Kings Have Signed John Salmons - Bye, Bye Bonzi!!

[Sac.Kings]

I am in shock...I was hoping Cato or Wright and it's.......Salmons.

 

[SacKings384]

I'm so friggin' sick of movable pieces and flexibility.

It was sarcasm

 

[Kings113]

I'm not sure you can go entirely by numbers here... he didn't get much of an oppurtunity or consistent minutes in Philly, and had Korver/Iguodala/AI ahead of him most of the time. He'll have a consistent role and minutes here. Think he could be something solid, I like the versatility I've seen from him at least.

Would of preffered Ariza/Ju. Jones or a big like Wright/Cato though.

Have to see how it goes with Salmons

(sorry I re-posted, I had a problem with my browser).

 

[Yoda]

movable pieces, don't u see the genius of Petrie

Nope

It is time to start questioning his ability to run this franchise.

 

[VF21]

What I see is that Bonzi and his agent simply wouldn't come to reasonable terms, especially after the Hornets made Peja the offer of eternity.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over this. It was Bonzi's choice to make. He was made an offer and his agent counter-offered. Apparently the differences were too great.

Thanks for the memories, Bonzi.

 

[D-Mass]

Once Bonzi rejected the Kings' fair offer, you knew this was going to happen. This is a move to allow K-Mart step into the starting role.

I'm all for that, but what's this going to cost us? And for what?

 

[Sac.Kings]

this offseason sucks so far

understatement.

 

[D-Mass]

It was sarcasm

I know...but I wouldn't doubt that was a motivating factor

 

[nebs]

Petrie confirms that Bonzi is probably out the door.

 

[hoops4kings]

Petrie just said Bonzi's gone.

 

[JJ22L]

I'm all for that, but what's this going to cost us? And for what?

bingo- he rejected a good deal from toronto...im scared ***tless to see what kind of payroll we are losing on him instead of using on a big.

 

[Viking]

this offseason sucks so far

and it's still not over yet...

 

[Sac.Kings]

I am going to have a moment of silence and then i will proceed to break something.

 

[SacKings384]

Ron goes I want Adelman back... Kings fire Adelman... Wants Bonzi back... Kings let go of Bonzi... All the free agents are off the table by now... And now they use some of if not all that money on... John Salmons... This is the worst offseason so far in years...

 

[Viking]

my only question is WHY? It defies logic and all our needs completely.

 

[walker60]

What I see is that Bonzi and his agent simply wouldn't come to reasonable terms, especially after the Hornets made Peja the offer of eternity.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over this. It was Bonzi's choice to make. He was made an offer and his agent counter-offered. Apparently the differences were too great.

Thanks for the memories, Bonzi.

Exactly.

Now on to Salmons. I bet we picked him up for 2 reasons.

1) He can play PG, we now have several opitons at the backup PG spot.
2) He can play on the wing as well. Garcia had a bad summer league and he was hurt, if Garcia doesn't pan out, we at least have someone who can fill his shoes.

 

[nebs]

Petrie says they did offer Bonzi several times and they tried to resign him.

 

[JJ22L]

...wow...seriously questioning Petries gawl at running this operation

 

[SacKings384]

All I can say is this is not a move motivated for team success... This is motivated by one thing, and it's the Maloofs continuing to do this...

 

[bibbinator]

Any justification from Petrie?

Any other info???

 

[BMiller52]

So wait if we're letting Bonzi walk for NOTHING who are we gonna use to get that shotblocker? It sure as hell isn't KT and now we can't package KT+Bonzi to get a player that makes more salary. WTF!?

 

[D-Mass]

Bonzi may have done himself a real disservice here...I'm not sure how many more chances he's going to get.

 

[JJ22L]

All I can say is this is not a move motivated for team success... This is motivated by one thing, and it's the Maloofs continuing to do this...

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im not sure if i agree with that...seeing him reject what toronto offered him, scares me horribly about what we offered him...

 

[TheJoker]

Geoff wtf were you thinking? wow i'm pissed off.

 

[Viking]

...wow...seriously questioning Petries gawl at running this operation

you arent' the only one, as we get yet ANOTHER mediocre forward that helps us in no way, while losing a great player for nothing!

 

[Sac.Kings]

The only reason i can think of is for a trade with another team that wants Salmons. Petrie is a)losing his mind b)has alzheimers or c)is high and unable to think.

 

[nebs]

Petrie says they want more versatility on the wings like they had a few years ago.

 

[PFFFT!!]

Im going to vote against an arena if this crap keeps going and nobodys being signed. How do they expect the fans to get pumped at keeping the Kings with signing like this? BS I quit. :\

 

[JJ22L]

...not gonna say i told you so on my whole opinion of bonzi is going to walk...it was in the chalk of how petrie has been running the past couple years..






i lied-i told you so

 

[AleksandarN]

Maybe this opens a trade for Magloire now. Something along this lines we sign and trade Bonzi to the Hawks for thier TE they got from the Pacers which then we trade along with Garcia for Magloire. It could be a possibility maybe that is hold up with the Pacer Hawks trae. Maybe the Hawks are waiting for us to sign a SG so they can get Bonzi from us.