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With Devin falling to us, Monte’s options wound up being trade the pick for a vet and be over the apron and have to deal with all the nonsense that entails or avoiding the stern viewing of a gift horse, taking Devin, finding a way to get completely below the apron and finding a way to add a vet with the full MLE in a season where most of the league doesn’t have access to it. Monte chose the second option.
And make trades. Not sure how the hard cap thing works though. I watched a clip of Marks after the Knicks moves and while others were saying the Knicks were capped at the 1st apron, he said the 2nd. That's kind of a big difference. Not sure what the OG deal was exactly but I'm guessing Marks was right? lol.
Yeah, I think Monte was fully expecting the expected salary of that first pick to not be on his books and be in the form of a Kuzma, Johnson/DFS, Caruso/Lavine, whatever. The look on Montes face on draft night was definitely a look of surprise, haha. Maybe it's a good thing Monte was stuck into making a pick before he could trade one otherwise it might have been gone already.
Yeah, I think Monte was fully expecting the expected salary of that first pick to not be on his books and be in the form of a Kuzma, Johnson/DFS, Caruso/Lavine, whatever. The look on Montes face on draft night was definitely a look of surprise, haha. Maybe it's a good thing Monte was stuck into making a pick before he could trade one otherwise it might have been gone already.
So I guess the easiest/simplest way to break this down/try to figure out what Monte is doing is to break things down like this:
Option A:
A “win-now” vet (Kuzma/DFS/Cam Johnson) +Whoever we took at 45+whatever c-level vet we could get for the taxpayer MLE (assuming the vet didn’t have a contract so big it pushed us past the second apron)
Or Option B:
Devin Carter + a win now vet who might not quite be at the level of the guy in option A but is still worthy of the full MLE (Naji/Caleb Martin/etc) + still having Barnes and Huerter for depth because we didn’t have to include them in a deal for a win now vet contract.
Option A:
A “win-now” vet (Kuzma/DFS/Cam Johnson) +Whoever we took at 45+whatever c-level vet we could get for the taxpayer MLE (assuming the vet didn’t have a contract so big it pushed us past the second apron)
Or Option B:
Devin Carter + a win now vet who might not quite be at the level of the guy in option A but is still worthy of the full MLE (Naji/Caleb Martin/etc) + still having Barnes and Huerter for depth because we didn’t have to include them in a deal for a win now vet contract.
Yes he was. Saw an interview with him recently and the guys that were talking to him asked him how it was on The Kings. I forget exactly what he said but it was something to the effect of….“It’s what you didn’t see behind the scenes that made it so bad”. He didn’t really elaborate other than to say it was very disfunctional, which we all knew at the time.
I still think moving Huerter at least is mandatory. With Huerter back Davion wasn't likely playing much at that point anyway. With Carter here, Keons rise, Monks re-signing, with what Brown likes, it's potentially inevitable Huerter is Montes new Richaun Holmes. Said it about Holmes after the Domas trade, saying it again, GET HIM OFF YOUR BOOKS. haha.
Thing about Huerter is that small forward is probably his best position defensively and he no longer has to worry about constantly guarding elite guards at the POA like he had to for the first 1.5 seasons he was here thanks to Keon and Devin being studs. I’d much rather keep him than just move him for the sake of moving him.
If you set aside our “core” I would rank our assets as follows:
1)2)3)future first round picks (3)
4)Kev - young and cost controlled young player
5)Portland’s second rounder in great draft
6) HB - better than kings fan think but only has value to playoff teams
7) Colby
We gave up our 5th best asset to get rid of low salary players. That really seems insane. There were 6 other teams with cap space, none would take them for free? There were no teams that would trade us a lower salary player like say a 2 mil dollar deal? We traded a pick that will likely grade out as a first rounder in a draft like this. Two “first round graded” salary dumps in two years is really bad.
I won’t rant on this any further but dang.
1)2)3)future first round picks (3)
4)Kev - young and cost controlled young player
5)Portland’s second rounder in great draft
6) HB - better than kings fan think but only has value to playoff teams
7) Colby
We gave up our 5th best asset to get rid of low salary players. That really seems insane. There were 6 other teams with cap space, none would take them for free? There were no teams that would trade us a lower salary player like say a 2 mil dollar deal? We traded a pick that will likely grade out as a first rounder in a draft like this. Two “first round graded” salary dumps in two years is really bad.
I won’t rant on this any further but dang.
Well, if Monte has him factored in there, he better check with coach Brown. The reality is for that to still make sense he'd have to play starters minutes there. If that's the case, move Barnes. You don't want both. You see the cost of dumping money the last two seasons once a team smells desperation or you tank a players value. 1st round picks or actual talent on fair contracts. Don't let this become Holmes part 2, there is no need for that.
Monte has to be looking to add someone here though. Also, even for the new 4 man guard crew to maximize it's value, likely Carter and Keon are going to get minutes with G units at SF. The Kings will already potentially be paying a 6th man in Monk a bunch, you don't want to tie up lottery pick talent and that much money in your bench right now. Bad move.
Man, just to let you know, I'll end it here, but this is literally the 3rd time I've had this conversation on this board about something like this. The first time was Jason Thompson prior to re-signing him. The 2nd was Holmes being a great backup C. Could be off the mark here, but fool me once, fool me twice, nope. haha.