Danny Ferry? Presti? who lost Durant for nothing and Harden for scraps? He squandered a hand of pocket Aces. Petrie? Jason thompson, Hawes, Jimmer, Trob and Bmac? You want that guy back?
Vlade is at best a middling GM at this point. No argumrnt there. Ive hated a number of his moves. BUT some are good. He turned an atrocious and toxic roster onto a young, fun, youthful and joyfull young team. You said only 3 players NBA players? Please. WCS is an NBA player at the least. Koufus and Temple are not THAT overpaid. Fox and Buddy have lots of promise Bogdan, his beat move yet and clear win. Justen Jackson will at least be a backup SF. Giles cpuld be a star. AND as much as i disliked signing Hill and ZBO they were only short contracts. Look at our cap for next offseason. Vlade knew enough not to undcuff us the next 5+ years with long drals. That is HUGE. There at sooooo many teams whos ceiling is capped because crappy Gms knew they better go all in NOW and made big contract offers to middling players..Portland, Washington, Toronto, Cavs etc.
And lets not forget Joeger. That was a massive Coup to go along with flecing phx for Bogdan.
I could go on, being high and a few dranks makes me ramble, but Vlade IMO is not a lost cause. Just the facg that him, Vivek and Joeger seem to have good chemistry along with the front office they are building is also largely underestimated. Vlade so far is a FOUNDAATION builder and next will build the house on that SOLID floor
"I think he's improving." "Vlade is at best a middling GM" Is this all we are worth as Kings fans.
Yes, I would rather have Petrie back. I don't need to remind you that going out the door, he suggested picking the Greak Freak. And the Jimmer selection sounded very fishy to me, as if the Maloofs said you must pick him and at the same time pick up a small forward.
Is 27 wins funs to watch?
You know what I mean, we are crap. Vlade has put together a roster that is crap. WCS yes is an NBA player and so if Koufus and Temple-how many wins did we get again?
He's to know the market for Boogie and not take less than the market was going to give him. He gave the Lakers-what 5 minutes to make a deal or not...not giving enough time for the actual owner to get involved to make the deal. And he didn't let all the other teams in the NBA know that he was shopping him. And of course, he pounced on Karl for saying the Kings should trade Boogie, and stating publicly and directly to Boogie that he wouldn't be traded. Yet, less than a year after Karl left, he was traded.
Presti's know how-although rocky for the NBA to hear-in rebuilding a team works. Accordingly, many teams "Tank" each year to facilitate. Let's see as they made it past the first round this year. Seems that Philly is in a better place than we are don't you think?
Don't you think the Kings were tanking by sitting ZBO. So we are tanking just not as well as other Tankers.
I suggested long ago, to use your available cap space to take on bad contracts with draft choices. Combine the picks to move down to get a really good draft choice. Instead, we get ZBO, Vince Carter, and George Hill-who now is Shumpert who is owed 11 million next year and the Kings just wish he would go away.
This is Vlade's job. He is to know that the trend is the 3 pointer and not the slow plodding center in the paint-Papa G. He is to know, that the combo of Rondo, Rudy, Boogie, and George Karl will not work. Instead, he sets us back big time.
Am I supposed to be impressed by the Coach's record hear?
Justin Jackson -a good back up-
malichi-gone
Giles-hasn't played a minute
Shumpert-Kings want him gone
WCS, Koufos, Temple- 27 wins
ZBO, Vince Carter, how is that helping develop your team.
