Greg Oden?

[TheJoker]

I don't want to cause turmoil within KF cause we all go to games and we would hate if we tanked the season however the point is i'm not saying lets tank but Greg Oden would look very nice in a Kings uniform. i don't think there is a possible chance for any team to make a draft day trade to land Greg Oden. i just think Greg Oden is the answer right now thoughts?
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[Circa_1985_Fan]

I don't want to cause turmoil within KF cause we all go to games and we would hate if we tanked the season however the point is i'm not saying lets tank but Greg Oden would look very nice in a Kings uniform. i don't think there is a possible chance for any team to make a draft day trade to land Greg Oden. i just think Greg Oden is the answer right now thoughts?
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Oden is sweet...but unless we have a catastrophic season and get lucky, its a pipe dream. We'll have a bit more money to play around with this next offseason, so I'd rather sign someone established to add to our already young nucleus.

 

[Bricklayer]

Ok....this is so farfetched as to almost be non-Kings related. 1 team in 30 will get him, and the odds are very very long that it will be us. Obviously everyone wants him -- he could be an incredble stud.

Might be time for a request on a clarification -- somebody the other day mentiuoen that THIS was the year we were losing our #1 from the old Mateen trade forever ago. That would really really suck. Is that true? Do we have no pick this year?

 

[TheJoker]

True i just wish we had a Greg Oden type player we would already think Championship.
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[Bricklayer]

so I'd rather sign someone established to add to our already young nucleus.

Oh I'd RATHER get Oden any day of the week over anybody we could possibly sign. Its just borderling on unrealistic barring a massive shift in our front office's normal water treading approach. To get Oden would require either incredible bad luck turned into good luck, incredible moxie, or incredible sucktitude, none of which seem likely to emerge from this season.

 

[TheJoker]

The only odds we have a good chance to get him is tankin the season but we won't accept that..but boy do i want Oden
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[nbrans]

Might be time for a request on a clarification -- somebody the other day mentiuoen that THIS was the year we were losing our #1 from the old Mateen trade forever ago. That would really really suck. Is that true? Do we have no pick this year?

We have our pick this year. The Mateen trade was completed when we traded Dan Dickau to Atlanta.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Did we send Detroit Atlanta's pick in lieu of our own? That would strike me as a boneheaded move so I'm sure that's not what happened.... right?

 

[nbrans]

Did we send Detroit Atlanta's pick in lieu of our own? That would strike me as a boneheaded move so I'm sure that's not what happened.... right?

My understanding is that we sent a pick to Detroit, Detroit sent the pick to Atlanta, then we sent Dan Dickau to Atlanta and called it even.

 

[VF21]

The only odds we have a good chance to get him is tankin the season but we won't accept that..but boy do i want Oden
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Even if we tank, we aren't guaranteed the first pick in the draft. That's why it's called the lottery. And with the luck of the Kings, we'd draw #6...again.

 

[Bricklayer]

My understanding is that we sent a pick to Detroit, Detroit sent the pick to Atlanta, then we sent Dan Dickau to Atlanta and called it even.

I recall something like that, and thoguht/hoped that was the end of it. The mention last week that we may be #1less this offseason caught me entirely by unwelcome surprise. Not this year of all years.

 

[SLAB]

I had to dig a bit to find this, but it perfectly responds to this thread.

Imagine a lottery where there are 1000 balls and we “own” 995 of them. With our luck – we would still end up with the 6th pick and we would pick some combo guard or a 6-8 PF in case that MO Taylor get injured.

 

[LPKingsFan]

To be fair, this next draft is stacked. Even if we didn't get Oden, Durant, Noah and Hawes would all be huge pick ups. Of course, VF is probably right and we'd end up with #6

 

[TheJoker]

Its better to have the odds with you instead of against you. of course having the worst record does not solidify a position to grab Greg Oden but it gives you a better chance because of the odds.
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[Gilles]

My understanding is that we sent a pick to Detroit, Detroit sent the pick to Atlanta, then we sent Dan Dickau to Atlanta and called it even.

Atlanta owed Kings a first rounder for Dan Dickau (it had to be any first-rounder that must have been given to Kings by 2004), so they sent this pick:

(December 18, 1997: Pistons trade C Theo Ratliff, G Aaron McKie and a conditional first-round draft choice to Philadelphia 76ers for G Jerry Stackhouse, C Eric Montross and a future second-round draft choice)

(March 11, 1999: Philadelphia trades this pick to Houston for the rights to F Mirsad Turkcan)

(June 27, 2001: Houston trades this pick to Atlanta for the rights to F Terence Morris)

(June 26, 2002: Hawks trade this pick to Sacramento for the rights to G Dan Dickau).
Basicly Kings owed Pistons a pick, Pistons owed Kings a pick. Geoff and Joe met and decided to call it even.

 

[Smills91]

Oh I'd RATHER get Oden any day of the week over anybody we could possibly sign. Its just borderling on unrealistic barring a massive shift in our front office's normal water treading approach. To get Oden would require either incredible bad luck turned into good luck, incredible moxie, or incredible sucktitude, none of which seem likely to emerge from this season.

Is sucktitude a word? If so, props on your vocabulary, if not, props on your creativity...lol

 

[Merdiesel]

This guy is EASILY the number one draft pick next year. There is no way the kings are even getting close to him. Man oh man, do i wish we could get him though...

with Oden on the kings, two things come to mind...

• Kings would def stay in Sac with a franchise player like Oden
• and second, just like you said, championship contender

man, we can only dream...

hmm...

OJ MAYO anyone???

 

[Sac.Kings]

i wish we could get oden, but to be realistic, our chances of getting him are 0.

 

[supamari0]

The draft this year will be very very solid. Even if you can't get Oden, there are tons of other really quality prospects out there. Tanking is definitely in order here.

The Rockets tanked two years in a row to get Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon (and consequently forced the NBA to start the lottery)

But the Spurs tanked anyway and managed to win the top pick and got Tim Duncan.

I think the Kings could do the same if they so please.

 

[nbrans]

By the way, if anyone wants to see what all the hype is about, check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYVQlg2NUQ

 

[supamari0]

By the way, if anyone wants to see what all the hype is about, check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYVQlg2NUQ

That guy is a man. Good god he's only 18 and he looks like that?

That high school footage wasnt' fair though. He's 7-1 and he's playing against centers that are 6-6 at best.

Still he's got great fundamentals and will be a beast in the NBA

 

[GoGoGadget]

By the way, if anyone wants to see what all the hype is about, check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCYVQlg2NUQ

Good gravy. He makes Dwight Howard look like a weakling.

 

[SacTownKid]

I think this guy pans out to be a Mutombo type of player.

 

[slugking50]

Isnt he the same guy who was nicked Baby Shaq when he was 6-8 at age 12?

 

[Bricklayer]

So the new obvious pipedream offseason plan is:

a) just flat out throw games. Start Hart, Pot, Mo, Price and Douby (at SF), and claim everybody else is too injured to play so there is no bench. Get aorund suiting up 8 rule by having Scotty Brooks, TR Dunn, and Jerry Reynolds dress out every game, but not play. If necessary have your guys start intentionally fouling so they all foul out and you have to foreit.

b) collect up Brad, Reef, Kenny and any and all of our enders and turn them into Gasol (or KG obviously if he is out there, or even Jermaine despite the Ron history) at the trading deadline + obviously immediately declare your new acquisition unfit to play and send him on a three month vacation to Tahiti

c) take your 2-80 record and win draft lottery

d) draft Oden

next season trot out:
C- Oden
PF- Gasol (or KG, or Jermaine)
SF- Artest
OG- Martin
PG- Bibby


I could live with the down year. Really I could. All for the greater good.

 

[Gilles]

That guy is a man. Good god he's only 18 and he looks like that?
That high school footage wasnt' fair though. He's 7-1 and he's playing against centers that are 6-6 at best.
Still he's got great fundamentals and will be a beast in the NBA

Actually there's a guy named Spencer Hawes(7-0) that got blocked by Oden as well that would be nice to have, not dominantly nice but still pretty good. He may easily become a freshmen of the year ahead of Oden who is out until mid-January, Durant, Young and Co. In a couple of years this center can be better than Bogut. Of course he may never play in the League as well.