2023 NBA Draft Omega Thread

[Spike]

So, how's the #25 pick doing?

 

[KainLear]

He's not officially on their roster right now

So I guess that was the trade, we take some cap space back for free agency?

 

[Tetsujin]

The Kings just created prime time trade potential and can legit offer a deal to a Grant, or a Kuz.

Bingo. Once the Dame domino falls, it'll probably be clearer.

 

[SacTownKid]

So if we are dumping Holmes contract then how much money do we have now?

36 ish? I think.

 

[Kingz19]

Christian Wood incoming?

I don’t believe he is under contract

unless you mean as a free agent

 

[Tetsujin]

The Celtics are drafting Marcus Sasser and trading the No. 25 pick to Detroit, sources said.

— Jake Fischer (@JakeLFischer) June 23, 2023

 

[KainLear]

Bingo. Once the Dame domino falls, it'll probably be clearer.

Grant apparently wanna take a long-term deal to stay in Portland... I think I read that somewhere...

 

[funkykingston]

On first glance this seems terrible.

On second glance too.

Trading away a FRP to dispose of a contract this same front office handed out? I'm not impressed.

 

[NewArena]

Monte better have illegally tampered his phone off to make sure whatever the heck he’s planning comes to fruition if he just gave away the pick to rid us of Holmes.

Im almost certain they have.

 

[SacTownKid]

Grant apparently wanna take a long-term deal to stay in Portland... I think I read that somewhere...

If the Blazers move Dame they will have basically no need for Grant.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Absolutely ludicrous to give away #24 just to get off Holmes contract if that's what we've done.

 

[sactowndog]

What are we getting from Mavs? The suspense is killing.

Probably nothing. Dumped the contact to target Grant

 

[206Fan]

….what are we doing? Please someone tell me….

 

[upinsmoke]

What the hell just happened?

 

[sactowndog]

If the Blazers move Dame they will have basically no need for Grant.

Portland drafting Chris was a clue….

 

[Tetsujin]

So the Kings just cleared a ton of cap space… and didn’t draft anyone.

Hey… remember when @James_HamNBA mentioned that creative raise and extension for Domantas Sabonis? 👀

— Damien Barling (@damienbarling) June 23, 2023

 

[Tetsujin]

Portland drafting Chris was a clue….

Drafting Kris is what they would probably do if they wanted to keep Dame and Grant. I have no idea what the Blazers are doing.

 

[iowamcnabb]

If we just want space why not stretch Holmes? We can’t legally talk to any free agents so how do we know someone will sign here?

 

[Sluggah]

Papa G indeed.

 

[sactowndog]

So the Kings just cleared a ton of cap space… and didn’t draft anyone.

Hey… remember when @James_HamNBA mentioned that creative raise and extension for Domantas Sabonis? 👀

— Damien Barling (@damienbarling) June 23, 2023

If we did this just to give Sabonis a raise F Monte

 

[coolhandluke]

We don't have a FRP next year. Better hope whoever we get is worth it.

 

[SacTownKid]

On first glance this seems terrible.

On second glance too.

Trading away a FRP to dispose of a contract this same front office handed out? I'm not impressed.

Monte learned a valuable lesson here. Get out before it gets too late. He needed to move Holmes the moment he landed Domas. No rookie was getting time on this roster. Now Monte has set himself up. If he goes out and targets Kuz I think it's a mistake that will potentially blow up in his face but Kuz will at least carve out space in the rotation.

 

[dude12]

Goes to show how unmoveable the Holmes contract was if this was a dump. I trust Monte has something lined up.

 

[Kingz19]

Just announce Mavs sent Alex Oriakhi and a trade exception already.

 

[206Fan]

****ing awful. You bet I’ll list every single player we could’ve drafted at #24 but decided not to…. For cap space? What is this? Is Vlade back in the building??

 

[KainLear]

On first glance this seems terrible.

On second glance too.

Trading away a FRP to dispose of a contract this same front office handed out? I'm not impressed.

Well, just how much cap space do we actually have after this?

 

[SLAB]

Monte learned a valuable lesson here. Get out before it gets too late. He needed to move Holmes the moment he landed Domas. No rookie was getting time on this roster. Now Monte has set himself up. If he goes out and targets Kuz I think it's a mistake that will potentially blow up in his face but Kuz will at least carve out space in the rotation.

Imagine being the fools that approach 30mil for KYLE KUZMA lol

 

[SacTownKid]

If we just want space why not stretch Holmes? We can’t legally talk to any free agents so how do we know someone will sign here?

If I recall the savings on that were pretty marginal. Like 4 million saved or something. This clears that full contract. Hopefully this isn't just being cheap and there's a plan here.

 

[PurpleHaze]

Holmes added absolutley nothing for Kings last season and his contract was huge albatross going forward. Monte scored a small win here but it is a win none the less with 24th pick the catalyst. Slim pickings it would seem getting later in the first round so we'll now see if anything more comes back via Dallas.

 

[206Fan]

Imagine being the fools that approach 30mil for KYLE KUZMA lol

All because he tweeted one time that he was impressed by the kings. Ffs