Randle outside of last year has had no real individual impact on a teams success. I posted this in the game thread. Kings 2-9 without Fox, and scoring in the bottom 3 without him. Now THAT is called impact. If the Kings trade Fox it better be to rebuild. Simple as that.
On the other hand, Dejounte is the perfect example of why you don’t just randomly give up on a young guy too early. Dude wasn’t even the second best guard on the Spurs until this season.
Taj Gibson also is just happy to not only still be in the league but also to be getting paid more than the league minimum. (Seriously, the dude’s getting paid 5 million dollars to take minutes from Obi and Mitchell Robinson and Nerlens Noel)
On the other hand, Dejounte is the perfect example of why you don’t just randomly give up on a young guy too early. Dude wasn’t even the second best guard on the Spurs until this season.
On the other hand, Dejounte is the perfect example of why you don’t just randomly give up on a young guy too early. Dude wasn’t even the second best guard on the Spurs until this season.
Years 5 and 6 into their careers is not too early. Although I think they'll both likely see ten + years in the league, the odds say they're both likely past the halfway point of their careers.
The sad thing is, Vlade was very average. Top 5 picks are supposed to be about a 50% hit rate, which is what he got with Fox and Bagley. An above average, possible once in a while all star. But when factoring in Bagley over Luka...yea, he sucked.
Dejounte’s obviously being held back by the poor coaching of *checks notes* a guy who’s going to be the winningest coach in league history by the end of the year.
Sure. Let's assume the Kings FO will continue to suck. Makes trading for a multi-year all star even more of a pressing matter. Finished product = No need to worry about the FO messing up the players development. No?
The only way I stomach Grant is if they trade Fox. Two black holes in the starting lineup is just going to continue this style of selfish, sh*tty Kings ball.
It can be. Nash slimmed down significantly after a few yrs in the league. What’s more troubling is bulking up likely meant Fox saw the path to the next level as scoring more inside. Just smh.
It can be. Nash slimmed down significantly after a few yrs in the league. What’s more troubling is bulking up likely meant Fox saw the path to the next level as scoring more inside. Just smh.
