Recent content by kingsfan101

Because this is not a rebuild. As long as you have Domas, DDR, Lavine, and Monk on the team, you are not rebuilding. If you want to rebuild, you trade these guys, hopefully to a winning situation, sell Keegan on a concrete plan, and build around him, Keon, Carter, and whatever assets you can...

I have never been a fan of the "process", believing that successful organizations establish a winning culture over all else. That doesn't mean that one has to suck playing middling vets. One can be bad, by playing the young guys, developing talent and identifying long term pieces. If in the...

Exactly. Either we compete, or we go for a rebuild. And we are not doing a rebuild unless we trade away most of our vets. So, if we are competing, why downgrade from JV to save some dough, and then blow up some of the savings on a lesser player? Yes, this is for one year, and Saric is also an...

Exactly my thought. If you are trying to compete, Val is a useful player. If not, then, instead of bringing in Dennis, you sell your assets. This half ass approach doesn't make any sense.

Way too much money and way too many years.

If we get rid of all our main guys, why trot out Dennis/Westbrook, or even Val? Trade/buy them out and go young.

Not fond of either players, but what other options are available? Let's see: Re-sign Fultz. Go with Carter/Monk/Fultz as PG. I personally would go with this. I just hope Domas and Keegan are on board with this. Sign Chris Paul. Have him mentor Carter: Unlikely. He is more likely to pick a...

Good luck Jake. Not unexpected, but still disappointing. Made worse by your decision to go to the Lakers :-) In retrospect, trading for him turned out to be a bad move. We lost draft capital, and likely a better chance to sign him this summer.

I understand that you are asking for a grade at this moment, but honestly, the grade can't be determined till we know if we are keeping next year's Spurs pick. It's a cop out, yes. However, that's a huge huge factor. If we retain that pick, we just earned ourselves a free FRP this year. Else...

I think more than anything else, the team needs an identity. In the first year of Brown, when the team made the playoffs, we were a face paced running team, with an All-Star passing center. In some ways, the team was a successor of the glory days team. Kevin's awesome 3 pt shooting, coupled...

Is it possible for us to offer him a contract with a player option so that he can potentially become a FA and we can sign him to a bigger payday? Risky certainly, but we might not be as restricted in what we can offer him later. Plus, with the new TV deal coming up, salaries would be going up...

I think this was a mistake, particularly given our history, and reports of not only interference by Vivek, but also Anjali and Lamb. Tough to say what was actually going on. Folks will always find something to complain about, but the only few decent seasons we had in almost 2 decades were all...

Excellent post. In my defense, I was responding to some of the comments about blowing it up, and aiming for a top-5 pick, in the hopes of landing a superstar. The data suggests that the odds of being able to do that are very slim. As for trading away the vets for assets, it typically doesn't...

I think it's easy for fans to discredit egos and status, but managing these is a fundamental part of an NBA coach. Your reputation, status, and even the history of your franchise make a difference. Many of the players are alphas. They have been that their whole life, and part of that is what...

Had been meaning to post this for a while, but was hesitant of putting in the effort, particularly, since it's largely meaningless. Anyway, decided to bite the bullet on a lazy Sunday afternoon. So, here goes Here are the Wikipedia links for 10 drafts from 2011 to 2020. The reason I excluded...