theres a reason why the rockets passed on the knicks trade. jeffries contract is crap, they wanted their pick to be protected ( and as someone mentioned earlier if they land 2 allstars, it might be late first rounders) and hill doesnt look promising (to me not the knicks). so theres a chance we end up trading a giante expiring for a crappy contract, a potential bust, and 1 or 2 late first rounders. but thats the glass half empty. hopefully we can swing a better deal than what the rockets considered trash
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if we keep the expiring, what allstar is going to want to come to sacramento, if we trade him to the knicks, im hoping for more than hill, a pick and jeffries. i personally didnt want hill anywhere near us during the draft. but if we can somehow get david lee, the pick, and not have to take on a terrible contract...
if we keep the expiring, what allstar is going to want to come to sacramento, if we trade him to the knicks, im hoping for more than hill, a pick and jeffries. i personally didnt want hill anywhere near us during the draft. but if we can somehow get david lee, the pick, and not have to take on a terrible contract...
With that said, I don't want to see David Lee on the Kings. He was trying to get his payday in the last offseason, but since he couldn't get it he took a one-year 7million contract. He'll be looking for a large long-term contract next year, and I don't want to see the Kings lock him up for what he's going to be asking for.
I'd rather take my chances on Hill, as if he doesn't work out, at least he won't be costing an arm and a leg.
You were going to complain no matter what. You complained about the draft last summer...so consider me a happy camper now, even though i already was.
Yah I was pissed for about a month after the draft.. We had not drafted the guy I wanted PLUS we didn't get Blair and now one of the pieces we got in place of him is just filler.. GRRR.. Not a huge deal..
I am going to get over this trade faster than I did the draft.. Martin is my favorite King.. Or was my favorite King =/..
This whole scenario played out exactly how I predicted it though on draft day when I was so upset.. Just pisses me off the day has finally arrived..
The whole McGrady thing is just bleh.. I don't think he will even suit up, and I have a feeling he's going to NY tomorrow. I hope and PRAY that we do not take Hill.. The guy is a bust.. Watched him diligently in college because I love to "scout" top prospects. He didn't really do anything that made me think he would be anything more than a roleplayer.. A Mikki Moore type player, and I am not just saying that because of the hair..
Now if NY threw in Gallinari.. WOW.. That would totally do it for me. I would take on a bad contract to get him.. Seen a bunch of him this year because of League Pass and the guy is flat out a scorer.. Think Peja, and Think of Casspi as a Hedo/Manu mix. That would be a great 1-2 punch.. Only problem is I think Greene would be out of here if we did this.
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Hill has the potential to be a pretty good player. He also has something Lee doesn't have. Size! Of course lee has experience. Hill is a good athlete with decent skills. However, I would say he's a couple of years away from reaching that potential. But then the Kings have time on their side. He would be worth the gamble.
I am waiting to see what the team does with NY. I have had interest in Hill. I've bitched that the Kings were linked to Murphy when Hill was dangled out there. Landry + Dorsey + Hill is a sudden logjam though, and I'd like to see Dorsey with more playing time. He is the athletic, defensive rep guy the team covets. Landry can be a post scorer(who needs to work on double teams), but combined they represent what the team was looking for. Hill also represents that if he develops. Having all three is a bit of a mess, but it would just be for one year. If we have to move one guy to NY to make the rosters balance, I'd rather it be Brock than Dorsey, even though everyone, including me, loves Brock.
Although I've been lurking around for more than a few years and have watched this team progress, this was no surprise to me... even after the whole celebration for Kevin downtown. After Kevin Martin signed that deal and seeing how the Kings are totally rebuilding their team down to the prices of the ticket sales the Maloof's are trying to lighten to load on the salaries. Can't say that I'm insanely happy with the trade, but I also can't say that I'm disappointed. I could care less about T-Mac, but Landry looks like a promising character.
The Rockets and Kings seem to have become best trading partners. This should work out well for both teams, the Rockets are one of the worst 3-point shooting teams in the league and Adelman will make good use of Martin. Obviously there's still some uncertainty about what we're getting, but a combination of toughness, youth and cap space sounds pretty good to me.
I can't say I'm too excited for what we're getting for Martin, I was hoping for him being able to nab more of a core piece, either through a draft pick, or an Okafor/Jefferson type. However, if that's not near Martin's actual value (he is seen as very injury prone around the league) then we could do worse, especially if we can get some nice pieces out of NY. I just hope this deal wasn't made just to get rid of Martin before the deadline, that would be very foolish reasoning.
Tyreke was blaming the loss on trade distractions. I think he's more angered by the turmoil and pathetic play than who is coming to the team. Which, honestly, is kind of the attitude you want.
But for Tyreke's sake, this puts the pressure on him. If the team keeps sucking after the trades, then the blame suddenly shifts straight to him.
But for Tyreke's sake, this puts the pressure on him. If the team keeps sucking after the trades, then the blame suddenly shifts straight to him.
Yea I heard it. It was obvious that the only thing on his mind was the *** kicking he just received. The whole trade business wasn't on his mind at all, just was pissed off for losing so bad and didn't feel like an interview. He kept repeating himself saying "I don't know, I don't know" and the reporter was just fishing for something and couldn't get it. I would be surprised if he even remembers what he said.
He's gone so you can quit kicking him.
He was kept out of the second half of the game because he was being traded. He finally had a resolution to the sword that had been hanging over his head for weeks. So he was laughing? Who freaking cares? It was no longer his problem.
Weak to be laughing? What should he have been doing?
The whole game is nothing more than a loss, regardless of how lopsided the score. Making it anything more is just silly, especially considering the circumstances. They should be looking to the next game - and figuring out what went so horribly wrong in the second quarter and not worrying about what Martin might or might not have been doing, thinking, feeling, etc.
He was kept out of the second half of the game because he was being traded. He finally had a resolution to the sword that had been hanging over his head for weeks. So he was laughing? Who freaking cares? It was no longer his problem.
Weak to be laughing? What should he have been doing?
The whole game is nothing more than a loss, regardless of how lopsided the score. Making it anything more is just silly, especially considering the circumstances. They should be looking to the next game - and figuring out what went so horribly wrong in the second quarter and not worrying about what Martin might or might not have been doing, thinking, feeling, etc.
OMFG... I've been s******g on McGrady for the past few weeks to all my friends. I used to like him, even contemplated trading for him this year. But I like our young team and don't want his old, broke down, emo, bi-polar butt here. Getting Landry is nice, but he's not the answer.
Hope the NY deal goes through with us taking on as little junk as possible. I don't want to see McGrady bought out by us.
Wonder if what happened in the Celtics game sealed it for Geoff.
Hope the NY deal goes through with us taking on as little junk as possible. I don't want to see McGrady bought out by us.
Wonder if what happened in the Celtics game sealed it for Geoff.
Don't know if it was that so much as what is he going to say? He's a rook, first time he's been through this with a presumed long term teammate no longer being a teammate and new guys coming in. He's barely played against Landry and probably barely knows him. Reke is just so advanced for his age that you go to him for reaction as our team leader, but he's still just 20 years old and I don't know that he has real organized planks regarding stuff going on above his pay grade (actually in the NBA everything is beneath a guy like Reke's pay grade, but still).
As an aside, Dorsey is a fellow former Memphis Tiger under Callipari, so they have that to talk about.
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