captain bill
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watching Houston collapse into the Knicks west in real-time is fascinating
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watching Houston collapse into the Knicks west in real-time is fascinating
SLAB
Hall of Famer
The worse of the two options.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Trade both, sleep well
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
We finally get Boogie/Wall in the NBA!
sactowndog
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Not sure I agree. High IQ players put together is generally a good match.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I really hope they go into next season with Russ and Harden locked in competition not with the other team but with each other so see who can have the biggest game while losing every night by 20 and alienating every single other player on the team.
Buddy's deal was never atrocious, some people just don't understand how value works in professional sports. Generally speaking, if it's a player that anyone else is interested in you have to overpay in the immediate future with the understanding that inflation is going to catch up and justify it before the deal is up. Both Buddy and Harrison are on front-loaded deals too that decrease annually so if you average them out to equal yearly installments you're miscalculating their actual trade value.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I keep hearing this “Bogi is a high IQ player” myth. Has he ever proven this in a Kings uniform?
Hansel
Bench
Best scenario.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Yeah, I always assumed that by the time Buddy’s contract got to its last year, he’d actually wind up below market value (at the time the cap was projected to increase). Just didn’t think it would only take one off-season
sactowndog
All-Star
Compared to Buddy???
SLAB
Hall of Famer
If comparing him to Buddy is what we were doing, then yeah he clears that bar usually.
sactowndog
All-Star
By quite a bit....
captain bill
All-Star
He’s definitely made his share of horrible decisions and been a ball stopper way too often. But he’s also won a lot of games and been insanely clutch. Couple that with his career in Europe and I think that’s the best argument for him
sactowndog
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The other name we haven’t heard is Hayward. If Boston can’t make a deal with Indiana and Atlanta and Kings can’t agree do Hayward and Atlanta say F it and sign,
The Effort Police
Starter
You have to let this go...
Every way to Sunday is saying that he's gone. It's like saying Harry Giles remaining a King was an option this year even though everything pointed to that not being the case. Just because there's speculation that Buddy Hield's market might turn out good it doesn't mean that Bogi is getting signed, and if he does stay I'm sure it will be for a value contract purely for trade bait.
sactowndog
All-Star
not to mention hard to play team defense with a player not on script.
sactowndog
All-Star
we will keep one of Bogi or Buddy for sure. We are just responding to Amick’s tweet so not sure what to “let go”.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
To be fair, so has Buddy. I mean, the man almost singlehandedly pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA history. I mean sure it was against the Wolves but let’s not pretend Buddy has been pure garbage either
captain bill
All-Star
honestly kind of crazy we were able to get two extremely talented guys who’s talent is only matched by the degree to which they overrated themselves to the point of being malcontents
SLAB
Hall of Famer
The Effort Police
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If we're using the textbook definition of BBIQ, then sure. Buddy's as dumb as a box of rocks, Bogi has basketball smarts that he chooses not to use and plays like an ***hole.
In Buddy's case, the owner of the team did tell him he was the next Steph Curry as soon as he stepped off the airplane.
captain bill
All-Star
In Buddy's case, the owner of the team did tell him he was the next Steph Curry as soon as he stepped off the airplane.
well he truly was elite on crazy maybe historical levels with Joerger. Which is why I’m still holding out for my pet deal of shipping him to the Warriors and signing Bogi to a starring role as future trade bait
Livinthedream
All-Star
You're on fire tonight ...
sactowndog
All-Star
let’s be clear... my one goal is seeing the Kings get good so I can stop hearing crap about my King’s fandom. Neither Buddy or Bogi is good enough to separate from the other. They each have strengths and weaknesses and are about the same age.
what I do not want to see is loosing one of our better assets for nothing. Both are starter/6th man capable players.
White_Chocolate
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maybe the alt way of looking at that is halving these ridiculous #s? Surely the MLE and avg salary are tied?
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