Buddy Hield CANNOT start.
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We don’t owe him any favors at this point. If you look at someone like Harrison Barnes who has been a model citizen through the ups and downs if he requested a trade I’d do him a favor by flipping him to a contender if I can. But someone like Buddy who has actively sh****ed on Sac any chance he gets in subs and post game interviews? F it, he can go to the Hornets or the Bulls for all I care for a protected 1st, at this point that’s all it’d take to get him off our team
Basketball is a team game. With exception of a few HOF, an NBA player shines or sucks depending on who the other 4 guys he will be playing the floor with. The best games for Buddy as a Kings was the sprinting backcourt with him and Fox on early season run with Dave. Both players were in top 10 of NBA sprinters that season. Remember this article in Dec of 2018 (https://hoopshype.com/2018/12/22/sa...-fox-fastest-nba-russell-westbrook-john-wall/), Buddy's speed topped the league during that early run and we were winning until injuries came and eventually slower players joined the roster and then totally benching Buddy followed.
With Bogi (our main man at half-court plays) gone, the only way for this team to compete is with speed again, especially with the T.H. pick. So McNair is really getting Buddy a good chance to shine as a starter again. I don't see a Buddy benching at all. That check is gonna get it's worth this season.
With Bogi (our main man at half-court plays) gone, the only way for this team to compete is with speed again, especially with the T.H. pick. So McNair is really getting Buddy a good chance to shine as a starter again. I don't see a Buddy benching at all. That check is gonna get it's worth this season.
Everyone wants to build up buddy’s value to trade him. For what? A draft pick or player that will hopefully be as good as “good” buddy? If he gets to somewhat tradeable status I can understand. If he gets to contract year buddy, then last year was an anomaly/luke is an idiot, and he’s back to normal. Keep him and let him grow with the team.
Excellent point. And I'd go one step further and add that the most likely scenario where Marvin Bagley justifies his top 5 pick status is on a team that gets out and runs every chance they get. Taking Fox, Hield, and Bagley and forcing them to play flat-footed half court offense is incomprehensible to me. No team in the league can keep up with these guys for 48 minutes. Putting pressure on the defense to contain an athletic big man, an elite shooter, and the fastest ball handler in the league all at once is how we win. As far as I'm concerned, it's the only argument worth listening to for drafting Bagley over Doncic and if we waste another year trying to run some garbage single action iso-heavy offense it will be a tremendous missed opportunity to see what this group of players is actually capable of when set loose.
! That’s what all the young players are for.....Run, run, run!
My guess is that the Kings were only getting lowball offers for Buddy with teams thinking they could grab a disgruntled player who was pushed out of the starting lineup at a discount, especially with a new front office in place.
If so, I think the message McNair have Buddy and his agent was that the offense was going to be retooled to play to his strengths and it was in everybody's best interest for Hield to start and put up good numbers. Either it makes him happy to stay in Sacramento or it raises his trade value.
But McNair does have one good GM skill down which is answering questions without really saying anything and keeping his cards close to his vest. Hard to say if he actually sees Buddy as a long term piece or just wants to be patient and get a good deal to move him.
If so, I think the message McNair have Buddy and his agent was that the offense was going to be retooled to play to his strengths and it was in everybody's best interest for Hield to start and put up good numbers. Either it makes him happy to stay in Sacramento or it raises his trade value.
But McNair does have one good GM skill down which is answering questions without really saying anything and keeping his cards close to his vest. Hard to say if he actually sees Buddy as a long term piece or just wants to be patient and get a good deal to move him.
