Yeah I know you're just searching for positives. The positive is Brooks is a better backup PG than Jimmer. The problem is that having him on the team will not help us make the playoffs. I don't care how cheap his contract is, I don't want him taking a roster spot because he just doesn't fit. We're filling this team up with guys that aren't going to help us win and are going to linger for a year or two and will push rebuilding back even further. Petrie rebuilt this team so poorly that it'll need to be blown up and rebuilt again. Say hello to the 90's Kings again because here they are.
Aaron Brooks
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With only one pg on this team (IT), the Kings definitely needed another. Brooks can do the job. I'm not going to make a judgement about who starts or gets more minutes of the two. Regardless, the two of the them together can do a very good job at the point. Unless it's bizzaroworld squared, this means that Kings are going to have to go with a big 2 guard. That means Tyreke, maybe Salmons, T-Will, and/or Mr. X. Unlike others, I think the Kings are very aware of the deficiences of playing two smaller players in the backcourt. Reynolds has said as much. The addition of Johnson offsets some of the size disadvantage at the 1. The insertion of Tyreke, Salmons, or Mr. X at the 2 will also offset the size disadvantage at the 1. Thornton does not in any way make sense at the 2 as a starter with a pg duo of IT and Brooks.
If the Kings do make one more trade, I think it could easily be a big outside shooting 2-guard.
If the Kings do make one more trade, I think it could easily be a big outside shooting 2-guard.
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I'll go one step further, I would have made re-signing Terrence Williams a priority over re-signing Jason Thompson or trading for James Johnson. He's one guy who actually does fit with the other personnel on our team and we've more or less told him he's not wanted here.
I couldn't agree more. Even Thomas Robinson, talented as he may be, is a questionable fit for our team. There was a great opportunity for a GM with a vision to mold our roster into something very good this off-season and Geoff has done the opposite. I don't even know if this makes us better than we were last season.
I couldn't agree more. Even Thomas Robinson, talented as he may be, is a questionable fit for our team. There was a great opportunity for a GM with a vision to mold our roster into something very good this off-season and Geoff has done the opposite. I don't even know if this makes us better than we were last season.
Yay, another gunner. Just what the doctor ordered. This HAS to mean another move, right?
Amnesty Salmons
trade Thornton, Outlaw, Jimmer for Iggy
Resign Twill
IT/Brooks
Evans/Twill
Iggy/Johnson
Throb/JT
Cousins/Hayes
Aw who am I kidding
Amnesty Salmons
trade Thornton, Outlaw, Jimmer for Iggy
Resign Twill
IT/Brooks
Evans/Twill
Iggy/Johnson
Throb/JT
Cousins/Hayes
Aw who am I kidding
dont know why i didnt see this coming. we always take rockets leftovers like landry/hayes/jermaine taylor/head/brooks (technically the last 2 were from different teams after the rockets but u get the idea). the good news is the warriors take all of our leftover crap. moore/amundson/mcguire and talking to landry now. so maybe next year theyll take hayes or salmons off our hands. one can hope right?
Nope. You are not the only one.
While Brooks is a better perimeter shooter, I can't name any other skill he brings to the table over Williams. While I get that Williams isn't a PG by trade, he can and was used to handle and distribute the ball. Williams is a better playmaker, a far superior defender, can get to the basket and, oh btw, .... he's a half a foot taller.
While Brooks is a better perimeter shooter, I can't name any other skill he brings to the table over Williams. While I get that Williams isn't a PG by trade, he can and was used to handle and distribute the ball. Williams is a better playmaker, a far superior defender, can get to the basket and, oh btw, .... he's a half a foot taller.
Just to play devil's advocate, the chatter certainly seemed to be that the team considers Thomas a change of pace bench PG rather than a viable starter and while Brooks is only making $3,000,000, IT is signed for less than $800,000. I don't think it's absurd that Brooks may become the starter.
That said, I really think IT earned the right to start the year at PG. Had the Kings traded for Lowry or acquired someone equally or more talented then I'd be fine with Thomas moving to the bench. But until I see otherwise I don't believe Aaron Brooks is an upgrade. Given the 20 ppg and 40% 3pt shooting year he had in Houston a couple years back he might be, but even then it isn't as if he brings something DIFFERENT to the table than IT. He's still an undersized, shoot first PG who (IMO) is less successful at running an offense given what IT showed last year. And I think despite being a bit bigger he's a slightly weaker defender than Thomas.
Lowry and IT would have been a nice platoon with different strengths and weaknesses whereas Brooks and IT seem like duplication at the PG spot.
What it looks like to me is that Smart is really committed to being a run and gun team. That realization makes me even less happy with this move than I was initially.
That said, I really think IT earned the right to start the year at PG. Had the Kings traded for Lowry or acquired someone equally or more talented then I'd be fine with Thomas moving to the bench. But until I see otherwise I don't believe Aaron Brooks is an upgrade. Given the 20 ppg and 40% 3pt shooting year he had in Houston a couple years back he might be, but even then it isn't as if he brings something DIFFERENT to the table than IT. He's still an undersized, shoot first PG who (IMO) is less successful at running an offense given what IT showed last year. And I think despite being a bit bigger he's a slightly weaker defender than Thomas.
Lowry and IT would have been a nice platoon with different strengths and weaknesses whereas Brooks and IT seem like duplication at the PG spot.
What it looks like to me is that Smart is really committed to being a run and gun team. That realization makes me even less happy with this move than I was initially.
Not a good fit for the team??? What team? The one that came in close to last place the last four seasons? Who cares if someone fits into that team, because that team is being shown the door. All I care about is does a player do well with Cousins... nothing else really matters at this point... it's not like they are dropping from playoff contention or something, they are trying to climb out of the basement and the current crew isn't doing it. Not a good fit for the team... you're funny.
They aren't good fits because they have no future with the team and they can't even play well with the current players. These signings just clog up the roster for the next couple of years with bad players. Instead of having money to sign the Iggy's and Chandler's of the league, we're stuck in this viscious cycle of signing garbage players who's contracts are on the books for longer than we need.
I'm glad the Kings got a PG who can dribble the ball up the court. Until Jimmer can do that, he needs to sit. Aaron Brooks is a huge upgrade over Jimmer at this point in Jimmer's career. I like the move with the 3 million the Kings had to spend on Brooks.
Also .. the Kings let Donte Green go and bring in James Johnson. That right there is an upgrade as well ... looking at stats. Granted I didn't see him play, but he was good as a utility player on my fantasy basketball league.
Whiteside was a joke ... good to let him go and let someone else deal with the lack of basketball IQ, poor effort, and injuries.
Although there weren't any major moves, the team is better.
Now ... what to do with Salmons, Hayes, and Outlaw ...
Also .. the Kings let Donte Green go and bring in James Johnson. That right there is an upgrade as well ... looking at stats. Granted I didn't see him play, but he was good as a utility player on my fantasy basketball league.
Whiteside was a joke ... good to let him go and let someone else deal with the lack of basketball IQ, poor effort, and injuries.
Although there weren't any major moves, the team is better.
Now ... what to do with Salmons, Hayes, and Outlaw ...
Thanks, I appreciate that.
I still think a TWill/Tyreke backcourt would work, especially with IT as a change of pace/trap breaking PG. Use a combination of free agency,and a trade centered around Thorton and/or the 5th pick to get a defender/spot up shooter at the SF and a weakside defender/rebounder at the four and you have an athletic, physically imposing, defensive minded starting lineup with role players like Thompson, Thomas, Garcia and possibly Jimmer.
It's frustrating to think about what could have (easily) been.
I still think a TWill/Tyreke backcourt would work, especially with IT as a change of pace/trap breaking PG. Use a combination of free agency,and a trade centered around Thorton and/or the 5th pick to get a defender/spot up shooter at the SF and a weakside defender/rebounder at the four and you have an athletic, physically imposing, defensive minded starting lineup with role players like Thompson, Thomas, Garcia and possibly Jimmer.
It's frustrating to think about what could have (easily) been.