Kings Acquire Jake LaRavia

[Insomniacal Fan]

For the record, someone who doesn't put in on it being like, "**** what season ticket holders want" is wild!

:shrug: Season tickets are a volatile, speculative asset. If one wants to be entitled to a certain return, maybe buy a treasury bond?

The NBA just scored an $80 billion dollar TV deal, perhaps STHs aren't as important as they are led to believe

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I don't believe it. We traded for a chicken wing, not a basketball wing, right? Or he's Kessler Edwards in disguise. Or he's going to sit on the bench and get an occasional 5 minutes a game. Or, he will get to know Stockton up close and personal. One thing for sure: If the guy can really play, then someone's minutes is getting drastically reduced and it's not going to be Keegan, the best front court defender on the team, so maybe it's Lyles, the 2nd best front court defender on the team? So what would the net effect be? A slightly better Lyles? Or are we really going ape and believing DDR or Zach's minutes will be reduced? So many "I'll believe it when I see it" scenarios makes it perfect for this team.

Everyone on this team could use about 4 minutes less per game than the prior roster dictated. I am hopeful that Jonas and Jake allow this.

 

[Light it up]

Had him on my fantasy team last year. He can definitely put up offensive stats. Good passer too. Not sure how good he is defensively. The games I saw he played aggressive/physical but lateral speed was subpar.

 

[Kingster]

Had him on my fantasy team last year. He can definitely put up offensive stats. Good passer too. Not sure how good he is defensively. The games I saw he played aggressive/physical but lateral speed was subpar.

So he's perfect for this team! He'll fit right in!

 

[Kingster]

He was averaging 21 minutes a game (47 games) for Memphis. I think he will likely play.

Not picking on you, but I did notice the word, "likely."

 

[sactowndog]

I don't think the average STH has the stomach for that with ticket price increases already locked in and 1 year of playoffs in the last two decades to show for it. This team can still be competitive night to night and send paying ticket holders home happy and maybe make the 2nd round of the playoffs. Considering where we have been this has more value than going right back into the toilet. It's about restoring some shine to ownership and our FO and the city as much as anything. We can tear down with Domas and Keegan out for picks if the next two years are a disaster.

what choice do they have? Not a lot of sports viewing opportunities in Sacramento. Go watch UC Davis play in a watered down MWC is the best other alternative (absent an A’s rental).

 

[SacTownKid]

So he's perfect for this team! He'll fit right in!

Hey at least now with he and Jonas the other team is leaving the game with some bruises. Are there betting odds on flagrant 2's? If so the Kings just became a good bet.

 

[sactowndog]

Well, if we annoy enough STHs, then prices ought to come down.

In my mind, being stuck in the play-in for two more years would constitute a disaster.

I am a shared STH. My partners are already disgusted. The worst possible outcome is get a 9/10 seed and miss the play-offs and lose our draft pick.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

what choice do they have? Not a lot of sports viewing opportunities in Sacramento. Go watch UC Davis play in a watered down MWC is the best other alternative (absent an A’s rental).

single game tickets? discount tickets? Or go to concerts, spend elsewhere?

STH bear all the risk of a sideways season. There are many reasons I gave up my Timbers tickets related to the ownership of the club, but if I could have sold all my tickets for face value when I couldn't/didn't want to go I'd probably have kept them.

Not sure how G1C works but MLS is all through Seat Geek and tickets basically sell for the minimum price where mine were. Which is a 35% loss before fees.

 

[Kingster]

Hey at least now with he and Jonas the other team is leaving the game with some bruises. Are there betting odds on flagrant 2's? If so the Kings just became a good bet.

I like that. If he can add appreciably to the Grit Department I'm all in favor of it. Will be looking at the box score over the next 10 games or so to see how many minutes/game he plays.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

The NBA just scored an $80 billion dollar TV deal, perhaps STHs aren't as important as they are led to believe

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they're marginally more important than the people who ain't spending no money.

 

[sactowndog]

single game tickets? discount tickets? Or go to concerts, spend elsewhere?

STH bear all the risk of a sideways season. There are many reasons I gave up my Timbers tickets related to the ownership of the club, but if I could have sold all my tickets for face value when I couldn't/didn't want to go I'd probably have kept them.

Not sure how G1C works but MLS is all through Seat Geek and tickets basically sell for the minimum price where mine were. Which is a 35% loss before fees.

you have options. MLS or NBA. It’s an 1 to Corvallis and 1:30 to Eugene. (Depending where you live).

 

[pdxKingsFan]

When I worked with the Mavs on the AAC opening (this was primarily 2002 I think) they were doing at least a million or two in concessions a game. 23 years late I'm guessing this has gone up by a factor of 5 minimum. Especially with all the new ways they've created to separate fans from their money. STH may not be everything to the clubs but the revenue is kind of the cherry on top. TV deals pay for the salaries etc, arena money is straight into the bottom line and the difference between a black or a red year.

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they're marginally more important than the people who ain't spending no money.

Brand association (advertising) is where the NBA makes its real money; I'm pretty sure teams think of tickets as a nice revenue stream, but not essential.

It was still worthwhile for the NBA to play in a hole in the ground with no fans in the building for the Covid playoffs

 

[sactowndog]

Ok I've looked into this fella and he seems like he could be a really good piece.

Well done, Monte!

I like him too, just worried about the downside risk. But on the other hand at least he took a risk.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Brand association (advertising) is where the NBA makes its real money; I'm pretty sure teams think of tickets as a nice revenue stream, but not essential.

It was still worthwhile for the NBA to play in a hole in the ground with no fans in the building for the Covid playoffs

That was to satisfy the tv contracts, it wasn't "worthwhile" for any other reason.

Sac basically forfeited their MLS bid because it came up during COVID.

 

[Kingster]

Everyone on this team could use about 4 minutes less per game than the prior roster dictated. I am hopeful that Jonas and Jake allow this.

We will see. Should be an interesting topic of discussions to see how the future distribution of minutes changes because of the addition of those two.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

We will see. Should be an interesting topic of discussions to see how the future distribution of minutes changes because of the addition of those two.

Keegan and Domas more than anyone can use the rest. They are getting worked to death. and DeMar and LaVine are well travelled enough that they should also be around 32mpg tops.

 

[MizzouKing]

Many don’t know this but Jake played Luke Dumphy on Modern Family

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[Kingster]

Keegan and Domas more than anyone can use the rest. They are getting worked to death. and DeMar and LaVine are well travelled enough that they should also be around 32mpg tops.

I don't think Keegan is being overworked. Over the last 10 games he's played the following minutes/game: 39, 31 34, 30, 39, 24, 36, 28, 39, 30. Doesn't seem outlandish to me, especially for a guy his age.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I don't think Keegan is being overworked. Over the last 10 games he's played the following minutes/game: 39, 31 34, 30, 39, 24, 36, 28, 39, 30. Doesn't seem outlandish to me, especially for a guy his age.

He was playing almost 38mpg under MB. So maybe we've dipped off a bit. Still felt it whenever he was off the court. His role on defense means he was working twice as hard in those minutes as some of the offense priority players.

 

[The_Jamal]

We will see. Should be an interesting topic of discussions to see how the future distribution of minutes changes because of the addition of those two.

Hopefully they just become piece 8 and 9 that he trusts to play. Christie hasn't given anyone off the bench any sort of leash outside of Keon and Lyles. Now, he should be comfortable going 9, with ease.

 

[TaxMan]

well and we gave up Colby Jones whom we traded up for. Which if we keep Laravia I don’t mind. Otherwise it’s just more lighting 2nds on fire.

Trading up to get Colby Jones is a sunk cost. Unless you still have faith in Colby Jones as a player (I don't) there is no sense keeping him just to keep him. We wasted a pick on him either way. I don't see getting a useful player for even just this year as lighting a 2nd on fire. Using 2nds to dump Davion was lighting on fire.

I would guess the play here is they hope he is a solid performer for us, loves it on sac, flies under the radar and then we sign him to the 5Mish contract we can in the off season.

 

[PurpleHaze]

From gtvhoops: "Jake LaRavia is one of the SAUCIEST players in the NBA that fans still don’t know about. At 6’7”, he has an incredibly smooth handle who uses spin moves and step backs to perfection. The former G League star averaged 10.8 PPG for the Grizz this season.

In six games as an NBA starter, he averaged 20.7 PPG on 44% 3PT and posted 29.7 PPG on 55% FG in the final three games of the 23-24 season. Jake is still only 22 years old after being selected 19th overall in the 2022 NBA Draft. Love his game!"

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1887643847871865254

 

[hrdboild]

Interesting. This dude lit us up big time in the Summer League game that I went to last June. He plays with swagger too. He should be a fun player to follow in the second half of the season. Hopefully he gets decent minutes and he looks good enough in those minutes for Monte to re-sign him.

 

[Hoovtrain]

Don’t know a ton abiut him, but seems like a solid pickup that checks some boxes

 

[macadocious]

The max we can pay him is under 6 mil a year it sounds like. That is the main reason Memphis let him go. They didn’t give him the qualifying offer or whatever. Basically any team that offers him more than 6 will likely get him. However I pointed out a guy like Jalen Smith who signed with Indiana on a cheap deal. I don’t think that is out of the question considering most teams don’t have cap space and want to stay under aprons

That doesn’t sound right. @Capt. Factorial

 

[iowamcnabb]

That doesn’t sound right. @Capt. Factorial

https://twitter.com/statuses/1887594577567359198

 

[pdxKingsFan]

It does seem weird that we would be hamstrung by Memphis's decision and yet we were facing something similar with Giles?

It does turn out that Giles did not create a bidding war.