Free Agency Thread - 2018
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Just cuz we have theloney doesn't mean we should blow it all on someone. I don't think capela is worthy of a max contract. If the kings don't think anyone this class is worthy, maintain flexibility for next year 1 year plus team option contracts or pay someone who might out play his smaller contract.
I think free agency plans were always dependent on who was selected.
If it was Doncic, then you have filled the starting SF role, you want a stretch 4 and you need a big who sets good screens and rolls hard to the basket. And ideally one who can be the lone big on defense, protect the rim and rebound aggressively.
That last role is exactly why you'd want Capela. Willie isn't a great screener and isn't the defender/rebounder we hoped he would be though he can switch onto quicker players on defense. Koufos is a great interior defender and good rebounder, but he's not a rim protector or a guy who can switch on to quicker players at all. Capela is a better fit than both and until the team knows that Giles can stay healthy and sees what they've got with him, Capela would make a ton of sense.
Now that Bagley is the pick, starting small forward is actually the biggest need, stretch four is a bit less of a need (partly because the hope is that Bagley can develop his outside shot further but mostly because there won't be as many minutes to go around) and a big like Capela makes less sense. To help Bagley develop you don't really want a center who can only operate close to the basket as it just crowds the lane.
So while I love what Capela has done with the role he was given in Houston (surrounded by wing shooters and two shooter/creators in Harden and CP3) he isn't a good fit for the Kings IMO. Especially with the money he'll command.
So it isn't that Hezonja is a better player than Capela. He isn't. But he's a better fit and provides more value relative to what he's likely to sign for.
If it was Doncic, then you have filled the starting SF role, you want a stretch 4 and you need a big who sets good screens and rolls hard to the basket. And ideally one who can be the lone big on defense, protect the rim and rebound aggressively.
That last role is exactly why you'd want Capela. Willie isn't a great screener and isn't the defender/rebounder we hoped he would be though he can switch onto quicker players on defense. Koufos is a great interior defender and good rebounder, but he's not a rim protector or a guy who can switch on to quicker players at all. Capela is a better fit than both and until the team knows that Giles can stay healthy and sees what they've got with him, Capela would make a ton of sense.
Now that Bagley is the pick, starting small forward is actually the biggest need, stretch four is a bit less of a need (partly because the hope is that Bagley can develop his outside shot further but mostly because there won't be as many minutes to go around) and a big like Capela makes less sense. To help Bagley develop you don't really want a center who can only operate close to the basket as it just crowds the lane.
So while I love what Capela has done with the role he was given in Houston (surrounded by wing shooters and two shooter/creators in Harden and CP3) he isn't a good fit for the Kings IMO. Especially with the money he'll command.
So it isn't that Hezonja is a better player than Capela. He isn't. But he's a better fit and provides more value relative to what he's likely to sign for.
I think there is a little more incentive to spend it this summer for a few reasons
1. The market is such where only a few teams have healthy cap space. It’s a buyers market this summer. Next summer more teams will have cap and I’m not sure a player of Capelas class could be attained
2. IMO the FO/coaching staff will feel the heat to produce now for jobs sake
3. This summer a max runs the length to Marvins next contract evenly.
1. The market is such where only a few teams have healthy cap space. It’s a buyers market this summer. Next summer more teams will have cap and I’m not sure a player of Capelas class could be attained
2. IMO the FO/coaching staff will feel the heat to produce now for jobs sake
3. This summer a max runs the length to Marvins next contract evenly.
Not only that, but 2 years on Buddy, Skal and Bogdan and 3 years on Fox/Giles/JJ//Mason. So everyone we expect to be our feature core doesn't need to be paid for awhile. It's why we should be pushing to get ANY good player to come here, even if we have to overpay. Our books are set up so nicely that even if we take on a bust FA, it's not going to affect the long-term core.
As a back up option lets assume we trade WCS/ZB0 or Kosta for a SF I would offer a cheap deal to Alex Len who the Suns did not re-sign/restrict he put up 8.5 (57% FG) and 7.5 rpg and 0,9 blocks in 20mins while WCS put up 12.8ppg (50% FG but he did create a lot more for himself than Len) 7.0 rpg and 0.9bpg in 28mins hes still 25.
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Doug McDermott's defense is so bad that it takes him shooting nearly 50% from 3 just to break even as an average rotational player. I wouldn't sign this guy unless he was the very last option on the table. If he shoots the same percentage as Buddy Hield, he is now a below average player.
If Justin Jackson does exactly what he does last year but raises his 3 point percentage to 35%, he will be just as good as Doug McDermott. If he improves other parts of his game, he's now ahead of McDermott and not looking back. There's a reason why McDermott has been on a handful of teams the last couple years. He's not a good player. He would have a niche on the Kings teams of old as the Anthony Peeler or Jim Jackson sharpshooter off the bench but on this team he will just exacerbate what is already a massive problem....defense.
If Justin Jackson does exactly what he does last year but raises his 3 point percentage to 35%, he will be just as good as Doug McDermott. If he improves other parts of his game, he's now ahead of McDermott and not looking back. There's a reason why McDermott has been on a handful of teams the last couple years. He's not a good player. He would have a niche on the Kings teams of old as the Anthony Peeler or Jim Jackson sharpshooter off the bench but on this team he will just exacerbate what is already a massive problem....defense.
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Defense goes a long way.
Avery Bradley and Mbah a Moute.
Bradley can switch with Bogs on offense and defense because bogs should be the primary ballhandler off the bench and bradley CAN guard.
I watched last year as A Moute became money with the corner 3. He is a very effective defensive player.
Our perimeter defense is horrible and should be our #1 priority. All this talk of Hezonja makes me sick. He will not improve our perimeter defense.
Bradley and A Moute would drastically change our rotations. How many open threes can we see year after year?
Hopefully Giles and Bagley address our rebounding horrors. Then with rebounding and perimeter D we will be addressing our greatest needs imho.
Fox/Bogs
Buddy/Avery
A Moute/Temple? (or JJ depending)
Bagley/Giles
Kosta/Willie
Avery Bradley and Mbah a Moute.
Bradley can switch with Bogs on offense and defense because bogs should be the primary ballhandler off the bench and bradley CAN guard.
I watched last year as A Moute became money with the corner 3. He is a very effective defensive player.
Our perimeter defense is horrible and should be our #1 priority. All this talk of Hezonja makes me sick. He will not improve our perimeter defense.
Bradley and A Moute would drastically change our rotations. How many open threes can we see year after year?
Hopefully Giles and Bagley address our rebounding horrors. Then with rebounding and perimeter D we will be addressing our greatest needs imho.
Fox/Bogs
Buddy/Avery
A Moute/Temple? (or JJ depending)
Bagley/Giles
Kosta/Willie
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