I always viewed Tyreke as hope for our franchise, especially after his magical ROY season. I'm not sure if his slow development as an NBA player was due to our team's culture, coaching, system or what not. But I never lost hope that he would become something special. It pained me even more to see Tyreke practically plead to stay in Sacramento. What player has ever done that? He genuinely enjoyed our town. He's 23 and wanted to get the maximum dollar, which PDA balked at. This transaction I'm torn with. I loved Tyreke and his potential. But I have read several unbiased blogs, fan post, and the consensus was that Tyreke was overpaid by the Pelicans. It was a risk/reward they felt was worth the money. If Tyreke explodes and becomes the player most of us expected. They win. We lose. I can see how Vasquez makes us a more complete offensive team. I'm skeptical, but hopeful.
Carl Landry? Gah! I'm confused. I did not like him in his first stint here. A true black hole. I know he's a solid bench player, and from what I hear a good locker room guy. I can live with this, but not love, if we can some how dump Hayes....and maybe JT or PPAT. Hayes first and foremost.
Monte? I hope and pray he does not get signed. Correction--I wouldnt mind ME on a 6th man-type contract. No more than 3 years/21m. I could live with ME at 3 years/30m if it also included trading Hayes and MT23. But there is no way that is happening. I would have rather had Tyreke at 4/44 and traded for Vasquez to be our PG.
I'll still allow for this process to take place. I won't call for PDA's job just yet. I'm not happy with the direction of this team. I won't be happy if we become a fringe playoff team. In all honesty, our future relies heavily on DMC's growth as a player. A lot of it will come down to that. I just hope PDA allows flexibility in the future to add prominent and fitting pieces around him.