I think that we should be looking into acquiring a talented 2010 free agent in exchange for KT. We do this to keep the money free, and we upgrade the talent pool for this season, and have the opportunity to resign guy. David Lee, Boozer, and it simplifies things for their old team. Utah isn't going to resign boozer, they should trade him somewhere.
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roasthawg
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Why would a team give up a good 2010 free agent for a bad one??
CruzDude
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Who is the "bad" free agent of which you refer? Our KT has done a really good job in limited minutes past few games and is an expiring contract, a major bargaining chip these days. He has excellent mentoring presence, gets 4-6 rebs in limited minutes and doesn't make mistakes like the kids do.
Doubt waiting for 2010 FA's to show up makes sense for solving the "core" team issues. Hawes coming off the bench might be best thing for him as incentive and watching/learning how to hold his own.
Doubt waiting for 2010 FA's to show up makes sense for solving the "core" team issues. Hawes coming off the bench might be best thing for him as incentive and watching/learning how to hold his own.
roasthawg
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From the previous post:
Boozer = Good
David Lee = Good
KT = Bad
Why on earth would the Knicks or the Jazz give up their stud expiring for our garbage expiring?
True that.
I'm not worried about chemistry. It's important and all, but good chemistry is not going to put us in contention. Bad chemistry could very well take us out of contention, but you have to be there, first. And I don't think we have the talent to contend for a playoff spot right now. The West is too deep, there are too many "pretty good" teams with better players. I'm looking at next year to be our on the cusp, heartbreak year, with a possible breakthrough and low seed playoff appearance. So I'm perfectly content with another 20 win season this year. It's looking right now like it's gonna be more like a 30-35 win season, and if having a shotblocker makes the team more balanced, then so be it. But there's no savior for us right now. Even with a guy like Dalembert or Okafor, we're still a 35 win team.
Kingster
Hall of Famer
I just don't get the Boozer thing. He's undersized, not a great defender because of it, and he's injury prone. Damaged goods.
Boozer would be a splendid loaner. A team trades a talented veteran like boozer or Lee because the Kings might unload a Francisco or swap 2nd rounders to sweeten the deal. If the kings deal for a talented FA like boozer a couple months before the deadline, we could trade boozer for a first round pick and Jermain oneal, and toss another weak contract over to miami. Buy out JO for 5 million, let him go back to miami, BOOM, the kings just saved 9 million THIS season, and have god knows how much cap space for 2010-11, and save another combined 25 million over the next couple years. Financially, this works, the only problem is getting boozer's Utah to drink the coolade.
bajaden
Hall of Famer
Its called salary cap relief. Something the Jazz need. The player they wanted was Milsap not Boozer. Things didn't go as planned and now their stuck with both of them.. Frankly I don't think that either Boozer or Lee solve our center problem, and both would cost just as much, if not more than either Okafor or Dalembert, both of whom can at least play the center position.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Poster wasn't talking about swapping KT for a long term contract where the motivations there are obvious.
I think the point that the poster was making, and a sensible one, was why on Earth would a team trade their own expiring player, who can play, for our expirng player, who sucks?
Then of course someone had to race in and claim no! Kenny doesn't suck! Yes he does. And in comparison to a Boozer or whatnot he absolutely sucks.
In any case, that makes no sense unless a team is just over the luxury tax and looking to shed a million dollars or two. In any other situation you want to still have the guy who can play, Boozer or whoever. You can resign him, trade him for a valuable piece, sign and trade him, and you get a talented player for the remainder of the year.
bajaden
Hall of Famer
Excuse me, but I see a lot more problems with this senario than just getting Utah to make a deal for Boozer.. There are a lot of assumptions and if's there.. Not to mention, thats a lot of work to save 9 mil. Consider that KT makes just under 9 mil this season. Just by letting his contract expire we knock almost 9 mil off the cap next year. Plus salaries are pro-rated. You would never get the whole 9 mil this year.
Plus this whole serario would have to be completed by the trade deadline. Once the tradeline is crossed, you can't trade a player until your season has ended. But in Boozer's case, since he will become an unrestricted freeagent, we couldn't trade him anyway, once past the trade deadline.
You would have to make sure that every part of your senario is in place and agreed to before you made the first move..
Since they're expected to both be back by some point in February, 10-15 games later is way past the trade deadline and very close to the end of the season. You really think we have to spend this entire season protecting our chemistry?
Even if KT doesn't suck, he's certainly not a valuable commodity.
Chupacabra
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This is the best point that ive seen from both sides. This alone should have every kings fan screaming for a KT trade.
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AriesMar27
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this is reason enough to not make a trade for our only expiring contract, unless the contract is short... not a 5 yr deal like okafor's... we can lose all on our own. why pay more? when you can payless.... to lose.
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