Rondo to the Bulls
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It applies to me. If I made it to this point (we have all been through some rough crap in the last 10 years), I can certainly continue to strive forward. All is not lost, maybe we need to hit the reset button one last time.... which leads me to:
There's a certain east coast team that has a skinny 7' Russian kid that oozes potential and skill.... That is literally one of the few trades I would ever agree with for our star player. With all of the rookies we drafted, it's not a far fetched idea and with D-Rose, Melo, Lee, Noah... maybe Phil Jackson can be talked into going full "vet" mode. We would have to take back a ton of salary as he is on a rookie contract, but you get the idea. Now excuse me while I go hide behind a brick wall for suggesting a Cuz trade
There's a certain east coast team that has a skinny 7' Russian kid that oozes potential and skill.... That is literally one of the few trades I would ever agree with for our star player. With all of the rookies we drafted, it's not a far fetched idea and with D-Rose, Melo, Lee, Noah... maybe Phil Jackson can be talked into going full "vet" mode. We would have to take back a ton of salary as he is on a rookie contract, but you get the idea. Now excuse me while I go hide behind a brick wall for suggesting a Cuz trade
No doubt this is the hope. The only thing is that it is going to be almighty tough making the play offs in the west with just Cuz as the star player. With Rudy, I can kind of see it but if you trade Rudy for scrappers and youth, when the Cuz misses his mandatory few games next season we are left with a bottom 5 team in the league.
There is no doubt we are trying to create enough cap space to get some good free agents next year. Possibly 2 max contracts before extending Cousins or as you say go a full blown rebuild.
There is no doubt we are trying to create enough cap space to get some good free agents next year. Possibly 2 max contracts before extending Cousins or as you say go a full blown rebuild.
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couple of key points against this...
- The Kings as pointed out by Aaron Bruski avoided all the major landmines of overpaying and over committing for questionable talent (Anderson, Rondo, basically the majority of FA's)
- All these contracts are EXTREMELY reasonable. These are very trade friendly and can easily be moved.
- 2 of the 4 contracts allow the Kings to opt out. Barnes has a player opt out after year 1, Temple has a 2nd year opt out.
- We will definitely be making a trade or two so EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL... its not over yet.
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I know... people are cracking me up... I love everything the Kings have done... Just replacing Dave Joerger with Karl last year probably would have gotten us the 8th seed... Having a decent PG instead of "pad your stats, no defense, no shooting RONDO" would have probably added another 8-10 Wins.
THERE WILL BE A TRADE OR TWO GUYS.... this FO has not done anything stupid so far
THERE WILL BE A TRADE OR TWO GUYS.... this FO has not done anything stupid so far
Not all Kings fans.
I think some people have to find a reason to complain. I, on the other hand, am pretty impressed with what Vlade has done so far. Time will tell, but I tend to look at it the same way Aaron Bruski does - Vlade has avoided a lot of pitfalls and didn't throw buckets of money at players who are going to be impossible to get rid of by the ends of their bloated contracts.
I think some people have to find a reason to complain. I, on the other hand, am pretty impressed with what Vlade has done so far. Time will tell, but I tend to look at it the same way Aaron Bruski does - Vlade has avoided a lot of pitfalls and didn't throw buckets of money at players who are going to be impossible to get rid of by the ends of their bloated contracts.
Rondo is a BRILLIANT "talent".
Results and effort may vary however.
And no, sorry, he puts up big numbers by doing EXACTLY what every other huge assisting guy in NBA history has done. That is, indeed, the trick. Dominate the ball, and rack up huge assist numbers. But unlike scrubs like Nash who effectively got all the assists on their teams while the overall team lagged near the back of the pack in assists, our teamwide assists shot from near the back of the pack for years to Top 5 with Rondo pushing the issue.
Kings Assists past 5 years:
15-16 24.5 (t-3rd)
14-15 20.3 (26th)
13-14 18.9 (30th)
12-13 20.8 (25th)
11-12 19.3 (26th)
So nto only racking up huge numbers himself. Fascilitating one of the top assisting offenses in the NBA in absolute start contrast to the crap that had come before, with many of the same non-passer/ballhandlers around him.
I rather doubt our new "ball movement" offense will approach those teamwide numbers.
Results and effort may vary however.
And no, sorry, he puts up big numbers by doing EXACTLY what every other huge assisting guy in NBA history has done. That is, indeed, the trick. Dominate the ball, and rack up huge assist numbers. But unlike scrubs like Nash who effectively got all the assists on their teams while the overall team lagged near the back of the pack in assists, our teamwide assists shot from near the back of the pack for years to Top 5 with Rondo pushing the issue.
Kings Assists past 5 years:
15-16 24.5 (t-3rd)
14-15 20.3 (26th)
13-14 18.9 (30th)
12-13 20.8 (25th)
11-12 19.3 (26th)
So nto only racking up huge numbers himself. Fascilitating one of the top assisting offenses in the NBA in absolute start contrast to the crap that had come before, with many of the same non-passer/ballhandlers around him.
I rather doubt our new "ball movement" offense will approach those teamwide numbers.
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- How do we know the team finished top 5 in Assists because of Rondo's leadership vs. Karl's free flowing system. His Denver teams were known for their assist total without having great passers.
- Did you just call Nash a scrub?
- Not only Did Rondo help the Kings become a top-assist team, he helped them become one of the worst turnover teams (28th).