The Kings and Freeagency:

[ParniValjak]

I wouldn't be against Peja as a veteran that comes in when needed to spread the floor and might give him a chance to end his career in Sacramento. He is slow and washed up but he can still shoot it with the best of them.

He is not the guy you count on as a key piece but a low maintenance vet who sits on the bench and comes in for spot minutes here and there. Having said that we have too many SFs (or pseudo SFs) as is and the last thing we need is to add another one to the bottom of the depth chart. It would have to be as a starter and major minutes guy and Peja is not it at this stage of his career.

I would LOVE to have a young Peja playing off Cousins and off the Reke kick-outs. No chance of anyone packing the paint if we had a tall sharp shooter like Peja was in his prime.

Source: Cektics close to deal with free agent forward David West. Story up soon on http://NBA.com. Not gonna be David West

Thank god for that.

 

[Dime Dropper]

I know but, didnt Dalembert say "They (the Kings) can still make an offer"? couldnt we do that to help facilitate a move....?

We can still resign him, but not to facilitate a move. If we resign him, we'll have to wait 6 months before being able to trade him. It's highly unlikely at this stage that he'll be back.


Signing Kirilenko would be too competent. I wouldn't get the hopes up.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

There's no way it's not Kirilenko.

I wouldn't say that. My gut tells me maybe they're in a bidding war with the Grizzlies for Gasol.

 

[vikinginferno]

I wouldn't say that. My gut tells me maybe they're in a bidding war with the Grizzlies for Gasol.

Grant said he could be signed by tomorrow. If Kings make an offer on Gasol, Grizzlies would have 3 days.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

Grant said he could be signed by tomorrow. If Kings make an offer on Gasol, Grizzlies would have 3 days.

D'oh! Must be AK then.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

D'oh! Must be AK then.

That would make me VERY happy! It probably means amnesty on Salmons too.

CENTER: Hickson
PF: Cousins
SF: Kirilenko
SG: Thornton
PG: Evans

OFF THE BENCH:

Hayes
Jimmer
Thompson
Garcia
Donte
(Different bench barring trade of course)

Yeah, I'll take that lineup anyday!

 

[Uncia03]

I wasn't able to listen to the broadcast.

So for those of you who had the opportunity, it sounded as if Grant was referring to a FA of some kind, rather than a trade with a team?

If so, that really does narrow down the field quite a bit.

 

[rainmaker]

I wasn't able to listen to the broadcast.

So for those of you who had the opportunity, it sounded as if Grant was referring to a FA of some kind, rather than a trade with a team?

If so, that really does narrow down the field quite a bit.

Basically, to AK, Nene and West, and West is apparently close to signing with Boston. Praying it's AK.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

Basically, to AK, Nene and West, and West is apparently close to signing with Boston. Praying it's AK.

Maybe it was West and we lost him to Boston.

 

[Uncia03]

Basically, to AK, Nene and West, and West is apparently close to signing with Boston. Praying it's AK.

I agree, if it were between those 3 my thoughts in regards to fit on this team would be: AK >>> Nene >>>>> West.

 

[Uncia03]

Maybe it was West and we lost him to Boston.

Then in my opinion we would have won.
I don't think that West is a remotely good fit for this team, especially due to his age and coming off the injury. It's for those reasons that I would be surprised if we were trying to make a big run at him.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

Carmichael Dave making Russian references on twitter, hmm......http://twitter.com/carmichaeldave

 

[rainmaker]

West to Boston in sign and trade.

Turiaf to Wash to clear room for Chandler.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

Carmichael Dave making Russian references on twitter, hmm......http://twitter.com/carmichaeldave

Yeah I saw that too! Could it be?! PLEASE YES!!!! It has to be...AK47 is the spitting image of Drago! 'I must break you...'

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

Yeah I saw that too! Could it be?! PLEASE YES!!!! It has to be...AK47 is the spitting image of Drago! 'I must break you...'

I makes perfect sense because The Jazz have almost no cap room and are pretty much in rebuild mode. Might let him go relatively easily.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

 

[Section 101]

AK47 makes a lot more sense w/o Salmons on the team.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

AK47 makes a lot more sense w/o Salmons on the team.

Salmons...meet Amnesty.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

Salmons...meet Amnesty.

...amnesty meet Salmons.

 

[LPKingsFan]

AK47 makes a lot more sense w/o Salmons on the team.

Not necessarily. AK is a PF/SF type while Salmons is more of a SG/SF. They could certinaly coexist. It's the guys like Garcia and JT (not to mention Greene) that would get squished.

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

Ugh, I promised myself I wouldn't do this..

**** it, my hopes are up.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

Not necessarily. AK is a PF/SF type while Salmons is more of a SG/SF. They could certinaly coexist. It's the guys like Garcia and JT (not to mention Greene) that would get squished.

The bench and John Salmons don't coexist

 

[Uncia03]

AK47 makes a lot more sense w/o Salmons on the team.

But you could go really big if you wanted to, by moving Salmons to the SG in spots if needed. (Though I was impressed with Thorton's ability to post up at times.)
I'd like to see who Curry from Golden State gets to guard in that line-up.

PG: Tyreke 6'6
SG: Salmons 6'6
SF: AK 6'9
PF: Hickson 6'9
C: Cousins 6'11

 

[OptimusRhyme]

if all these kings writters and commentators are lying im loading my AK.

 

[mac]

The bench and John Salmons don't coexist

good one

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

But you could go really big if you wanted to, by moving Salmons to the SG in spots if needed. (Though I was impressed with Thorton's ability to post up at times.)
I'd like to see who Curry from Golden State gets to guard in that line-up.

PG: Tyreke 6'6
SG: Salmons 6'6
SF: AK 6'9
PF: Hickson 6'9
C: Cousins 6'11

Marcus F Thornton is not getting paid over $7million to come off the bench. He is our 20ppg starting SG...and for a good reason too.

Edit: bye bye John! Hmmm...wonder what Petrie can get in return for him if he doesn't want to amnesty him.

 

[cuad]

The bench and John Salmons don't coexist

Good thing Kirilenko can play PF.

Imagine if Kirilenko is that shot blocking big we wanted. I'd absolutely cream myself if Geoff Petrie had the guts to put Kirilenko back at PF, because that would be sick.

 

[OptimusRhyme]

Why john? why not cisco? Johns a better defender, scorer, passer, handler, has a cooler chin strap, his last name is a fish, the list goes on..

 

[Uncia03]

Marcus F Thornton is not getting paid over $7million to come off the bench. He is our 20ppg starting SG...and for a good reason too.

I agree. I said that we could move Salmons over to the SG in spots if needed.
Meaning that if he's getting bullied by a bigger SG, say Joe Johnson, we could easily move Salmons over to the 2 and have AK at the 3, and be in perfect shape.

If we sign AK, I don't expect Salmons to replace Thorton in the starting line-up. From what I recall, AK is a bit injured at the moment, so Salmons would start in the beginning of the season, and hopefully by the end of the season we have AK starting next to Thornton and Tyreke.

 

[RookieOfTheDay]

Why john? why not cisco? Johns a better defender, scorer, passer, handler, has a cooler chin strap, his last name is a fish, the list goes on..

After looking at their salaries it would most likely be Cisco, as he's owed about half as much as Salmons. If Salmons would accept a bench role he'd actually make a great 2/3 backup.