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It's a guard league so it depends on if he can develop those skills to a star level. If not, no he's a 3rd/4th piece but a 3rd/4th piece can be extremely important like Prince was for Detroit back in the day. Markkanen isn't a guard either though. He scores and at really good level and that's pretty much it. Solid everywhere else but nothing spectacular. If you can add him to the Kings without dipping into your need or talent core fine, even if you want to blow those picks away with him... eh. If Grant took 1 and Lauri took 3-4? No, he's not that much better than Grant IMO.
Hes spectacular with his consistency and his efficiency. He brings it every play like Sabonis. he rarely has an off night. Elite shooting, high percentages, great rebounding, offensive mismatches. I dunno i personally love the guy as a fit for this team. I also see the value and need for Murray on this team tho
I'm not saying he wouldn't be a great target, but giving up a million picks and valuable youth considering his contract is not wise IMO. Again, never trust Ainge, he polishes assets and flips them at an all time high. The Lauri Markkanen the Kings would be getting might be a little closer to the one you saw with the Bulls and Cavs. When his usage goes down, so does the productivity. Yes, still valuable, blowing up the future valuable? Personally, I'm not sure about that, especially if players like Grant or Ingram can be had for far cheaper. Adding talent and still hanging onto some assets is more wise IMO. See what Carter can do. See what Keon can do. See what Murray can do. If they do great? THEN make a move like this using whatever it takes to land a star because those values will be higher. If the Kings hadn't scored on draft night maybe they should be more desperate, but the Kings did. Let it ride like the Hali situation. See how it shakes out. Also, clear some cap, make a run at Lauri next summer.
Honestly, I'm mostly fine with keeping HB and he can be that 3/4 flex bench option. Our offensive creation was atrocious, outside of Monk and adding him to that unit fixes a lot of problems we had last year. And I think you can see the return of good HB with a lower MPG and him getting more minutes vs reserves, not as tough defensive assignments, etc.
If you find the right move for him, you pull it. But just in terms of our team construction, HB makes more sense to keep over Huerter.
Fox || Carter
Keon || Monk
Keegan || HB
???? || Lyles
Domas || Len
If you found the right 4-man, I'd be willing to bet on that being a 50+ win team.
If you find the right move for him, you pull it. But just in terms of our team construction, HB makes more sense to keep over Huerter.
Fox || Carter
Keon || Monk
Keegan || HB
???? || Lyles
Domas || Len
If you found the right 4-man, I'd be willing to bet on that being a 50+ win team.
IMO, if McNair is playing this the way I think he should be playing it he's feinting on some "targets" and serious on some targets. The surefire way to escalate the price of the player or players he's really interested in is to laser in on one guy (like an Ingram). Let the sellers all be aware that their guy isn't the only fish in the sea.
Is a no for me.
I want a good role player, good rebounder who can make 2 threes per game while taking care of the best rival interior player at defense. A player who helps Domas and Keegan at the PF position. A player who can be part of our core for the next 5 years with a controlled contract who fits the rest of the salaries.
Isaac? Stewart? I don't know, but that kind of player.
I want a good role player, good rebounder who can make 2 threes per game while taking care of the best rival interior player at defense. A player who helps Domas and Keegan at the PF position. A player who can be part of our core for the next 5 years with a controlled contract who fits the rest of the salaries.
Isaac? Stewart? I don't know, but that kind of player.
yeah, if it’s just one of the defensive role player types like DFS, I feel it’s likely Brown just keeps starting Barnes and everyone here loses their minds.
DeRozen is interesting. Not the greatest fit, but definitely talented, and if you stagger minutes I think he and Monk could be fun on offense while Fox sits. I just saw he was looking for a one year deal to try to come back on the market next year. Are there many other good teams with the full MLE available and a potential starting forward role open?
DeRozen is interesting. Not the greatest fit, but definitely talented, and if you stagger minutes I think he and Monk could be fun on offense while Fox sits. I just saw he was looking for a one year deal to try to come back on the market next year. Are there many other good teams with the full MLE available and a potential starting forward role open?
Idk, I think Cam would be a pretty substantial upgrade. He's like getting an age reset on HB. I'd gladly take the 27 year old version of HB back on this current squad. And he's been a very productive player over his last 3 seasons, so I think we can be confident we're grabbing him in his prime. He's not a stopper on defense, but he is a defensive upgrade on HB, for sure.
Huerter+FRP+contract for Cam works for me. He's a glove fit with us offensively, he's a solid defensive player and has long-term team control. Even if it's a overpay by us, i'll eat that value loss to get the team rebalanced.
Huerter+FRP+contract for Cam works for me. He's a glove fit with us offensively, he's a solid defensive player and has long-term team control. Even if it's a overpay by us, i'll eat that value loss to get the team rebalanced.
Why would they have to be protected? We can trade unprotected 1sts and unprotected swaps to try and piece together a competitive offer.
Now, would it be enough to beat other team’s offers? Perhaps not, but I don’t think 3 unprotected 1sts and 3 unprotected pick swaps is an insulting offer for Markkanen.
Now, would it be enough to beat other team’s offers? Perhaps not, but I don’t think 3 unprotected 1sts and 3 unprotected pick swaps is an insulting offer for Markkanen.
imo we don’t have enough first round picks to trade to give one up for Cam. He is good but I guess I don’t agree he is a big upgrade over HB. He’s also just a shooter for the most part, doesn’t really give us a wrinkle to our offense that I’d like to see (say shot creation or rim pressure) I dunno, if we aren’t taking a swing, it might just be finding a new home for KVon since we don’t have room fro him at this point and hope that Carter, Keon and Keegan are huge for us next year. Still plenty of time to sign a free agent or make a trade so we shall see
I don't see Lauri losing all the skills he earned over the last couple years and reverting back to his skills from 3-4 years ago. He's a better scorer than Fox. If anything, you'd want Fox looking for Lauri half the time, not Lauri standing in the corner waiting for a kick out if nothing else is available.
Of course when you put three 20pt scorers together, someone's numbers are going to drop but I don't see Lauri just going back to being a regular old role player. He's proven to be a legit scorer in the league and not in the high usage, superficial way like a guy like Kuzma. His play actually seems to be impactful.
Of course when you put three 20pt scorers together, someone's numbers are going to drop but I don't see Lauri just going back to being a regular old role player. He's proven to be a legit scorer in the league and not in the high usage, superficial way like a guy like Kuzma. His play actually seems to be impactful.
this and last season and the season before I would have:
Kept my picks and gone with my strength which is drafting.
Look to trade expiring assets like Holmes and others to teams trying to shed assets for more picks or role players.
not worried about making a major free agency move and maybe use some picks in a trade for a major player but never picks for a Role player because I can draft those and they are cheaper.
Kept my picks and gone with my strength which is drafting.
Look to trade expiring assets like Holmes and others to teams trying to shed assets for more picks or role players.
not worried about making a major free agency move and maybe use some picks in a trade for a major player but never picks for a Role player because I can draft those and they are cheaper.
Hmm, possibly. Maybe I'm on an island here, but I honestly don't see a huge gap between Cam and that Kuzma/Grant/LaVine tier. I think Cam's one of those guys that can just really take off on a good team and be an elite starting role player. He already showed that his last year in PHX and continued his strong play with BKN.
And you're adding him to HB in the wing rotation, not fully replacing him. So you beef up the wing rotation, you have 4 guards, 3 wings and 3 bigs that we feel really good about as a strong rotation. That's quality roster balance.
And you're adding him to HB in the wing rotation, not fully replacing him. So you beef up the wing rotation, you have 4 guards, 3 wings and 3 bigs that we feel really good about as a strong rotation. That's quality roster balance.