some fans, they don't want us to do that; other fans want us to do that.
I think quite a lot of us are glad we haven't paid that much money to mid-tier players. But those are the guys we are looking at right now, and frankly there isn't really an appealing option at PG or SG that really makes me say: "Let's sign that guy!". There are some intriguing options left, but if we go after guys like Bazemore or Gordon, we are going to need to pay them hefty sums to come here and that may or may not be the best way forwards. For some fans, they don't want us to do that; other fans want us to do that.
Perhaps, or Waiters is the future starting SG and Ben is a trade chip to be used with something else to upgrade the PG position?
Or we feel McLemore has the potential to be a good impact player off the bench, while Waiters is a starter.
Or our front office is getting desperate and throwing money at someone that isn't an upgrade, or they don't know what they are doing. It's the Kings, so anything is possible!
Or we feel McLemore has the potential to be a good impact player off the bench, while Waiters is a starter.
Or our front office is getting desperate and throwing money at someone that isn't an upgrade, or they don't know what they are doing. It's the Kings, so anything is possible!
6 mins ago – via Twitter AlexKennedyNBA
Alex Kennedy: Sources: In addition to the Knicks and Kings, Courtney Lee has received interest from the Nets, Wolves and Hawks (if Kent Bazemore leaves).
Alex Kennedy: Sources: In addition to the Knicks and Kings, Courtney Lee has received interest from the Nets, Wolves and Hawks (if Kent Bazemore leaves).
i've been saying for the past year that people shouldn't be surprised by the ridiculous money that will be thrown at free agents this offseason. every team needs to meet the new salary floor, and since existing salaries don't scale up with the rise of the salary cap, a rather large spike in the cap meant that a bunch of players from the nba's middle class were going to get MASSIVELY overpaid this offseason, and for no other reason than the fact they happen to be free agents in 2016. it's not great news for the kings' ability to fill roster holes inexpensively through free agency. however, it could be good news with respect to their trade bait; if they want to move gay or koufos, for example, those are two guys on very reasonable contracts who other teams might target for value per production alone...
I'm thinking wait it out too which was brought up last page.
Nothing here worth the farm, maybe we can maneuver with trades here soon or by the trade deadline. Got to be "real" talent out of place with the FA market somewhere where we can justify paying premium dollar, even if we have to wait until potentially the deadline.
This is multi year commitment, not worth all our chips right now.
Nothing here worth the farm, maybe we can maneuver with trades here soon or by the trade deadline. Got to be "real" talent out of place with the FA market somewhere where we can justify paying premium dollar, even if we have to wait until potentially the deadline.
This is multi year commitment, not worth all our chips right now.
LOL was my first reaction too at this craziness.
I wonder once these GMs use up the initial abundance of cap space in this year and next on mostly 2nd to 3rd tier players, how will they resign players currently on their own team?
I mean, every team has some players that are on rookie contracts or ones signed based on the pre-tv deal cap. What will these GMs tell the players that are actually better than the Parsons or Noahs of the world that they can only offer them less than someone less capable?
Based on performance, injury history and potential, Parsons should've got around $10-$12 mil/yr based on the PRE-tv deal cap. With the roughly 40% bump in cap space, he should get $14-$17 mil/yr tops. I understand everyone is going to get a big raise, but guys are getting paid 100% higher than what they should be getting. Some GMs are throwing all logic out the table.
The smart GM would actually sit out the first week or so of this craziness and then try to sign some bargain players to short contracts. When the next waive of free agents become available in a year or two, they will be able to sign away many good players from teams that foolishly spent all their cap space maxing out 2nd/3rd tier guys like Parsons.
Adrian Wojnarowski: Free agent forward Solomon Hill has agreed to a four-year, $52M deal with New Orleans, league source tells @The Vertical.
Good freaking lord. There's like a 0% chance our phone isn't ringing off the hook for Gay right now. This deal likely KO's any Rudy Gay for Anderson or Reke possibilities too.
Good freaking lord. There's like a 0% chance our phone isn't ringing off the hook for Gay right now. This deal likely KO's any Rudy Gay for Anderson or Reke possibilities too.