Keon Ellis

By keeping Keon’s cap value at the literal minimum for this summer it gives the Kings more wiggle room against the cap/freedom to us the Huerter TPE without worrying. I guess.
 
iowamcnabb said:
I’m curious who will have cap space next year. Wiz for sure, probably the Nets. Since we have bird rights they might be banking on being able to offer him more than everyone else. Having said that, how thrilled is he going to be playing for less than 3 million?
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The idea is that he’ll make that money back with a longer term full money extension signed later (maybe not the full ninety million dollar option but something of a greater scale than the RFA deal he may have gotten this summer)
 
The same people who are telling me that Devin Carter is a bust are also trying to tell me that this is an affront to humanity and that Keon is now as sure as gone and that Vivek needs to be “eliminated” (their words not mine). And this is why fandom is dead in 2025
 
The thing is there are now only one to three teams a year that have cap space. If he is going to be paid more than the midlevel then that means Kings, Wizards and one or two teams that free up space. They must like their odds or they really need the wiggle room to make moves this year.
 
iowamcnabb said:
The thing is there are now only one to three teams a year that have cap space. If he is going to be paid more than the midlevel then that means Kings, Wizards and one or two teams that free up space. They must like their odds or they really need the wiggle room to make moves this year.
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I guess we’ll find out Monday. (Also not for nothing but what if Keon ends up being one of the guys moved to clear the long jam at the guard/wing slot?)
 
iowamcnabb said:
The thing is there are now only one to three teams a year that have cap space. If he is going to be paid more than the midlevel then that means Kings, Wizards and one or two teams that free up space. They must like their odds or they really need the wiggle room to make moves this year.
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Or Vivek refused to be a tax payer 2 years in a row. He isn’t necessarily gone next year but his agent should tell him to bet on himself and go to free agency.
 
I still think he ultimately signs an extension with Sacramento next year -- hopefully after Scott Perry finds a taker for Zach LaVine's (presumably) expiring contract at the trade deadline. Of course LaVine could get injured again and muck things up for us but we're the Sacramento Kings, right? So we ought to be due for some good luck once upon a century. 😁
 
Foolish. The Kings had control over this situation, and now they don't. If Keon's minutes get squeezed this coming season or if the team continues to regress in the win/loss column and Keon decides the grass may very well be greener elsewhere, URFA is right there waiting for him. It would have been far more wise to decline his option and extend him now while there is at least some positive momentum and hope surrounding Scott Perry's first off-season on the job. Who knows what the cap space landscape will look like in 2026? Perhaps there won't be many takers when the time comes, but perhaps there will be a team poised to make Keon the offer he's looking for. And that's the point. Nobody knows. Today, the Kings were operating from a position of knowledge and strength. Tomorrow, they could be at the mercy of a team with enough space on their cap sheet and in their rotation to show Keon that they believe he's worth it.
 
Section 101 said:
They know the market. Only 1 team has cap space. It's a MLE market.
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I think we're playing with fire but that's the gamble. We will have Bird rights next year and the best anyone else can offer is MLE. We can give him 20mil + while other teams are 15. Or whatever the numbers land on.

The other part of this equation is you could theoretically use a cheap Keon in a package with a bad contract to move it a la Buddy when we moved Haliburton. I hate this but if we somehow retained LaRavia, and Carter and Nique all work out there are worse things that can happen.

This move also allows us to negotiate an extension while we evaluate the rest of the crew and ponder both of the above.

I think the worst thing that could have happened was letting the Nets work a poison pill deal on us.
 
sactowndog said:
Then a sign and trade would have been a better approach.
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No because we can do a 2 for 1 if we do use him to clear out the logjam. You can have Keon and Bird rights on him but you have to take Zach or DDR or someone else back too. And hopefully we get a player and a pick for the trouble.
 
sactowndog said:
Or Vivek refused to be a tax payer 2 years in a row. He isn’t necessarily gone next year but his agent should tell him to bet on himself and go to free agency.
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why would we pay taxes on a team that missed the playoffs two years running and most of the fanbase can't wait to trade all the best players?
 
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