Tetsujin
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If we are trading Buddy for Josh Hart, I'd certainly want at least a first round pick coming back too considering the war chest Griffin got from trading AD and Jrue.
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Diallo had a really good spike in production last year. Was really good as a finisher, showed a strong ability to get to the FT line and even had a limited sample of good shooting with Det. The athleticism/wing span has always been there.
He's a guy I think is ready to ascend, especially if you get him in transition with a more up-tempo system, which hopefully the Kings will be.
SacTownKid
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If it meant anything close to equal salary no amount of added filler would make any sense. The Kings added to their burden this summer already if things don't work out and a rebuild is necessitated. Adding someone like Hart who can never live up to a similar deal could make Kenny Thomas' contract look like loose changein comparison.
I'd take Vanderbilt, Hart and Diallo in that order.
Vanderbilt is the best fit defensively and the worst fit offensively. Highest upside. Above average player but needs to be in the right lineup.
Hart you know what you're going to get with him. Rebounding, average defense and slightly below average 3pt shooting.
Diallo is just a roll of the dice. More than likely not an average NBA player but better than nothing. I'd probably run with Louis King over him.
Vanderbilt is the best fit defensively and the worst fit offensively. Highest upside. Above average player but needs to be in the right lineup.
Hart you know what you're going to get with him. Rebounding, average defense and slightly below average 3pt shooting.
Diallo is just a roll of the dice. More than likely not an average NBA player but better than nothing. I'd probably run with Louis King over him.
SacTownKid
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Yeah, you know I never even looked at it this way but the Kings aren't just lacking size/length on the wing, they lack powerful athletes overall. Barnes isn't really much of an athlete. Woodard is OK, but he's probably on the brink right now and clearly a better 4 man. Yeah, Diallo would be a nice diamond in the rough type to see what you might get. And as we see, the options are basically down to him right now, lol.
Agreed on the order, but it does look like Diallo is attainable now with the Pistons seemingly moving with 15 roster spots and signing everyone else to multi-year deals before him. And I do like how much Diallo seemingly improved across the board at just 22 years old.
I think he'd probably become the 3rd best "bucket-getter" in terms of on-ball scoring creation on the team, as sad as that is behind Fox and Barnes. That's one area of growth we need to see from Hali this year and Mitchell as a rookie as well.
SacTownKid
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I forgot about Vanderbilt. Truth is we know what the Kings wing spot looks like next year: Harkless/Barnes. haha. I almost can't freaking believe it.
I don't why it seems like the entire NBA has forgotten about him. He put up stupidly good impact defensive stats on a really bad overall team; which is hard to do. He has an incredible motor and a real knack for rebounding, despite his slender frame. I think he can be a unicorn big defender with his athleticism on the perimeter and rim protection skills. His shot might just be broken, but he still managed a 62% TS on his limited opportunities. And he's just 22, so there's still time for him to make progress there.
But hey, I guess that's why I'm posting on KF.com and not working in an NBA front office. What do I know?
Gotta be 2 firsts. The only thing they'd be giving us is a player they don't apparently want to sign anyway.
NewArena
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So much for being lightyears ahead
kb02
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Push out on the perimeter, force teams off the three, funnel them to the bigs. Pretty much the same playbook as the LAL and Mavs the last few years. That seems to be the play with this current roster.
As for Buddy, I shudder at the thought of Buddy returning to the Kings knowing he's been shopped all summer and is in line to be the 4th/5th guard. Given his history, who knows what he might say or do.
Section 101
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Ya ya.
He only appeared in 5 games over the last two seasons and 45 games over the last five seasons. Why not just make him an assistant coach at this point?
Letsgokings13
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Yeah, it's getting to cringe levels with Haslem and the heat. Retire. Transition to a coach or different role with the team. At this point he's taking up a roster spot from someone more deserving
I like it. It's nice to see some of this "loyalty" that team fans idolize come back around from the other side, for a change. Kudos to Riley, for being good on his word.
Double-K
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By literally warming the bench
Tetsujin
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EIM86
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theyve drafted pretty poorly for the past decade pretty much. Wiseman is prolly gonna be decent at best (I think he’s gonna be mostly a bust). Jessup and Nico were busts. Bell was a bust along with a few others. Poole is their best pick since Barnes in 2012
The Heat offered him a contract and he signed it. Nothing cringe about doing business. If the Heat thought there was someone more deserving of the roster spot, they'd give it to them over Haslem.
kb02
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Certainly a signal (to the league) that you value your players. Alternatively, they could've just let him walk into the sunset without any communication at all.
Udonis Haslem was never a star player. But he was, once upon a time, a quality, roleplaying low-post big man, during an era when that still mattered. He passed up the one and only chance in his career for a big payday, for the sake of loyalty, in order to help Riley assemble the Big Three, with the promise that he would be taken care of, on the back end. That's all that's happening, here.
Section 101
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Let's go Vivek! Making some mooooonnnneeey!!
LPKingsFan
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Wow, that is an expensive Golden State team that may or may not have home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
I think they are closer to play-in than home court. Honestly- do we really think GS is better than a 6 seed? Maybe they get a boost because of Kawhi and Murray being out, but they seem behind Utah, Phoenix, LAL, LAC (healthy) and Denver (healthy) to me.
I thought Boston got out of the tax. Golden State is almost paying two additional payrolls.
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