Kings reach agreement w/Bjelica 3yrs/$20.5M
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It's a business. The national media loves to find reasons to dump on the Kings. It's part of their shtick. It's like buying a house. If there's another potential buyer, you both submit your best and final offers and the agent talks it over with his client. Ferrell took our offer because it was better. Same is true with Bjelica.
Don't forget about the glimpses we've seen from Giles. The two of them could be ... intimidating? I can't remember ever saying that about a Kings duo before. 
Exactly. And my point was them not doing that, or being allowed to and being put into the same training wheels scenario as last year. Last year they ended up with a number 2 pick to make it more digestible, and that same circumstance will obviously not exist. So now it literally needs to be fly time!
Maybe Shumpert can provide that if he plays. Maybe Bjelica. Either way, Yogi said it in his interview, the Kings are trying to establish an identity. Hopefully it's not a soft jump shooting team who laughs with opponents as they are getting their heads pummeled into the ground or just driving in the lane at will and dunking it on them without any restriction.
Fox, Yogi, and to a certain extent Mason, can all exert pressure defensively on opposing point guards. Bogs and Hield have shown the ability to play defense at times last year. Giles, Bjelica and Kosta can exert physicallity at the forward and center positions. This is a promising group that can exert defensive pressure. I'm leaving out Jackson, Bagley and Skal, but one or more of that trio could surprise on the upside this coming year. And I haven't mentioned WCS, who I believe falls into the either/or category: He will either play with more passion this coming year, or find himself on another team.
We have some good options now in crunch time.
If there was one thing Fox showed last year its that he is clutch, Bog is one hell of an executor, Hield provides outside shooting and we just added a guy known for taking big shots in Bjelica who also stretches the floor.
Add Giles or Bagley/WCS to grab the offensive board if need be and really you have quite a strong closing line up if you ask me.
If there was one thing Fox showed last year its that he is clutch, Bog is one hell of an executor, Hield provides outside shooting and we just added a guy known for taking big shots in Bjelica who also stretches the floor.
Add Giles or Bagley/WCS to grab the offensive board if need be and really you have quite a strong closing line up if you ask me.
Bogi definitely has the tough guy gene. I can’t remember many specifics but there were definitely moments he gave that extra bump, stood too close before an inbounds, etc. He plays the game physically and mentally better than most guys in the league, already, and he knows it. His brand of basketball will definitely get under guys’ skin once we start to win a bit. It’s tough to get too annoyed when you’re up by 12...down by 4 on the other hand...
Didn’t Draymond give him a shout-out for being a competitor at some point last year? Or was that something else?
As for the clutch gene. We are loaded. Fox has it. Bogdan has it. Buddy has something, he’s a little frantic at times but man can he score in bunches. No fear from Buddy. Bjeli wants the ball late. I have a hard time believing Giles, Yogi, and Mason don’t want the ball late as well. ZBO most definitely will take that shot. And doesn’t Skal have a game winner or two?
Didn’t Draymond give him a shout-out for being a competitor at some point last year? Or was that something else?
As for the clutch gene. We are loaded. Fox has it. Bogdan has it. Buddy has something, he’s a little frantic at times but man can he score in bunches. No fear from Buddy. Bjeli wants the ball late. I have a hard time believing Giles, Yogi, and Mason don’t want the ball late as well. ZBO most definitely will take that shot. And doesn’t Skal have a game winner or two?
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