Thank you Vlade! You can actually see a team forming here that is made to help your best player be great. I don't see any home runs here, but I do see a foundation where you can upgrade a player here and there over the next few seasons and continue to improve. My favorite part of all the additions is the variance in play we see from night to night should be greatly reduced. The feast or famine type of team we have had in the recent past is finally going away! HURRAH!
Still need to see a trade or two to make sense of what's going on here. That said, if you let go of Rudy and don't get back another player capable of scoring 20+ PPG that leaves Cousins on an island practically with nothing but role players surrounding him and I don't think Cousins is good enough to put a team of role players on his back alone and make the playoffs, let's not act as if Joerger is Pop or Riley or something...he is a good coach but this looks like a Memphis team from last year, minus the playoff appearance IMO.
We have the cap to pull it off? or does it mean we are making a trade to clear some room?
Based on how the roster looks the plan is probably a Rudy for PG deal, that's the only way the roster will even out, cause right now we have a ton of wings and our only real PG (Temple can play there but can't really run a team) is DC who probably faces suspension.
Based on how the roster looks the plan is probably a Rudy for PG deal, that's the only way the roster will even out, cause right now we have a ton of wings and our only real PG (Temple can play there but can't really run a team) is DC who probably faces suspension.
I'm too lazy to find the links but reports were that five teams had interest in Temple and six teams were talking to Barnes. And considering reports had MB's price tag at $8-10 million I'd say $6 million is a good deal for the Kings.
This team will play hard on the defensive end. Rondo, Belinelli & Karl seemed allergic to that end of the floor. And offensively those guys didn't give more than Afflalo, Barnes & Temple anyway.
These are low key signings but I really like what they represent.
Again, Collison/McLemore/Gay/Thompson/Cousins was statistically one of the best starting fives in the league. Even without the trade that I'm expecting to balance the roster and bring in a PG the Kings are in a pretty good position as they'd have a slightly upgraded version of that lineup but with a scrappier bench.
This team will play hard on the defensive end. Rondo, Belinelli & Karl seemed allergic to that end of the floor. And offensively those guys didn't give more than Afflalo, Barnes & Temple anyway.
These are low key signings but I really like what they represent.
Again, Collison/McLemore/Gay/Thompson/Cousins was statistically one of the best starting fives in the league. Even without the trade that I'm expecting to balance the roster and bring in a PG the Kings are in a pretty good position as they'd have a slightly upgraded version of that lineup but with a scrappier bench.
