Hold onto your butts!
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iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Yeh whether we like it or not, we are going to try to make the playoffs this year unless something crazy happens in the next couple hours.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
The angst in here is going to be thick enough to drown in
SLAB
Hall of Famer
PLAY IN GAMES AND LOUSY MIDDLING PICKS BABYYYYYYYYYYY
km23
Bench
Hahaha. Hey atleast Monte landed Tyrese at 12 and I have faith to do it again!
upinsmoke
All-Star
No time for cry babies let's goooooo!
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
I mean, just by virtue of having Fox and Haliburton, we were probably too good to tank anyways. Also “dumping the vets” only makes us better via addition by subtraction so we’re in a tough spot lol
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
But we lost young promising prospects Cory Joseph and Nemanja Bjelica
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I’m actually not mad at the moves. If you get better (even slightly) by trading next to nothing and you’re mad there’s no helping you.
We’ll see how they impact the race and the final results might be annoying, but the team is better at the cost of nothing.
Yep. That's my feeling on Wright. It's not a "tank move" but when you essentially get him for free, it's hard to pass on that value.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
But our 2nd round pick in 2024!!!!!!!!
We'll somehow have to survive with the 6 remaining 2nds we have until we get to 2024.... it'll be tough, but if we band together as fans I think we can do it.
The Effort Police
Starter
I'd feel better about that playoff chance if walking net negative Marvin Bagley wasn't waiting in the wings to return for the final stretch of said playoff push.
But he's still here...
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
This draft looks a little more solidified on the high potential guys but who knows. Who knows.
Section 101
All-Star
Kings have greater odds of having a worse pick tanking. Lotto was lucky once and Vlade blew it.
Section 101
All-Star
I think he gets limited minutes off the bench when he returns. His defense should dictate his minutes.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
This teams biggest achilles heel is still manning the dry erase board. Good news being they took away his most dangerously self inflicting weapon from him. If you have a bad coach you like and don't want to fire then you box him into an optionless position which is basically what they've done. Good job Monte.
Mfiondu Kabengele – PF/C, 23, 6’9, 250 lbs, 27th pick in 2019, 1 year of NBA experience
Terence Davis – SG, 23, 6’4, 201 lbs, undrafted All-Rookie, 1 year of NBA experience
Delon Wright – PG/SG, 28, 6’5, 185 lbs, 20th pick in 2015, 5 years of NBA experience
Moe Harkless – SF/PF, 27, 6’7?, 7’2 wingspan, 220 lb, 15th pick in 2012, 8 yrs of NBA experience
Chris Silva – PF, 24, 6’8, 234 lb, undrafted, 1 year of NBA experience
Not bad.
Got rid of CoNO, and Bjelica, both of whom were not used properly.
Hopefully we get rid of JJ because he's not even an NBA quality player and Parker.
Terence Davis – SG, 23, 6’4, 201 lbs, undrafted All-Rookie, 1 year of NBA experience
Delon Wright – PG/SG, 28, 6’5, 185 lbs, 20th pick in 2015, 5 years of NBA experience
Moe Harkless – SF/PF, 27, 6’7?, 7’2 wingspan, 220 lb, 15th pick in 2012, 8 yrs of NBA experience
Chris Silva – PF, 24, 6’8, 234 lb, undrafted, 1 year of NBA experience
Not bad.
Got rid of CoNO, and Bjelica, both of whom were not used properly.
Hopefully we get rid of JJ because he's not even an NBA quality player and Parker.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Vlade blew it mostly by who he trusted to run things. Waltons legacy of potential killing while raising role players beyond their values is pretty clear at this point. Walton cost him his gig and is now likely going to cost them Bagley.
Reverend
Bench
This is the real issue to me. He clearly stunts this teams growth and potential so much everytime he’s on the floor and we have to consider how he fits because he was drafted so high but we are getting down to the wire here. Now you’ve backed yourself into a corner where you need to either flip him or Buddy come this off-season if we consider Holmes a part of our future, which by all signs it appears he is
I'm fine with it. None of the sellers got any sort of good value at the deadline. You're telling me Kings fans would have been happy with a RJ Hampton and a 2025 1st round pick (top 5 protected) haul for Barnes? Seems that everyone valued Gordon more than Barnes too, so the offers were likely worse.
Punt off the decision to the off-season and go from there. A decision always had to be made either now or before free agency with Holmes. It only becomes a mistake if Holmes walks for nothing.
James Ham @James_HamNBCS
According to a league source, the Sacramento Kings are expected to release forward/center Mfiondu Kabengele. This move will bring the regular roster back to 15 players
Dude sat on the bench and cheered for ONE game, then was released the next day.
According to a league source, the Sacramento Kings are expected to release forward/center Mfiondu Kabengele. This move will bring the regular roster back to 15 players
Dude sat on the bench and cheered for ONE game, then was released the next day.
Jason Jones @mr_jasonjones
The Kings are expected to release forward Jabari Parker, league sources tell @The Athletic
The Kings are expected to release forward Jabari Parker, league sources tell @The Athletic
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