De'Aaron Fox Traded to Spurs for Zach Lavine, three first round picks
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Makaveli
Bench
Warriors can’t just take on 50 million in salary and send nothing out lol. They gotta send out 50 mil as well
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
And both those games resulted in the Kings getting embarassed lol
Joshyjosh31
Starter
They can yap all they want but teams won’t care when there shooting 50%+ from the field
macadocious
Starter
Do you blame him?
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
People havent exactly been lining up to hire him since he got fired though. He’s been working for G-League squads over the last three seasons
NewArena
All-Star
Matt George is very emotional lol in two weeks he’ll surely say “sorry guys, i was wrong again” after things settle. This is routine
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
If we wanted Portis we could take him under the tpe and then send a second with Lyles to the pistons with a second. id prob rather just let IJ take the job. Don’t be surprised if we unload Lyles to free up the space we need to use that tpe for something though
Fox gets his bag and media attention. The same media that always got jokes.
Monk gets to run the team.
We get a player who is healthy and a better fit, athleticism, height, scorer, etc.
Sabonis has a more reliable shooter and creator on hand-offs.
We move on from giant cloud hanging over us.
We get rid of the red trash heap.
We get some picks, clear cap, and create an exemption because Lavime only took 3 of possible 9.5.
Options for other teams are.disappearing (such as Warriors).
The sky is not falling.
Let's see what else gets done.
I would like to see us move DDR for some defense at PF or SF (would love to see Keegs back down to the SF).
Monk gets to run the team.
We get a player who is healthy and a better fit, athleticism, height, scorer, etc.
Sabonis has a more reliable shooter and creator on hand-offs.
We move on from giant cloud hanging over us.
We get rid of the red trash heap.
We get some picks, clear cap, and create an exemption because Lavime only took 3 of possible 9.5.
Options for other teams are.disappearing (such as Warriors).
The sky is not falling.
Let's see what else gets done.
I would like to see us move DDR for some defense at PF or SF (would love to see Keegs back down to the SF).
macadocious
Starter
Sure, but why is that? I don’t think it’s because of his performance. I’m not sure what happened, but I do know it was a shock.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Physicals are easy to process and he wasn’t really hurt just was with his wife because of a newborn
It's possible. I would agree with everyone else here that "not really trying" Fox was a bummer to watch. Perhaps for a large number of Kings fans there will be a lift from having that dark cloud gone, just as there was a lift when Mike Brown was dismissed. Monk and LaVine are going to put up a ton of points and will probably win a fair number of shootouts for us in the coming years unless/until more trades break this lineup up. A lot of those games will probably be fun to watch if you love up and down basketball.
I may be slightly over-stating the extent of the problem, but what I saw a year ago was a young team that was trending in what (I consider to be) the right direction under Mike Brown -- giving up some of that high-powered offense from the year before in order to establish a defensive identity. Keon Ellis and Keegan Murray looked like they were going to be big parts of our future. Sabonis was becoming more well-rounded as a scorer and had proven himself to be a player everyone loves to root for (this part is still true) and we had a lottery pick to try to add to a pretty solid core which I felt was playoff worthy once everyone got healthy. On top of all that, I saw 4 teams in our division who are well into the age-related-decline phase of their current windows which gave us license to be patient with our own team-building approach.
Fast-forward to today and yet another Kings head coach has been fired, putting the lie to the idea that our franchise instability is (ever going to be?) behind us. I love Doug Christie but he's not the full-time head coach yet and how well the team plays for the next 3 months will probably play a big role in whether he gets to keep his job or not. Fox is gone. Keon and Keegan have both been mostly sidelined into bit players. Monk and LaVine are both microwave scorers and solid shooters but on defense that pairing is a far cry from the Fox and Ellis backcourt I thought we were going to have. These are not the guys I would have handed over the keys of the franchise to. And as of yesterday 25 year old Luka Doncic is now on the GD Lakers. On my birthday no less.
For years I've wanted a gritty hard-nosed team led by a SOB coach who demanded the best from everyone, who made accountability more than just a vague talking point. Finally for an all too brief 2 and a half years it looked like we had that. And now we're right back in familiar territory as a loose and fun up and down team where everyone smiles and has a great time as we score 120 a night but give up 128...
I guess if I could sum things up, before logging off to watch a movie and not think about basketball again for a long while:
I cheered for Mike Brown's laptop stunt
I cheered with Ellis on the hunt
I cheered as Curry had a pout
I cheered the end of playoff droughts
I cheered for every Murray three
I cheered each time we lit the beam
I cheered Kentucky alley-oops
I love this team but I feel duped...
I do not like this Fox-less house
I do no like the Lakers clout
I do not like how Zach plays D
I do not like these ref-er-ees
I do not like the talking heads
I do not like All-Star retreads
I do not like it most of all
When they are right to think us small.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Portis is only getting 12.5 mil this year so we could just take him in straight up with the MLE without worrying about hitting the hard cap And still have the 16.8 TPE to work with.
reptilexcq2
Bench
Kings get Draymond Green (the donkey)...yay!
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
we would be over the tax though right
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Tax doesn’t matter as far as trade exceptions go though. It’s just the hard caps
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
Do I LOVE the trade? No.
Do I HATE the trade? No.
LaVine: Meh
Draft picks: TBD, but they all make me excited.
Do I HATE the trade? No.
LaVine: Meh
Draft picks: TBD, but they all make me excited.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Brother they wouldn’t give up gafford for Debo let alone both….
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
now the bulls can tank that 2025 chi second could be juicy. Could use in a Jonas trade or find a decent prospect
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
That ”We don’t need Fox” song gonna hit like crack cocaine.
fansinceday1
Starter
Nah….im being told this is a good trade and that all us naysayers are doing is complaining for nothing. Cause we are just never happy…….
Not like I don’t have 40 years of experience to tell me when something sucks or not.
Vinny Basketballerino
Starter
To be fair he's talking about an expiring contract and it's true.
Jdbraver137
Bench
I think we did fine. Lateral move. I thought we would lose worse.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
They can waive them too, but over the years it usually takes a few days IIRC.
When not railing on Vivek he has nice things to offer but wasn't the Kings training staff ass for years? We used to talk about Arco being built on an Indian Burial Ground curse I don't know what/if Pete had to do with any of that but I'd say our training department the last however many years has been pretty competent.
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
what I’m saying is that would put us over the luxury tax we likely don’t want to pay unless I’m missing something
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
An expiring contract has less value than the ability to straight up just take 16.8 million dollars from another team without sending salary back.
