PG for the Kings
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Guys I expect the Kings to get - Toney Douglas, Mario Chalmers or Norris Cole - All pretty good defending PG's who can shoot. One of them could backup Collison and I suppose start for 5 games or so.
Rubio is a good defender and who knows if he wants to be here. Thibs may want to Keep Rubio around and probably should for the best playoff hopes for the TPups. I would still like to pry Cam Payne away from OKC but they will probably want to keep him and rebuild with a youth movement.
It pretty much comes down to trading for Douglas, Chalmers or Cole. Jarrett Jack is out there, I wonder where he is at on his injury recovery?
This would be a great time for some kid to come out of Summer League and surprise us all
Rubio is a good defender and who knows if he wants to be here. Thibs may want to Keep Rubio around and probably should for the best playoff hopes for the TPups. I would still like to pry Cam Payne away from OKC but they will probably want to keep him and rebuild with a youth movement.
It pretty much comes down to trading for Douglas, Chalmers or Cole. Jarrett Jack is out there, I wonder where he is at on his injury recovery?
This would be a great time for some kid to come out of Summer League and surprise us all
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True, Joerger has decided what he wants to build here and I'm on board with that. However, sometimes even scrappy teams could do with a player like Ty Lawson who can score and make passes to open up opportunities for others. At his best he was a borderline all star. If he can return to that form we would have that upgrade at PG we desire without having to give anything up.
His defense, length and style certainly don't fit what we've brought in or what Joerger wants. So if he prefers Chalmers or someone else, I can get on board with that if he only wants players that tick the boxes he wants to tick. Equally if he wants to package some players to bring someone in, that's great. But if we want a low risk, high reward addition, Lawson fits the bill.
His defense, length and style certainly don't fit what we've brought in or what Joerger wants. So if he prefers Chalmers or someone else, I can get on board with that if he only wants players that tick the boxes he wants to tick. Equally if he wants to package some players to bring someone in, that's great. But if we want a low risk, high reward addition, Lawson fits the bill.
Back when he was on the verge of entering the NBA, Rubio definitely wanted to be in Sacramento. He balked at Minnesota, but was said to value the cultural diversity of Sactown and felt he'd enjoy living there. As for now, who knows...does he feel spurned because we passed on him and took Tyreke Evans? Or is this a chance to be where he's always wanted to be? I'm guessing not the latter, or there would have been more chatter leaking from his camp by now.
Well I would hope the answer to that proposal for just about anybody would be "of course I would, but why would they?"
Unlike Lawson MCW is, BTW, very much in the spirit of the sort of long defensive players we have been acquiring. A mess, but would sort of complete the picture in a way. Colison would be the designated change of pace, everybody else would be fullsize able to disrupt and switch.
Unlike Lawson MCW is, BTW, very much in the spirit of the sort of long defensive players we have been acquiring. A mess, but would sort of complete the picture in a way. Colison would be the designated change of pace, everybody else would be fullsize able to disrupt and switch.
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I was thinking the same thing. Similar to the Burke idea--swap 2013 draft disappointments, each team gets to try something new for a season.
I'm not sure the Bucks would be interested, although Kidd doesn't seem to trust MCW and they could use a SG with Mayo suspended. But they might need a PG even more.
As for us, seems like a worthy roll of the dice. His length and defensive potential certainly fits what we've been building this summer.
I'm not sure the Bucks would be interested, although Kidd doesn't seem to trust MCW and they could use a SG with Mayo suspended. But they might need a PG even more.
As for us, seems like a worthy roll of the dice. His length and defensive potential certainly fits what we've been building this summer.
bring in Kirk Hinrich on the minimum if we cant get rubio or facilitate a trade with PHX
I think it probably takes at least Gay. There was some talk around draft time that Minny was willing to move him - if the other team also took on Pekovic's dead salary. But I'm not entirely sure that he's really on the market. Yes, Minny drafted Dunn, but are they really going to hand the reins over and give Dunn a starting job from day one? I don't know. They're at the point where I think they need to start winning. With Towns/Wiggins/Dunn and pieces like LaVine/Dieng/Muhammad I don't think they really want another year in the lottery, and the best way to ensure that is probably to go forward with a proven vet at the point. If they trade Rubio, they're looking at Dunn/LaVine/Tyus Jones at the point, and I can't believe they're really fans of the LaVine at PG experiment, and Jones hasn't shown anything yet. They've signed Rush, so they've got quite a few wings so Rudy wouldn't be that much of a temptation. I just kind of figure that Rubio isn't really on the block.
New Orleans on the other hand, has Holiday/Tyreke/Toney Douglas (unguaranteed) and they sing E'Twaun Moore and Galloway - they may be moving a guy and they've been looking for a SF for a long time. Rudy/Tyreke or Rudy/Jrue might be a logical swap.
New Orleans on the other hand, has Holiday/Tyreke/Toney Douglas (unguaranteed) and they sing E'Twaun Moore and Galloway - they may be moving a guy and they've been looking for a SF for a long time. Rudy/Tyreke or Rudy/Jrue might be a logical swap.