Trade Deadline Thread
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For the most part, it’s been nearly impossible to figure out what the Spurs are doing. They’re right in the thick of the play-in hunt again but considering their general lack of top tier talent they shouldn’t be going for it. They also dumped a bunch of money on a couple of vets this offseason and are organizationally opposed to in-season trades despite Poetl or Thad Young probably being useful to a contender or two.
Dejounte getting an all-star nod is cool but it just sorta feels like when Kevin Martin would get written about as the most underrated player in the league while the Kings sat firmly in the 9-11th seed every season.
(This post isn’t to say the Kings are doing any better or something. Just that Dejounte is now an all-star on a bad team while our players aren’t all-stars on a bad team (yet))
Dejounte getting an all-star nod is cool but it just sorta feels like when Kevin Martin would get written about as the most underrated player in the league while the Kings sat firmly in the 9-11th seed every season.
(This post isn’t to say the Kings are doing any better or something. Just that Dejounte is now an all-star on a bad team while our players aren’t all-stars on a bad team (yet))
Yep a few of you guys were calling for him that year. Everyone gave a collective wtf when Vlade picked PapaG and Malachi. When he picked Skal, people were okay with that because he had top 10 talent but a lot of people were pissed that he passed up Murray when he would have been a great, almost safe choice at that point in the draft.
Vlade had 3 chances and couldn't even draft a 12th man.
Vlade had 3 chances and couldn't even draft a 12th man.
I think a lot of it is a "grass is always greener" situation with him. He had a longer development process than a lot of other players in his class but watching Murray now, he looks like a stud. So does Fox, aside from his falling off from below average shooter to complete non-factor at range this season -- and it's not like Murray is a knock down shooter either. The biggest difference between them this season is that Fox has to share a backcourt with Hali and Mitchell so he gets less chances to run the offense and even when he does, it's not much of an offense.
I was always a Murray believer so I'm thrilled he's now looking like the player I projected him to be but it's also hard to ignore that Murray got experience playing in games that matter early in his career (the post-season is a whole other learning curve) and he gets to work with a hall of fame coach every day instead of our revolving door of mediocrity. If their situations were reversed it seems likely we'd be pining for the Spurs version of Fox while lamenting that Murray isn't good enough to carry a winning team.
I was always a Murray believer so I'm thrilled he's now looking like the player I projected him to be but it's also hard to ignore that Murray got experience playing in games that matter early in his career (the post-season is a whole other learning curve) and he gets to work with a hall of fame coach every day instead of our revolving door of mediocrity. If their situations were reversed it seems likely we'd be pining for the Spurs version of Fox while lamenting that Murray isn't good enough to carry a winning team.
That was maybe the most frustrating Kings draft ever. Malachi Richardson was one of my least favorite prospects and I didn't even have Papagiannis on my radar at all. That said, the guy I (and a few others here) wanted at 13 was Wade Baldwin who was waived by Memphis after his rookie year and out of the NBA completely within three years. He seems to be doing okay in the EuroLeague and is only about to turn 26 so he might make it back to an NBA roster as some point but I was clearly wrong in that draft too.
I did like Dejounte Murray a lot and hoped he'd be the pick at both 22 and 28 but I was okay with the gamble on Skal at that point in the draft.
I did like Dejounte Murray a lot and hoped he'd be the pick at both 22 and 28 but I was okay with the gamble on Skal at that point in the draft.
What's the saddest thing about this organization is year after year, in the days leading up to the trade deadline, we're all in here posting everything we can find and every idea we have? And nothing ever happens. Nothing of consequence. No big moves. We end up with scraps and barely role players. I'm just going to predict it now: NOTHING happens by Thursday of any consequence.