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It may look like more teams will have cap space next year now, but free agency hasn’t started yet. Once teams start signing players, the cap space teams will decrease.

WTF? The NBA is so rigged. Why would the Blazers cut him for nothing when they are making all these win now moves? The Blazers will probably get rewarded with the #1 pick next season for their help with the Lakers.

This may be a case of Perry betting on the Kings to improve enough with the additional cap space he has to be able to retain a player like Keon when the time comes next summer. If we use up the cap space to re-sign Keon now, we wouldn’t have money to improve the team this summer, without going...

The Nets have their own shooting guard FA they are worried about this summer in Cam Thomas. If they re-sign him to a big $25-$30 mil/yr contract, I think that would take them out of the running for a high unbeatable contract offer to Keon next summer.

Where are you seeing the 5 PM EST deadline? Everything I see is that the deadline is today, June 29th to exercise any options, so I would assume it was 11:59PM EST tonight?

This may save the Kings from themselves and overpaying for Schroeder, if Detroit turns their money toward keeping Schroeder, he's likely staying with Detroit. I would rather the Kings use the MLE money on a PG that still has some upside like Ty Jerome than overpaying for an older vet that...

I haven't seen any announcement yet either way. However, they just exercised Issac Jones option, so we know Perry isn't asleep at the wheel We do know that Perry sees Keon as an important cog for the Kings, so I'm hoping the two sides are working on a contract before free agency starts. Fingers...

Yeah, the problem with Simmons is that he is always out for either injury or mental issues. We need a PG that will be available 70+ games a year and Simmons can only be relied on for 40 or so games a year. As a bench player maybe, as your starter you count on, no.

If Christie could somehow convince DeRozan to come off the bench and we can slide Lavine to small forward (where he often played for the Bulls), the Kings could start a more balanced line up, even if we don't make any big moves. PF: Keegan / Issac Jones / Raynaud SF: Lavine / DeRozan / LaRavia...

Sounds like Detroit isn't putting out an offer on Schroeder or they are low balling him. If I'm Perry and I want Schroeder, I think he can be had for less than the full MLE. If we can get a deal done for like 2 years/$16 to $18 mil, that should be a fair deal.

The Kings and Keon should look to make a similar deal. IMHO a $12 mil per year over 3 or 4 years (with an option year) would be a fair deal for both sides.

Perry doesn't need to sign the extension by the deadline tomorrow, but he NEEDS to decline the option to make Keon a restricted Free Agent. I'm hoping there is an announcement soon that Keon's option has been declined soon.

Lyles would be okay for the bench if we re-signed him at a discount. I'm not bringing him back at the same $8/mil per year.

He looks like Charles Oakley, but bigger. Dude will have a career in the NBA as an enforcer type. He will play hard nosed defense and give us 6 hard fouls per night. He seems to be a good passer after he gets the rebound too.

Given that Perry entered the night with only one mid- 2nd round pick (Thanks for nothing Monte!), I think Perry made out like a bandit. We ended the night with two 1st round talent level players to add to our rotation. All he had to give to get into the 1st round was a comparable mid to late...