Recent content by kingsfan101

Yes and no. While these are known quantities, no GM worth his salt can bypass recent play. Not just in terms of what the player might do in the new environment, but how desperate is his current team to trade him, and what value will they accept in return. It's also easier to sell such a trade to...

Don't want to throw any shades at Brown, particularly since there is truth to our being a dysfunctional organization, and several players being reportedly unhappy being here. More importantly, don't know what happened. However, it's also true that Brown has often worn out his welcome as the...

Surprised no one posted this yet :)

Maybe, but (a) you don't take the risk when you are competing for a championship, and (b) you don't disrespect your senior player even if the plan is to keep him. Obviously I would have loved if we had kept GW. He was one of my favorite players. I do believe however, that he would have...

But that's exactly the point. Wallace wasn't a core piece, was not getting the floor time he deserved, and had little immediate future with us. And while we will never know for sure, I firmly believe that the decision to expose him was not a lack of planning, but rather a deliberate decision. A...

I am curious to hear of such examples. In my experience, most teams that tend to be competitive are unable to develop young players. In our own case, we lost the best years of both Hedo and Wallace to other teams as we prioritized Jim Jackson and Anthony Peeler over them; Ws gave the short stick...

Agree. If we want to develop the youth, trading Domas is the correct thing to do; for him as much as for us. We will need some vet leadership. While I agree with @MizzouKing that Monk can be that guy, given our glut of guards, the fact that Lavine is largely untradeable, and that Dennis is the...

Part of the aim of "tanking" is to develop young players. I don't believe in the idea of throwing a bunch of youngsters together, without on court leadership and a clear plan. Keegan has to step up and be a leader. He might not be very excited about playing on a rebuilding team after making the...

To be clear, I'm not saying that a lower draft pick is better. Just that a rebuild is much more than a high draft pick. I'm sure everyone knows this already. Despite this, sometimes the discussion seems to boil down to "if we land with a high pick, we will get a franchise savior."

I firmly believe that how draft picks fare is a function of both their own abilities/will (which is also a kind of ability), and the team/organization. I have posted in the past the great success we had during our golden years of turning late FRPs into All Stars and valuable players, and...

While I don't disagree with your point, want to digress a little and put a caution around already declaring Flagg as a star (and by extension, treating a future high pick as a franchise savior). To illustrate, here are the last 20 #1 picks (before Flagg) Andrew Bogut (2005) Andrea Bargnani...

We will not. But that's because we won't trade him :-)

Doesn't really matter, but why? Unless they plan on offering it to someone else. He plays a position of need, and is a good defender. Cost is virtually nothing, can be used as a filler, and if ever a roster spot is needed, can be waived. Would have cost Vivek some pocket change, but why not let...

I think that's largely true (no evidence, just a "feeling" you get seeing star players get pretty much what they want). That said, teams have only themselves to blame. If they unite, agents will have to fall in line. Ultimately, it's the owners who bring the money, and the agents represent a lot...

Yes. I have consistently believed (and often argued here), that good organizations will develop players, while poor ones will waste them. We can see our own draft history vs the golden years and the proceeding ones. Will late picks, we picked up gems like Hedo, Gerald Wallace, Kevin Martin, etc...