Jermaine Taylor

[swisshh]

New Jersey is just as bad as we are and they are shipping him out. Says more about Terrence Williams than it does for the Kings.

He's still raw, but he fits a need/type.

Also, Houston wanting a player normally means good things as much as Jersey getting rid of the player means bad things.

 

[Kevin's Good Feet]

Hes a young skilled albeit knuckle head who Avery doesn't want to deal with anymore. All this kid needs is a change of scenery and playing behind Battier will certaintly help him along.

He would of still been a sulking knucklehead here so I'm kinda glad we didn't go for him, but Jermiane Taylor? Eh another whatever move to me. He's tall atleast for SG so if he shows a little defensive effort and scoring ability he'll snatch Heads minutes up real quick.

The term "change of scenery" is thrown around a lot but it didn't work for guys like Rodney Carney or Anthony Randolph. It's not some magic cure-all that makes bad basketball players good.

 

[Kevin's Good Feet]

He's still raw, but he fits a need/type.

Also, Houston wanting a player normally means good things as much as Jersey getting rid of the player means bad things.

Yeah Courtney Lee is lighting the league up right now.

Williams does not fit a need as much as people here think. He can dribble but he makes terrible decisions. He's "skilled" but not a good shooter and he isn't the most intelligent player out on the floor. Basically he reminds me of a worse shooting, more athletic Francisco Garcia.

 

[mr. moustache]

If he comes to sac, he will be a starter within 8 games, will disappear to the bench after 3 more games, become a starter again, and finally will be waived around february.

Sadly, sounds accurate.

 

[kingsboi]

So is he coming here or not? Two different reports on this one.

 

[sacgirl88]

http://blogs.sacbee.com/sports/kings/archives/2010/12/kings-set-to-ac.html
HOUSTON - The Kings are set to acquire Rockets guard Jermaine Taylor as part of a four-team trade involving the Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, and the New Jersey Nets.

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/sports/kings/archives/2010/12/kings-set-to-ac.html#ixzz18A6qfYuM

 

[kingsboi]

Well that answers my question. Another typical Kings trade, we get a nobody thats not going to get any real burn, if he does he is going to show "flashes" and then he won't play again for quite sometime. Either way, I don't care for this trade.

 

[bajaden]

Well that answers my question. Another typical Kings trade, we get a nobody thats not going to get any real burn, if he does he is going to show "flashes" and then he won't play again for quite sometime. Either way, I don't care for this trade.

Were in a rebuild mode. Taylor is someone that Petrie was once interested in, so if he can bring him in for a look see at little expense, then why not? Any major deals will be done at the trading deadline, or at seasons end. As for Taylor, if he pans out, he was a cheap pickup. If he doesn't, then not much is lost. At this point, I don't think it matters much.

 

[est.1999]

The trade deadline can't come any sooner!

 

[rhythmless]

Were in a rebuild mode. Taylor is someone that Petrie was once interested in, so if he can bring him in for a look see at little expense, then why not? Any major deals will be done at the trading deadline, or at seasons end. As for Taylor, if he pans out, he was a cheap pickup. If he doesn't, then not much is lost. At this point, I don't think it matters much.

This deal was done for money, nothing else. That's our only MO around the league; we let better teams dump crap onto our field as long as they pay.

 

[sackings]

Houston's D-League team is now the Sacramento Kings.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Houston's D-League team is now the Sacramento Kings.

Well, insofar as Jermaine Taylor, who is the only former Rio Grande Valley Viper on the Kings "is now the Sacramento Kings", sure.

 

[sidney]

kind of a bummer we weren't able to use our cap space to take on Vujacic, buy him out, and get the Laker's 1st for our trouble. Still a couple of over the tax contenders that we might be able to do that with and get a free pick from

 

[Fear the Putin]

Marc J. Spears: Kings acquired Jermaine Taylor and cash considerations from the Rockets in exchange for a heavily-protected, second- round pick.

 

[est.1999]

So essentially the Sacramento Kings have the become the NBA's wasteland aka dumping grounds.

 

[JJ22L]

So essentially the Sacramento Kings have the become the NBA's wasteland aka dumping grounds.

*sigh* My thoughts exactly.

 

[One and Done]

est.1999 agree with you...the dumping ground effect usually plagues teams with a losing reputation. But as we continue to pick up these scrubs and wash ups, hopefully we pick up guys who put forth effort and character, not the opposite. OKC did a good job of this while they were rebuilding...as to not wrongfully influence the youngsters, culture, et al.

Don't know much about Taylor, but this appears to be a deckchairs-on-the-titanic sort of move. T-minus trade deadline...

 

[Bricklayer]

So essentially the Sacramento Kings have the become the NBA's wasteland aka dumping grounds.

I don't get the objection to this at all -- there is nothing the matter with this sort of move. Get a young player basically for free to try out, and one playing maybe our biggest problem position too. Typically the future second rounders involved in this sort of deal are of the 2040-but-not-in-the-Top-55-picks variety, so we're just basically bringing in a guy fro a free tryout. He was taken #32 last year, 1 pick after we were scheduled to pick in last year's draft (before we made the Sergio trade and ended up with Brockman at #37), so I would imagine we scouted him considerably last year and maybe have had an interest. Its essentially us time shifting a second round pick from some point in the future to the present, and when else are we going to have a team this young and so open to a young guy coming in and impressing? Basically had 2 second round picks lat year now instead of only 1.

Just because things are going badly doesn't mean that every single move we make is bad. There is no downside to a move like this at all, and the roster spot was open after we dumped Wright. So what exactly is the objection?

 

[Asaf]

I don't get the objection to this at all -- there is nothing the matter with this sort of move. Get a young player basically for free to try out, and one playing maybe our biggest problem position too. Typically the future second rounders involved in this sort of deal are of the 2040-but-not-in-the-Top-55-picks variety, so we're just basically bringing in a guy fro a free tryout. He was taken #32 last year, 1 pick after we were scheduled to pick in last year's draft (before we made the Sergio trade and ended up with Brockman at #37), so I would imagine we scouted him considerably last year and maybe have had an interest. Its essentially us time shifting a second round pick from some point in the future to the present, and when else are we going to have a team this young and so open to a young guy coming in and impressing? Basically had 2 second round picks lat year now instead of only 1.

Just because things are going badly doesn't mean that every single move we make is bad. There is no downside to a move like this at all, and the roster spot was open after we dumped Wright. So what exactly is the objection?

I am not against this move, but there is at least one downside, and that is Westphal's extreme fondness for new toys, regardless of whether they were acquired at a boutique toy store or won in an amusement park by shooting a couple of plastic ducks.

 

[D13]

 

[LPKingsFan]

Were in a rebuild mode. Taylor is someone that Petrie was once interested in, so if he can bring him in for a look see at little expense, then why not? Any major deals will be done at the trading deadline, or at seasons end. As for Taylor, if he pans out, he was a cheap pickup. If he doesn't, then not much is lost. At this point, I don't think it matters much.

Right. I doubt anyone in the front office thinks Taylor is the answer, they just saw an opportunity to get him for free and went with it. I don't understand all the greif around here that it was a bad move. Was it a great move? No, but it didn't hurt anything. There are still bigger issues, yes, but no one is kidding themselves and thinking this was the last move we needed to make. Come on, now.

 

[rhythmless]

I don't get the objection to this at all -- there is nothing the matter with this sort of move. Get a young player basically for free to try out, and one playing maybe our biggest problem position too. Typically the future second rounders involved in this sort of deal are of the 2040-but-not-in-the-Top-55-picks variety, so we're just basically bringing in a guy fro a free tryout. He was taken #32 last year, 1 pick after we were scheduled to pick in last year's draft (before we made the Sergio trade and ended up with Brockman at #37), so I would imagine we scouted him considerably last year and maybe have had an interest. Its essentially us time shifting a second round pick from some point in the future to the present, and when else are we going to have a team this young and so open to a young guy coming in and impressing? Basically had 2 second round picks lat year now instead of only 1.

Just because things are going badly doesn't mean that every single move we make is bad. There is no downside to a move like this at all, and the roster spot was open after we dumped Wright. So what exactly is the objection?

I don't see it as objections so much as exasperation that the only time we make headlines are with DUIs or as an also ran/sloppy seconds in a trade.

Obviously this has no bad side except for a loss of a roster spot, which can be remedied just as easily. It's just not much good either.

 

[bajaden]

This deal was done for money, nothing else. That's our only MO around the league; we let better teams dump crap onto our field as long as they pay.

I certainly think thats part of it. But I do know that Petrie was interested in Taylor at one time. Its not a big deal either way. And if it promotes a little good will with the Rockets down the road, so much the better. I'm sure there will be a lot of teams knocking on our door at the tradeline looking to do a financially lopsided deal, since we're one of the few teams with capspace.

 

[Gary]

Nope. That's reason he was a Rio Grande Valley Viper "star" last season more than at least warming the bench in Houston. Wish him best of luck in Sactown but kind of laughable in his YouTude vid comparing himself to Dwayne Wade.

Was thinking the sam thing.. LOL Sounds like he is full of himself, and I doubt he will see much (if any) PT.

 

[kingsboi]

Were in a rebuild mode. Taylor is someone that Petrie was once interested in, so if he can bring him in for a look see at little expense, then why not? Any major deals will be done at the trading deadline, or at seasons end. As for Taylor, if he pans out, he was a cheap pickup. If he doesn't, then not much is lost. At this point, I don't think it matters much.

Your right, it doesn't matter much. That's why I said I don't care for this trade because it really is that pointless of one. The Kings tend to do one of these deals a year either trading for a scrub or signing one. It's typical Petrie, I'd rather just wait it out until Feb. but hey, that's just me.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

So what exactly is the objection?

One more player on the roster means one more guy that might get a DUI?

Quick! Cut everybody!

 

[est.1999]

It's not that it's a bad move. But every year we make a move like this and everyone says oh it's just a free try out or something like that and none of these players ever amount to anything for us.

 

[Warhawk]

It's not that it's a bad move. But every year we make a move like this and everyone says oh it's just a free try out or something like that and none of these players ever amount to anything for us.

As opposed to all those players we don't bring in that don't work out for us?

 

[Kevin's Good Feet]

I've never understood how an organization can get criticized for not grabbing up more random nobodies and projects from the summer league or in the second round, but when they do it during the regular season, practically for free, the decision is met with scorn. I guess because the players don't have that new car smell the allure is lost?