2023 TRADE DEADLINE MEGATHREAD
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iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
If they just keep most of their guys think of the depth
dinwiddie Mills
Thomas Curry
Bridges O’Neal
Johnson DFS
Claxton Simmons
that team might actually be really good
dinwiddie Mills
Thomas Curry
Bridges O’Neal
Johnson DFS
Claxton Simmons
that team might actually be really good
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
I say where's the on ball creation.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
If you squint hard enough it's possible to see a team that Simmons can up his value with.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
IDK, the way Cam Thomas has been playing the past 5 games, including 3 consecutive games scoring 40+ and counting ........ he may very well become a star.
Going and trading draft capital for Poeltl, saying you're going to resign him, but then trading OG would be extremely weird in my book.
Just gotta hope it's not MEM or NOP. That'd be extremely tough
Section 101
All-Star
Oh KD is out through the all star break so he's not playing next Tuesday.
Do the Kings even make the playoffs this year?
The West is extremely tight with only 4.5 games separating us and the 10th seed. I enjoyed getting the win tonight against Houston, but there's no way that any legitimate teams let the worst team in the NBA hang around... and we've done that a bit too much this year.
Here's my current predictions of the standings in the West without the Kings:
1. Nuggets
2. Grizzlies
3. Suns
4. Mavericks
5. Lakers
6. Clippers
7. Pelicans
8. Timberwolves
9. Warriors
10. Blazers
11. Thunder
12. Jazz
According to Talkathon, we have the 3rd hardest schedule remaining: https://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength
I have no clue why anyone thought this road trip was hard. We had the Rockets 2x, crippled T-Wolves, Spurs, and Pacers. Going 4-3 wasn't good enough. If we keep playing the way we're playing, I don't know if it's sustainable down the stretch. We keep letting teams hang around because we don't play any defense. Almost all of our games go down to the wire and it just turns into an offensive shootout. I don't think we can keep winning this way. We also have more games remaining than most of the teams in the West by 2-3.
I think this puts more pressure on Monte to make moves. The stupid Nets completely swung the pendulum for two teams in the West.
The West is extremely tight with only 4.5 games separating us and the 10th seed. I enjoyed getting the win tonight against Houston, but there's no way that any legitimate teams let the worst team in the NBA hang around... and we've done that a bit too much this year.
Here's my current predictions of the standings in the West without the Kings:
1. Nuggets
2. Grizzlies
3. Suns
4. Mavericks
5. Lakers
6. Clippers
7. Pelicans
8. Timberwolves
9. Warriors
10. Blazers
11. Thunder
12. Jazz
According to Talkathon, we have the 3rd hardest schedule remaining: https://www.tankathon.com/remaining_schedule_strength
I have no clue why anyone thought this road trip was hard. We had the Rockets 2x, crippled T-Wolves, Spurs, and Pacers. Going 4-3 wasn't good enough. If we keep playing the way we're playing, I don't know if it's sustainable down the stretch. We keep letting teams hang around because we don't play any defense. Almost all of our games go down to the wire and it just turns into an offensive shootout. I don't think we can keep winning this way. We also have more games remaining than most of the teams in the West by 2-3.
I think this puts more pressure on Monte to make moves. The stupid Nets completely swung the pendulum for two teams in the West.
coolhandluke
Starter
I'd take Mikal over OG for pretty much the same reasons but 3 FRPs is a lot to pay for either of them.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Right. If KD is worth four, no way are OG and Mikal worth 3.
serbiangoat
Starter
If Gobert is worth 5....
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
In looking at Cam's iso stats he's kind of sandwiched in between all the legit stars, hmmm... Contract year though.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
The Wolves get the swirly. Coarse corrected, haha.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
If the Wolves weren't getting Gobert his pick and roll pal back I'd laugh, but....
coolhandluke
Starter
Gobert > KD confirmed.
The Nets did get talent like Mikal and Cam that is easily worth more than 1 FRP.
Games aren't won on paper. We'll see if the Mavs, Suns, or Lakers actually got any better. All the Kings need to do is keep playing the way they have been for the last 54 games and they'll be fine. The only teams in the West I take seriously right now are Denver and Memphis because they've proven all season that they're for real. We have 3 games a piece against Dallas and Phoenix which I see as an advantage. All we need to do is take care of business and we have nothing to worry about.
KingsFanSince85
All-Star
Contract year or not, there aren't many players that are capable of a 3-game heater scoring 40+ with the shooting efficiency he's produced. Especially players 21 years young and under.
That's mightly impressive.
serbiangoat
Starter
They are 8-9 games over 500. meaning not every game is life and death like it is for teams like the Wolves/Jazz/GSW/Blazers/Thunder/Lakers/Mavs/Pelicans meaning they can play way more freely barring some serious injuries they should make it. Also the mental stress having to go life and death over a 30 game span is insanely taxing and could easily lead to a complete collapse from any of those teams if they go a 3-4 game losing streak something the Kings record allows them to weather.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
But then they’re back to the Jazz situation where you’re running Conley/Gobert stuff to the detriment of your best player (Antman)
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Yeah, but if they have remotely the same success as the Jazz, this is another issue for a team like Sac. I think the Kings were counting on almost all of these lower teams staying down but they aren't. They're going for it. All in.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
to be fair the Rockets have beat the Bucks, suns twice, Sixers and Dallas. In other words good to great teams lose to bad teams occasionally or let them hang around. I’m happy with 4-3 on this trip because the road is always hard. We were one of only 2 teams (last time I looked) that have a winning record on the road in the western conference. You just trying to hover around .500 and then take care of business at home which we have not done as much as we would like.
I think we have to take a step back and realize that we have already taken a huge step forward this season that most did not predict. We are already at a huge disadvantage as we are probably going to be the only team to make the playoffs this year that didn’t make it last year. These stars are always talking about learning how to win. We have actually done a good job of it overall but hopefully this years experience teaches us how to grit out wins. It’s going to be super tough to stay in the top 6 but some of those teams made major changes and probably will see some growing pains. Just got to hover around .500 the rest of the season and then get hot for a 4-5 game stretch. We shall see
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
I hardly remember having a game tonight haha
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
The best course of action probably remains to just stay the course until the summer when the Kings will be like the one good team left in the division with most of their picks and a young core while every other team in the west is going to be stuck in salary cap hell with an aging core and absolutely no draft capital left to refill their rosters.
These trades have essentially turned most of the big name teams in the west into the Lakers, which hasn’t exactly worked out well for the Lakers of late.
Dongoodboy
Bench
Bring CamBridge to the Kings please Monte.
Wait. So Kevin Durant was actually worth EIGHT firsts and Cam Johnson on top?
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