Kings have reached an agreement in principle to make Pete D'Alessandro GM
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Pete D'Alessandro is a great add!!!! There had been some talk about having a two headed GM tandem. If we were to add a Wallace now then i feel safer knowing that Pete D will be putting the breaks on any Rudy Gay like contract offers. if Pete D'Alessandro is the Man then he was consider to be the front runner for Denver so im cool with that too. seems like Vivek is putting together more of a think tank than a single decider system. which is Viveks style and encouraging
I'm certainly OK with this - obviously I don't know much about D'Alessandro outside of the bare minimum we've seen around here, but I'd rather take a chance on somebody fresh than retread guys who we already know are prone to questionable (if not downright bad) moves. I was basically in the Schlenk/D'Alessandro camp and it's not like I can debate the merits of the two, so one is as good as the other and I'm ready to give him a full opportunity.
Now if Ranadive really wants to bring out Kenny Smith into some front office role...hey, fine by me. Now that we know he wouldn't be in charge, he probably can't mess anything up too much.
Now if Ranadive really wants to bring out Kenny Smith into some front office role...hey, fine by me. Now that we know he wouldn't be in charge, he probably can't mess anything up too much.
Sam Amick @sam_amick 12m
Can confirm Kings are hiring Denver VP of basketball ops Pete D'Alessandro as GM. Story to come at @USATODAYsports
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave 4m
“@ed_m7: Seriously though, how cool is it to hire people who are well regarded around the league and that other teams want?” VERY COOL
Can confirm Kings are hiring Denver VP of basketball ops Pete D'Alessandro as GM. Story to come at @USATODAYsports
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave 4m
“@ed_m7: Seriously though, how cool is it to hire people who are well regarded around the league and that other teams want?” VERY COOL
This goes along with what sactownfan was saying in his post earlier....
A Royal Pain @ARoyalPain 5m
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On the surface this seems like a good hire. What I didn't want was another retread. I wanted a fresh mind with new ideas on how to get things done. I don't know much about D'Alessandro other than he's susposed to be a salary cap guru, and was considered the front runner for the Denver job. I'm sure we'll know more in the coming days. Anyway, I'm happy its over! Now we can get down to business.
'D'Alessandro's first orders of business with the Kings will be the June 27 NBA draft, where the Kings select seventh, and how to proceed with talented, but enigmatic center DeMarcus Cousins. D'Alessandro has been a proponent of giving Cousins every opportunity to succeed with the Kings and creating a culture with which he could flourish, sources told Yahoo! Sports.'
I like him already!
And some more on him:
Sam: And cap-management? How well has he been navigating the CBA?
Kalen: Well, that responsibility has pretty much fallen on assistant general manager Pete D-Alessandro, by all accounts. He’s supposedly one of the most informed and intelligent cap guys in the league
I like him already!
And some more on him:
Sam: And cap-management? How well has he been navigating the CBA?
Kalen: Well, that responsibility has pretty much fallen on assistant general manager Pete D-Alessandro, by all accounts. He’s supposedly one of the most informed and intelligent cap guys in the league
He appears to understand roles as well as the value of defense.
Valued players like Nene, McGee, Mosgov, Faried who are all defensive role playing bigs, although McGee is a nutcase.
Values off the ball shooters and understands needing to spread the floor, with guys like Galo, Fournier and Melo previously.
Values defensive role playing wings, as we've seen with Iggy, Chandler, Afflalo and Brewer.
Seems to understand you can only have 1-2 ball dominant players on the floor at once which is vital if true. Den usually had 1-2 ball dominant players alongside defensive role players, wings or bigs and floor spacing shooters.
Put it this way, Cuz is the centerpiece and is ball dominant. What I would expect is he'll pick one other ball dominant player, preferably Reke to me but others will disagree, and surround them with defensive role players and wings who are spot up shooters, floor spreaders. And, I'd expect him to go after a guy like Faried to put next to Cuz, which would be great. I doubt we'll ever see an IT/Reke/Salmons lineup again, thankfully.
Valued players like Nene, McGee, Mosgov, Faried who are all defensive role playing bigs, although McGee is a nutcase.
Values off the ball shooters and understands needing to spread the floor, with guys like Galo, Fournier and Melo previously.
Values defensive role playing wings, as we've seen with Iggy, Chandler, Afflalo and Brewer.
Seems to understand you can only have 1-2 ball dominant players on the floor at once which is vital if true. Den usually had 1-2 ball dominant players alongside defensive role players, wings or bigs and floor spacing shooters.
Put it this way, Cuz is the centerpiece and is ball dominant. What I would expect is he'll pick one other ball dominant player, preferably Reke to me but others will disagree, and surround them with defensive role players and wings who are spot up shooters, floor spreaders. And, I'd expect him to go after a guy like Faried to put next to Cuz, which would be great. I doubt we'll ever see an IT/Reke/Salmons lineup again, thankfully.
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