Kenny Thomas trade speculation thread...
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Well if you waive him, you still have to pay him and he counts against your cap. A buy out doesn't make sense for the Kings or for Kenny. The only way to save money with a buyout is to spread it out over more years than the natural length of the contract. Since KT is a free agent at the end of the year, theres no reason to extend his stay on the books by spreading it out.
Trading him shouldn't (finally) be a problem. There will be a lot of teams looking to unload contracts for expiring ones.
Trading him shouldn't (finally) be a problem. There will be a lot of teams looking to unload contracts for expiring ones.
Umm, just the opposite. If they trade him it better be a lopsided deal where we are getting an all star or some decent draft picks.
This is the type of contract everyone has been saying we trade for. Now people want to trade him for crap?
Let him expire unless your trading with a team thats doing a salary dump and your getting an all star in return or at least a starter within your 5 year plan with all star potential.
This is the type of contract everyone has been saying we trade for. Now people want to trade him for crap?
Let him expire unless your trading with a team thats doing a salary dump and your getting an all star in return or at least a starter within your 5 year plan with all star potential.
Take a deep breath.
I think you guys need to look at some reruns of old Kings games. Take up golf or something that will distact you until the season starts.
The season's still a few months off. I don't think Thomas will get traded until the trade deadline when some teams will be jockying for cap space.
Anyway this obsession with getting rid of KT now just isn't going to happen yet IMHO.
Go ask Geoff "the snail" Petrie.
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I think you guys need to look at some reruns of old Kings games. Take up golf or something that will distact you until the season starts.
The season's still a few months off. I don't think Thomas will get traded until the trade deadline when some teams will be jockying for cap space.
Anyway this obsession with getting rid of KT now just isn't going to happen yet IMHO.
Go ask Geoff "the snail" Petrie.
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I'll go one step beyond that, and say...
June 2010: Kenny for $8M of regained payroll budget
What you can get with expirings are usually vets with mediocre to downright unpleasant contracts. We need those like a hole in the head, so it's likely that the only trade offers we'll get for Kenny will be ones we should reject.
Very few of our players have retired as Kings, but I think Kenny just might become an exception. Not that he deserves it.
June 2010: Kenny for $8M of regained payroll budget
What you can get with expirings are usually vets with mediocre to downright unpleasant contracts. We need those like a hole in the head, so it's likely that the only trade offers we'll get for Kenny will be ones we should reject.
Very few of our players have retired as Kings, but I think Kenny just might become an exception. Not that he deserves it.
I agree. But at this point, a buyout doesn't make any sense for KT, and last time I checked, he would have to agree with it. He's due around 8mil for the last year of his contract. Why would he want to take less? Now if there were three years remaining, then it would make sense for him and the Kings. If he were to agree to it, the Kings could save money out of pocket this year by spacing out the payments, but the total amount of the buyout would still apply to this years cap, if I read it correctly. It just seems like a lot of work for maybe a million in savings over the next few years.
